Chia Family Foundation Scholarship Program

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Application status: Closed

The Chia Family Foundation has established a scholarship program to assist Chinese-Americans who plan to continue their education in college.

The program is administered by Scholarship America^®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Eligibility

Awards

Required Materials

Applicants to the Chia Family Foundation Scholarship Program must:

Be at least 17 years of age.
Be Chinese-American by direct lineal descent based on self-identification and indication of student’s or family’s origins (place of birth in China: city, province). If unknown, applicants will be asked to provide a reason.
Be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), or individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA).
Have received a high school diploma or the equivalent from a U.S. school by fall 2023.
Have completed or expect to successfully complete a minimum of one full year of full-time college education (24 credits or equivalent) by June 2024.
Plan to enroll for the entire 2024-25 academic year in full-time undergraduate study at the sophomore year level or higher at an accredited private non-profit four year college in the United States that is currently ranked among the top fifty (50) National Liberal Arts Colleges by US News and World Report (NOTE: the ranking in the fall of 2023) – see below.
Be studying to obtain a first bachelor’s degree.
Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent).
Demonstrate financial need based on the application information and copy of family’s IRS 1040 (or equivalent).

Previous recipients are not eligible to reapply.

Top fifty National Liberal Arts Colleges ranked by US News and World Report:

Amherst College
Barnard College
Bates College
Berea College
Bowdoin College
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Carleton College
Centre College
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
Colgate University
Colorado College
College of the Holy Cross
Connecticut College
Davidson College
DePauw University
Denison University
Dickinson College
Franklin & Marshall College
Furman University
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Hillsdale College
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Macalester College
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
Oberlin College and Conservatory
Occidental College
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Principia College
Scripps College
Skidmore College
Smith College
Spelman College
St. Olaf College
Swarthmore College
The University of the South
Trinity College
Union College
University of Richmond
Vassar College
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Whitman College
Williams College

Amherst
New York
Lewiston
Berea
Brunswick
Bryn Mawr
Lewisburg
Northfield
Danville
Claremont
Waterville
Hamilton
Colorado Springs
Worcester
New London
Davidson
Greencastle
Granville
Carlisle
Lancaster
Greenville
Grinnell
Clinton
Claremont
Haverford
Hillsdale
Gambier
Easton
St. Paul
Middlebury
South Hadley
Oberlin
Los Angeles
Claremont
Claremont
Elsah
Claremont
Saratoga Springs
Northampton
Atlanta
Northfield
Swarthmore
Sewanee
Hartford
Schenectady
Richmond
Poughkeepsie
Lexington
Wellesley
Middletown
Walla Walla
Williamstown

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

Academic record
Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
Work experience
A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
Ability to overcome challenging personal or family circumstances
An online recommendation.

Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, must be demonstrated for the student to receive an award.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of the Chia Family Foundation play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive an award ranging from $5,000 to $15,000. Awards may be renewed for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first. Renewal is contingent upon satisfactory academic performance in a full-time course of study at the same college.

Each year of eligible renewal, the award will increase by $1,000. Recipients who plan to transfer schools must attend another eligible private non-profit college ranked in the top 50 National Liberal Arts Colleges at the time of transfer.

Renewal students will be contacted by Scholarship America in January of each year. Renewal students will be asked to send the sponsor a brief update each year on their academic and other activities and a final update on their post-graduation plans.

A deferral of up to one academic year may be granted for any reason.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

All applicants will be notified of their status in late-March.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of the Chia Family Foundation. Payment is made in August.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display student name, school name, grades and credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

Copy of the first two pages of the most recently filed IRS Form 1040 used for the Financial Information page. Black out any sensitive data including Social Security Numbers prior to uploading.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than January 26, 2024 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.

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