Ho'oulu Scholarship Fund
Hawaii Community Foundation
Deadline: February 28
To provide maximum flexibility to meet the philanthropic goals of our donors and the needs of our community. Qualifications: Applicants must be a resident of the State of Hawai'i or a Pacific Island nation; demonstrate financial need; GPA 2.0 or above; be an undergraduate student; attend a two or four year college or university in Hawaii; former student who has completed at least one year of college progress potentially towards degree completion, then “stopped out” for at least one year, and is now returning to actively pursue a college degree; student who is 20 years of age or older. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the committee's criteria; preference for recipients who were awarded in the immediate prior year if such recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements and is in good academic standing with a minimum 2.0 GPA; primary preference for students from Samoa or of Samoan ethnicity; secondary preference for students from another Pacific Island nation or ethnicity, including Hawaiian. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application form; an unofficial grade transcript is needed for all applicants; a valid transcript for HCF scholarship qualification purposes must include all the following: the institution’s name; the student’s full name; a list of course history; current grades/information for each course: continuing college students - must also include past semester grades/information; high school seniors - must include ninth through 11th grade at a minimum; current cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA); transcripts should be as recent as possible and should not be a duplicate from a prior year HCF application; grade transcripts that will be deemed invalid are as follows: a transcript without applicants most recent academic history; a transcript on which the name listed does not match the name on applicants HCF application; a transcript that cannot be clearly read; a transcript that does not include all pages and/or all course work; a transcript in a file format that cannot be opened upon review by HCF and/or its committee members. Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.