March/April 2002 Online Publication    





USA Funds will award $1,500 scholarships to qualified full-time undergraduate and graduate students and $750 scholarships to qualified half-time undergraduate students.

USA Funds Access to Education Scholarship
By Chris Elam and Sandy Holt, USA Funds Services
1-866-497-USAF (866-497-8723), option 2

Applications are available for USA Funds®' $3-million national scholarship program to assist college students who demonstrate financial need. USA Funds will award $1,500 scholarships to qualified full-time undergraduate and graduate students and $750 scholarships to qualified half-time undergraduate students for the 2002-03 academic year.

To qualify for USA Funds Access to Education ScholarshipsTM, applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in coursework at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, vocational/technical school or graduate school, and must come from families with annual adjusted gross household incomes of $35,000 or less. Up to 50 percent of the scholarship awards will be targeted to applicants who are members of an ethnic minority group or have a documented physical disability.

To qualify for an award, applications for the USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships must be postmarked by April 15, 2002. For eligibility information and to download an application, visit USA Funds' Web site at www.usafunds.org. For additional information, contact Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America Inc., which administers the scholarship program on behalf of USA Funds, at 800-537-4180, or send e-mail to scholarship@usafunds.org.