Fall Deadline Approaches For Lilly Endowment Community Scholars
WARSAW – The Kosciusko County Community Foundation’s deadline for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship application will be 4:30 p.m., September 15.
A link to the online application is now available on the foundation’s website at www.KCFoundation.org/Scholarships. Guidance counselors will also have a link to the application to share with eligible applicants. Applicants are encouraged to have taken the SAT or ACT exam prior to their application.
Application eligibility includes:
- Must be a Kosciusko County resident who is a current high school senior and who will receive their high school diploma from an accredited Indiana high school by June 30, 2020,
- Must intend to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study at an accredited public or private nonprofit college or university in Indiana,
- Must be pursuing an academic and/or technical honors diploma at the end of their Junior year, and
- Must maintain a GPA of 3.8 or higher on a 4.0 scale or a 10.3 or higher on a 12.0 scale at the end of their Junior year.
In Kosciusko County, the Kosciusko County Community Foundation recommends two recipients of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship to Independent Colleges of Indiana for final selection. The local process is “blind” in that committee members do not have access to student names when reviewing applications. Consideration for the scholarship is given to academics, community service, extracurricular involvement, work experience, references and essay responses.
The scholarship provides four-year, full-tuition to the recipients to attend their Indiana college or university of choice, and are a result of a statewide Lilly Endowment initiative to help Hoosier students reach higher levels of education.
The deadline for all other traditional Community Foundation scholarships is March 15, 2020. Information about those opportunities can be found at www.KCFoundation.org/Scholarships.