Submitted by Sandy Osborne,
Coordinator, Calhoun Family Resource Network
354-7177
The Sallie Mae Fund
has announced the creation of a $1 million Unmet
Need Scholarship Program to help low-income students overcome financial barriers and meet the cost of
college.
The program will supplement financial aid packages for low-income students by providing grants of up to
$3,800 to cover financial need not met through typical financial aid channels, including grants, federal work
study, loans, and other scholarships.
Student applicants must meet all of the following criteria: be able to demonstrate unmet financial need of more
than $1,000 before loans; have a combined family income of $30,000 or less; and have a cumulative
grade-point average between 2.5 and 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale), or the equivalent.
The new scholarship program is part of Project Access, a three-year, $15 million commitment by the Fund
to improve access to higher education by targeting under-served populations with information, resources, and
scholarship dollars. Scholarship America will administer the Unmet Need Scholarship Program as part of the
Project Access initiative.
Scholarship guidelines and application forms are available at the Sallie Mae Fund Web site.
thesalliemaefund.org
Deadline: May 31, 2003
Calhoun Family Resource Network
354-7177
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