Pacific Islander Scholarships

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1	Scholarship Name	Typical Deadline	Essay Required?	Letters of Reccomendation?	Grade Level	Type of College	Field of Study	Need-based?	U.S. Citizenship Required?	Other Requirements?	Amount	Link

2	APIA Scholarship	January 9			College	Any	Any	Yes		AAPI, U.S. citizen, 2.7 minimum gpa, applied for FAFSA	$2500 minimum	https://apiascholars.org/scholarship/apia-scholarship/
3	Barry Goldwater Scholarship	January 26	Yes	Yes	Upperclassman	Any	STEM	No	Yes	Academic transcript	up to $7500	https://scholarships360.org/scholarships/search/barry-goldwater-scholarship/
4	The Boren Awards	January 31	Yes	No	College	Any	Any	No	Yes	Planning to study abroad in a country you are not a citizen of	up to $30,000	https://www.borenawards.org/
5	Banatao Family Filipino American Education Fund	February 25			Incoming Freshman/Freshman	4 year	STEM	Yes		Filipino, 3.0 minimum GPA, Northern California, LA, Orange or San Diego Counties	$5,000	https://asianpacificfund.org/what-we-do/scholarships/apply-for-scholarship/#banatao
6	Ken Innouye Scholarship	March 1	Yes	Yes	Upperclassman	4 year	Journalism	Yes		Minority, Resident or enrolled in college in LA, Venture or Orange Counties	$1,000	https://accessscholarships.com/scholarship/ken-inouye-scholarship/
7	Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest	March 1	No	No	Any	Any	Any	No	Yes	Original greeting card design	$10,000	https://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-scholarship.htm
8	PIFA High School and Undergraduate Scholarship	April 1	Yes	Yes	Any	Any	Any	Not mentioned		Pacific Islander, San Diego Resident		https://pifasandiego.com/scholarships
9	A Nurse I Am Scholarship	March 2	Yes	No	College	Any	Nursing	No	No	Must be enrolled in nursing courses at the time of application	$3,000	https://www.anurseiam.com/
10	Across Cultures "Expand Your Horizons" Scholarship	April 28	No	No	Any	Any	Any	No			$1,000	https://app.bold.org/scholarships/expandyourhorizons/
11	William K. Schubert Minority Nursing Scholarship	April 30	Yes		College	Any	Nursing	Not mentioned		Minority, Minimum 2.75 GPA	$2750 maximum	https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/careers/diverse-workforce/schubert
12	Christina Diaz Student Scholar Awards	May 5	Yes		Any	Any	Any	Not mentioned		Pacific Islander, 2.5 minimum GPA, faculty nomination	$500+	https://www.npien.com/resources/npien-awards
13	Ruth Abernathy Presidential Scholarship	October 15	No	Yes	Upperclassman	4 year	Sports/Exercise Science, Healthcare, Dance	No	No	SHAPE America member, 3.5+ GPA	$1,250	https://www.shapeamerica.org/scholarships/abernathyscholarship.aspx
14	The Elie Wiesel Foundation Prize In Ethics	December 29	Yes	Yes	Upperclassman	U.S. college	Any	No	No	Faculty Sponsor required, US Citizens, Canadian Citizens, Permanent Residents, DACA	up to $10,000	https://eliewieselfoundation.org/prize-in-ethics/
15	Hawai'i's Daughters Guild Scholarship	April 15	Yes	Yes	Any	Any	Any	Yes	Not mentioned	California resident, woman of Pacific Islander ancestry, minimum 3.0 GPA, enrolled full-time	$500 - $2000	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgXbOT-Kt7hyJ8gl1wPK0iZpplosGEhszdiNdOLV_SAO8MRQ/viewform
16	Asian Pacific Community Fund	April 15	No	Yes	Incoming Freshman/Freshman	U.S. Accredited	Any	Yes	Not mentioned	Minimum 2.8 unweighted GPA, reside in Santa Clara County, Fresno County, LA County, San Diego County, Alameda County	$1,000	https://www.apcf.org/state-bank-of-india-scholarship-open
17	Island Grad Scholarship	April 26	Yes	No	Any	Any	Any	No	No	Pacific Islander heritage, able to attend Island Grad Ceremony in May	$500	https://form.jotform.com/240888669703169
18	The Samoa Association San Diego Scholarship Program	May 3	Yes	Yes	Any	Any	Any	Not mentioned	No	Proof of Samoan ethnicity, Minimum 2.5 GPA, San Diego Resident		https://tsasd.org/TSASD%202024%20Scholarship%20Application%20Form.pdf
19	TOFA Scholarships	July 1	Yes	Yes	Any	Any	Any	Not mentioned	Not mentioned	California permanent resident, 2.75 minimum GPA		https://tofainc.org/scholarships
20	CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement	varies	Yes	Yes	College	CSU	Any	Yes		3.0 minimum GPA, Cal State student, campus president nomination letter	$7,000	https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/support-the-csu/foundation/Pages/csu-scholarships.aspx#OutstandingAchievement
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