APPLICATIONS DUE IN FEBRUARY

Scholarship from Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Community – due February 12th

Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Community is a non-profit consortium of more than fifteen organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area providing support and community for nearly 500 queer Asian and Pacific Islander individuals. The APIQWTC scholarship supports queer API women and transgender people in their pursuit of technical/professional training or higher education. The scholarship hopes to recognize those who are active in the community and encourage future leaders. APIQWTC will be awarding scholarships of $500 to two Asian/Pacific Islander lesbian, bisexual, or queer women or transgender individuals pursuing technical/professional training or an undergraduate/graduate degree.

Award Criteria

Current students in a certificate or degree-granting program as well as high school seniors pursuing further education or training in summer 2012 or fall 2012 are eligible to apply. Applicants should demonstrate academic commitment as well as community involvement.

Application Requirements
Please submit:
· A cover letter
· A resume or c.v.
· A two-page double-spaced personal statement.

The personal statement should address community involvement and future goals. How has your cultural heritage, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity influenced your life and any activities in which you have been involved? Discuss any relevant experiences up to the present and how you see yourself involved in the community in the future, either through your career or otherwise.
· An official transcript
· At least one but no more than two letters of recommendation.
Letter(s) of reference should come from an instructor, employer, academic counselor, coach, community leader, or any other individual not related to you who is familiar with your personal, academic, or leadership qualities.

Submit statements and resumes/c.v.’s electronically no later than 7pm February 12, 2012. Letters and transcripts must be postmarked by February 12, 2012.

Send statement and resume/CV as electronic attachments to sueyoshi@sfsu.edu

Send letter(s) and transcripts to:
Amy Sueyoshi, Associate Professor
College of Ethnic Studies/San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132

Constance Coiner Award – due February 16 @ 5:30 PM

This award honors the life and continues the work of Constance Coiner, PhD (1987), who died along with her daughter, Ana Duarte-Coiner, on TWA Flight 800, in June of 1996. The applicant must demonstrate an active commitment to both working-class and feminist issues and involvement in community activities for social change.

APPLICATIONS DUE IN MARCH

Scholarships from UCLA Asian American Studies Center” – Due March 9th

21st Century Undergraduate Internship 1 award at $2,000 each NEW!
Angie Kwon Memorial Scholarship 2 awards at $2,000 each
21st Century Undergraduate Scholarship 1 award at $3,500 each
Toshio & Chiyoko Hoshide Scholarship 3 awards at $4,500 each
Reiko Uyeshima & Family Scholarship 3 awards at $4,500 each
Chidori Aiso Memorial Scholarship 3 awards at $4,500 each
George & Sakaye Aratani Community Internship 3 awards at $3,000 each
John Kubota Grant in Japanese American Studies 1 award at $4,500
Morgan & Helen Chu Outstanding Scholar Award 1 award at $4,500

Scholarships are awarded for community oriented research, creative projects,
campus or community service experience, internship with specified community organizations.

Awards from UCLA Asian American Studies Center” – Due March 9th

Hiram Wheeler Edwards Prize for the Study of WWII Internment Camps and Japanese Americans 1 award at $500
Eun Ju Koo Undergraduate Prize 1 award at $499.50
Professor Harry H.L. Kitano Undergraduate Prize 1 award at $500
Benjamin Cayetano Public Policy and Politics Prize 1 award at $500
Ben & Alice Hirano Academic Prize 1 award at $400
Tsugio & Miyoko Nakanishi Prize in Asian American Literature & Culture 1 award at $500
Rose Eng Chin & Helen Wong Eng Prize 1 award at $500
Royal Morales Prize in Pilipino American Studies 1 award at $500

Academic Prizes are awarded to the most outstanding papers, or thesis and dissertations.

Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Scholarship for Children of Restaurant Workers” – Due March 15

Two $1,000 scholarships for restaurant workers and children of restaurant workers are available from the Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Scholarship, a program of the Asian Pacific Fund. The scholarship, founded in 2005, honors the values of Detroit restaurant owners Shui Kuen and Allen Chin through supporting the education aspirations of children of workers in the Asian/Pacific Islander food service industry in the U.S.

For all you folks working with non-profits in the community, this is a great opportunity for some scholarship money!