Shire will also award up to five (5) Scholarships to its employees (or their immediate family members as defined below) who have been diagnosed with ADHD (the “Employee Scholarship”).

To obtain a list of Scholarship recipients (available after June 17, 2013), send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Shire ADHD Scholarship Program, PO Box 562, Chestertown, MD 21620 or visit www.ShireADHDscholarship.com. For information on Shire employee winners please visit http://www.shire.int/specialty/products_business_units/bh_bu/adhd/scholarship/default.asp

• Scholarship redemption is subject to the recipient submitting verification of acceptance to or enrollment at a Qualifying Institution (as defined below).
• Scholarships and coaching services must be used during the 2013/2014 academic year, which generally begins in August/September 2013 and ends in May/June 2014.
• Scholarship may NOT be used for online courses or distance learning programs UNLESS the online course or distance learning program is offered by an educational institution that also maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled student body that attends classes at a physical location where the educational institution habitually engages in education activities.
• Scholarship awards must be used only for tuition and fees.
• Scholarships will be paid in one installment directly to the Qualifying Institution on or about August 5, 2013. Scholarship recipient MUST complete the intake consultation with the Edge Foundation before the Scholarship will be paid to the Qualifying Institution.
• Scholarships are not transferable in whole or in part.
• Please see complete Rules & Regulations at www.ShireADHDscholarship.com
• Failure to execute and return all required documents within 21 days of issuance may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate award recipient.

• Be accepted to or enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, trade school, technical school, vocational school, or other "eligible educational institution," (a "Qualifying Institution").
• Be a legal resident of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia.
• At the time of submitting the application, each applicant must be diagnosed with ADHD and under the care of a licensed health care provider for ADHD, although no specific future or ongoing plan of management or treatment for applicant’s ADHD is required in order for applicant to be eligible to receive a Scholarship.

Each potential award recipient must provide proof of age (a notarized, legible copy of a birth certificate, driver’s license, passport, military identification card or other identification card issued by the state or federal governments, etc. containing your date of birth) with the Acceptance Package (as defined below).

Applicants selected as potential award recipients must also confirm their ADHD diagnosis by completing the Certification of Diagnosis that will be mailed to potential award recipients as part of the Acceptance Package.

Consultants, vendors, agents and representatives of Scholarship Sponsor (the "Scholarship Partners"), and their respective parents, children, siblings (including step, foster, legal guardians and wards), and spouses (“Immediate Family”) and those with whom they live are not eligible for the National Scholarship.

The Employee Scholarship is available only to employees of the Scholarship Sponsor, members of their Immediate Family, and those with whom the employee of the Scholarship Sponsor live and who otherwise meet the eligibility criteria set forth above.

The National Scholarship and the Employee Scholarship applications are judged separately.

• Part 1: Contact Information (2-pages)
• Part 2: Personal Essay
• Part 3: Letter of Recommendation
• Part 4: ADHD Coaching Question Essay
• Part 5: Community, Volunteer, and Extracurricular Activities
• Part 6: Liability and Publicity Release

Carefully review your application before submission. All pages must be completed and entered in the format required. Once the application is submitted, no further additions or revisions may be made. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

• Online applications: all online applications must be submitted by March 27, 2013, 8:00 PM Eastern Time.
• Paper applications: all paper applications must be postmarked or faxed by March 27, 2013. Handwritten applications will NOT be accepted.
• Applications must either be submitted 100% online or 100% paper/hard copy. Mixed applications will NOT be accepted.

The Scholarship Sponsor is not responsible for any late, lost, misdirected, illegible, or incomplete applications, which will not be considered. Carefully review your application before submission. All pages must be completed and entered in the format required. Once the application is submitted, no further additions or revisions may be made.

The Initial Judges will consider the remaining entries on the following criteria:

• Personal Essay – 50%
• Letter of Recommendation – 20%
• ADHD Coaching Question – 15%
• Community, Volunteer, and Extracurricular Activities – 15%

The Personal Essay will be scored according to the applicant’s story (how he or she faced challenges, and managed to overcome them or why the student was unable to overcome them) and the result, whether the applicant answered the question thoroughly and provided examples to clarify his or her points, and the number of grammatical or spelling mistakes the Personal Essay contains.

The Edge Foundation Question will be scored according to the degree to which the applicant understands the value of coaching and how it can assist him or her in successfully making the transition to higher education and the number of grammatical or spelling mistakes the Edge Foundation Question contains.

Applications submitted for a National Scholarship and an Employee Scholarship will be evaluated separately.

For full details please see the Rules and Regulations.

Applicants selected as potential award recipients must confirm their ADHD diagnosis by completing the Certification of Diagnosis that will be mailed to potential award recipients as part of the Acceptance Package.

Shire recommends returning the completed Scholarship Acceptance Package with a delivery confirmation (i.e. via overnight mail, 2^nd day delivery, certified mail return receipt requested).