$25,000 College Scholarship for Green Card Holders

AFRICAN METRO NEWS

If you are  recently naturalized as a US citizen, green card holder or if you are a child of an immigrant person who is now a naturalized US citizen- and you are planning to apply to (or have already applied to), and enroll in a graduate program for the academic year 2015-16- you are eligible for $25,000 New American Scholarship

Thirty Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans will be awarded in March 2015 on the basis of a single national competition. Each fellowship supports up to two years of graduate study – in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program – in the United States.

$25,000 Scholarship for New Immigrant Students
$25,000 Scholarship for New Immigrant Students

Each award is for up to $25,000 in maintenance grants and up to $20,000 in tuition and fees or 50% of required tuition and fees/year. The program promotes a strong sense of community among Soros Fellows through fall conferences and other activities for fellows receiving financial support and numerous events held throughout the country for fellows receiving financial support and numerous events held throughout the country for fellows who are no longer receiving financial support.

The deadline for submission of completed applications is November 1, 2014.

  • To be eligible, you must be:
  • A New American (a green card holder or naturalized citizen if born abroad; a child of naturalized citizens if born in this country).
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  • Not yet 31 years old, as of the application deadline.
  • A college senior or holder of a bachelor’s degree.
  • Not beyond your second year – if already enrolled – in the graduate degree program for which you request support.

    • Selection criteria emphasize creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained accomplishment. The program values a commitment to the constitution and the bill of rights. The program promotes a strong sense of community among fellows and alumni through fall conferences for fellows and numerous events for fellows and alumni held throughout the country.

    Eligible applicants must not have reached or passed your 31st birthday as of November 1, 2014. In other words, you must have been born on or after November 1, 1983. To be eligible for the scholarship money, applicants must already hold a bachelor’s degree or be a college senior in good standing. For more info see http://www.pdsoros.org