{"id":1433,"date":"2025-10-29T15:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/fpep\/?page_id=1433"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:20:16","slug":"scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/fpep\/scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The Rising Scholars Program at UCF is designed to support students who have been justice-impacted \u2014 whether through incarceration, probation, or the incarceration of a family member\u2014by providing resources, mentorship, and advocacy to help them thrive in higher education. Each year, the program offers a <strong>$1,000 scholarship<\/strong> to a current UCF student. The scholarship is awarded in the spring semester and dispersed in the following academic year.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-underline mt-5\">Selection Criteria<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicant must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate or graduate student at UCF<\/li>\n<li>Applicant needs to have at least one more year at UCF<\/li>\n<li>Minimum 2.0 overall GPA<\/li>\n<li>The committee looks for evidence of a strong commitment to Higher Education in Prison<\/li>\n<li>The scholarship is intended for students who are formerly incarcerated, justice-impacted, or interested in criminal justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading-underline mt-4\">Deadline<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-size-lg\">April 1 at 11:59 p.m.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-underline mt-4\">More Info<\/h2>\n<p><em>Awards and scholarships are considered a resource and must be included as a part of a student\u2019s financial aid\u00a0<strong>cost of attendance<\/strong>. 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