WELCOME STUDENTS

RENEWAL SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA:

Scholarship renewals are available to students who were awarded a Foundation Scholarship for more than one year. The renewal each year is conditional pending verification that student has maintained all criteria and are contingent on review of final semester grades.

Meeting with Scholarship Committee

Details coming soon!

Communication Piece 

Examples of the Communication piece may be as follows: 

  • submission of your college experience using video (can be taken with phone). OR
  • testimonial of the impact of scholarship, service project, leadership involvement, etc. OR
  • a written testimonial based on prompt below

2023 prompt: Take a photo of yourself in front of an important place to you on campus or a place you spend a lot of time (ie. the library, the building of your major, football stadium, etc.) and write a brief discussion as to why this place is significant to you.

Communications pieces may be published, so please take that into consideration when working on your piece.

TURN IN YOUR COMMUNICATION PIECE HERE

Renewal Application (via Arizona Community Foundation)

  • Transcripts – 2.5 GPA required
  • School information – Must be an Arizona university, community college or accredited vocational/trade school
  • Personal statement
  • School Information

TO COMPLETE YOUR RENEWAL APPLICATION YOU MUST LOGIN HERE.

Community Service Hours (13 total) 

  • Seven (7) hours of service at your college, university, and/or accredited vocational school community. Can be part of a service with a student organization on campus (ie. Changemaker Central (ASU), Volunteer Services (UA), and American Medical Student Association (AMSA) to name a few.)
  • Six (6) hours of service with an organization of choice (ie. St. Vincent de Paul, Be a Leader, Aliento). This can also be completed with a college/university/accredited vocational or trade school organization should the scholar choose.

TURN IN YOU COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS HERE

Again, please responds to this email and let us know whether you intend to renew your scholarship or not. You may contact us at scholarships@foundation4education.org or 480-269-3634 for any questions.

 Please contact scholarships@foundation4education.org if you have questions.

PXU ALUMNI: Alumni Award Scholarships are available to students who were awarded a one-time scholarship award from the Phoenix Union Foundation for Education. These awards will vary in amount based on the students who apply and the funds available each year. Details coming later this year.

Applications for spring 2024 awards are closed. Please check back fall 2024 for next year’s awards.

Important Dates:
Application Opens: October 2024
Application Closes: January 2025
Scholarships Reception: April 2025
Scholarships sent to school of choice: June-August 2025

All students graduating May, 2025 from a PXU school who will attend a post-secondary school (university, community college, or accredited trade school) in the Fall of 2025 and Spring of 2026 are eligible to apply for these scholarships. 

If you are selected for a scholarship you will be notified in March and the award will be released to the scholarship office of your school.