This fund seeks to assist SEA postsecondary students in overcoming emergency short term expenses, in order to minimize completion barriers in their postsecondary paths. For the purposes of this grant, emergency expenses should be unexpected, unforeseen, and unavoidable. Additionally, students should only apply after they’ve exhausted all other funds and resources.   

Postsecondary students from SEA’s member programs will be eligible for micro-grants of up to $500 in an academic year. Students may apply for a grant each semester (fall and spring) but their total awarded amount in a given academic year may not exceed $500. Candidates will be evaluated based on their academic standing at their college/university or enrollment in a professional certification program/trade school, along with a short essay or video describing how this emergency expense is unexpected, unforeseen, and unavoidable and how they’ve exhausted all other funds and resources. 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, as funding allows. Candidates will be contacted within two weeks of their application submission to determine if they have been approved for a micro-grant. Candidates are eligible to receive a maximum of $500 per academic year.

Eligibility:

Enrollment: 

Candidates must meet one of the following criteria:

• Candidate will have completed, at a minimum, their first semester of an accredited university (4-year college/university or 2-year college/university)

• Candidate is enrolled in a professional certification program/trade school

Academic standing:

All candidates in good standing at their college or university are eligible to receive funds. (SEA defines good standing as not being on academic probation.)

If candidates are currently on academic probation, we still invite them to apply to the fund. They will be asked to share further details about their journey, and their applications will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Award: up to $500 per academic year

The Booster Scholarship seeks to help bridge the gap between college financial aid packages and the cost of attendance, enabling high-achieving SEA students to attend their best-fit college or university. Candidates will be chosen by a selection committee and should demonstrate strong intellectual curiosity, leadership, and tenacity. Through the Booster Scholarship, we hope to provide students with the opportunity to fully engage in the college experience of their choice, ultimately equipping them to be successful and impact their communities and the world. 

Eligibility:

• Each program site may nominate one high school senior.

• Student must be a current high school senior with a minimum 3.0 cumulative unweighted GPA.

• Student must demonstrate financial need.

Award: Two high school seniors from SEA’s member programs will be selected and provided with an up to four-year college scholarship of $3,000 per year ($1,500 per semester).

The Tyler Griffin Student of the Year Award recognizes two graduating high school seniors who embody the overarching values of the SEA network: sportsmanship, effort on court and in the classroom, respect and concern for others, integrity, character, and leadership. The award, which provides a one-time financial scholarship to cover college-related expenses, is given annually to two student-athletes of different genders from SEA member programs.

Eligibility:

Graduating high school seniors who have participated in an SEA program for at least five years. Note: students currently completing a PG year are eligible for nomination.

Award: $2,000 scholarship to each winner. Scholarship funds are for the restricted purpose of subsidizing college-related educational expenses only.

The Boroughs Scholarship seeks to help bridge the gap between college financial aid packages and the cost of attendance, enabling academically motivated SEA students to attend their best-fit college or university. Seniors from SEA’s member programs will be selected and provided with an up to four-year college scholarship of $3,000 per year ($1,500 per semester). Candidates will be chosen by a selection committee and should demonstrate intellectual curiosity, leadership, and tenacity. Through the Boroughs Scholarship, we hope to provide students with the opportunity to fully engage in the college experience of their choice, ultimately equipping them to be successful and impact their communities and the world. 

Eligibility:

• Each program site may nominate one high school senior.

• Student must be a current high school senior with a minimum 3.0 cumulative unweighted GPA.

• Student must demonstrate financial need.

Award: One high school senior from SEA’s member programs will be selected and provided with an up to four-year college scholarship of $3,000 per year ($1,500 per semester).

The Eric Fast Scholarship Fund provides grants to SEA high school and college students whose financial aid packages do not meet the student’s and family's needs. Fast Scholarships typically offset tuition or reduce costs such as travel, books, and computers.

Eligibility: 

Any student or graduate of an SEA program attending college or a private high school can apply for a Fast Scholarship. Special consideration will be given to students from SEA programs with which the Fast family is connected, and/or to students going to schools that members of the Fast family have attended.

Criteria: Applicants must have 3.0 or higher and can apply through SEA’s Common Application.

Award: One high school senior from SEA’s member programs will be selected and provided with an up to four-year college scholarship of $2,000 per year ($1,000 per semester).

The William E. Simon, Jr. Service & Leadership Award was established in 2016 to highlight the importance of leadership and service, deepen ties between SEA programs in the United States and abroad, and give one graduating college student per year the opportunity to travel abroad and volunteer for an international affiliate of SEA. The award honors William E. Simon, Jr.

Each year SEA will invest $3,500 or more to enable one graduating senior to travel to a country where SEA has an international affiliate. The award recipient will spend 10-14 days in the country, and will both volunteer for the affiliate program and have the opportunity to travel around the country. In special circumstances, the recipient may request the chance to volunteer for another U.S. program (instead of foreign), or an international squash and education program abroad that is not yet an affiliate of SEA.

Award: $3,500 

The SEA Alumni Achievement Award is given out each year to one outstanding member of the alumni community who has demonstrated remarkable academic and professional success. Recipients will be recognized for their strong leadership, personal integrity, and record of continued support and connection to their member program. 

Eligibility:

To qualify, nominated alumni must have graduated from high school in 2019 or earlier.

Award: $500