Scholarships for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

Scholarships for Asian & Pacific Islander (API) American College and Graduate Students Compiled by Dr. Monit Cheung, PhD, LCSW, Professor of Social Work, University of Houston, 713-743-8107, [email protected] Please check accuracy and scholarship details with the respective organization or university. Updated at: http://www.uh.edu/socialwork/New_research/cwep/current-students/ Updated July 2020 Scholarship Opportunities Offered by National Organizations: National Organization Scholarship Application Criteria Address or Website AICPA American Institute AICPA Scholarship for Minority - Minority students http://www.aicpa.org/Career/DiversityInitiatives/Pag of CPAs Accounting Students - Application deadline: March 1 of each year es/smas.aspx - See the website for application instructions American Hotel & Lodging • The Rama Scholarship for the - See the website for further updates https://www.ahlef.org/Scholarships/Academic_Scho Educational Foundation American Dream larships/ • The Hyatt Hotels Fund for Minority Lodging Management Student American Society of ASNEngr Scholarship - For Nepalese descent http://www.asnengr.org/wp/?s=scholarship Nepalese Engineers - See the website for further updates Ascend Ascend Corporate Scholarships - See the website for application instructions https://www.ascendleadership.org/page/scholarships

Application Information https://www.ascendleadershipfoundation.org/initiati ves/need-based-scholarship Asian American/Pacific • Scholarships and Awards - Be an Asian American or Pacific Islander Nurse Program Description Islander Nurses • AAPINA Scholarship - See the website for application instructions http://aapina.org/ Association, Inc. • Ethnic Minority Nursing Award Scholarships Descriptions (AAPINA) • AAPINA Geropsychiatric http://aapina.org/aapina-scholarship/ Nursing Award • Okura Foundation Grant; Research Grant • Yu (Philip) Xu Mentoring Award

Asian & Pacific Islander • Gates Millennium Scholars - See the website for application instructions https://apiascholars.org/scholarships.html American Scholarship (GMS) Fund • APIASF AANAPISI Scholarship • APIASF General Scholarship Asian Pacific American The Asian Pacific American - Must be of Asian/Pacific Islander heritage http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/apala-scholarship/ Librarians Association Librarians Association Scholarship - a citizen or permanent resident of the U. S. or Scholarship (APALA) Canada, APALA member - Application deadline: April 1, 2020 Asian Pacific Fund Scholarships - See website for scholarship programs http://asianpacificfund.org/what-we- do/scholarships/apply-for-scholarship/

Asian Women in Business Asian Women in Business - Must be Asian woman or Pacific Islander ancestry http://www.awib.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.vie Scholarship - a U.S. citizen or permanent resident wPage&pageId=811&parentID=472&nodeID=1 Scholarship Opportunities (p. 1 of 6) National Organization Scholarship Application Criteria Address or Website Bill & Melinda Gates The Gates Millennium Scholars - African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, http://www.gmsp.org/ Foundation Asian Pacific Islander American and Hispanic American students Buddhist Tzu Chi Tsu Chi USA Scholars - See the website http://www.tzuchi.us/scholarships/ Foundation Chinese American Scholarships: - See the website for further updates http://cala-web.org/Awards Librarians Association • CALA Outstanding Library Leadership Award in Memory of Dr. Margaret Chang Fung • CALA Best Book Award Call for Nominations • CALA Scholarship of Library and Information Science • Huang Tso-ping and Wu Yao- yu Research and Scholarship Award • Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship of Library and Information Science • Lisa Zhao Scholarship Fund • Dr. Tze-chung Li's Student Membership Scholarship Chinese American Medical CAMS Scholarship Program - Application deadline: March 31, 2020 http://chineseamericanmedicalsociety.cloverpad.org/ Society scholarship Chinese American Nurses CANA Scholarship - Chinese heritage http://www.cana-usa.org/scholarship/ Association - Application deadline: September 25, 2020 Chinese American Scholarship Program for US - Application deadline: June 12, 2020 http://www.caps-ca.org/scholarship.html Physicians Society Medical Students Coca-Cola Scholars • Coca-Cola Scholars Scholarship The Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship http://www.coca- Foundation • Coca-Cola Community College - U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals, U.S. Permanent colascholarsfoundation.org/applicants/ Academic Team Residents, Refugees, Asylees, Cuban-Haitian Entrants, • Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise or Humanitarian Parolees - See the website for application instructions for all scholarship programs College Scholarship.org Search by study subject area and by Use the subject search for scholarship in your field of http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/asi race/ethnicity study an.htm *Also, click “By Subject” to choose scholarship in your field of study Council on Social Work Minority Fellowship Program Minority Fellowship Program for Doctoral https://www.cswe.org/Centers- Education (CSWE) Students Initiatives/Initiatives/Minority-Fellowship- - Applicants must hold a social work master’s Program/About-MFP degree from a CSWE-accredited program. Their career goal must be to provide leadership in practice, research, teaching, and policy promulgation in government or private organizations serving underrepresented and underserved persons with or at risk for mental Scholarship Opportunities (p. 2 of 6) National Organization Scholarship Application Criteria Address or Website health and/or substance abuse disorders. - Application deadline: check back in August 2020

Minority Fellowship Program-Youth for Master’s Students - full-time, master’s-level, direct practice-focused social work students in their final year of study at a CSWE-accredited institution. Applicants must identify mental health and/or substance use disorder service delivery to racial/ethnic minority populations as their focus and be committed to seeking employment in mental health and/or substance use disorder services or prevention with the target population immediately after graduation, for at least 2 years. - 2021-2022 application cycle opens in late spring/summer 2021 GDPT Minh Quang scholarship - Be of Vietnamese descent http://gdptminhquang.org/main.php?page=tt - See the website for updates Japanese American The National Scholarship and - See the website for instructions https://jacl.org/jacl-national-scholarship-program/ Citizens League Awards Program Japanese Medical Society Scholarships - See the website for application instructions http://www.jmsa.org/ of America (JMSA) Community outreach grant Scholarship Information https://www.jmsa.org/student-members- merit/scholarships/ Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships - See the website http://www.ptk.org/scholarships.aspx Korean American KASF Scholarships (by Region) - Students with Korean heritage http://www.kasf.org/southwestern Scholarship Foundation - See the website for application instructions Scholarship Information https://www.kasf.org/scholarship-info/ Michael & Susan Dell Scholarships - Application open: October 1, 2020 http://www.dellscholars.org/scholarship/ Foundation - Application deadline: December 1, 2020

National Asian Pacific NAPABA Scholarships - Application deadline: August 26 of each year http://www.napaba.org/page/16_Scholarship American Bar Association - See the website National Association of NASW Fellowships, Scholarships For graduate students in social work http://www.naswfoundation.org/fellowships.asp Social Workers and Research Awards Questbridge Scholarship - U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents, or http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/students- - Students, regardless of citizenship, currently start-here attending high school in the United States. The Asian Pacific Islander The APIO Scholarship - Asian or Pacific Islander students, who are U.S. http://www.apio.org/#!scholarships/c1012 Organization (APIO) citizens The Asian Reporter A list of scholarship for API - See the website http://www.asianreporter.com/Scholarships.htm students The Educational 8 different scholarships - See the website http://www.ioof.org/IOOF/OurWork/Education/IOO Foundation, IOOF F/Our_Work/educationalfoundation.aspx?hkey=f788 2057-7a3d-4c6f-a359-4fa0566f59a6

Scholarship Opportunities (p. 3 of 6) National Organization Scholarship Application Criteria Address or Website The Hmong American Scholarships - See the website http://www.thehaef.org/scholarshipsservices.html education Fund

The LAGRANT The LAGRANT Foundation - Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident or be an http://www.lagrantfoundation.org/Scholarship%20Pr Foundation Scholarship AB-540 student/DACA recipient ogram - Must be a member of one of the following ethnic groups: African American/Black, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino or Native American/Alaska Native - See the website for application instructions The Philippine American Scholarship - Students of Filipino-American descent http://www.pacco.org/ Chamber of Commerce of Oregon (PACCO) Ronald McDonald House RMHC®/Asia Scholarships program - Must be a high school senior planning to attend full https://www.rmhc.org/rmhc/index/programs/rmhc_s Charities time cholarship_program.html - Application deadline: check back in 2020 Scholarship America Scholarships - See the website https://scholarshipamerica.org/

Sino-American SAPA Scholarship and Excellence SAPA Scholarship and Excellence in Education SAPA Scholarship and Excellence in Education Pharmaceutical in Education Program Program Program Professionals Association SAPA-Hisun Graduate Travel Grant - Be a United States citizen or permanent resident https://www.petersons.com/scholarship/sapa- - Application deadline: June 30, 2021 scholarship-and-excellence-in-education-program- 111_181934.aspx SAPA-Hisun Graduate Travel Grant SAPA-Hisun Graduate Travel Grant - See the website for updates https://sapaweb.org/ Society of Actuaries and Actuarial Diversity Scholarship - Must have at least one birth parent who is a member http://www.beanactuary.org/study/?fa=scholarship Casualty Actuarial Society of one of the following minority groups: Black/African American, Hispanic, Native North American, Pacific Islander. - See the website South Asian Journalists Scholarships, awards, internship For South Asian descent http://www.saja.org/scholarships Association fund, fellowships US Pan Asian American USPAACC scholarship Asian Pacific Island heritage (except for Bruce Lee http://celebrasianconference.com/scholarships Chamber of Commerce Scholarship) - A citizen or permanent resident of the United States Vietnamese American 3 different scholarships - For Medical Students http://www.vamausa.org/scholarship/ Medical Association - See the website for updates

Scholarship Opportunities Offered by Texas-Based Organizations: Texas-Based Organization Scholarship Application Criteria Address or Website ACE Foundation ACE Foundation’s - For college students http://www.austinacefoundation.org/ Scholarship - Application deadline: check back in September

Air & Waste Management Undergraduate and graduate - See website for details https://www.awma-gcc.org/index.php/available- Association Gulf Coast Chapter scholarships schols/

Scholarship Opportunities (p. 4 of 6) Texas-Based Organization Scholarship Application Criteria Address or Website American Lebanese Cultural American Lebanese Cultural - See website for instructions https://www.alcchouston.org/ Center, Houston, Texas Center Scholarship American Society of Indian Student Scholarships - See the website http://www.asiehouston.org/scholarships Engineers & Architects Arab American Medical Health Training Scholarship Medical Student Houston Scholarship http://www.aama-houston.org/msscholarships.html Association Houston Chapter and travel award - For Arab Heritage, become a member

Health travel award - Applicant must be of Arab American Heritage Asian American Bar Foundation Pro Bono Scholarship Fall - Currently not available. Check back in the future https://aabahouston.com/event-2990363 Houston 2017 Herbert Gee Memorial Scholarship Application Asian American Real Estate AAREA Scholarship - American citizen of Asian descent. (at least one http://aareahouston.org/index.php?option=com_conte Association parent) nt&view=article&id=80&Itemid=664 - See the website for instructions Asian Pacific American Medical 20 scholarships a year from - See the website https://www.apamsa.org/?fbclid=IwAR33MiNAW7Z Student Association (APAMSA) various sources ZWd34yURzV6n3tLfZitzTk6I7suXuFRRkp0zH56V vR_Xk12g Chinese American Doctors Scholarships - Application deadline: January 11, 2020 http://cadah.org/cadah-scholarship/ Association of Houston - See the website for updates Chinese Professional Club CPC Scholarships - Be a student of Chinese descent (minimum 1/4) who http://cpchouston.net/ is a resident of (or whose parent or guardian resides in) Scholarship Application the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area http://cpchouston.net/scholarship- - Application deadline: March 7, 2020 overview/scholarship-application/ Devard & Devaughn Darling As One Foundation - See the website for application instructions http://www.asonefoundation.org/how-to-apply/ Scholarship Scholarship Filipino Young Professionals of Youth Scholarship Application deadline: September 20, 2020 http://fyphouston.com/scholarship-application/ Houston George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation - Students who are citizens of the United States. http://hammanfoundation.org/scholarship-guidelines/ Hamman Foundation Scholarship Students with Permanent Resident status are not eligible. - Application deadline: February 16, 2020 Joint Chinese College Alumni scholarships • See the website http://www.jccaa.net/default.asp Association of Southern USA Korean American Scholarship KASF Scholarships (southern • See the website for application updates http://www.kasf.org/southwestern Foundation Region) Scholarship Information https://www.kasf.org/scholarship-info/ Malaysian Singaporean Merit Award See the website https://www.msahouston.org/community Association of Houston Society of Professional Women in Scholarships - Female and graduating from a Houston-area high http://spwp.org/scholarship/ Petroleum school. Plan to attend a Texas college or university - See the website for updates Taiwanese Heritage Society of • Taiwan American - Applicant must be a resident of the greater Houston http://www.houston-taiwanese.org/ Houston heritage Scholarship metropolitan area. Scholarship Information • Taiwan Study - Applicant must be of Taiwanese descent. At least one http://www.houston-taiwanese.org/scholarship.html Scholarship Opportunities (p. 5 of 6) Texas-Based Organization Scholarship Application Criteria Address or Website Scholarship parent must be Taiwanese or Taiwanese American. - See the website for further updates Texas State University Scholarships - See the website for further updates http://www.finaid.txstate.edu/scholarships.html The Arab American Cultural & The Arab-American Cultural - US Citizen or Permanent Resident; Arab Heritage https://www.acchouston.org/ Community Center & Community Center - See the website for updates Scholarship The Vietnamese American Scholarships - Vietnamese descent http://vietscholarships.org/scholarships.html Medical Association of Greater - See the website for further updates Houston University of Texas-Austin Center The Honorable Martha J. - Currently not available, check back later for updates https://sites.utexas.edu/utcaas/2016/03/25/the- for Asian American Studies Wong, Ed.D. Scholarship honorable-martha-j-wong-ed-d-scholarship-deadline- april-15-2016/

Vietnamese Culture & Science Scholarships for students and - See the website for updates https://vcsa.org/?fbclid=IwAR3IfHqZ-KjcOazY- Association young professional qUjKH11jvKCK9PdEKZtReuIwFeygMzE9DseGtAn lEY VN TeamWork Michael CaoMy Nguyen - Proof of U.S. citizenship or legal U.S. residency http://vnteamwork.org/michael-caomy-nguyen- Scholarship - Application deadline: October 2, 2020 scholarship/

*FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid that all students must file if they need financial aid, work study or scholarship. Application is available online beginning January 1 of the year of admissions and the closing date is June 30 of the same year. http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ **Most scholarship applications require filling out an application form by the deadline, along with two essays, resume, and a list of external references. Interviews may be required at the organization. Eligibility requirements vary. ***Most university-based scholarships do not require separate applications. Applicants state on the admissions application that they are applying scholarships and/or financial aids. Scholarship awards are based on students’ merit (GPA, SAT, essay, community engagement).

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