2021-2022 National and Local Scholarship​​
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NAME OF SCHOLARSHIP	THE COCA-COLA SCHOLARS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
DUE DATE	October 31, 2022
DESCRIPTION	The Coca-Cola Scholars Program scholarship is an achievement-based scholarship awarded to students in their final year of high school. Students are recognized for their capacity to lead and serve, as well as their commitment to making a significant impact on their schools and communities.
BASIC ELIGIBILITY	​To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be: Current high school OR home-schooled students attending school in one of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or select DoD schools who will graduate high school during the 2022-2023 academic school year (students graduating from an American or expat school abroad are not eligible for this award; individuals who have already graduated from high school are not eligible) U.S. Citizens (not Temporary Residents), U.S. Nationals, U.S. Permanent Residents, Refugees, Asylees, Cuban-Haitian Entrants, OR Humanitarian Parolees - based on the guidelines utilized by U.S. Department of Education for Federal Financial Aid eligibility Planning to pursue a degree at an accredited U.S. college or university
NO ELIGIBILITY	Applicants may not be: Children or grandchildren of current employees, officers, or owners of Coca-Cola bottling companies, The Coca-Cola Company, Company divisions or subsidiaries Children or grandchildren of former employees, officers, or owners of Coca-Cola bottling companies, The Coca-Cola Company, Company divisions or subsidiaries who are currently receiving retirement benefits from those entities Students attending school outside of the 50 U.S. states or Puerto Rico (with the exception of students attending select DoD schools; students graduating from an American or expat school abroad are not eligible for this award, even if they meet the citizenship criteria above) High school graduates (if you received a high school diploma prior to the 2022-2023 school year, you are not eligible) Temporary Residents (if your permanent legal residence is outside the U.S., you are not eligible)
APPLICATION WEBSITE	www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/apply/Value

NAME OF SCHOLARSHIP	AANAPISI SCHOLARSHIP
DUE DATE	January 19, 2023 @ 5:00 pm EST
ABOUT	The Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) Scholarship Program is a collaboration with AANAPISIs and the communities they serve to provide scholarships, expand institutional capacity, and mobilize local resources to help foster economic development. The AANAPISI Scholarship is available annually to students attending APIA Scholars AANAPISI partner campuses listed below. The AANAPISI Scholarship online application opens on September 7, 2022, and closes on January 19th at 5:00 PM EST. Scholarship awards range from one-time $2,500 awards to multi-year $5,000 awards. APIA Scholars provides scholarships to underserved APIA students with a special focus on those who live at or below the poverty level or are otherwise of low socioeconomic status; are the first in their families to attend college; are representative of the APIA community’s diversity, geographically and ethnically, especially those ethnicities that have been underrepresented on college campuses due to limited access and opportunity. Strong applicants would also have an emphasis on community service, leadership, and academic achievement.
ELIGIBILITY	Be able to describe your ethnicity, heritage, or ancestry in relation to the countries, territories, or lands in Asia or the Pacific Islands Be a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States. Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau are also eligible to apply. Be enrolled as a full-time student, in an undergraduate degree-seeking program, at one of APIA Scholars AANAPISI Partner Institutions, during the 2023 Fall Semester View Our Partner AANAPISI Institutions Have applied for federal financial aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2023-2024 academic year, by April 2023. Applicants do not necessarily need to have received federal financial aid to be eligible for a scholarship from APIA Scholars. Go to fafsa.gov for more information. Please note the following: Full-time enrollment and degree-seeking status is defined by the guidelines set by the institution’s Registrar’s Office. Non-degree seeking students are NOT eligible to apply. Students who already have a bachelor’s degree are NOT eligible to apply. When you apply, you can be a part-time student, however, you must be enrolled full-time upon receipt of funding. Solely online students are NOT eligible to apply. If you are enrolled in online and on ground courses, no more than 1/2 of your courses can be online. *Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are waiving this requirement for the 2023-2024 academic year.
APPLICATION	apiascholars.org/scholarship/aanapisi-scholarship/

NAME OF SCHOLARSHIP	APIA SCHOLARSHIP
DUE DATE	January 19, 2023 @ 5:00 pm EST
ABOUT	The APIA Scholarship is our largest scholarship program, open to AANHPI undergraduate students attending any U.S. accredited university or college. Scholarship amounts range from $2,500 one-year awards to $20,000 multi-year awards. APIA Scholars has a special focus on supporting AANHPI students who live at or below the poverty line; are in the first generation of their family to attend college; are representative of the APIA community’s diversity, (geographically and ethnically}, especially those ethnicities that have been underrepresented on college campuses due to limited access and opportunity. Strong applicants would also have an emphasis on community service and leadership.
ELIGIBILITY	Be able to describe your ethnicity, heritage, or ancestry in relation to the countries, territories, or lands in Asia or the Pacific Islands Be a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States. Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau are also eligible to apply Be enrolling or continuing as a degree-seeking undergraduate student in a U.S. accredited college or university in Fall 2023 Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale (unweighted), or equivalent, or have earned a GED Must apply for federal financial aid for the 2023-2024 academic year using the Free Application for the Federal Student Aid (FASFA) by early April 2023
APPLICATION	apiascholars.org/scholarship/apia-scholarship/