Apply for Scholarships
To apply for a scholarship administered by the Asian Pacific Fund, please review the complete eligibility criteria for each scholarship program, and download the application for the program(s) for which you are eligible.
Refer to our Frequently Asked Questions for additional information. If you have any questions not in our FAQ after reviewing scholarship qualifications, please email scholarship@asianpacificfund.org.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Banatao Family Filipino American Education Fund (Applications closed on 3/1/2024)
Chin: Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Scholarship (Applications closed on 3/29/2024)
Hsiao Memorial Social Sciences Scholarship (Applications closed on 4/26/2024)
Wong: Helen and L.S. Wong Memorial Scholarship (Applications closed on 4/12/2024)
Tina E. Yeh Community Service Fellowship (Applications closed on 3/22/2024)
Banatao Family Filipino American Education Fund
Background:
- Amount: $5,000 (annual award), renewable for up to 4 years for a total award of $20,000
- Benefactors: The Family of Dado and Maria Banatao
Eligibility Criteria:
- Grade level: Rising college freshman enrolled full-time at an accredited four-year college or university for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Minimum GPA: 3.0
- Major: engineering, mathematics, computer science, environmental or physical science
Note: Those pursuing health careers are not eligible (i.e., physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, etc.).
- Ethnic heritage: Filipino heritage (at least 50%)
- California Resident
Applications closed on 3/1/2024
Chin: Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Scholarship
Background:
- Amount: $1,000
- Established in honor of Shui Kuen and Allen Chin
Eligibility Criteria:
- Grade level: Rising freshman or current, full-time undergraduate at a two-year community college or four-year college/university in 2024-25
- Student or parent currently/formerly employed at an Asian-owned or Asian cuisine restaurant
- Community advocacy and social justice work on behalf of Asian American, immigrant, gay and lesbian and/or other progressive causes
- Minimum GPA: 3.0
- Financial need
- Any ethnic heritage
- No citizenship status requirement
Applications closed on 3/29/2024
Hsiao Memorial Social Sciences Scholarship
Background:
- Amount: $1,000
- Established in honor of Dr. Katharine Hsiao and Dr. Liang-Lin Hsiao, who were professors of economics at Indiana State University
Eligibility Criteria:
- Grade level: Graduate student attending a US-based college or university in the 2024-25 academic year
- Pursuing a graduate degree in the social sciences, economics preferred but not required
- Research/study topics: preference given to topics that benefit those in social/economic need, especially Asian and Asian American communities
- Ethnic heritage: preference for Asian heritage, though not required
- Residency: US citizen, resident, or foreign national
- Minimum GPA: 3.0
- Financial need
Application forms can be found here. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 26, 2024. For more information on this scholarship, click here.
Wong: Helen and L.S. Wong Memorial Scholarship
Background:
- Amount: $1,000-3,000
- In honor of Helen and L.S. Wong, residents of the Fairfield-Suisun community
Eligibility Criteria:
- Grade level: Rising freshman enrolled full-time at an accredited four-year college/university or a community college (with a strong commitment to transfer to a four-year institution) in the 2024-25 academic year
- Resident of Fairfield or Suisin, CA, or a graduating senior from a high school in Fairfield or Suisun, CA
- Minimum GPA: 2.8
- Financial need
- Ethnic heritage: Asian heritage (at least 50%)
Applications closed on 4/12/2024
Tina E. Yeh Community Service Fellowship
General Information:
A fellowship grant of up to $5,000 is available for Yale students who will intern for 10 weeks at a non-profit organization that serves Asians (in the U.S. or Canada). The host organization must be tax-exempt and have at least one paid full-time employee.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Yale undergraduate, recent graduate or graduate student
- Asian ethnic heritage
- Financial need
Applications closed on 3/22/2024