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** In order to perform a thorough scholarship search, remember to access a scholarship Internet search engine like FastWeb at www.fastweb.com, ask your high school guidance counselor about scholarship opportunities, and contact the financial aid office at each university that you are considering. The following list doesn't include all available scholarships. **
AAJA-NEWHOUSE NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Asian American Journalists Association
(415) 346-2051
Attn: Scholarship Department
1765 Sutter Street, Rm. 1000
San Francisco, CA 94115-3217
Eligibility: Especially welcomes applications from historically underrepresented
Asian Pacific American groups, high school graduates who declare journalism as a major.
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April of each year
CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
Chinese American Citizens Alliance
415 Bamboo Lane
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Eligibility: College sophomores of Chinese descent and residents of Southern
California.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: May of each year
DR. SYNGMAN RHEE SCHOLARSHIP
Dong Ji Hoi
C/O S.K. Kim
142 Circle Drive
Wahiawa, HI 96786
Eligibility: Students of Korean ancestry, residents of Hawaii, high school
graduates, financial need, and have record of community service.
Amount: $1,250
Deadline: June of each year
KOREAN-AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
Korean American Scholarship Committee
Attn: Scholarship Committee
Western Region Office
P.O. Box 486
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Eligibility : Full time students of Korean-American heritage enrolled at least
second year (sophomore) in 4 year colleges, graduate schools, or professional schools in
Western Region.
Amount: (2) $10,000 and (20) $1,000
Deadline : February of each year
JAPANESE-AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE (JACL) NATIONAL FRESHMAN AWARDS
JACL
(415) 921-5225
National Scholarship Program
1765 Summer Street
San Francisco, CA 94113
Eligibility : American citizen of Japanese ancestry, and a JACL member or child of a
JACL member
Amount : $500 to $ 1,000
Deadline : application postmarked by April 15
THZ FO FARM FUND
Hawaii Community Foundation
(808) 565-5570
900 Fort Street Mall, Ste. 1300
Honolulu, HI 96813
Eligibility: High school graduates, Chinese ancestry, Hawaiian residents, can
attend school in Hawaii or the mainland, minimum G.P.A 3.0.
Amount: Varies
Deadline : February of each year