Any student who is a graduating high school senior or older. This includes non-traditional adult students and students attending trade schools or working to obtain a degree beyond a bachelors. Please see the specific requirements of each scholarship for details on which ones you may be eligible for.

Our application will be available by December 1 each year. This is to allow students ample time to complete their application and to give them the opportunity to work on it over Christmas break if they choose. It may be available before that, but there are no guarantees. If the "apply now" link works, go ahead and start your application. If not, check back again soon!

As you proceed through the Universal Application process and answer some basic questions, the system will flag eligible scholarships you meet the criteria too. After the Universal Application is officially submitted, your account Dashboard will tell you which scholarships you may apply to.

Please note that you can submit the Universal Application even if your recommendations have not been completed and emails have only been sent. This allows more time for the applicant to complete the additional information on the scholarships they are eligible to apply for.

The Alpha Lillstrom Cheng Democratic Process Scholarship is separate from the Universal Application. Please review the scholarship criteria and use the separate scholarship link to apply for this particular scholarship.

Information on each scholarship is also available on our website. Scholarships are sorted by availability to either high school students only, adult students only, and some are open to both high school and adult students.

Simply follow the apply now link. You will choose your own login credentials. Please keep them in a safe place. This will allow you to log in and out as much as you want so you can complete your application at your own pace. If you applied to us in a previous year, your login credentials should still work. If you're a previous applicant and have forgotten your password, please contact us and we can reset it for you.

Applications are due no later than February 15 of each year. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

A high school student is any current graduating high school senior entering college as a freshman. An adult student is anyone attending schooling beyond their freshman year of continuing education, or a student pursuing continuing education on year or more after graduating high school. This can include college sophomores, juniors, seniors, students pursuing graduate work, or a variety of nursing programs, etc.

Yes! You will need to complete the Universal Application to determine the scholarships you are eligible for. Also, please reference the scholarship criteria on our website.

The Community Foundation currently holds four renewable scholarships. The Armstrong County Building and Loan Association Scholarship, Dr. A.I. Slagle Medical Educational Scholarship, Mable R. Slagle Nurses Training Scholarship, and the Redbank Valley High School Sports Booster Scholarship. If you are awarded the scholarship, you will automatically receive the scholarship (amounts may vary from year to year) for up to four years of schooling, pending our receipt of your most current transcripts to verify that your GPA remains within the permitted range, per that scholarship's requirements.

Yes, we encourage students to apply for any and all scholarships that they are eligible for.

Yes, students may apply several years in a row. This remains true regardless of if they have received or been denied a scholarship in previous years.

All eligible applications are reviewed by an independent committee. If you are a high school applicant, your scores are based off of the following criteria: GPA, percentage of weighted classes, extracurricular activities, offices or leadership positions, community service, honors and awards, essay, and recommendations.
If you are an adult applicant, your scores are based off of the following criteria: GPA, community service and volunteer activities, work history, essay, and recommendations.

All independent committee members' scores are then tallied and averaged. The independent committee will then meet and make their final decisions based on these scores.

There is no set date for notifications to go out, but you can expect to hear something from the Community Foundation by the end of April. We will send you a notification via email whether you are being awarded a scholarship or not.

Generally, scholarship checks go out in the beginning of July, but there is no set date.

If you are selected as a recipient, you will fill out a scholarship agreement form, which will include the address of the particular office at your school that processes scholarships. We will send the check directly to this address. A check is never given directly to the student.

The scholarship(s) you are awarded are specifically for the year that you have applied for, not your entire academic career. While most schools award them in one lump sum, some may divide your award into two semesters per their scholarship policy. Our policy just requires them to be applied to your account in the appropriate school year.

Please notify us immediately of any change of major. If your newly chosen field still fits within the scholarships criteria, then there is no need to worry and we can still process your scholarship. If your new chosen field no longer fits the eligibility requirements of the scholarship, the Community Foundation may be forced to revoke the scholarship.

If you have decided on a different school than what you listed on your scholarship agreement form, you need to notify the Community Foundation immediately. If your new chosen school still fits within the scholarships criteria, we will send the check to the new school. If this changes your eligibility, we may be forced to revoke the scholarship.

Schools typically take several weeks to process scholarships. You will receive a notification from us that the check has been sent to the school. Please give it a few weeks and check with your school's online portal to see if they have credited your account. If not, please contact the school first to check on the status of your award. If the school says they haven't received it yet, please allow 1-2 more weeks for the school to process it before you contact us. Often, it's just a slow process.