The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation requests nominations and application for the Elmer Staats Award.

The Staats Award was established in 1993 by the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation in honor of Elmer Staats, the former Comptroller of the Currency and Chairman of the Truman Board of Trustees. The Staats Award is granted annually to a Truman Scholar who has made significant contributions in the public sector and who has provided extraordinary service to the Foundation.

The Award is presented at TSLW in Liberty, Missouri at the end of May.  Nominations and applications should include a brief biographical sketch of the candidate and a letter outlining the candidate's contributions to the public sector and to the Foundation.

All nominations and applications for the Staats Award should be forwarded to Executive Secretary Slabach at fslabach@truman.gov by February 15, 2010.