iL Circolo Florida

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The scholarship program for Il Circolo, Florida incorporates the true meaning of its mission statement, "To preserve and promote the Italian culture through education, art and music.” What better way to perform this than by fostering education of our young people?

Scholarships range from $500 to $2,500.

Il Circolo offers the following scholarships:

• Il Circolo Heritage Scholarship Scholarships range from $500 to $5000.
• Cardia Family Scholarship  One Scholarship for $5000
• Romano Family Scholarship One Scholarship for $5000
• Finizio Family Scholarship Fund One scholorship for $5000 for Law students  and criteria listed below

CRITERIA

To be considered for an Il Circolo Heritage scholarship or the Cardia Family Scholarship, a student must meet the following criteria:

• Be Italian American. to be considered “Italian American,” the student must have at least one ancestor who has immigrated to the U.S. from Italy.
• Be a Florida resident;
• Be a United States citizen or permanent resident alien.

• Be a Student member of Il Circolo or have a parent, guardian, grandparent, who is a member of Il Circolo. (Not a member? Visit our "JOIN US" page to join or renew your membership today!) Students join for free (Student I.D. required)

• Be enrolled or accepted in a U.S. accredited institution of higher education for the current year’s Fall semester. This way high school students in their last year may apply.
• Have a grade-point average of at least 3.5 out of 4.0 or the equivalent.

Each scholarship award can only cover expenses directly related to study in higher education such as tuition and university-provided room and board. Scholarship funds not used during one academic year are not transferable to the following academic year.

Unsuccessful scholarship applicants and can and are encouraged to reapply in subsequent years.

Il Circolo’s requirements for the application to be considered complete and eligible for consideration are:

An Active Il Circolo membership either in the name of the applicant, a parent/guardian or a grandparent
Completed on-line application form
Recent transcripts, either official or unofficial
One letter of recommendation

Optional
Students applying for need-based scholarships will be required to upload their FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). Need-based applications are given priority.

To apply for a student aid report

To apply for this scholarship, please complete and submit the Online Scholarship Application below (Please be sure to complete this form fully and attach any requested supporting documents 'resume, statement of work, school accomplishments and transcripts' before submitting):

If applications do not work on your computer use PDF forms

student account registeration.pdf

Student Scholarship Application.pdf