Applications for 2011 student scholarships are available and will be accepted until August 1. MAP awards scholarships to deserving Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students who need financial assistance to assist with their progress toward a degree at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.
Funding for these scholarships comes from contributions from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ alumni and friends as well as proceeds from the Bridging the Gap Breakfast held annually on Homecoming Saturday.
One of MAP’s missions is to promote the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAA. It supports the recruitment of diverse students, faculty and staff and encourages appropriate mentoring activities.
Qualifications for MAP Scholarships:
- Continuing Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student in good standing
- Full-time student at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, undergraduate or graduate
- Minimum one quarter at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ
- Financial aid need as determined by Financial Aid Office
Application shall include:
- Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAA MAP scholarship application form
- One reference letter from faculty member, adviser, academic personnel, or community leader
- A one-page typed narrative describing the applicant’s personal background, academic and career goals, financial need, commitment to diversity, and the applicant’s involvement with campus and/or community organizations
- Copy of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ transcript (unofficial transcript acceptable)
- Permission to release information form to allow the Office of Student Financial Aid to provide information about your financial aid status for 2011-12 and your total student loan debt
Additional materials will not be accepted. We will not accept phone calls regarding application status. Recipients will be contacted by telephone. Non-recipients will not be notified; if you have not been contacted within five weeks of the application deadline, you were not selected; however, the Office of Student Financial Aid will retain your application in case other scholarship funds become available.
All information will be kept confidential.
Questions: Contact Dr. James Flowers, (206) 616-2309, jflowers@u.washington.edu
Application must be completed and received by the MAP Scholarship Awards Committee no later than Monday, August 1, 2011. Send application to: Office of Student Financial Aid, MAP Scholarship, Box 355880, 178 Schmitz Hall, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, Seattle, WA 98195-5880.
Download one of the following applications here: