Hawaii Grants
Contact:
Hawaii State Postsecondary Education Commission
2444 Dole Street, Room 209
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2302
PH:(808)956-8213
Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division
Department of Human Services
1390 Miller Street, Room 209
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Grants:
Hawaii State Postsecondary Education Commission
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822
PH: (808) 956-6066
Eligibility Requirements: Grants are given to residents of Hawii who are enrolled in a participating Hawiian state school. Funds are for undergraduate tuition only. Applicants must submit a financial need analysis. Grant for use in freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior years.
Troy Barboza Education Fund
1164 Bishop Street, Suite 800
Honolulu, HI 96813
PH: (808) 566-5570
Eligibility Requirements: Open to disabled public employees who were injured in the line of duty, dependents or other immediate family members of public employees in Hawaii who were disabled or killed in the line of duty. The public employee must work or have worked in a job where lives are risked for the protection and safety of others.
Federal Pell Grant
2444 Dole Street, Room 209
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2302
PH:(808)956-8213
Eligibility Requirements: Federal Pell Grants are the largest source of ''gift aid'' awarded to undergraduate students and are based on financial need. How much you get depends on your expected family contribution, you cost of attendence, whether your a full-time or part-time student, and whether you attend school for a full semester or less. You may only recieve one Pell Grant in an award year, and you may not receive Pell Grant funds from more than one school at a time.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
Hawaii State Postsecondary Education Commission
2444 Dole Street, Room 209
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2302
PH:(808)956-8213
Eligibility Requirements: Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants awards are given to undergraduate students demonstrating financial need. Federal Pell Grant awards recipient recieve priority for FSEOG awards. Depending on when you apply, your financial need, the funding level of your school you are attending, and the policies of your school's financial aid office will determine how much you receive.
Work-Study Program
Hawaii State Postsecondary Education Commission
2444 Dole Street, Room 209
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2302
PH:(808)956-8213
Eligibility Requirements: The Federal Work-Study Program provides jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing you to earn money to help pay education expenses. The program encourages community service work and tries to offer work related to your course of study. Each school has work-study programs specific to that particular school. Some of you may be eligible to begin upon enrollment and others of you may have to wait until you have obtained a certain amount of credits.