The Community Foundation Alliance is comprised of affiliate Community Foundations serving 9 southwestern Indiana counties. Each year, the affiliates collaborate with high schools throughout southwestern Indiana to nominate students for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholar award.
Conditions for Award
Recipients must:
Graduate from an accredited Indiana high school and receive diploma no later than June 30, 2022. A high school is considered accredited for purposes of the program if it is accredited by the State Board of Education or by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the State Board of Education. Although home-schooled students are ineligible to apply for the LECS, students enrolled in accredited online high schools may be eligible. Contact your Community Foundation for more information.
Intend to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study at any Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Select the college or university they will attend prior to April 29, 2022.
Hold freshman status upon entering their chosen college or university.
Apprise the Community Foundation Alliance annually of their academic status while pursuing their baccalaureate degree and of their postgraduate status (education and employment) for at least ten years after graduation.
Account for and return to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) any amount of the allocation for required books and equipment remaining at the end of each school year.
Disclose additional scholarship offers. (When recipients receive additional scholarships, those additional scholarships will be reviewed in order to ensure that each Lilly Scholar receives the full scholarship amount(s) that are due. The amount awarded under the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program may be adjusted to avoid having a scholar’s total award package exceed the Cost of Attendance.)
Agree to the conditions outlined in the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Agreement (available through the application form).
Eligibility Requirements
Qualified applicants will:
Be a resident of Indiana and graduate from a Participating County high school by the end of June 2022.
Have a minimum 3.7 cumulative grade point average (4.0 unweighted scale).
Graduate with an Indiana Core 40 Academic or Technical Honors diploma.
Be available for an interview with the scholarship committee if selected as a finalist and be prepared to write a short essay prior to the interview on a selected topic as an example of writing/critical thinking skills.
Apply for the scholarship in only one county.
Selection Criteria
Applicants will be evaluated on:
GPA (cumulative grade point average)
Curriculum (difficulty of high school curriculum)
Extracurricular activities (level of involvement in extracurricular school activities)
Honors and awards (academic awards, leadership awards, and other recognition from church, school, community, and volunteer activities)
Work and community activities (time devoted to work activities and level of involvement in community activities)
Personal statement and goals (clarity and conviction of ideas and quality of writing)
Financial need (as reflected by the Expected Family Contribution figure on the student’s FAFSA form)
Essay (student answers essay question thoroughly and appropriately and is able to support position with reasoning and specific examples)
Finalist impromptu essay: clarity and reasoning (extent to which the student answers essay question thoroughly and appropriately and is able to support their position with reasoning and specific examples)
Interview (student demonstrates confidence in answers, answers all questions clearly, indicates knowledge of his/her community, demonstrates honesty and sincerity, and indicates critical thinking)
Scholarship Website : Community Foundation Alliance
Scholarship Amount : full-tuition, required fees, and an annual stipend of up to $900 for required books and equipment for four years of full-time undergraduate study at an accredited Indiana college or university
Scholarship Contact : https://www.communityfoundationalliance.org/
Scholarship Deadline : September 2, 2021 (before 11:00PM)
Scholarship listings are for informational purposes only. College Confidante is not affiliated with scholarship opportunities. Students are advised to confirm details with scholarship sponsor.