The Helium Litigation Scholarship Fund, Inc. opens its 2012 Scholarship Application Season.

Applications and all related material must be postmarked by February 11, 2012. 

Scholarships

Helium Litigation Scholarship Fund (.pdf)

	- Form for Scholarship Application 2012 (.pdf)
	- Form for References (.pdf)

The Helium Litigation Scholarship Fund, Inc., was established in the wake of the protracted litigation regarding helium processed from natural gas produced from the Hugoton Field in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.  Based on joint support from counsel for the producers, pipeline companies and helium companies involved in the helium litigation, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas and the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas jointly ruled on August 16, 1991, that approximately $500,000 of settlement funds were "undistributable" to class members of the litigation. 

The Courts further ruled that the remaining funds should be distributed to The Helium Litigation Scholarship Fund, Inc., a non-profit corporation.  The Scholarship Fund was established to grant scholarships to students who would be engaged in studies designated by the Scholarship Fund and who would be attending an accredited college, university or community college.  Incoming college freshman from a 17-county area of Southwest Kansas, and the Panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas are eligible to apply.