Bank of America Student Leaders Program
Brief Description
Bank of America is pleased to announce its annual Student Leaders Program. If you or someone you know who have a passion for improving the community, the Student Leaders Program is perfect opportunity. It helps to connect community-minded high school juniors and seniors to employment, skills development and service. The program provides opportunity for young people to develop and apply leadership skills through hands-on community work experience.
Bank of America is all about providing people, companies and institutional investors the financial products and services they need to help achieve their goals at every stage of their financial lives.
Eligibility:
Eligible Student Leaders are required to:
- Currently be a junior or senior in high school
- Be able to participate in an 8-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization and work 35 hours a week
- Be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship through the end of September 2017
- Be able to participate in a week-long Student Leaders Summit in Washington, DC (July 9- July 14, 2017) (All expenses paid. This week will be part of your 8-week experience.)
- Be a student in good standing at your school
- Obtain a letter of recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor, or school administrator
Please note, Bank of America employees or members of their family are not eligible for nomination. Family members include: spouse or domestic partner, child (including by adoption), parent, grandparent, grandchild, cousin, aunt, uncle, sibling, parent-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law of the employee or the employee’s spouse or domestic partner, as well as step relationships.
For applying the scholarship, the candidates are required to submit the on-line scholarship application form. The link is:
Award Amount:
The winning candidates are awarded paid summer internships with local nonprofits and participate in annual Student Leadership Summit in Washington, D. C.
Application Deadline:
Bank of America is accepting applications beginning November annually
Link for more Information:
http://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/global-impact/student-leaders.html#fbid=gkPPfs0T8K2