Funding Your College Education:Scholarship Information: Judaism

The Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards recognize Jewish teens (13-19) throughout the United States who have demonstrated remarkable leadership and initiative in projects that embody the values of tikkun olam, “repairing the world." A nominator may be any individual who knows a teen and is not a family member of the nominee.

Open to Jewish undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in course of study at an accredited four-year college or university in the United States. Preference will be given to someone enrolled in a professional school such as law school, business or library/information science. Preference will also be given to a student who is an immigrant.

The Professional Development Scholarship Program intends to advance JCC professionals’ careers by investing money in those with aspirations to gain more knowledge, which will, in turn, keep the best and brightest in the JCC Movement. JCC Association will invest these funds in expanding educational opportunities for our current professionals. Scholarships for full time or part time graduate degree students.

The UJA-Federation of NY Rose Biller Scholarship Fund is open to Jewish residents of NYC’s five boroughs, Westchester, and Long Island with financial need. It provides scholarships to Jewish men and women with significant economic need attending undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools.

The UJA-Federation of NY Jean and Albert Nerken Scholarship Fund is open to international students studying in NYC’s five boroughs, Westchester, or Long Island. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.

Mr. Albert Benin has established a fund at the United Jewish Appeal‐Federation of New York that provides scholarships to exceptional Jewish graduate students with substantial economic need in the physical sciences, engineering, architecture, computer science, mathematics, biological sciences or medical fields. It is open to Israeli graduate students studying in certain STEM fields.