ASI ‘SMART Company’ Scholarship Fund Blog

The scholarship fund has three parts.  

Part A offers fully funded scholarships for education courses set by the fund. 

Part B offers subsidies for a range of ‘pre-approved’ courses set by the fund. 

Part C offers ‘open funding’ where the applicant can apply for funding to undertake other educational offering not offered in Part A or B of the fund.

For details on the courses you may apply for funding for visit ASI’s website at www.advsol.com/ap/scholarship and click on ‘Pre-Approved Courses’.

April 16, 2007

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Saints, White Lions and Kiwis Among Scholarship Winners
ASI SMART Company Scholarship Fund

Interest in the ASI SMART Company Scholarship Fund continues to grow with 26 individuals applying for $30,000 of funding in the March round.

Interest in the continues to grow with 26 individuals applying for $30,000 of funding in the March round.

Recipients from this round of funding include individuals from: Wellington Free Ambulance, youth services provider Whitelion, Orana Family Services, AIDS Council of New South Wales, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and St John Ambulance. They will share $7000 in funding for training in fundraising, project management and university study.

Now in its second year the ASI SMART Company Scholarship Fund supports individuals to undertake study directly relevant to their work in the NFP sector across Australia and New Zealand. ASI works with more than 400 Australasian fundraising organisations and associations providing software solutions and support via its leading product iMIS.

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Many of the inquiries we receive from potential applicants centre around what they should show in their application. We put together the below set of tips and hints that we hope will help you in preparing your application.

Helpful Hints to Consider When Applying

Selection will be on a competitive basis. The Review Panel will review the applications against the stated eligibility criteria and the ‘SMART Company’ principles of:

S- Skills – you need to know the basics

M– Masters – once you know the basics, you need to become a master

A– Accreditation – where possible, you will become accredited in your profession

R– Recognition – you will be recognised for all your educational achievements

T– Timely – this is a call to action now, not something to be done later.

Other factors considered by the Review Panel include:

• Applicant’s commitment to the sector;
• Applicant’s commitment to learning and education;
• Contribution to organisation and/or sector potentially realised from the learning outcomes of the course; and
• Relevancy of course to core job responsibility (current or future position).

The Review Panel consists of ASI’s Managing Director, ASI’s Director Administration/Human Resources, and an ASI employee invited on a rotational basis each quarter.

Applications for funding in the June 2007 round will close on Tuesday 12th June (instead of 10th June) due to the Queen’s Birthday public holiday.  Applications will be accepted and should be received in our offices by Tuesday 12th June.  For any inquiries, please contact Marla Nelson at ASI on +61 3 9869 7503.

The Review Panel for the June 2007 Round of funding will consist of:

Paul Ramsbottom - ASI Managing Director (and Chairman of the Fund)

Julie Willett - ASI Director Administration/Human Resources

Jason Rowe - ASI Project Delivery Manager (on rotation)

The Fund received applications requesting more than $30,000 in funding in the March round.  We are pleased to confirm six Scholarships were awarded with a total value of more than $7,000. A further $18,000 will now be made available for the next three rounds of funding for 2007.

Congratulations to the following Scholarship recipients:

Part A – Fully Funded Education Scholarships

Joanie Bartolo - Orana Family Services
FIA Skills 1

James Forbes - ACON
FIA Skills 2

Robert Lutton - St John Ambulance Australia (NSW)
FIA Skills 3

Biance Ousley - Whitelion Inc
FIA Madison Down Under

Part B – Education Subsidies for ASI Customers

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 Part C – Education Grants for ASI Customers

Jules Nelson - Wellington Free Ambulance
Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic)

Terry Pino - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
CAPM Classic (Project Management Institute)

We thank all the applicants for taking the time to prepare their applications.  Applicants - successful in this round or not - are encouraged to consider applying again in future funding rounds (annually in June, September, December and March).