HRA-NCA and Nonprofit HR Solutions Scholarship
HRA-NCA has partnered with Nonprofit HR Solutions to create the Nonprofit HR Solutions Scholarship Fund (NPHRSSF). The newly created fund is designed to provide resources for under-resourced nonprofit HR professionals to increase the HR capacity of their organizations, maintain their professional certifications, and/or continue their education when their organizations lack the funds necessary to do so. In doing this, HRA-NCA and Nonprofit HR hope to help increase the human resources capacity of the Washington, DC based nonprofit sector and thereby create an environment where individual organizations and their HR leaders can more effectively respond to the needs of the communities they serve.
Click here for a copy of the NPHRSSF Scholarship Brochure.
Click here for a copy of the NPHRSSF Scholarship Application.
HRA-NCA and Catholic University of America Scholarship
HRA-NCA and Catholic University of America (CUA) have a joint partnership which will provide a scholarship to an active member of HRA-NCA pursuing a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). The scholarship covers tuition and SHRM learning materials. The student may use the scholarship to register to attend SHRM courses offered by CUA. More information on CUA's course offering is available at http://metro.cua.edu/hr. The most recent scholarship was awarded in Fall, 2009. Check back for dates for the next scholarship.
Click here for the fall 2009 Certification Scholarship Application.
Another source of scholarship funds is the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Various scholarships and research grants are available and you can learn all about them and associated deadlines through the SHRM Foundation.
Many of the area colleges and universities which offer courses of study in human resource management or related areas have student SHRM chapters. Student chapters are useful to assist students to develop networks, learn from speakers, meet HR practitioners already working in the field, and to prepare for certification exams. To find out your nearest student chapter, call SHRM at (703) 548-3440 or visit them at www.shrm.org.
HRA-NCA has an active student chapter at Catholic University. For more information, contact info@hra-nca.org.
We are currently working to help establish partnerships and strong student chapters at other local universities. For more information, contact info@hra-nca.org.
