Ava's Grace Scholarship
The Ava’s Grace Scholarship provides grants of $5,000 for students who have experienced parental incarceration. These grants are renewal through graduation or a maximum of 8 semesters. Students who live anywhere in Missouri or in the Illinois counties that comprise the St. Louis metropolitan area are eligible to apply.
To be eligible to be considered for this scholarship you must:
- Have a parent who is or has been incarcerated in a U.S. penitentiary (state or federal)
- Be a permanent resident of Missouri, or the Illinois counties of Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe or St. Clair for at least two years prior to the date of the application
- Demonstrate significant financial need, as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or similar need calculations. Students with an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) over $15,000 must have significant and extenuating circumstances to be considered.
- Have achieved a minimum cumulative 2.0 grade point average
- Plan to attend an accredited, nonprofit college or university
- Be seeking a first technical, first associate, or first bachelor’s degree
The Ava’s Grace Scholarship is administered by The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. To be considered, completed applications and all required supporting documents must be submitted by April 15. Awards will be announced in June.
The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis
6825 Clayton Ave, Suite 100, St. Louis, MO 63139
(314) 725-7990
info@sfstl.org
- Award
- $5,000 renewable
- Deadline
- 04/15/2020
- Supplemental Questions
- To be eligible for this scholarship, you must have an incarcerated parent or have been previously impacted by parental incarceration. Does this describe you?
- If so, during what time in your life did the incarceration occur? Please also include any additional details you would like to share.
- Do you need any assistance securing special accommodations on campus? (i.e sign language interpreter)
- Is English your first language?
- Applicant's Current Employer
- Applicant's Current Job Title or Occupation
- Hours Worked per Week
- List all other positions held within the last year.
- 1. Employer
- 2. Position/Title
- 3. Dates Employed
- 4. Reason for leaving
- What is the current marital status of your parents?
- Parent (or legal guardian) 1 Full Name
- Parent (or legal guardian) 1 Full Address
- Parent (or legal guardian) 1 Home Phone Number
- Parent (or legal guardian) 1 Cell Phone Number
- Parent (or legal guardian) 1 Current Employer
- Parent (or legal guardian) 1 Occupation or Title
- Parent (or legal guardian) 2 Full Name
- Parent (or legal guardian) 2 Full Address
- Parent (or legal guardian) 2 Home Phone Number
- Parent (or legal guardian) 2 Cell Phone Number
- Parent (or legal guardian) 2 Current Employer
- Parent (or legal guardian) 2 Occupation or Title
- Do your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) have a bachelor's degree?
- Are you pursuing your first technical, first Associate, or first Bachelor’s degree?
- List academic honors and/or awards you have received. (Include award dates)
- List any volunteer activities in which you have participated, including the name, date, and brief description of work
- Who has supported your ambition to work toward completion of your college/postsecondary education program? Please describe how this individual supported you.
- Do you or your family have special circumstances that should be considered as part of your application? Please describe.
- COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT: If you are a current college student, upload your OFFICIAL college transcript here. Transcript should reflect grades from your most recently completed semester.
- HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT: Upload your complete high school transcript. If you are a high school senior, upload your high school transcript INCLUDING GRADES THROUGH THE FALL 2019 SEMESTER.
- List any other postsecondary institutions attended in the last three years. Official transcripts are required for any other postsecondary school attended.
- 1. School
- 2. Major
- 3. Dates Attended
- 4. Degree Attained
- 5. Upload Transcript
- Upload all pages of your 2020-2021 Student Aid Report (SAR)
- Upload your 2020-2021 Financial Aid Award Letter
- ESSAY: Explain your interest in college and where you think it may take you. What have you done to prepare yourself to pursue higher education? (Essay should be a minimum of 300 words and will be evaluated for content, specificity, coherence, appropriate expression, and correctness of grammar and punctuation.)
- We want to learn more about you: You may choose to submit something that you’ve created, or you may choose to write a second essay. If you have a website, an art project, a personal video or other on-line file that you would like to share with us, please place the link in the next question and please explain what it is in the space provided here. If you choose to write a second essay, please describe a challenge you have faced and how you dealt with it. Explain how having dealt with that challenge has shaped you, and if it has influenced your education and career path.
- On-line content (enter a link to the on-line content described above):
- SCHOLARSHIP CENTRAL RECOMMENDATION: If you filled out the recommendation question on your General Application, please select it from the drop down below. If you did NOT complete the recommendation on your General Application,enter the name and e-mail address of an instructor, counselor, advisor, supervisor or other similarly qualified individual who will submit a recommendation on your behalf. NOTE: As the applicant, it is your responsibility to inform that person to watch for an email sent on your behalf that will explain how to complete this process.
- APPLICANT SIGNATURE: By entering my full name below, I authorize the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis, Ava’s Grace Scholarship Foundation and their agents to examine, verify and discuss my academic and/or financial records and other information which applies to the consideration of this application. I certify that all answers are accurate and truthful to the best of my knowledge, and that all information in the application and essays are my own work. I understand that the decisions made regarding my participation in this program are made in reliance upon the truth and correctness of my statements.
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