Texas Urban Scholarship Fund

Scholarship Sponsored by Texas Association of Developing Colleges

The Urban Scholarship Fund is for graduating high school seniors, new and/or returning college students attending any accredited nonprofit public or independent two or four-year college/university or technical school. ANNUAL awards are $700 for community college, junior college and technical college; $1,000 for public four-year college/university; and $2,000 for independent (private) four-year college/university. Funds are disbursed half each semester.

ELIGIBILITY:

• Must be a Full-Time Undergraduate student
• United States Citizen (No ID required) or permanent resident (front and back copy of I-551)
• Texas Resident
• Demonstrate financial need (EFC not exceeding 1500  NO EXCEPTIONS)
• The essay prompt must be at least 500 words and is as follows: Learning life lessons is necessary for personal growth and development. What is one of the biggest lessons you have learned? What did it teach you?
• Graduate of a high school in one of the following 41 cities (NO EXCEPTIONS):

Abilene, Allen, Amarillo, Arlington, Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, Carrollton, College Station, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Fort Worth, Frisco, Garland, Grand Prairie, Houston, Irving, Killeen, Laredo, League City, Lewisville, Lubbock, McAllen, McKinney, Mesquite, Midland, Odessa, Pasadena, Pearland, Plano, Richardson, Round Rock, San Angelo, San Antonio, Sugarland, The Woodlands, Tyler, Waco and Wichita Falls.