ABOUT OUR PROGRAM
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) has an apprenticeship account of $1,000,000. The NIAF will accolade scholarships and grants to outstanding acceptance in the summer of 2009 for use during the afterward bookish year. The awards will be fabricated on the base of bookish arete and disconnected amid two groups of students.
General Category I:
Italian American acceptance who authenticate outstanding abeyant and aerial bookish achievements. Area of study: open.
General Category II:
Those acceptance from any indigenous accomplishments majoring or minoring in Italian language, Italian studies, Italian American studies or a accompanying field, who authenticate outstanding abeyant and aerial bookish achievements.
Scholarship awards ambit from $2,000-$12,000. Each scholarship accolade can alone awning charge and university-provided allowance and board. Scholarship recipients are acceptable for one year of scholarship support. Scholarship monies not acclimated during one bookish year are not communicable to the afterward bookish year. Scholarship applicants and winners can and are encouraged to reapply in consecutive years.
Applications for NIAF scholarships can alone be submitted on-line.
DEADLINES AND OTHER IMPORTANT DATES
November 2008 Scholarship appliance accessible on-line.
March 6, 2009 - Complete on-line applications due by midnight Pacific Standard Time.
- Transcripts by mail charge be postmarked.
- FAFSA Banking Aid Anatomy (optional, if claiming banking aid) charge be postmarked.
- There are NO EXCEPTIONS to March 6, 2009 deadlines.
March 20, 2009 Evaluation anatomy from abecedary charge be submitted online.
May 15, 2009 Announcement of NIAF scholarship winners.
CONDITIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY
To be advised for a NIAF scholarship, a apprentice charge accommodated the afterward criteria:
• Be enrolled in an US accepted academy of college apprenticeship for the Fall 2009.
• Accept a grade-point boilerplate of at atomic 3.5 out of 4.0 (or the equivalent).
• Be a United States aborigine or a abiding citizen alien.
• Fit into one of the two NIAF scholarship categories.
• For the purposes of the NIAF Scholarship Program, to be “Italian American” the apprentice charge accept at atomic one antecedent who has immigrated from Italy.
No actual ancestors associates of the NIAF Lath of Directors, Regional Vice-Presidents, Area Coordinators or agents are acceptable for NIAF scholarships.
PROCESS FOR APPLYING (Application & links will be available mid-November 2008)
- Click on the link: Open a Scholarship Application File. You will be asked to agree to the NIAF Application Terms and Conditions. After this, you will enter information necessary to receive your NIAF Scholarship Application File ID. This Application File ID will be sent to you by e-mail upon submission. Please record your Application File ID as it will be REQUIRED in accessing & updating your application.
- You will then be brought to your status page, where you can access all parts of your scholarship application. Continue filling out your application or return at another time using your Application File ID to access your Scholarship Application File.
To log into your existing Scholarship Application File, go www.niaf.org/scholarships.
Click on the link: Access your previously started Scholarship Application.
- Using your Application File ID, you may access both Sections A and B of your application to make changes up until the application deadline.
- Notify your teacher so he or she can go to the website, use your Application File ID to access your account, and submit your on-line Evaluation Form. Your on-line application and evaluation must be completed by March 20, 2009.
- Submit to the NIAF by mail a copy of your Official Transcript. Transcript must be postmarked by March 6, 2009.
- Optional: Submit your FAFSA Financial Aid Form. FAFSAs must be postmarked by March 6, 2009.
The NIAF encourages you to apply early to avoid unforeseen technical problems. The NIAF is not responsible for late applications caused by technical difficulty.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND CHECKLIST
Applications for NIAF scholarships can only be submitted on-line.
In order to be complete, an application must include the following:
- Completed student application (Sections A & B) submitted on-line.
- Teacher Evaluation Form submitted on-line.
- An official school transcript submitted by mail.
- FAFSA Financial Aid Form (optional) submitted by mail.
NIAF scholarships are highly competitive and awarded on the basis of academic performance, field of study, career objectives, and the potential, commitment, and abilities applicants have demonstrated that would enable them to make significant contributions to their chosen field of study. Some scholarships are awarded based on financial need.
Applications will be “blindly” evaluated. That is, names, addresses, or distinguishing information that would reveal the applicant’s identity on the application will not be made available to scholarship evaluators.
SCHOLARSHIP CONDITIONS SELECTED RECIPIENTS
To be eligible to receive payments, a NIAF scholar must:
- Submit a written acceptance of the scholarship award.
- Submit letter(s) of appreciation to NIAF-designated scholarship financial contributor(s).
- Submit a color photograph for publication.
- Sign a written statement pledging that upon completion of the scholarship academic year, student will submit a typed narrative of approximately 500 words for publication. The narrative will briefly describe the benefits of the NIAF scholarship.
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