  {"id":85597,"date":"2018-10-04T13:40:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T23:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=85597"},"modified":"2019-04-10T16:51:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T02:51:11","slug":"uh-common-scholarship-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/04\/uh-common-scholarship-application\/","title":{"rendered":"One application, many scholarships available for all <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> students"},"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\/2018\/10\/honolulu-commencement-cap.jpg\" alt=\"commencement cap with words &quot;work hard, dream big&quot; on it\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-85627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/honolulu-commencement-cap.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/honolulu-commencement-cap-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Applying for University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> scholarships just got easier. Students from all 10 campuses can fill out one common application to qualify for many scholarships. Registration opened on October 1, 2018, and closes on March 1, 2019, for the 2019&#8211;2020 school year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I encourage every student to apply for any and every scholarship,&rdquo; said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/\">Honolulu Community College<\/a> Financial Aid Director <strong>Heather Florendo<\/strong>. &ldquo;Just apply for anything and everything because you never know what you might qualify for.&rdquo;<\/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, including those not based on merit or financial need.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarships are available for all levels. Students are encouraged to complete their 2019&#8211;2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/fafsa.ed.gov\/\">Free Application for Federal Student Aid (<abbr>FAFSA<\/abbr>)<\/a> by March 1, 2019, to be considered for the maximum number of scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>Many scholarships are available on each campus, so contact your financial aid specialist for more information.<\/p>\n<p>There is no official deadline to file the <abbr>FAFSA<\/abbr>, however filing by the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> scholarship application deadline of March 1, 2019, 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>By completing the Common Scholarship Application, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> students can be considered for numerous scholarships, including those not based on merit or financial need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,572,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-85597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","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\/85597","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=85597"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85797,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85597\/revisions\/85797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}