Application: Chicago Scholars Education/Leadership Development Grant

Introduction

Thank you for your interest in the ELD grant! Because this grant is incredibly competitive, to make yourself an outstanding candidate, the ELD committee encourages you to complete the following steps before submitting your application.

1. Take your time through the ENTIRE application.
2. Read and reread your application at least twice.
3. Make sure your responses are cohesive and answer ALL parts of each essay question.
4. Have a trusted peer, advisor, faculty/staff member, or mentor look over and edit your application.

If you have any questions or concerns please email aburr@chicagoscholars.org before applying. Good luck!

Have you ever applied for any of the following financial assistance opportunities from Chicago Scholars?

Educational/Leadership Development GrantLifeline Grant (Emergency Financial Support)Southwest Travel Voucher

Have you ever received any of the following financial assistance opportunities from Chicago Scholars?

Educational/Leadership Development GrantLifeline Grant (Emergency Financial Support)Southwest Travel Voucher

Contact Details and Academic Information

Contact Details

First Name

Last Name

Address

City

State

ZIP Code

Personal Email

Campus Email

Cell Phone

Other Phone

Current College/University

Select Other if school is not listed

Chicago Scholars Class Year

Other College/University

Are you a full-time or part-time student?

Are you a first-generation college student (neither of your parents graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree?)

Educational or Leadership Development Opportunity Information

As of today, have you officially been accepted to this internship or program?

YesNo

As a requirement to receiving funding, you must have already been accepted to your educational or leadership opportunity. We cannot accept your application at this time but encourage you to apply once you have been officially accepted.

Please note: Eligibility for funding is predicated on your ability to provide official proof of acceptance from the opportunity you are seeking to fund.

Which of the following best describes your opportunity?

Company/Organization you are applying to receive funding for:

Company/Organization Website:

Please attach proof of internship or program acceptance. Example: Copy or screenshot of an offer letter, email, etc.

What is the start date of your participation in this opportunity? (Please use the calendar!)

What is the end date of your participation in this opportunity? (Please use the calendar!)

Academic Information

Current GPA

What is your current cumulative GPA?

Current Credits Earned

How many credits have you earned so far? Include post-secondary credits earned from all schools attended.

Anticipated Graduation Date

Major

Word Limit: 75

Minor

Attach your official transcript to verify your academic performance. A screenshot of your official transcript is acceptable. Be sure to include your name in the image.

Supplemental Document

Please attach a supplemental document to verify your academic performance.

General Information

Have you applied for an Educational & Leadership Development Grant in the past?

YesNo

Have you received an Educational & Leadership Development Grant in the past?

YesNo

Have you applied for additional funding from other organization(s) for this experience?

YesNo

Why have you not applied for additional funding?

Which organization(s)?

How much money have you applied for? (Please only enter dollar amounts).

How much money have you been awarded? (Please only enter dollar amounts).

Recommendation

Please provide the contact information from someone in your academic or professional life who can speak to your maturity and ability to take full advantage of this development opportunity should you receive funding.

Your recommender will automatically be contacted once you submit this application. Your application will not be considered complete until this recommendation is received. It is your responsibility to make sure all materials are received in a timely manner in order to receive full consideration.

Recommender Name

Recommender Email Address

Financial Information

Please provide us with an itemized budget for the amount you are requesting for this educational or leadership development opportunity. Take some time to investigate all the costs that may be associated with the opportunity. You will not receive funding for items you fail to consider in this budget. Be specific with each line item. We would rather you have more individual items listed than have generalized a few.

Please see the sample budget below for your reference:

Item: Transportation to the conference - Roundtrip Mega Bus Ticket Cost: 60.00 Date: 11/7/2018
Item: Lodging for the entire week Cost: 400.00 Date: 12/1/2018
Item: Registration for the conference Cost: 100.00 Date:12/1/2018
Item: Dinner for the week Cost: 100.00 Date:12/1/2018

Please add as many items as necessary and be as detailed and specific as possible.

	Item	Cost	Date Needed
Budget Item		Include amount in dollars. Please include numbers only.

Short Answers

Please use between 150-500 words to answer the following questions:

Describe the opportunity you would like to be funded. What will you be doing? What made you pursue this opportunity?

Why is this specific experience meaningful to you? How do the goals or mission of the opportunity align with your personal and/or professional interests?

Thinking outside the confines of titles, roles, or authority positions, how do you define leadership? What qualities make leaders great? How will this opportunity allow you to grow and further develop these great leadership qualities?

If you were unable to receive funding through ELD, what is your plan to pay for this experience? Will lack of funding affect your ability participate? (no more than 2-3 sentences).