Ho'oulu Hawaiian Language Scholarship Fund
Hawaii Community Foundation
Deadline: February 28
To support students studying the Hawaiian language and thus preserve and advance the language. Qualifications: Applicants must be maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0; be an undergraduate student; attend a two or four year college or university in Hawaii; be a student majoring in Hawaiian Language. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on committee criteria and preferences: students of Hawaiian ethnicity; renewable for up to four years; renewal candidates must maintain GPA of 2.0. 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: Area and ethnic studies; Foreign languages.