Today, the Georgia Institute of Technology's EMIL program announced that its number one ranked graduate school would be offering the EMIL Humanitarian Scholarship to one incoming participant. The US$20,000 scholarship will be awarded on March 7, 2005 to a professional employed by a non-profit organization that offers humanitarian services on a local, national or international basis. The successful candidate will have demonstrated career success, possess a clear potential for leadership and a desire to fully participate in EMIL's intense educational experience. The scholarship will be applied towards EMIL tuition for the class starting May 2005.

"Humanitarian organizations often have unique and complex supply chains. And, in crisis situations, peoples' lives often depend on their efficiency," said Dr. John Vande Vate, EMIL Executive Director. "By offering the EMIL Humanitarian Scholarship, Georgia Tech looks to provide humanitarian organizations with access to the latest in supply chain training and methodology."

EMIL works with the world's leading organizations to reduce global logistics costs and improve efficiencies by grooming their supply chain executives. EMIL sponsor organizations learn to develop supply chain management as a core competency, continuously increase their efficiencies, move from a regional to global strategy and groom their "rising stars" by broadening their supply chain and business perspectives.

"Since beginning the EMIL program, I have learned many supply chain strategies and best practices that have helped me to more efficiently perform my job responsibilities," said 2003 Humanitarian Scholarship Winner, Heidi Cerrud, Procurement Officer at the Regional Logistics Unit, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Panama. "Overtime, I am confident that my organization will implement many recommendations that I have made as a result of the work I completed during my tenure at EMIL."

Key Dates:

• Thursday, February 11, 2005: Scholarship applications must be submitted electronically through www.emil.gatech.edu by 5 p.m. EST on February 11, 2005.
• Thursday, February 11, 2005: All standard EMIL application material must be submitted by 5 p.m. EST on February 11, 2005. See Application Materials for details.
• February 24 - March 6, 2005: Phone interviews with top scholarship candidates
• Monday, March 7, 2005: Scholarship award winner announced.
• Monday, March 14, 2005: Scholarship recipient must submit a scholarship acceptance letter by 5 p.m. EST on March 14, 2005.

For more information go to: http://www.emil.gatech.edu/scholarshipsHumanitarian/.