  {"id":149178,"date":"2021-10-05T15:10:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T01:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=149178"},"modified":"2021-10-05T15:10:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T01:10:47","slug":"uh-scholarships-many-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/05\/uh-scholarships-many-options\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> scholarships: one application, many options"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/uh-commencement-students-gnrc.jpg\" alt=\"3 students in commencement gown with sunset behind them\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-92121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/uh-commencement-students-gnrc.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/uh-commencement-students-gnrc-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/uh-commencement-students-gnrc-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A wide array of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/tuition\/scholarships\/\">scholarships at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> are available to help students with financial need, an issue particularly pressing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications opened on October 1, 2021, and will close on March 1, 2022, for the 2022&#8211;23 school year. Students from all 10 <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> campuses can fill out one common application to qualify for many scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>By completing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/tuition\/scholarships\/\">Common Scholarship Application<\/a>, students can be considered for numerous scholarships, in a variety of disciplines as well as those not based on merit or financial need.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to encourage every student to submit the Common Scholarship application,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Scholarship Manager <strong>Amy Akana<\/strong>. &ldquo;There are hundreds of scholarships available for students of all majors, campuses and grade levels, and with your one application, you will be considered for any scholarship for which you meet requirements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Scholarships are available for every stage of a students\u2019 academic journey. Students are encouraged to complete their 2022&#8211;23 <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\">Free Application for Federal Student Aid<\/a> (FAFSA) by March 1, 2022, to be considered for the maximum number of scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>Many scholarships are available on each campus, so student\u2019s should contact their financial aid specialist for more information.<\/p>\n<p>There is no official deadline to file the FAFSA, however filing by the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> scholarship application deadline of March 1, 2022, maximizes eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Email <a href=\"mailto:scholars@hawaii.edu\">scholars@hawaii.edu<\/a> or call (808) 956-6203.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Applications for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> scholarships opened on October 1, 2021, and will close on March 1, 2022, for the 2022&#8211;23 school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[678,61,62,63,64,65,1466,572,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-149178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-financial-aid","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-scholarship","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149178"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149245,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149178\/revisions\/149245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}