Felicia Brewer Opportunity Scholarship

Award Amount
Award Amount

$80,000

Application deadline
Application deadline

March 01

Awarded By:

Triangle Community Foundation

Number of Awards & Eligibility: One award offered annually.
In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:
  1. This award is for international and U.S. students.
  2. Must be an immigrant to the United States who came to the country with or without parents OR a first-generation United States citizen of immigrant parents or guardians. Applicants may be documented or undocumented immigrants.
  3. Must be a graduating high school senior who will graduate in the year of the application, a graduate, or have completed and received a GED. The applicant must be accepted to an accredited college, university, or community college. Current undergraduate students are also eligible.
  4. Must have attended a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District high school for one or more years, or be scheduled to complete a minimum of one year at the end of the current academic year.

In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:

Description: High school seniors or undergraduate students who have attended a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District high school are eligible for this award. Students must be immigrants to the United States who came to the country with or without parents OR a first-generation United States citizen of immigrant parents or guardians.

Application requirements for the Felicia Brewer Opportunity Scholarship are:

  • Application form
  • Recommendation letter
  • Official Transcript
  • Financial info
Additional Information: The purpose of the Felicia Brewer Opportunity Scholarship is to create a life-transforming opportunity for immigrant or first generation students who have overcome significant adversity, giving them the opportunity to pursue their dreams and improve their lives through education or training. Students studying in the U.S. as a part of an exchange program or the children of parents in an exchange program are not eligible. Family members of Triangle Community Foundation or members of the Selection Committee are not eligible to apply. Applicants must have overcome significant adversity to pursue educational goals. Examples of adversity include but are not limited to: escaping a dangerous life from home country, torture, learning English as a second language, poverty, being required by parents or guardians to work to help support the family, abuse in the family, substance abuse, physical or mental handicaps. Must demonstrate financial need through financial information documentation. Notification letters will be mailed no later than April 15.

Award Amount: The Felicia Brewer Opportunity Scholarship will cover the cost of tuition and required fees and college-recommended health insurance up to a maximum of $20,000 per academic year and is renewable for up to three years (or its equivalent) at an accredited college or university in an undergraduate program or community college. The scholarship is renewable if the recipient maintains a minimum semester grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 grading system or the equivalent on other grading scales and remains a student in good standing. The scholarship is not available for graduate or post-graduate education. The Scholarship cannot be used to cover living, travel, childcare, or other similar expenses. The cost of required books and other required materials will be paid for if recipients are attending a community college. Payments will be made to institution of higher learning on the student’s behalf and not to the student directly.  The total dollars awarded for this scholarship is $80,000.

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Monday, March 1

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Monday, March 1

Applications and supporting materials must be submitted online by the deadline date.
About Triangle Community Foundation:
Contact Information: Sarah Battersby, Scholarships & Donor Services Officer
Address: 324 Blackwell St. Suite 1220 Durham, North Carolina 27701
Email: [email protected]
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