The Mission of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation is to promote lifelong learning. This is accomplished by securing charitable contributions, gifts and endowed funds to award scholarships, fellowships and grants.

AKA-EAF Financial Need Scholarship

Subjects: All subjects.

Purpose: To promote lifelong learning by securing charitable contributions, gifts and endowed funds to award scholarships, fellowships and community assistance awards.

Eligibility: Applicants must be a full-time and currently enrolled student at an accredited campus based degree-granting institution, must plan to continue their academic pursuits in the fall of the grant year, demonstrated exceptional academic achievement/or financial need, leadership, volunteer, civic and academic services.

Level of Study: Graduate, Postgraduate

Type: Scholarship

Value: Varies

Frequency: Annual

Application Procedure: Scholarship portal is available at www.akaeaf.org

Closing Date: April 15th (undergraduate students); August 15th (graduate students)

Funding: Foundation

No. of awards given last year: 35 (undergraduate); 41 (graduate)

No. of applicants last year: 97 (undergraduate); 69 (graduate)

AKA-EAF Merit Scholarships

Subjects: All subjects.

Purpose: To promote lifelong learning by securing charitable contributions, gifts and endowed funds to award scholarships, fellowships and community assistance awards.

Eligibility: Applicants must be a full-time and currently enrolled student at an accredited campus based degree-granting institution, must plan to continue their academic pursuits in the fall of the grant year, demonstrated exceptional academic achievement/or financial need, leadership, volunteer, civic and academic services.

Level of Study: Graduate, Postgraduate

Type: Scholarship

Value: Varies

Frequency: Annual

Application Procedure: Scholarship portal is available at www.akaeaf.org

Closing Date: April 15th (undergraduate); August 15th (graduate)

Funding: Foundation

No. of awards given last year: 88 (undergraduate); 97 (graduate)

No. of applicants last year: 249 (undergraduate); 162 (graduate)