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The Edmond A. Metzger Scholarship will be awarded to those with active Amateur Radio License Class. Students in the bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering are eligible. The applicant must be holding an amateur radio license for at least one year. Transcripts must include all semesters for which grades have been awarded. If the student is applying for graduate school assistance, high school transcripts are not necessary. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the ARRL Foundation Inc. for more information.

The Swiss Benevolent Society is pleased that it can continue its oldest scholarship program, one which offers undergraduate students of Swiss ancestry help with paying college tuition. In order to apply for an SBS Scholarship, applicants must reside permanently in the state of Illinois or Southern Wisconsin. They must be either a Swiss National with permanent US residency permit or a US citizen of Swiss origin or of Swiss descent. We require official documents that prove the applicant's Swiss origin or descent, going back to their first ancestor with Swiss citizenship. Swiss students studying in the US on a student or visitor's visa are not eligible. Acceptable documents for proof of Swiss citizenship are: Certificate of Citizenship; Swiss Passport (current or old); Registration at any Swiss Consulate (get letter of confirmation); Swiss Military Service Book Birth, Death, Marriage Certificates from Switzerland; US Naturalization or Citizenship papers that indicate Switzerland as the previous country of citizenship; and any other document, e.g. settlement permit from Switzerland which lists place of origin. High school seniors may apply. They must have a minimum exam score of 26 ACT or 1230 on SAT or higher. College freshmen must have a 3.3 GPA or better in their first semester or quarter at college. College sophomores and juniors must have a 3.3 GPA or better as of the end of the fall semester or fall quarter 2023. Applications and all requirements must be submitted through email. In unusual circumstances, applicants may apply through mail application. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

If you have served at least one year of federal active duty service in the Armed Forces of the United States; or served on federal active duty service in a foreign country during a time of hostilities in that country and were honorably discharged after your most recent period of federal active duty service; and/or are honorably serving, you may be eligible for the Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program. Any member of the Illinois National Guard or a Reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States who meets the eligibility requirements is considered a qualified applicant for the IVG Program. Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit an IVG Program application if they anticipate attending college at any point in the future. To be considered eligible, applicants must satisfy one of the four categories of Illinois residency requirements, which can be seen in the program's website. Applicants must notify their college's financial aid office of their eligibility status as soon as possible, but not later than the last scheduled day of classes in the term for which a grant is requested. Applications for the IVG Program can be submitted any time during the academic year for which assistance is being requested. The complete information about the program and the list of eligible schools are available on the program's website. Please visit the program's website or contact ISAC for more information.

Since 1964, the Italian Catholic Federation has given scholarships to high school students, of the Catholic faith, attending college. To apply, students must meet one of the following: (1) Are Roman Catholic and of Italian Descent and live within the Roman Catholic Dioceses of California, Illinois and Nevada, only where Branches of the Federation are established; (2) or Are Roman Catholic but need not be of Italian Descent or live where Branches of the Federation are established if either Roman Catholic parent, guardian or grandparent is a member of the "Italian Catholic Federation." The Federation will award scholarships to high school graduates payable to them upon proof of full-time enrollment, in the first Fall Term following their high school graduation, in an accredited university, college, junior college or technical school. Also, recipients of an ICF First Year Scholarship will automatically become eligible to receive an advanced scholarship application upon completing their 1st , 2nd and 3rd year of college consecutively. Applications may be submitted through mail or online. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

If: (1) you plan to teach at a nonprofit Illinois public, private, or parochial preschool, elementary school, or secondary school, for which the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has determined that no less than 30 percent of the enrolled students are racial minorities; and (2) you are a minority yourself or are a qualified bilingual minority applicant, then you may qualify for the Minority Teachers of Illinois (MTI) Scholarship Program. This scholarship may be received for a maximum of the equivalent of four academic years. As part of the application process, you must agree to the terms and conditions that are outlined in the application's Teaching Agreement or Promissory Note. By receiving this scholarship, you must teach in Illinois. If this teaching commitment is not fulfilled, the scholarship converts to a loan, and you must repay the entire amount plus interest. Applicants must be a high school graduate or hold a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. Applicants must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment on at least a half-time basis at an institution of higher education. If the applicant is already licensed to teach, they must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a course of study leading to an additional teaching endorsement or a master's degree in an academic field in which they are teaching or plan to teach. Applications received after the priority deadline date will be considered for the MTI Scholarship Program only if funding remains after all timely complete applicants have been awarded. The complete list of eligible schools is available on the scholarship's website. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact ISAC for more information.

The Illinois Real Estate Educational Foundation (REEF) administers the Illinois Diversity Real Estate Scholarship Program in partnership with the State of Illinois, which allows us to award 60 scholarships each year to qualified racial residents of Illinois pursuing courses of study that will prepare them for careers relating to real estate or enhance the skills and knowledge that they currently use as real estate professionals.

The Six Meter Club of Chicago Scholarship will be awarded to those with active Amateur Radio license class. The applicant must be holding an amateur radio license for at least one year. Students in any field of study at any institution are eligible. Part-time or full-time post-secondary students at a regionally accredited technical school, community college, college or university leading to an undergraduate degree are eligible. Preference will also be given to applicants with a GPA of 2.5 or better and in good academic standing. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the ARRL Foundation Inc. for more information.

The Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation Scholarships will be awarded to deserving students pursuing Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management in post-secondary degrees. Applicants must be accepted or plan to apply to an accredited culinary or hospitality school, college or university. Applicants must also be enrolled as a full-time or substantial part-time student, taking a minimum of 9 credit hours each term. Applicants must major or will major in culinary, restaurant management, foodservice or another related program. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Association for more information.

The goal of DFI is to increase the number of minority full-time tenure track faculty and staff at Illinois two- and four-year, public and private colleges and universities. A DFI Fellow must be an Illinois resident and U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident alien who is a member of an Underrepresented Group. Applicants must plan on pursuing a career in teaching or administration at an Illinois post-secondary institution or Illinois higher education governing board. GPA requirement: Minimum grade point average of 2.75 on a grade scale of 4.0 = A in the last 60 hours of undergraduate work; and over a 3.2 in at least 9 hours of graduate study. Students should contact their institution's Institutional Representative with questions regarding the application or review process (including deadlines).