YOU ARE WELCOME HERE SCHOLARSHIP

1. First-year international applicant in any field of study/major to a participating college or university. International applicant is an individual who holds citizenship in a country outside the U.S. and who does not also possess U.S. citizenship or permanent residency.
2. Applicant demonstrates interest and initiative in promoting intercultural learning and exchange.
3. Applicant meets the admission criteria and adhere to the deadlines at each college or university. Details will vary from school to school.
4. Applicants must complete the YAWH scholarship application and a 500-1000 word essay or a two-to-five minute video* answering the following prompt,
5. “Tell us about your leadership skills in your school or community, and how you plan to continue applying your leadership skills at the U.S. institution you are applying to.”

No Separate Application or Fee is Required to get the grants, it will be automatically considered, once you enrolled for the program.

1. Applicants must complete the YAWH scholarship application and a 500-1000 word essay or a two-to-five minute video* answering the following prompt- “Tell us about your leadership skills in your school or community, and how you plan to continue applying your leadership skills at the U.S. institution you are applying to.”
2. Submit the #YouAreWelcomeHere application before the scholarship application deadline. Log into the official website and fill in the following details:
3. Personal details.
4. Academic qualifications.
5. Chosen UG course.
6. Write an essay of 500-1000 words or record a video of 2 to 5 minutes. Some participating colleges and universities will only accept essays. Check with individual schools for details. For further details, please click here.

The participating colleges evaluate each scholarship application and select recipients based on the outlined criteria. Some of the factors included in the selection process are:

1. Academic achievements
2. Leadership skills
3. Written essay The weightage of deciding factors varies from university to university. While some colleges prefer academics to leadership skills, some focus solely on written essays. Other Info Term and Condition Review the terms of the scholarship program:
4. Commit to two (2) #YouAreWelcomeHere freshman scholarships for the Fall season. Recognizing that projecting yield is an imperfect science, we will make our best effort to enroll two awardees but may come in slightly above or below this goal.
5. Fund the scholarships with institutional money.
6. The scholarships will be additive. They are not relabeled awards or drawn from preexisting scholarship funds.
7. The scholarships offer at least 50% of published annual (out-of-state) tuition costs (excluding fees).
8. The scholarships will be renewable for the length of the degree program (maximum of 2 years for an associate’s degree or maximum of 4 years for a bachelor’s degree) provided the student makes satisfactory academic progress; as determined by the institution.
9. Select students who meet the criteria as outlined in the #YouAreWelcomeHere scholarship program.
10. Share relevant data, including applications received, student information, scholarship awards, etc. about scholarship applicants and awardees with NAFSA (in accordance with GDPR and other applicable laws).
11. Adhere to scholarship application and promotion timeline.
12. Promote the #YouAreWelcomeHere campaign and scholarship awardees using the campaign hashtag.
13. Accept, process, and select completed applications for the #YouAreWelcomeHere scholarship.
14. Create a #YouAreWelcomeHere scholarship page on the institution’s website and link back to the YAWH website.
15. This pledge is valid for one academic year of the form. Participants can renew annually to confirm ongoing participation.