Jeannette Rankin National Scholar
The Jeannette Rankin Foundation invites a diverse group of volunteers from around the country to serve as application reviewers. Application reviewers are trained, must complete an assessment and sign a confidentiality agreement before they are allowed to begin. We use a three-tier review process where a different group of volunteers reviews each application at each level. Every application is reviewed at least five times by these three levels of volunteers. Finally, we take the reviews and aggregate scores from each level, and the new class of Scholars is selected.
Jeannette Rankin Scholar Grant Eligibility Requirements
An applicant for a JRF Scholar Grant must be:
A woman, trans, nonbinary, intersex, agender, or queer individual over the age of 35
Demonstrate Financial Need (meet income eligibility requirements)
A U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident of the United States
Pursuing a technical or vocational education, an associate’s degree, or a first bachelor’s degree
Enrolled in or accepted to a regionally accredited and not-for-profit school
Selection Factors
Your Goals
Your plan for reaching your goals
How will you use your education to give back to the community?
Income Guidelines
JRF’s low-income eligibility is based on the student’s estimated household income for the coming year. Our income guidelines come from the Department of Labor’s Lower Living Standard. The figures below are updated each year by November 1st.
Household Size………………………Annual Income
1……………………………………………….. at or below $23,500
2……………………………………………….at or below $38,511
3……………………………………………….at or below $52,863
4……………………………………………….at or below $65,257
5……………………………………………….at or below $77,014
6……………………………………………….at or below $90,059
Non-Discrimination Policy
The Jeannette Rankin Foundation’s policy is to make financial awards to people who self-identify as women without regard to race, creed, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, or physical and cognitive disability. Jeannette Rankin Foundation defines women as all those who suffer under the material conditions that have historically been assigned to women, which includes trans and nonbinary people, intersex and agender people, and queer people.
Accreditation
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
We verify accreditation, and if your school is unaccredited, your application will be automatically disqualified.
Additional accreditations by an agency listed on the following website may be accepted at JRF’s sole discretion.
https://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/accreditation_pg7.html#NationalInstitutional
If you encounter any technical errors with your application, check out the Submitter Help Center at https://www.submittable.com/help/submitter/ or contact the Submittable’s technical support team via email at support@submitable.com.
Application review criteria
Your application will be reviewed and assessed based on the following criteria:
Your academic and/or professional goals. Reviewers assess each application to see if the applicant provides concrete and realistic goals along with examples of how they plan to achieve their academic and professional goals stated in the application.
Your plan for reaching your goals. Reviewers look to see that the applicant provides a clear plan for how they will reach their goals.
How you will use your education to give back to your community.
Sign up for our Applicant Support Hours
Every Wednesday from 4 – 5 p.m. PST / 7 – 8 p.m. EST, the Jeannette Rankin Foundation team walks through our grant eligibility criteria, the application process, and timeline, and tips for strengthening your application. Interested applicants are invited to bring questions. Email info@rankinfoundation.org with interest and to receive a Zoom link.
- Award
- $0.00
- Deadline
- 02/17/2023