The Feiner Family Fund Scholarship for Financial Need

The Feiner Family Fund Scholarship for Financial Need has been established to assist currently enrolled Hostos students who are facing financial adversity. The scholarship will award up to $2000, to five full-time or part-time students. Students facing: outstanding medical bills, overdue electric bills, past due childcare bills, assistance with books, tuition balances, and other academic related reasons are eligible to apply. Applicants must submit along with their applications all of the supporting documents.
Awards will be allocated depending on the individual documented need. This award is open to all currently enrolled Hostos students who are in good academic standing. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

To qualify students must:
-Submit a letter of recommendation from a faculty, staff, academic advisor, guidance counselor, or employer
-Be currently enrolled as a Hostos student
-Answer all supplemental questions
-Have a demonstrable need and be able to describe it on an essay
-Submit documentation that supports the needs described
-Apply through the scholarship website at https://hostos.academicworks.com (paper applications will not be accepted)

For questions, more information and/or assistance in the application process please contact the scholarship office at mlibfeld@hostos.cuny.edu or 718-518-4166/718-664-2630

Award
$2000
Deadline
01/28/2020
Supplemental Questions
  1. Please enter the name, last name and email account of your recommender. This will allow them to upload a letter on your behalf
  2. Please explain your career goals and how receiving this emergency fund will help you achieve them.
  3. Please write an essay outlining your professional/academic trajectory and the need-based circumstances you have faced in your career path.
  4. Briefly explain what academic or non-academic responsibilities you are currently facing.
  5. Please upload documentation that supports the described need you are currently facing it may include a bursar receipt, the past due electric bill, overdue childcare bill, outstanding medical bills, eviction notice, rent bill . In the event that you experience issues uploading your documents, contact the scholarship office for assistance.
  6. Please upload a copy of your unofficial transcript (must be downloaded from your CUNYfirst account, then uploaded on your application.)
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