Attention Long Island Students! This is about you!
Each year, the Ferro Foundation provides one 4 year scholarship of $2,500 per year, to a promising undergraduate in financial need. This program is for a diligent student with high academic standards and strong ties to our community. If you think you fit that description, the Ferro Foundation would like to help. After all, there are no shortcuts on the road to success, but there shouldn't be any stop signs either.
This scholarship is available to Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk), NY residents attending a Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk), NY school who will be an incoming undergraduate freshmen seeking to complete a bachelor’s degree. The applicant must maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA throughout their four years, answer the following two questions in essay format and complete the application that can be found below.
All majors of study are accepted.
Mail your official transcript and essay to:
The Ferro Foundation
Attention: Scholarship Program
70 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725
DEADLINE & AWARD DATES
Essay postmarked by June 1st, annually.
Winner chosen by June 15th, annually.
Final Transcript by June 30th, annually.
Please include information, in an essay, about your current financial obligations. Please be aware that if you are a finalist for the Ferro Foundation Scholarship, you will be required to provide documentation verifying your family’s annual income.
Please write a short essay of no more than 500 words indicating your future career plans. (You could consider including individuals that influenced your decision and/or an explanation of how your work experiences relate to your desired career)
In about 500 words, what has been your most important extracurricular activity, your most important contribution to it, and what had your participation in it meant to you as an individual?
FERRO FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION 2023 (pdf)
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