Margaret Y. O'Neal Endowed Education Scholarship

Established by Margaret and Larry O’Neal. First priority of consideration is given to graduate students from Alabama who have a social studies concentration (i.e. geography, political science, history, etc.) and are employed and teaching in an Alabama public school. Second priority of consideration is given to graduate students from Alabama who are enrolled in the alternative certification program for teacher education with a concentration in social studies. Third priority of consideration is given to graduate students from Alabama who a have a concentration in literacy or Secondary English/Language Arts and are employed and teaching in an Alabama public school. If no award is made in a given year, the monies accrued are used for multiple awards using these criteria the following year. Among qualified applicants, the deciding factor is financial need, although not necessarily need as defined by federal guidelines.