Scholarship Process Timeline

JANUARY

• Visit www.gtrcf.org/scholarships/apply for current information on available scholarships and timelines for the year.
• Applications available on January 15

MARCH

• Application deadline on March 1 for most scholarships (please note that some scholarships have a varied deadlines)

APRIL

• Scholarship committees review applications, make recipient recommendations

MAY + JUNE

• Recipients are notified of their awards at honors convocation or graduation

JUNE 30

• Recipients return post-acceptance information about their planned college/university to ensure distribution of scholarship award funds in August

AUGUST

• Scholarship awards are sent directly to the students’ college or university of choice

DECEMBER 31

• Deadline for students to communicate their post-acceptance information to the Community Foundation

SEPTEMBER 30 (of year following award)

• Unclaimed scholarships will be canceled if the Community Foundation doesn’t receive information by September 30 of the following year the scholarship was awarded

For more information on any of our scholarships or the process and timeline, contact Gina Thornbury or Brittany Morton at 231-935-4066 or scholarships@gtrcf.org.