Rotary District 7910 Morley Scholarship

David & Eleanor Morley Endowed Global Grant Scholarship
We are pleased to announce that Global Grant Scholarship applications are being accepted for the David and Eleanor Morley Endowed Global Grant Scholarship. Applications may be submitted between February 1, 2025 and March 20, 2025, and will be followed by an interview.  The selected candidate will be awarded up to $30,000 for one scholarship year and must be able to begin studies/research in Fall 2025. 
What Is The Morley Scholarship?
The Rotary Foundation’s David and Eleanor Morley Global Grant Scholarship provides funding to District 7910 for a scholarship for residents of communities in Central Massachusetts and Metrowest, to conduct studies or research at the graduate level abroad. Because the Morley Scholarship is a Rotary-endowed global-grant scholarship, it must meet the requirements for the Rotary Foundation’s global grants.
The Morley Scholarship was established in 2002 in honor of David M. Morley (1915-1993) and Eleanor L. (Curtis) Morley (1916-2001). David graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1936 and was an active Rotarian in Laconia, New Hampshire.
Application Process & Eligibility Requirements:

• Review the Morley Scholarship application and check the eligibility requirements and restrictions below before applying.  Read the entire application before you begin.

• Apply and be accepted for a graduate program of studies or research in a country outside the United States and obtain a letter of acceptance from that institution of learning.

• Complete the Morley Scholarship application and send it with a copy of your acceptance letter to jmfukami@gmail.com no later than March 20, 2025.

• Applicant must both reside and be sponsored by a Rotary club in District 7910 (see list of clubs, below), and meet all the eligibility requirements related to global grants for scholarships.

• Have both a U.S. host sponsor and a Rotary International sponsor as contacts.

• Use scholarship for studies or research in one of these seven fields:

1. Peace and conflict resolution

2. Disease prevention and treatment

3. Economic and community development

4. Maternal and child health

5. Water and sanitation

6. Basic education and literacy

7. Supporting the environment

Once you are selected as an official candidate by District 7910, a district representative will assist you with the process of applying for a Rotary global grant. If you are selected as the recipient of a Morley Scholarship through the Rotary global-grant scholarship program, then you will:

• Complete the legal-agreement authorization

• Provide bank information with two signatories to the Rotary Foundation

• Receive a letter of financial guarantee

• Receive the grant payment

• Participate in a scholar-orientation seminar (Online self-orientation is available)

• Submit a progress or final report 12 months after receiving the grant payment

• Submit a final report two months after completion of your program

Additionally, Candidates Should Demonstrate:

• Excellent leadership skills and potential

• A proven record of success in his or her academic field or vocation

• A commitment to community service

• Well-defined and realistic goals

• Concrete ideas for advancing within his or her chosen field

• Sincerity about maintaining a lifelong relationship with Rotary after the scholarship period.

MORLEY Application form and qualifications
To download application form, in Word format, click here. 
To download application form, in PDF format, click here.
District 7910 CLUBS that may sponsor a full-year Morley Scholarship
The 50 clubs are, alphabetically: 
Acton/Boxborough; Athol/Orange; Ayer; Bedford; Billerica; Blackstone Valley; Brookfields; Brookline; Charles River; Changemakers:Chelmsford; Clinton;Concord; Dedham; Dracut; Fitchburg; Fitchburg East; Framingham; Franklin; Groton-Pepperell; Hudson; Leominster; Littleton; Lowell; Marlborough; Merrimack Valley; Milford; Montachusett Area; Nashoba Valley; Natick; Needham; Neponset Valley Sunrise; Northborough; Newton, Shrewsbury; Southborough; Southbridge; Sturbridge; Tewksbury; Tyngsborough-Dunstable; Wachusett Area; Waltham; Watertown; Wellesley; Westborough; Westford; Weston-Wayland; Westwood; Worcester; and World Disability Advocacy. 

• Active and honorary Rotary members
• Employees of a Rotary club or district, Rotary International, or other Rotary entity
• Spouses, lineal descendants (children or grandchildren by blood or legal adoption, spouses of lineal descendants or ancestors (parents or grandparents by blood) or any living person in the above two bulleted items.
• Former Rotary members who resigned as Rotarians within 36 months as well as their relatives as described above.