STUDENT RESOURCES

This page will feature scholarships and other academic resources to encourage, uplift, and empower Pacific Islander students in their academic and personal journeys.

programs/INTERNSHIPS

APYLP Leadership Conference

The annual Asian Pacific Youth Leadership Project (APYLP) conference provides 50 Asian and Pacific Islander seniors and juniors residing in California with an opportunity to gain knowledge of the legislative process community leadership and political activism.

To access more information, please visit: http://www.apylp.net/hs-conference/

APIs Mobilize Leadership Program

Junior and seniors are chosen to participate in a 5-week summer youth leadership program. Choose between the East Bay and Southern California program.

To access more information, please visit: https://www.apismobilize.org/

College Horizons

This is a program of excellence designed for Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian high school sophomores and juniors. This program helps students become experts on the college application and admissions process.

To access more information, please visit: http://www.collegehorizons.org/college-horizons

SCHOLARSHIPS

South Pacific Islander Scholarship (Amount: $5000)

The purpose of South Pacific Islander Organization’s scholarships are to encourage Pacific Islanders to pursue higher education by alleviating some of the financial burden. Our goal is to enable more Pacific Islanders to attend institutions of higher education.

To access more information, please visit: https://www.southpacificislander.org/scholarships

APIA Scholarship Fund (Amount: $2500+)

Based in Washington, D.C., APIA Scholars, formerly APIASF, is the nation's largest non-profit provider of college scholarships to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans (APIA).

To access more information, please visit: https://portal.apiasf.org/

Asian Pacific Fund (Amount: varies)

We coordinate 10 scholarship programs that provide financial support to undergraduate and graduate students. Each program is tailored to reflect the donor’s personal interests, whether targeted to specific ethnicities, career paths (eg. engineering, business, accounting), or backgrounds (eg. children of farm or restaurant workers). Through these programs we partner with donors to give back in ways that are meaningful to them, and help students embark on their dreams. For the 2019-20 school year, we distributed $171,000 in scholarships to 60 students, primarily from low-income communities.

To access more information, please visit: https://asianpacificfund.org/what-we-do/scholarships/

Questbridge (Amount: varies)

QuestBridge is a powerful platform that connects the nation's brightest students from low-income backgrounds with leading institutions of higher education and further opportunities. We are an aggregator of excellence. By facilitating these exchanges, QuestBridge aims to increase the percentage of talented low-income students attending the nation's best universities and the ranks of national leadership itself.

To access more information, please visit: https://www.questbridge.org/