NEMCI&A Scholarships

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION (Click to submit)

New England Municipal Clerks' Institute & Academy scholarship criteria

  1. The Executive Board shall determine, annually, the amount of scholarship monies to be allocated.
    Scholarships are only for those applicants who have been denied funds from their municipalities.

  2. The Joint Scholarship Committee shall consist of a committee made up of members appointed by
     the President of the New England Association of City & Town Clerks and the Chair of the NEMCI&A Board of Directors.

  3. Scholarship money from both sources shall be combined and allocated to applicants as agreed by the committee, with
     the exception of funds specifically earmarked and in the possession of the New England Municipal Clerks Institute & Academy Board of Directors.

  4. The NEACTC President appoints a Joint Scholarship Chairman to serve for three years.

  5. Scholarships shall be awarded to students attending the New England Municipal Clerks Institute and Academy.

  6. Scholarship awards will be limited to one person per office with the Clerk having first preference.

  7. Applicant must be a Municipal Clerk or Deputy/Assistant Clerk.   

  8. The Joint Scholarship Committee will give priority to first-year Institute students.   

  9.  An applicant must be a current member of his or her state association.

  10.  An applicant must have been a member of the NEACTC for over one year.   

  11. An Applicant shall disclose at the time of application whether they have applied for IIMC funds.

  12. An applicant must have requested funds from his/her municipality and include a letter of denial for such funds.

Application Process

  1. Applicants should (after denial from the municipality) send this application to their state association for funding.
    A reason for denial or explanation must accompany this application in order to be considered.

  2. The deadline for State Scholarship Chairpersons to file applications with the Joint Scholarship Chair is April 10, 2025.

  3. Joint Scholarship Chair will notify the applicant, the Treasurer of the NEACTC, and the Treasurer of the NEMCI & Academy by April 30, 2025.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Financial aid is available in the form of scholarships from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, The New England Association of City and Town Clerks, The New England Municipal Clerks' Institute and from various state associations. Contact a Board of Director member (listed below) from your state for application information or you can find the application form information here.  NOTE: For all scholarships you must furnish a written statement from your municipality indicating they will not pay your tuition.  Please check scholarship deadlines with your state scholarship committee.

TAX DEDUCTION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES
Treasurer expenses Section 1:162-5 permits an income tax deduction for educational expenses (registration fees, cost of travel, meals and lodging) undertaken to: 1.) maintain or improve skills required in one's employment or other trade of business, or 2.) meet express requirements of an employer or a law imposed as a condition for retention of employment, job status or rate of compensation.  However, new tax laws may change how you claim expenses.

JOINT SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR
Joint Scholarship Chair refers to the person responsible for awarding scholarship funds from NEACTC and NEMCI&A
and does not imply joint responsibility with another person.  This is a three (3) year appointment.


NEW ENGLAND JOINT SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR
                      Kathy Larkin                         
                 PO Box 152                    
Southington, CT  06489
    PH 860-276-6215      FAX 860-276-6229
   EMAIL [email protected]

CT ~ STATE SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRS
sTATE dEADLINE - mARCH 1ST

HOLLY KROUSE
67 Ripley Hill Rd
Barkhamsted, CT  06063
PH:  860-379-8665    FAX:  860-379-9284
EMAIL: [email protected]

MA ~ STATE SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRS
sTATE dEADLINE - APRIL 1ST

DANIELLE SICARD
136 Elm Street
Easton, MA  02356
PH:  508-230-0530
EMAIL: [email protected]

NH ~ STATE SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRS
sTATE dEADLINE - MARCH 1ST

SALLY KELLAR
24 N. Amherst Rd
Bedford, NH  03110
PH:  603-792-1306      FAX:  603-472-4573
EMAIL: [email protected]

RI ~ STATE SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRS
sTATE dEADLINE - mARCH 31ST

KEISHA PHILLIPS BROWN
PO Box 220
New Shoreham, RI  02807
PH:  401-466-3200, x1     FAX:  401-466-3219
EMAIL: [email protected]

VT ~ STATE SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRS
sTATE dEADLINE - mARCH 1ST

TAMMY LEGACY
PO Box 53
Roxbury, VT  05669
PH:  802-485-7840     
EMAIL: [email protected]

ME ~ STATE SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRS
sTATE dEADLINE - mARCH 1ST

ANN MORRISON
29 Main Street
Lincoln, ME  04457
PH:  207-794-3372, x9     FAX:  207-794-2606
EMAIL: [email protected]