Ho'oulu Scholarship Fund

Eligibility

Ho'oulu Scholarship Fund, with an application deadline in February, offers numerous awards that vary in amount. Ethnicity requirements apply. Location restrictions exist. Restricted to those with financial need.

Description

The Ho'oulu Scholarship Fund was established in 2014 to support those who stopped out" of college but are now ready to complete their college education. Their intent is to support Pacific Islander students, including Hawaiians. The donor requires the applicants to be a resident of the State of Hawai'i or a Pacific Island nation. The donor also requires applicants to be former students who have completed at least one year of college progress potentially towards degree completion, then "stopped out" for at least one year, and are now returning to actively pursue a college degree. They must be 20 years of age or older. Preference is for recipients who were awarded in the immediate prior year if such recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements and is in good academic standing with a minimum 2.0 GPA. Primary preference will be given to students from Samoa or of Samoan ethnicity. Secondary preference will be given to students from another Pacific Island nation or ethnicity, including Hawaiian. List of Pacific Island Nations/ethnicity includes: (A) Melanesia: including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu; (B) Micronesia: including Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands, Chuuk, Pohnpei), Nauru, Palau, and Wake Island; (C) Polynesia: American Samoa, Easter Island/Rapa Nui, French Polynesia, Hawaii, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Hawai'i Community Foundation for more information.