USA Funds Access to Education Scholarship

The deadline has passed for this scholarship.
General Scholarship Information USA Funds is the nation’s leading education-loan guarantor. A nonprofit organization, USA Funds works to enhance postsecondary-education preparedness, access and success by providing and supporting financial and other valued services.

Amount: $1,500

Scholarship Eligibility Criteria

Minimum GPA: Not Applicable
Minimum Enrollment Status: Not Applicable
Residency: Not Applicable
Need-based: No
Grade Level(s): HS Senior Enrolling for Fall, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Transfer Students, Post Bacc., Graduate, Law, MBA
Campus(es): Downtown, Polytechnic, Tempe, West
Donor Preferences: Citizenship

Additional Eligibility Criteria:
  • If studying abroad, are attending or planning to attend a postsecondary institution that is eligible to participate in student-aid programs under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act.
  • Have an annual adjusted gross family income of $35,000 or less, as documented on a 2007 federal 1040 income-tax return on which the applicant is claimed as a federal tax exemption.
  • Are not currently in default on a federal education loan.
  • Students attending postsecondary institutions, such as United States service academies, that do not charge tuition and room and board to the general student body are not eligible to receive awards under this scholarship program.
  • Applicants from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all U.S. territories and commonwealths are eligible for USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships. Priority consideration for the awards will be given to applicants from Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming, states that USA Funds serves as the federally designated guarantor of federal student loans, and from Washington and Idaho, states that USA Funds’ affiliate Northwest Education Loan Association® serves as the federally designated guarantor of student loans.
Contact Info
Organization:
Scholarship America
Phone:
800-537-4180
Application & Renewal Info

Deadline: 02/15/2008
Application: http://www.usafunds.org/planning/access_to_education_scholarship/index.html