In keeping with its long-standing tradition of helping women succeed, the Talbots Charitable Foundation is proud to present the 2010 Talbots Scholarship Foundation and the inaugural Nancy Talbot Scholarship Award for perseverance and ingenuity, which is presented in memory of the founder of Talbots. This program empowers women to enrich themselves through learning and achieve a college education later in life.

REQUIREMENTS :Applicants to the Talbots Scholarship Foundation must: Be women currently residing in the United States or Canada; Be women who earned a high school diploma or their GED on or before September 2000; Be enrolled or planning to enroll in a full- or part-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two-, three- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in the United States or Canada; Be attending the full 2010-11 academic year and receiving a degree no earlier than May 2011; and Have at least two semesters (24 credit hours or more) remaining to complete an undergraduate* degree as of the beginning of the 2010 fall academic term.

AWARD AMOUNTS :Ten (10) scholarships of $15,000 and one (1) $30,000 scholarship.

APPLICATION :There is more information and an application to fill out at the following website: 2010 Talbots Scholarship Foundation