Outside Scholarships
Financial Aid

Defiance College is pleased to give you additional opportunities in your educational career through outside scholarships. The scholarships listed below are current and are updated regularly as we learn about new and exciting opportunities for our students. Applying for outside scholarships is encouraged!

Unless otherwise noted, for more information and applications, please come to the Financial Aid Office located in room 204 of the Serrick Center on campus.

B. Davis Scholarship
(posted on 12/22/11)

Award Value: $1,000

• This Scholarship is available to all high school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any post secondary institution.
• There is no age restriction
• Be sure to include your name and the school you are attending this year and next
• This is not an academic scholarship but we would like to know where you are going to school now and what your future academic plans are.
• Please do not send transcripts or letters of recommendation at this time.

To apply for this scholarship you will need to write an essay of less than 1,000 words on the topic below:

Your submissions must be sent to us by email at awards@studentawardsearch.com

Discuss in less than 1,000 words, what your education has contributed to who you are today, or how it will affect who you will become.

Deadline: May 28, 2012

OHIO Florence Allen Endowment Fund
(posted on 1/10/12)

Request Application via email at allenendowment@gmail.com

Qualifications:

Traditional Students:

• Women who will graduate or have graduated from an Ohio high school or have received their GED prior to July 1, 2012.
• Must be a US citizen
• Must be enrolled full-time at an accredited degree-granting institution recognized by a State Board of Regents.

Non-traditional Students:

• Women who are residents of Ohio at least 30 years old as of April 1, 2012.
• Must be a US citizen
• Undergraduates who meet the above criteria and are enrolled at an accredited degree-granting institution recognized by a State Board of Regents. Applicant need not be full-time.
  
  

Application Deadline: March 1, 2012

Thomas J. Seefred Trust Scholarship
(posted on 1/10/12)

Award Value: up to $3,000

Sixteen (16 ) years ago, Thomas J. Seefred, of Struthers, Ohio, created the Thomas J. Seefred Trust. It is a perpetual fund that will award scholarships up to $3,000 each to college students between 18 - 25 years of age who are suffering from Juvenile Diabetes.

The college student must be successfully completing a standard curriculum leading to a bachelor’s degree at an accredited junior college, college, or university. Current high school students are not eligible.

This scholarship is open to Ohio residents with preference given to qualified applicants from Trumbull, Mahoning, and Columbiana Counties in Ohio.

All scholarships will be awarded by the Trust and will be based on academic promise, personal statement, recommendations, and financial need.

Applications can be printed from the Trust‘s website at www.seefredtrust.org.

Scholarship applications must be postmarked by April 1, 2012. Scholarship recipients will be notified after July 1, 2012.

For more information, please contact Karen Leetch at (330) 533-9900.

Deadline: April 1, 2012

Federal Student Aid Apply For FAFSA SCHOOL CODE: 003041 PRIORITY DEADLINE: APRIL 1 financialaid@defiance.edu   Defiance College admits students regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or disability.