Jewish Vocational Service - Scholarship Services

JEWISH FEDERATION ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Educational scholarship funds from grants administered by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago are available for Jewish college students. More than $500,000 each year is available for full-time students, predominantly those legally domiciled in the metropolitan Chicago area, who are identified as having promise for significant contributions in their chosen careers. Assistance is available for those in:

The "helping" professions such as medicine, dentistry, social work, psychology and the rabbinate;
Mathematics, engineering and other sciences;
Communications within the College of Communications, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana;
Law studies at DePaul University, Loyola University, IIT-Chicago-Kent, John Marshall, Southern Illinois University, or the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Undergraduates entering or who have entered the junior year in career specific programs which require no post-graduate education for employment in a professional position in one of the professional areas referred to above; or
Students entering or who have entered a graduate or professional school in one of the professional areas referred to above; or
Students in a vocational training program with a specific educational goal in the helping professions.

The Academic Scholarship Program is administered by the Jewish Vocational Service. Applications can be obtained through the Scholarship Secretary at or by accessing on the Internet. The deadline for submission of applications is March 1. Applicants must be available for a personal interview at Jewish Vocational Service offices located throughout the Chicago metropolitan area prior to May 1. For further information about this program, call the JVS Scholarship Secretary at the number above or e-mail .