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.

AVAILABLE SCHOLARSHIPS

Banatao Family Filipino American Education Fund (Applications open until Friday, March 21, 2025)

Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Scholarship (Applications open until Friday, April 4, 2025)

Helen and L.S. Wong Memorial Scholarship (Applications open until Friday, April 11, 2025)

Hsiao Memorial Social Sciences Scholarship (Applications open until Friday, May 2, 2025)

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

Application forms are available here. Applications close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 21, 2025.

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

Application forms are available here. Applications close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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%)

Application forms are available here. Applications close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 11, 2025.

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 are available here. Applications close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 2, 2025.