JACL National Scholarship Program

The JACL has been helping students achieve their educational dreams with the National Scholarship and Awards Program since 1946.  The program currently offers over 30 awards, with an annual total of over $70,000 in scholarships to qualified students nationwide.

The National Scholarship and Awards Program offers scholarships to students who are entering freshman, undergraduate, graduate, law, in the creative & performing arts, and those with financial need.  All scholarships are one-time awards.

As of the 2021 scholarship cycle, the National JACL Scholarship Program will now be totally online!  This means all of the applications can be done on your computer/tablet through the online application form and submitted online.  NO MAILING REQUIRED!  As such there will be some new guidelines and changes which you can find listed below in the 2022 Scholarship Guidelines document and on the applications themselves. Also note, the applications will NOT save if you close or reload your window, so please fill them out in one sitting!

Please note:  In addition to the National JACL Scholarship Program, many JACL chapters administer their own local scholarship programs.  To find out if your chapter offers additional scholarships or if you’d like to ask questions and receive insight for National Scholarships please see the list here! If your chapter’s scholarship contact is not listed, please find your chapter’s website and contact information here.

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