Apply for the Scholarship

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 application 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 http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/.  Follow the instructions for data entry as indicated on the FAFSA4caster website. 

Once you have finished entering data into the FAFSA4caster, you will come to a screen that shows all of the data you have entered.  You must print this data report (FAFSA4caster Step 6) as well as the Estimated Federal Student Aid Eligibility report (FAFSA4caster Step 8) to be submitted to your high school guidance counselor along with your other supplemental documents.

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

The essay may either be attached as a Word or PDF document to the on-line application or printed and submitted with your other supplemental documents.

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 January 8, 2010. 

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 January 8, 2010. Your guidance counselor will attach to your supplemental documents your official grade transcript and deliver the entire packet to the Pike County Community Foundation by the application deadline.

All supplemental documents must be delivered to your high school guidance counselor with the exception of the essay which may be attached to your online application.

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.