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Varsity Athletics Scholarship

Accepting Applications

About the Scholarship

Opens: 10/11/2024
Closes: 1/6/2025

The Varsity Athletics Scholarship supports LGBTQ+ and allied students from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington who participate in a varsity-level sport in college. Special consideration is given to visible LGBTQ+ role models on campus.

Award Amount Varies
  • Essay Required: Yes
  • Need-Based: Yes
  • Merit-Based: No
Requirements
  • Resident of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington for a minimum of three months prior to the application deadline or lived within the state for at least one out of the five prior years
  • Undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, medical, or law student
  • Seeking a bachelor's, graduate, law, medical degree, or Ph.D.
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Proven leadership potential in the LGBTQ+ community or field of study and play varsity level sports
  • Lack of a broader LGBTQ+ community support system
  • Encountered additional barriers to education, including economic, racial, social, geographical, or being politically disenfranchised
  • Demonstrate financial need Preference is given to visible LGBTQ+ role models on campus.
  • Details

    Pursued Degree Level
    Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Degree, Doctor of Medicine, Law Degree, MBA, MFA, PhD
    Current Grade
    College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, 5th Year College Undergraduate, Nth Year College Undergraduate, Graduate Student, Doctoral Candidate, Postgraduate Medical School, Postgraduate Law School
    Location
    • Country: US
    • State: AK, ID, MT, OR, WA
    Activities
    Leadership, Varsity Sport
    Situation
    Overcame Adversity

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