If you are of Asian American, Native American, or Pacific Islander decent, you should know that the APIASF AANAPISI Scholarship opens September 1, 2016. Moreover, the deadline for this scholarship is October 31, 2016 For help or more information please contact bpowers@uic.edu.
Find the application on their website: http://www.apiasf.org/aanapisi.html
More about the APIASF AANAPISI Schoalrship :
The APIASF 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 APIASF AANAPISI Scholarship is available annually to students attending APIASF AANAPISI partner campuses listed below. The APIASF AANAPISI Scholarship Program is supported by The Coca-Cola Foundation, Educational Testing Service, General Mills Foundation, Hilton Worldwide, Honda, USA Funds, Walmart Foundation, and Wells Fargo.The APIASF AANAPISI Scholarship online application opens on September 1, 2016 and closes on October 31, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST. Scholarship awards range from one-time $2,500 awards to multi-year $5,000 awards. APIASF provides scholarships to underserved AAPI 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 AAPI community's diversity, geographically and ethnically, especially those ethnicities that have been underrepresented on college campuses due to limited access and opportunity;
Have placed strong emphasis on community service and leadership as well as solid academic achievement.
