Scholarships in the U.S.

Scholarships offered by Polish organizations

• The Kościuszko Foundation
  https://www.thekf.org/kf/scholarships/about/
• Polish American Medical Society
  http://www.zlpchicago.org/students-residents/
• Polish Falcons of America
  https://polishfalcons.org/scholarships/

The American Institute of Polish Culture Scholarship

A scholarship is a gift from which the benefits are truly endless. AIPC currently offers two programs: The Harriet Irsay Scholarship, and The Lennox Family Award for Excellence available to new and ongoing undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.

Share these opportunities with family, colleagues, friends, and neighbors. Placed in the right hands, this message could be the connection that turns one student's future from uncertain to illuminated.

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The Kosciuszko Foundation Tuition Scholarships

Kosciuszko Foundation Tuition Scholarships support American students of Polish descent for graduate level studies, such as masters and Ph.D. studies, at colleges and universities in the United States. Scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $7,000 are awarded on a competitive basis for one academic year. Funding is for full-time studies.

Eligibility

United States citizens and permanent residents (green card holders) of Polish descent who are beginning or continuing their graduate studies and who have a minimum GPA of 3.0. Scholarships are awarded for full-time studies only. Only one member per immediate family may receive a tuition scholarship during any given academic year. Applicants may re-apply, however, scholarship renewals are not guaranteed. Awards are limited to only two tuition scholarships per individual during the period of his/her studies.

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The American Institute of Polish Culture

The American Institute of Polish Culture is accepting applications for the 29th season of the Harriet Irsay Scholarship Award. This year they give $1,500 to the brightest and most well-rounded full-time university students in the United States.

Detailed information and enrollment application is available on the AIPC website:

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Polish American Medical Society (PAMS) Scholarship Program

PAMS awards over a dozen academic scholarships every year to students of Polish origin from the Chicago area who are studying medicine, dentistry, or veterinary medicine at universities in the USA or in Poland. Students are assessed on the basis of their academic performance (GPA over 3.0), achievements, interests, and participation in the Polish community.

Many former PAMS scholars are already specialists in various fields, they serve the Polish community, and are continually active in the initiatives of PAMS. The current epidemic is one of the examples of joint activities of Polish doctors who provide reliable scientific information to our community together with the media.

We hope that the next students, who will receive scholarships from the Polish American Medical Society this year, will also cooperate with us, and be inspired by many years of PAMS successful activities and endeavors. Recently, the youth section – Junior PAMS has been formed within the structures of ZLP, which significantly mobilizes and facilitates the integration of students.

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PSFCU Scholarship Program for college students

We are pleased to announce that the Board of Directors (BOD) of the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union (PSFCU) has approved the 2023 PSFCU Scholarship Program and has selected the PSFCU Scholarship Program Committee.  Ms. Alicja Winnicki has been appointed as Chairperson of the Scholarship Selection Committee and Ewa Kotulska will be coordinating the logistics of the scholarship program on behalf of PSFCU. 

The PSFCU Scholarship Program was established in 2001 and since then, over 5,100 individual members have been rewarded, and the total amount of funds allocated for scholarships reached over $6 million.

The application deadline for this year’s Scholarship Program is February 24th, which should allow the Selection Committee to finish its work by mid-May. The task of selecting scholarship winners will include reviewing approximately twenty to thirty scholarship applications by each of the Judges and attending a Scholarship Selection Committee meeting in mid-May. The Scholarship Award Ceremonies are planned for June.

Program details:

• All applicants must be primary PSFCU members who opened their accounts prior to 01.01.2020
• Freshmen students (undergraduate) are not eligible
• PSFCU Scholarship may be obtained once at each stage of studies, e.g. one as a undergraduate and one as a graduate.
• Minimum GPA is 3.0

NOTE: All applications for the 2023 Program must be submitted by February 24th, 2023

Detailed information and enrollment application is available on the PSFCU website:

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