Selection Criteria

Selection of recipients and determination of the scholarship amount

Applications must be postmarked by March 19, 2010. Applications postmarked after this date will not be considered. Employees of UCB and their immediate family members are not eligible for this scholarship. Previous RA Scholarship winners are not eligible to reapply. Additionally, immediate family members of healthcare professionals who directly or indirectly influence the prescribing of rheumatoid arthritis medications are not eligible to apply. Selection of recipients will be at the sole discretion of the judges chosen by UCB. A panel of medical professionals from across the country will select the scholarship recipients. Winners will be notified by June 30, 2010, with a personal telephone call from UCB. After a winner's educational enrollment has been verified for the fall 2010 semester, the scholarship check will be made payable and mailed directly to the educational institution in July 2010. Scholarship amounts will be up to $10,000 to cover the recipient's tuition and/or educational materials expenses. However, if a student does not have a minimum of $10,000 in educational expenses still owed for schooling, the scholarship amount will only cover the remaining amount. If, upon contacting an applicant, UCB learns that he or she does not have any remaining costs owed to the academic institution, he or she will no longer be eligible for the scholarship.