The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) has a vision to see that all Asian and Pacific Islander Americans who wish to pursue higher education have that opportunity, regardless of their ethnicity, national origin or financial means.

To be eligible for the APIASF scholarship, students must:

• Be of Asian and/or Pacific Islander ethnicity as defined by the 2000 Census.
• Be a U.S. citizen, U.S. National, legal permanent resident, or a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau.
• Be a first-time, incoming college student in the Fall of 2007.
• Be enrolled full-time in a two or four-year program at a U.S. accredited college or university in the U.S., Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the 2007-2008 school year (enrollment is verified in the Spring of 2007). In the Freely Associated States, this includes the Community College of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau.
• Have a cumulative, unweighted grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or the G.E.D. equivalent.

The APIASF application involves two parts, one part completed by the student and the other by a Recommender; an educator, advisor, community leader, or employer. The entire application packet must be submitted in one method, completion either on-line or submitted by mail.

Scholarship Deadline
All applications must be submitted on-line by January 12, 2007, 11:59 pm EST or postmarked on or before January 12, 2007.

Further Information
If you have any further questions, please contact Bindi Patel at bindi@apiasf.org or via phone at (toll-free) 877-808-7032.

Applications
Visit www.apiasf.org to obtain an scholarship application and to receive more information on APIASF.