Scholarships available to assist RI students/families with costs of education
Do you - or someone you know - need help with the costs of education? The Rhode Island Foundation, thanks to hundreds of generous individuals who value education, may be able to help.
The Foundation administers more than 150 scholarship funds to assist students from middle school to post-graduate study and from every city and town in Rhode Island with the costs of education. Last year alone, the Foundation distributed nearly $1 million in scholarship assistance to Rhode Islanders.
Some of the scholarships are for specific geographic regions such as the Bernard and Henrietta O'Rourke Scholarship for residents of Lincoln, RI. (See the story at right to learn about one of last year's O'Rourke Scholarship recipients.) Others target specific schools such as the Lawrence, Allen, Singletary Scholarship for Hope High School or Central High School graduating seniors (or renewal applicants). Still others are designated for specific groups such as the Major Jeremiah P. Murphy Scholarship for the children of active, retired, or deceased Providence police officers.
Individuals applying for many scholarships at the Foundation - both new and renewal applicants - should apply through a new online system. Applications for other Foundation-administered scholarship funds should be submitted directly to a school or organization.
The scholarship section of the Foundation website provides detailed information, including a directory of all Foundation-administered scholarships with eligibility criteria, application information, and deadlines; an eligibility questionnaire; and access to the online application system. |
Foundation announces inaugural Beatrice S. Demers Fellows
At a ceremony earlier this week at the University of Rhode Island, The Rhode Island Foundation announced the inaugural class of Beatrice S. Demers Fellows, congratulating them on receiving grants totaling $187,000.
The Demers Fellowships enable recipients to pursue foreign language study, with the 19 inaugural Fellows pursuing French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and Xhosa (one of the official languages of South Africa).
"Meet" the Fellows and learn more about the Demers Fellowship program. |
