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The 2024 HAF+WRCF Universal Application period is open!

The HAF+WRCF Universal Application (UA) opens the door for students to access over 180 unique scholarships by completing a single application. A full list of scholarships available in the 2024 UA can be viewed here.

The 2024 Universal Application will close at 11:59 PM, March 4, 2024.
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Important notes:

• ​Scholarships awarded from the 2024 Universal Application will support students during the 2024-2025 academic year. 
• Applicants will receive email notification of the status of their applications no later than June 15. Applicants may check the status of their applications at any time on their Applicant Dashboard. 
• Scholarship recipients will need to log in and complete a Scholarship Acceptance Form (SAF) before funds may be sent to their school. 
• High School Seniors: DO NOT use your high school email address. You will lose access to your high school email account after graduation, and will no longer receive any correspondence from HAF+WRCF.

The 'Aa-wok Georgiana Trull Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to honor the work and life of Aawok Georgiana Trull. Aawok Georgiana spent more than 40 years of her life dedicated to revitalization of the Yurok language, contributing to an alphabet and publishing a conversation dictionary.

Criteria: California Native, active involvement in Indigenous language revitalization. Federally and non-federally recognized CA Indigenous people are eligible to apply. Recipients must be attending and actively enrolled in a 2 or 4-year college/university, a graduate program, or trade/vocational school. 

Scholarship Amount: $2,500 or more

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The Jack Montoya Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to support Native people who are California residents and show genuine support of and actively promote cultural revitalization. 

Criteria: Native American/Alaska Native descendancy, demonstrated focus of Native Culture with genuine involvements in cultural revitalization.  
Federally and non-federally recognized CA Indigenous people are eligible to apply. Open to students who will be actively enrolled in and attending 4-year universities or graduate school programs. 

Scholarship Amount: $2,500 for undergraduate level; $5,000 or more for graduate level

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Criteria: Current college students planning to apply to medical school.  Must be an active or former member of an undergraduate premedical society and must have personal motivations for providing care for rural populations and intentions to practice in Humboldt/Del Norte County.

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Academic Scholarship Criteria: Must live in the ZIP Code area for Orick, Trinidad, or McKinleyville, attend a Humboldt area high school, applicant is in the upper 20% of graduating class, has applied to a college or university, and is involved in community service and leadership.

Job Training Scholarship Criteria: Students must live in the ZIP Code area for Orick south through McKinleyville. This scholarship is intended for applicants who will be attending a post-high school job training program that will give them the skills, technological savvy and a certificate or diploma necessary to secure a high demand, good paying job in six months to two years.

The application submission window is February 5th through March 29th.

These scholarships are offered through the Trinidad Civic Club. Click for more information. 

Eligibility: All applicants should be a high school senior expecting to graduate and attend an accredited Trade School or accredited institute of further education, studying for an Associates Degree or higher. Applicant must reside in Humboldt, Trinity, or Del Norte County. 5 scholarships of $1,000 are available. 

Application Deadline: April 15, 2024

This opportunity is offered by Humboldt Lodge No. 79 - Click here for more information! 

Green Diamond Resource Company offers a variety of scholarships that support students in vocational and technical programs as well as college, community college, and graduate programs.  Forestry, operations, environmental science, truck driving, heavy duty equipment operators and mechanics, GIS, accounting, land surveying are among the fields that are considered under these programs.  

For questions or more information, contact scholarship@greendiamond.com.

These opportunities are offered by the Green Diamond Resource Company - click here to apply!

Each spring, the Italian Catholic Federation receives nearly 200 applications for its yearly scholarship awards. Applications are received from students in public as well as Catholic high schools in California, Nevada and Illinois. To apply, students must achieve a total cumulative GPA (3½ years) of at least 3.2 and meet one of the following:

   1. Are Roman Catholic and of Italian Descent and live within the Roman Catholic Dioceses of California, Illinois and Nevada, only where Branches of the Federation are established; or,
   2. Are Roman Catholic but need not be of Italian Descent or live where Branches of the Federation are established if either Roman Catholic parent, guardian or grandparent is a member of the “Italian Catholic Federation.”

First year scholarships in the amount of $400 will be awarded to approximately 150 applicants. First year scholarship winners are eligible for second, third, and fourth year awards of $500, $600, and $1,000 respectively.

Applicants must submit their applications no later than April 1, 2024. 

These scholarships are offered through the Italian Catholic Federation. Click here for more information. 

The Community Foundation of the North State manages many scholarship funds that are awarded to graduating high school seniors as well as students already in an undergraduate program. These scholarships support students in Humboldt and Trinity County. The main application deadline is March 13th, 2024.

This opportunity is offered by the Community Foundation of the North State - click here for more information!

The following scholarships are offered for Fortuna High School seniors.

• Paul Harris Memorial Scholarship & Gary Edgmon Memorial Scholarship Criteria: Two Fortuna High School seniors who wish to further their education. 
• Hal Hummel Memorial Vocational Award Criteria: One graduating senior at Fortuna High School who is planning to attend a trade or vocational school or institution.
• Roger Rodoni Memorial Scholarship Criteria: Students who will be attending College of the Redwoods. This award places emphasis on community involvement and leadership

Fuente Nueva Charter School and Amigos de Fuente Nueva are sponsoring a scholarship for local High School seniors who have graduated from Fuente Nueva. This scholarship is given to further promote the belief that bilingualism is important and provides the recipient with $500.00 to use for future endeavors beyond high school. Qualified seniors are invited to apply!

The scholarship opens on March 25 with a deadline of May 6. Notifications will be sent at the end of May. The scholarship recipient will be asked to present at the 5th grade graduation with a three minute speech on why bilingualism is important to them.

This scholarship is offered by Fuente Nueva Charter School and Amigos de Fuente Nueva. Click for more information. 

Cal Poly Humboldt offers scholarships for current Cal Poly Humboldt students. The online application opens on November 15th of each year for the following academic year, and closes on January 31st.

This opportunity is offered by Cal Poly Humboldt - click here for more information! 

College of the Redwoods is accepting applications from current College of the Redwoods students for scholarships offered by the school. 

This opportunity is offered by College of the Redwoods - click here for more information!

Click here to learn more about the cancellation of the Federal Student Loan Forgiveness program. 

Click here to learn more about Federal Student Loan payments resuming. 

Click here to learn more about Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), a program for people who work in public service in federal, state, tribal, or local government, or for a non-profit organization.

Click here to learn more about Teacher Loan Forgiveness. 

Click here to learn how to apply for Borrower Defense Loan Discharge.  

Student loan borrowers who want to reduce their monthly payments should be sure to use StudentAid.gov to explore repayment plan options—including income-driven repayment plans, which could significantly reduce monthly payments for qualifying borrowers. The U.S. Department of Education has finalized the most affordable repayment plan in history. Learn more about SAVE.

The California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program (CalKIDS) gives children in California a jump start on saving for college or career training. To be eligible for CalKIDS, participants must be:

1. Born in California on or after July 1, 2022; or
2. An eligible low-income public school student in grades 1-12* in California.