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Diversity Scholarship Announcement - Instructions for AY 2023 - 2024
$300,000 Fund for the 2023 - 2024 Academic Year
About
Diversity scholarship recipients...
Are
historically underrepresented
in higher education, as indicated on the application form.
Demonstrate a commitment to advocating for diversity and inclusion among the campus
and larger community, as articulated in the essay questions below.
Have financial need
as determined by the Financial Aid Office and federal guidelines, based on financial information submitted by the student to the Financial Aid Office by the deadline.
Eligible applicants:
Have turned in all required materials for a
Complete Admissions Application
to one of our degree-granting programs by the deadline.
Have submitted either a
FAFSA application
(domestic students) or the
CIIS International Student Aid application
(international or undocumented students) by the deadline.
Will be a
new degree-seeking
student in their first semester of their new degree program at CIIS for the semester to which they are applying and be officially admitted by the CIIS Admissions Office. (The scholarship is not open to change of program applicants from within CIIS. Students who graduated from CIIS and are applying to a new degree program at CIIS are eligible for consideration if they are applying before the start of their first semester.) Students may apply for the Diversity Scholarship prior to knowing of their admissions status but will only be eligible to receive the scholarship if they are admitted to one of our degree programs.
Note: All above points must be met in order to be considered for the scholarship. The Diversity Scholarship Committee takes into account a student's mix of academic merit and financial need.
Requirements to Receive the Scholarship
In order to
receive
the scholarship, you must be:
Entering CIIS as a
new student
(not an internal change of program or
readmitting
student). Continuing alumni are welcome to apply but must be applying for their first semester of their new degree program. The scholarship is
not
open to readmitted students or students continuing into their second or later semester of study, or students returning from a leave of absence.
Enrolled as a
full-time
student for the full award or as a
part-time student for a
pro-rated
amount
. (For ITP and ITPS students only, a 6-unit course load is considered full-time.)
Officially admitted into a
degree-seeking
program of study at CIIS. (Students not yet admitted but anticipating being admitted are invited to apply!)
Fully or conditionally admitted
to CIIS. Applicants who are provisionally admitted
are eligible for consideration
, but the scholarship will not be awarded and released to provisionally admitted students until they become fully admitted. (Again, provisionally admitted students are welcome to apply.)
More importantly, you must have submitted all application materials
by the deadline.
Scholarship applications are due by the 15th of each month and applicants will be notified by the
subsequent
month.
Overlap with other CIIS Scholarships
Students applying for the Diversity Scholarship can also be eligible for the CIIS Opportunity Scholarship, but are
not
eligible for additional named scholarships at CIIS. If selected for the Diversity Scholarship and another named scholarship, students need to choose which scholarship to accept.
Award Notification and Distribution
Timeline for Selection
The Diversity Scholarship Committee reviews scholarship applications once a month from
April
15th to July 15th for Fall,
and
October 15th to December 1st for the Spring.
A number of recipients (3-4) are chosen each month. All eligible applicants who meet the eligibility criteria by the deadline are considered during each round.
The Diversity Scholarship Committee will
notify
applicants of the outcome of their application
via email by the following month
if the applicant is chosen for that round.
Award Distribution
This award is a
tuition-remission credit
, awarded in a student’s first year and is
not
renewable. It goes only up to the amount of tuition charged and there are no refunds.
The $5,000 award will be distributed over 1-2 semesters with $2,500 awarded in the first, and $2,500 in the second semester if student is enrolled in a program that offers year-round classes. Likewise for the $10,000: It is distributed over two semesters, up to the amount of tuition charged.
Please review all eligibility rules
and then fill out this application in its entirety by the posted deadlines to be considered.
Start a Degree Application
Applicants: Apply to Diversity Scholarship
You will hear from us about the outcome of the Diversity Scholarship by the
1
5th
of December, 2023