5656 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States of America
Tel: (1) 773 947 0026
Fax: (1) 773 947 0277
Email: akaeaf@akaeaf.net
Website: www.akaeaf.org
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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)
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(2018). Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation, Inc. (AKA-EAF). In: The Grants Register 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-94186-5_38
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