ANDY NOWACKI FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION (REVISED)

The Andy Nowacki Foundation was created by the family and friends of Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew  W. Nowacki. “Ace”, who died by a roadside bomb on February 26, 2005 during Operation Iraqi Freedom, while protecting a convoy.

After graduating from Brush High School in the Cleveland suburb of Lyndhurst in 1998, he enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve the following fall.

Community and Service to others were important to Andy, who also served as police officer in Grand River, about 25 miles northeast of Cleveland.

Colleagues commonly referred to Andy as an “ideal police officer.”

The Mission of the Foundation is to provide meaningful scholarships to those seeking to serve their communities as peace officers, firefighters, EMTs, or nurses. Scholarship recipients are chosen based on a combination of community involvement, dedication to service, grade point average and strong moral character.

If you are a candidate who is committed to serving with love, compassion, and strength, please fill out the scholarship application.

Qualifications:

• All applicants must complete the application on the Andy Nowacki Foundation Inc. website to be considered; no other applications will be accepted or reviewed.
• Application may be found at https://nowackifound.wpengine.com/scholarships/
• Scholarships are awarded to cover the tuition for police, fire and EMS/Paramedic training or nursing programs up to $5,000
• Applicants must be pursuing careers as (1) first responders (Police, Firefighter, Paramedic, Emergency Medical Technician) or (2) nursing
• Applicants must be attending Northeast Ohio (NEO) institutions geographically located in Lake, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Geauga, Ashtabula, Northern Summit and Northern Portage counties.
• Sample institutions for nursing programs include Lakeland Community College (LCC), Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), Ursuline, John Carroll, Akron (ASU) and Kent State University (KSU)
• Sample institutions for Police, Fire and EMT/Paramedic include LCC, Tri-C, ASU/Sherriff, KSU, other NEO municipal police/fire academies, University Hospital EMS Education at Parma Medical Center,  Auburn Career Center
• Applicants should intend to serve in Northeast Ohio post completion of their instruction for a number of years serving the community as Andy Nowacki did, continuing his legacy in the area
• Applicants must interview in person on the Saturday morning scheduled for the cycle they applied in

Process:

• Applications will be evaluated quarterly and accepted on a rolling basis
• Application cycle deadlines:  March 31st, June 30th, September 30th and December 31st
• The committee will complete its review and interviews and render decisions in two months following the close of each cycle
  • Initial screening phone interviews will be conducted; applicants are told throughout this process that if they do not receive a follow-up communication, it means they were not selected to move forward in the process. Due to the volume of submissions, the committee does not have time to respond to candidates who will not move forward.
  • Panel interviews of applicants will occur on a Saturday morning as follows:
    • 9/30 cycle – November 18, 2023 at Lakeland Community College room A2100
    • 12/31 cycle –  February 10, 2024
    • 3/31 cycle –  May 18, 2024
    • 6/30 cycle –  August10, 2024
  • Decisions on awardees will follow the panel interviews and successful applicants will be informed
  • Scholarships will be issued directly to the training institution once the candidate has been accepted and enrolled in the program for which they were approved