The online application for the 2022 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship, administered by Heritage Fund — the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County and Independent Colleges of Indiana, is available.
The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program will provide two scholarships for Bartholomew County and 143 scholarships statewide. The scholarships may be used for otherwise unreimbursed full tuition and required fees for four years of full-time undergraduate study that lead to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university. Scholars also receive a special allocation of up to $900 per year to help cover costs for required course books and equipment.
Applicants must reside in Bartholomew County; be on course to graduate with a diploma from an accredited public or private Indiana high school by the end of June 2022; have at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0-point scale; and demonstrate significant school involvement, community service, good character and leadership skills and financial need. Finalists must be available for interviews with the selection committee.
Scholarship recipients must intend to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study beginning in fall 2022 at an accredited public or private college or university in Indiana.
Complete eligibility requirements and application link and instructions are available at heritagefundbc.org.
Applications and all required materials must be submitted by 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2.
Lilly Endowment created the scholarship program in the 1997-98 school year and has supported the program every year since with tuition grants totaling more than $424 million. Nearly 5,000 Indiana students have received Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships since the program’s inception.
The primary purposes of the program are:
to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana
to increase awareness of the beneficial roles Indiana community foundations can play in their communities
to encourage and support the efforts of current and past Lilly Endowment Community Scholars to engage with each other and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in Indiana generally and in local communities throughout the state.
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Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based, private philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and his sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Co. Although the gifts of stock remain a financial bedrock of the Endowment, it is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff and location.
In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion. The endowment funds significant programs throughout the United States, especially in the field of religion. However, it maintains a special commitment to its founders’ hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana.
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