Looking for scholarships? Check to see if you’re eligible for an Asian Pacific Fund Scholarship!
Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Scholarship – Up to two scholarships in the amount of $1,000 available for incoming freshman or current, full-time undergraduate at a two-year community college or four-year college/university in 2018-19.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Student or parent currently/formerly employed at an Asian-owned or Asian cuisine restaurant
- Any ethnic heritage
- Community advocacy and social justice work on behalf of Asian American, immigrant, gay and lesbian and/or other progressive causes
- Minimum GPA: 3.0
- Financial need
- No citizenship status requirement
Banatao Family Filipino American Education Fund – Up to five scholarships in the amount of $5,000 annually available for incoming freshman enrolled full-time at an accredited four-year college or university in 2018-19.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Minimum GPA: 3.0
- Major: engineering, mathematics, computer science, environmental or physical science Note: those pursuing health careers are not eligible (i.e. physician, nurse, pharmacist, dentist, etc.)
- Ethnic heritage: Filipino heritage (at least 50%)
- Financial need
- Residency:
- Northern California counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus or Yolo
- Southern California counties: Los Angeles, Orange or San Diego
Lapiz Family Scholarship – One award in the amount of $2,000 available for incoming UC freshman or current, full-time undergraduate in 2018-19.
Eligibility Criteria:
- University: University of California (any campus, preference given to Davis and Santa Cruz)
- Minimum GPA: 3.0
- Farm worker or child of farm worker or migrant farm worker
- Financial need
- Any ethnic or racial background
- US citizen or permanent resident
Visit the Asian Pacific Fund to learn more about scholarship deadlines and find the applications, as well as view more opportunities.