US Scholarships

Gates Millennium Scholars

There are three components of the GMS scholarship nomination process:
(1) A Nominee Personal Information Form to be completed by the student,
(2) A Nominator Form to be completed by a principal, teacher, guidance counselor or other professional educator, and
(3) A Recommender Form to be completed by an adult who is familiar with the Nominee's community service and leadership activities.

Nominations and recommendations from relatives will not be accepted.

Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they:
- Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American
- Are citizens/legal permanent residents or nationals of the United States
- Have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (unweighted)
- Will be enrolling for the first-time at a U.S. accredited college or university as full time, degree-seeking first year students in the Fall of 2007
- Have demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular or other activities
- Meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria. (Eligibility for Federal Pell Grant can only be determined through the submission of a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the U.S.. Department of Education, Feder
- Have all three required forms (Nominee Personal Information Form, Nominator Form, and Recommender Form) completed and submitted by the deadline.

If you have any questions, please contact Ryan Edgar, GMS/APIASF Outreach Coordinator, at
gmsoutreach@apiasf.org or
via phone at (toll free) 1-866-274-4677 ext. 9.


Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund

There are two components to the APIASF scholarship nomination process:
(1) a student portion and
(2) the Recommendation form that is to be completed by a principal, teacher, guidance counselor, other professional educator, or an adult is who familiar with the student. Recommendations from relatives will not be accepted.

Both forms must be completed and submitted in the same method. Both the student and his/her recommender must either complete and mail the hard
copy forms or complete and submit the online forms.

Students are eligible to be considered for an APIASF Scholarship if they:
- Are of Asian and/or Pacific Islander ethnicity as defined by the 2000 Census.
- Are U.S. citizens, U.S. Nationals, legal permanent residents, or citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau.
- Are first-time, incoming college students in the Fall of 2007.
- Are enrolled full-time in a two or four-year program at a U.S. accredited college or university in the U.S., Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the 2007-2008 school year (enrollment is verified in the Spring of 2007). In the Freely Associated States, this includes the community colleges of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau.
- Have a cumulative, unweighted grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or the G.E.D. equivalent.

If you have any questions, please contact
Bindi Patel, APIASF
Scholarship Associate, at
bindi@apiasf.org
or via phone at (toll free) 1-877-808-7032.

The deadline of January 12, 2007, 11:59 pm EST for the 2007-2008 Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) and Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) Nomination Processes is fast approaching!

For more information about GMS and/or to start the online nomination process, visit www.gmsp.org.

For more information about APIASF and/or to start the online nomination process, visit www.apiasf.org.

You can also download the nomination materials from the websites.

Materials may be submitted either on-line by January 12, 2007, 11:59 p.m. EST or postmarked on or before January 12, 2007.