Groundbreaker Leadership Scholarship

Description: The ATG Groundbreaker Leadership Scholarship provides financial assistance and promotion of Asian American college seniors and graduate students who have exhibited exemplary leadership, vision, and passion that is blazing a trail for others to follow and changing lives in the Asian American community. To be eligible you need to meet both general and specific criteria. General Eligibility Requirements include: • Must be of at least 25% Asian and/or Pacific Islander ethnicity • Must be a citizen, national or legal permanent resident of the U.S. • Must be either a high school senior or a college student currently enrolled full-time at an accredited U.S. vocational, junior college, or four-year college/university and must be a full- time, associate/bachelor/master’s degree seeking student by the upcoming academic calendar year Scholarship is open to students of all majors, as long as you have proven leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular, or other activities and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (unweighted). Family members of Board members are ineligible. Application requirements for the Groundbreaker Leadership Scholarship are:

• Essay
• Recommendation letter
• FAFSA
• Application form
• Personal statement
• Official Transcript
• Resume
• proof of citizenship
• letter of acceptance to an accredited college or university
• video

Additional Information: Award Amount: A unspecified number of $1,500 scholarships will be awarded. The total dollars awarded for this scholarship is $1,500.