For Scholarship Seekers

Achieve your educational goals

Portrait of CTE scholarship recipient Tessa Brainard from Sedona.
The Arizona Community Foundation is Arizona's largest independent provider of college scholarships.

One online application

In partnership with our generous donors, we award millions of dollars annually to help students achieve their educational goals.

Through our online system, students complete one application and are matched with available scholarships, based on their eligibility requirements.

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Learn more about our general application and helpful tips about preparing to apply for scholarships.

Featured Scholarships

Closes June 1st

Eligibility Criteria:

– Current Nurse Practitioner returning to school in order to advance their education

– Current member of the Arizona Nurses Association, Chapter 9

Applications will be judged on the following criteria: commitment to nursing, leadership abilities, ability to advance the profession, and ability to submit a complete application and follow application directions.

Closes June 1st

Eligibility Criteria:

– Current member of Arizona Nurses Association

– Registered Nurse (RN) with a current Arizona license

– Enrolled in a DNP or Master’s level program pursuing one’s first credential to become eligible to practice as a nurse practitioner (NP) NPs returning to school are NOT eligible for this scholarship

Other Details:

Applications will be judged on the following criteria: commitment to nursing, leadership abilities, ability to advance the profession, ability to succeed as an NP based on experience, and ability to submit a complete application and follow application directions.

Find the Right Fit for You

ACF manages more than 150 scholarships. Explore your options, then visit our scholarship portal and fill out one application.

Scholarship Spotlight

Student aspirations are set in motion by ACF scholarships

Photo of ACF scholarship recipient Albert Alan at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

In 2017,

Albert earned three concurrent degrees from UArizona.

150

Scholarships available through ACF's general application.

Albert Alan's aspirations are boundless, and he has the hard evidence to prove it.

In 2017, he earned three concurrent degrees from the University of Arizona. This foundation in physiology, sociology, and neuroscience landed Albert in the UArizona College of Medicine, where he is pursuing both an M.S. in Cellular Molecular Medicine and an M.D. degree. Albert also serves in a research position for the Mayo Clinic’s Department of Neurosurgery and plans to become a board-certified neurosurgeon, all while tackling unforeseen health challenges.

Throughout his education so far, the pursuit of knowledge has helped him better understand the world as a complex and often inequitable place. Combined with his own experience grappling with homelessness during his teens, Albert has gained a unique perspective on how he can be a physician who leads with compassion.

He sees an opportunity to meet his patients in their world by learning more about the racial and socioeconomic disparities that exist in healthcare. Albert’s goal is to help close those gaps, motivated by the chance to improve the quality of care for people of color and those experiencing homelessness.

When Albert reflects on the value of his education and the ACF scholarships that made it possible, he can’t overstate how much it meant to him.

Photos courtesy of Albert Alan

Education was literally my oxygen, because that’s all I had. When you’re drowning, and nothing’s working out; when you have no family and you’re alone; when the only oxygen tank you have is a book—that was my life. That’s why you see all these degrees. They were my way of staying alive in this world.
Portrait of ACF scholarship recipient Albert Alan.

Albert Alan

ACF scholarship recipient

Our scholarship season will open January 2024.