Apply for the Scholarship

The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship application is due by noon on January 16, 2012.

The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program is active from November through January each school year. The information contained on this page is not to be considered current at any other time.

Before Getting Started
Please read all of the information provided on the Eligibility and Criteria page before beginning the process of completing your application.  To apply for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship, you must submit the scholarship application form and all supplemental documents as instructed below.  If you have questions about any part of the scholarship process, please contact us.  
 
Application Form
Complete all sections of the application form. The application form is designed to be completed on-screen and then submitted online.  The form cannot be saved for retrieval at a later time, so you should not begin entering data until you can devote sufficient time to completing the entire form in one sitting.  Some applicants find it helpful to print a blank copy of the form to complete by hand as time permits, and then use this "rough draft" to make completing the form online faster and easier.

Applicants must complete the "Transcript Information" section of the application form; therefore it is essential that applicants obtain his/her transcript information prior to completing the application form.  The application for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship is provided below: 

Scholarship Application Form

Supplemental Documents: 

1.  Agreement Statement
The Agreement Statement is designed to be printed, thoroughly reviewed, and then signed.  You must have Adobe Reader to access this file (Adobe Reader is free and can be downloaded at www.adobe.com/downloads).  The Agreement Statement must be submitted to your high school guidance counselor along with other required supplemental documents.

Agreement Statement

2.  FAFSA4caster
Financial need is one of the criterion for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship as administered by the Pike County Community Foundation. Therefore, applicants must complete the FAFSA4caster.

The FAFSA4caster is a tool designed by the United States Department of Education to provide an early estimation of a student's eligibility for financial aid.  To access this tool, visit the FAFSA4caster website.   

Follow the instructions for data entry as indicated on the FAFSA4caster website, print the FAFSA4caster Entry page (after entering your data and before clicking the Submit button) and the College Cost Worksheet page showing your calculated EFC (Expected Family Contribution) figure.  Please use the "print preview" function prior to printing to ensure that all information contained in the documents is legible.  You must write your name at the top of both documents and submit them as instructed below.

3.  Essay
Submit an essay (maximum 250 words) describing your goals for the future and how education will play a role.

4.  Letters of Recommendation
Submit two letters of recommendation, which should be enclosed in sealed envelopes. One letter should be from a teacher. The other should be from an individual, other than a school official or a community foundation board member, who is unrelated to you but can attest to your volunteer work and community service participation, leadership abilities and religious activities.

Application Deadline and Submission Instructions
You must submit your application form on-line to the Pike County Community Foundation by noon on January 16, 2012. 

Your application will not be considered complete until the Community Foundation has received your application and supplemental documents.  You must deliver the required supplemental documents (Agreement Statement, FAFSA4caster reports, essay and letters of recommendation) to your high school guidance counselor prior to noon on January 16, 2012. Your guidance counselor will attach your official grade transcript to your supplemental documents and deliver the entire packet to the Pike County Community Foundation by the application deadline.

Applications and/or supplemental documents that are received after the deadline or are incomplete as of this date will not be considered.  If the deadline falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.