College Scholar Resources.

Funds are available to college Scholars experiencing an emergency or unexpected circumstance once a semester. There is no GPA requirement, but Scholars should be currently enrolled in their undergraduate program. Before applying, please read the first page of the application regarding eligible expenses. Any questions can be referred to the College Success Team:  CollegeSuccess@chicagoscholars.org

Financial support provided to a college Scholar of any class-year for an educational or leadership experience including study abroad, an off-location internship, unpaid internship, research opportunity, or conference. This grant is offered on a rolling basis throughout the year and can only be applied for once during an academic year. Scholars applying for this grant must already be accepted into their educational or leadership experience in order to receive funding.

Thank you for interest in the Educational and Leadership Development Grant! Our ability to review and fund applications at this time is currently paused pending receipt of additional funds.

If you are interested in being added to our queue of applications to be considered once funding becomes available, please feel free to complete an application. We realize that completing an ELD application requires time and effort, so we appreciate the effort you would put into it and we hope that we will be able to review and consider your application for funding in the future.

We will notify all Scholars via the 10 Minute Tea newsletter once we are able to review applications again.

Financial support provided to a currently enrolled college Scholar as an opportunity to put their passions toward meaningful action, specifically projects related to Social Justice, Civic Engagement, and Leadership Engagement. This grant awards up to $5,000 and is offered on a rolling basis throughout the year. Scholars may submit both an individual grant application and an application as part of a Scholar group.

To learn about previous MJEWF Grant projects, download details here.

We encourage Scholars to explore and apply for the following scholarship opportunities, which are only open for students in Chicago Scholars or favor Chicago Scholars in their decision process.