Scholarship Program for Children of Employees
United Rentals is pleased to sponsor a Scholarship Program for Children of Employees. The Program will award need-based financial assistance for top achieving students of United Rentals employees who plan to continue their education in college, university, or vocational school programs. Recipients will be known as ‘Kneeland Scholars’ in honor of Michael J. Kneeland, former CEO, and his passion of education and lifelong learning.
Each year 10 students are selected to receive scholarship awards of $2,500 each, renewable for up to three additional years for a total value of up to $10,000 per scholarship.
Starting in 2023 the program is administered by International Scholarship & Tuition Services (ISTS), a third-party impartial educational assistance management organization. Previously the program was administered by Scholarship America (prior year winners still eligible for renewal will need to work with ISTS on their renewal application).
The application window for the 2024 United Rentals Scholarship Program for Children of Employees will be open April 1st through April 30th (closes at 11:59 PM PST).
To apply, applicants will need to go to https://aim.applyists.net/URScholarship. Upon first visit to this ISTS page, one will be required to create an account and log in before moving into the application process for the United Rentals program. Click the “Register!” link to set up account and establish a login within the ISTS system. See screenshot below as an example:
To be eligible for this award one must be:
- A dependent child, age 26 or under, of a full-time or part-time United Rentals employee (whether United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Australia, or New Zealand) who has a minimum of 1 year of employment service with the company as of the application deadline.
- For acquisition employees, tenure with legacy company is counted toward the minimum.
- Dependent children are defined as biological, step- or legally adopted children who are living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee.
- Be enrolled in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, vocational-technical school, or CEGEP (or equivalent) for the entire upcoming academic year.
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent).
Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender, disability, or national origin. United Rentals does not play a part in the selection of recipients.