Apply For a Scholarship

Process Overview

1. Create an account using your personal email address. Please do NOT use your high school email address, as you will not use this email after high school graduation.

2. Fill out the entire application. Applications can be started, saved, and completed at a later date if needed.

3. Complete any supplemental questions for the scholarship opportunities listed on your "dashboard"- each one will require that you "submit" separately. 

4. The Deadline to apply is March 1^st each year. Scholarships for those already in post-secondary programs pursuing the nursing and medical field, are due June 30^th.

5. Scholarship recipients will be announced at the end of May. Continuing education recipients will hear from the C3F directly in July.

6. Scholarships MUST be claimed by July 1^st in the same online scholarship system, in order to be processed in time.

***Note: If you are in the Early College Program you should apply for scholarships in your 5th year, the last year of the Early College Program.

Awards & Payments

Scholarship checks WILL NOT be processed until you claim your scholarship online. The Community Foundation will make scholarship checks payable to the program, college, or university indicated on the claim form and the check will be sent directly to the financial aid office in mid to late July. Colleges will likely reflect the scholarship in student accounts in early August. The scholarship may be split between the semesters/terms. Scholarships are applied to tuition, fees, and qualified expenses billed by the university. If a scholarship is renewable, see below for more information.  

• Students may request a deferred payment for up to one year. Such deferrals may be renewed annually, on a case-by-case basis, depending on the student's circumstances. Please contact the Community Foundation at 231-536-2440 or email mdehoog@c3f.org if you need to take advantage of having your scholarship deferred. Scholarships must be claimed or deferred by OCTOBER 31st.

• If a refund is issued back to the Community Foundation for all or a portion of the unused award, the student will be contacted via email and phone, if on file. The student will need to respond within 60 days of the refund to defer or transfer the scholarship, whichever is needed. If the scholarship is no longer needed, please let the Community Foundation know. 

Scholarship Renewals

• If you receive a renewable scholarship, you will be contacted via email in early June of the next year to go online and claim your renewal. Completing the form is required annually by July 1^st.

• Students must maintain eligibility to be considered for any renewal. Eligibility can vary but generally it includes that a student must maintain a 2.0 or higher GPA. 

• Renewals are also eligible for a deferral, if permission is granted. Students must communicate with C3F staff if this is needed.