The purpose of the First Generation Student Scholarship is to offer financial assistance for tuition and other educational expenses to first generation students who are formally admitted into a degree-seeking program at the University of Alaska Anchorage and demonstrate financial need.
Qualifications:
- Applicant must be a first generation college student.
- Applicant should demonstrate motivation, academic and leadership potential.
- Applicants must be in good academic standing with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for undergraduate and 3.0 for graduate.
- Applicant must be formally admitted into an undergraduate, graduate, certificate, and/or vocational degree-seeking program at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
- Applicant must plan on enrolling at least half-time (six (6) credits) at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
- Applicant may be an incoming or continuing student at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
- Applicant may be a U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen, Alaska resident, or out-of-state resident.
- Applicant must be able to demonstrate financial need.
- Preference will be given to previous recipients.
- Preference will be given to undergraduate students.
- Applicant must be enrolled in the semester for which the award is made.
To apply for this scholarship please make sure you meet all of the qualifications above, and then login to secured area of UAOnline to complete the electronic scholarship application.
*In order to qualify for this scholarship please submit the additional information below to supplement the online application.
Applicants must submit a brief essay in the text box below (250 words max) describing how meaningful it is to be the first person in your immediate family to attend college.
