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ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Applications Now Available; Deadline is February 15, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC; December 15, 2005– The Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) announced today that it is accepting applications for the organization’s second scholarship competition. Asian and Pacific Islander Americans who are entering college for the first time in the fall of 2006 are eligible, provided that they are United States citizens or permanent residents, or citizens of the Freely Associated States. The deadline for submission of applications is February 15, 2006.
In its first full year of operation, APIASF distributed $330,000 to 165 applicants during the 2005-2006 academic year. This year, APIASF plans to match that level, and will increase the number of scholarships awarded if additional funds are secured. Previous scholarship recipients have came from thirty states, the District of Columbia, and several of the Freely Associated States in the Pacific. They have followed courses of study ranging from the sciences, to the arts, to the humanities, to education, and hospitality fields. They have excelled at two-year colleges, as well as four-year colleges. And they have been drawn from more than a dozen ethnic communities, including Cambodian, Chamorro, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Laotian, Korean, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, South Asian, and Vietnamese.
“Many Asian and Pacific Islander Americans encounter huge obstacles in obtaining higher education,� said Robert Underwood, Chair of APIASF, who is a former Congressman from Guam and former Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. “Many of our scholars are the first in their
families to attend college, and are from low-income backgrounds. Many are also recent arrivals to the U.S. from countries where only the wealthy had access to higher education. The U.S. Census shows that several of the ethnic groups with the lowest academic achievement rates are Asian or Pacific Islander American, and they need a helping hand. APIASF was formed to see that all Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have the opportunity to pursue a higher education, regardless of their ethnicity, national origin, or financial means.�
APIASF’s scholarship recipients must have a minimum 2.7 grade-point average. Each scholarship award is for $2,000. Awards are made on the basis of academic record and plans, community service, financial need, and leadership. Scholarship decisions will be announced in May of 2006.
Applicants are encouraged to apply on-line by visiting www.apiasf.org, where printable materials are also available.
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) is the only national organization that promotes the pursuit of higher education among Asian and Pacific Islander American students by distributing scholarships to qualified first-year undergraduate college, university, and vocational school students. Established in 2004, APIASF has already earned the support of major corporations including: AT&T, the Asian McDonald’s Operators Association, The Coca-Cola Company, Federated Department Stores, Inc./Macy’s West, the Gener
al Mills Foundation, the Hilton Hotels Corporation, the IW Group, McDonald’s USA, LLC, and Wells Fargo & Company. Additional supporters include Federal Express, the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, Nissan North America, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Sodexho, Southern California Edison, Wal-Mart Stores, and Washington Mutual. APIASF is also supported by several major scholarship programs, including the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the United Negro College Fund, the American Indian Graduate Center Scholars and the Gates Millennium Scholars/APIA. APIASF is a nonprofit organization devoted solely to the financial scholarship needs of Asian and Pacific Islander American students.
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)
1628 16th Street, NW - Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 986-6892 or (877) 808-7032
Fax: (202) 667-6449
E-mail: info@apiasf.org
Internet: www.apiasf.org
Applications Now Available; Deadline is February 15, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC; December 15, 2005– The Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) announced today that it is accepting applications for the organization’s second scholarship competition. Asian and Pacific Islander Americans who are entering college for the first time in the fall of 2006 are eligible, provided that they are United States citizens or permanent residents, or citizens of the Freely Associated States. The deadline for submission of applications is February 15, 2006.
In its first full year of operation, APIASF distributed $330,000 to 165 applicants during the 2005-2006 academic year. This year, APIASF plans to match that level, and will increase the number of scholarships awarded if additional funds are secured. Previous scholarship recipients have came from thirty states, the District of Columbia, and several of the Freely Associated States in the Pacific. They have followed courses of study ranging from the sciences, to the arts, to the humanities, to education, and hospitality fields. They have excelled at two-year colleges, as well as four-year colleges. And they have been drawn from more than a dozen ethnic communities, including Cambodian, Chamorro, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Laotian, Korean, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, South Asian, and Vietnamese.
“Many Asian and Pacific Islander Americans encounter huge obstacles in obtaining higher education,� said Robert Underwood, Chair of APIASF, who is a former Congressman from Guam and former Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. “Many of our scholars are the first in their
families to attend college, and are from low-income backgrounds. Many are also recent arrivals to the U.S. from countries where only the wealthy had access to higher education. The U.S. Census shows that several of the ethnic groups with the lowest academic achievement rates are Asian or Pacific Islander American, and they need a helping hand. APIASF was formed to see that all Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have the opportunity to pursue a higher education, regardless of their ethnicity, national origin, or financial means.�
APIASF’s scholarship recipients must have a minimum 2.7 grade-point average. Each scholarship award is for $2,000. Awards are made on the basis of academic record and plans, community service, financial need, and leadership. Scholarship decisions will be announced in May of 2006.
Applicants are encouraged to apply on-line by visiting www.apiasf.org, where printable materials are also available.
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) is the only national organization that promotes the pursuit of higher education among Asian and Pacific Islander American students by distributing scholarships to qualified first-year undergraduate college, university, and vocational school students. Established in 2004, APIASF has already earned the support of major corporations including: AT&T, the Asian McDonald’s Operators Association, The Coca-Cola Company, Federated Department Stores, Inc./Macy’s West, the Gener
al Mills Foundation, the Hilton Hotels Corporation, the IW Group, McDonald’s USA, LLC, and Wells Fargo & Company. Additional supporters include Federal Express, the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, Nissan North America, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Sodexho, Southern California Edison, Wal-Mart Stores, and Washington Mutual. APIASF is also supported by several major scholarship programs, including the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the United Negro College Fund, the American Indian Graduate Center Scholars and the Gates Millennium Scholars/APIA. APIASF is a nonprofit organization devoted solely to the financial scholarship needs of Asian and Pacific Islander American students.
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)
1628 16th Street, NW - Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 986-6892 or (877) 808-7032
Fax: (202) 667-6449
E-mail: info@apiasf.org
Internet: www.apiasf.org