Scholarships

METNY Region Scholarship Opportunities

METNY Region has scholarship opportunities for all Regional and International USY events, including Summer Programs. In order to obtain a scholarship application for a particular program, you must contact the METNY office at 212-533-0800 or metnyusy@uscj.org. It is required by the METNY Region that you apply to a program before being eligiable to receive a scholarship application.

Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University

The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University is pleased to announce 6 scholarships available to incoming freshmen applying to IU Bloomington for Fall 2010. The scholarships are only available to students entering IU Bloomington directly from high school and beginning as freshmen. All scholarship recipients must be full-time students and maintain good scholarly standing as majors or certificate students in Jewish Studies at IU Bloomington through the funded year/s. Students receiving four-year scholarships may use them, after their freshman year, toward a semester/year of study at Hebrew University, Ben-Gurion University, Haifa University, or Tel Aviv University in Israel or at predominantly Jewish Studies academic programs abroad or for full-time, unpaid Jewish Studies-related internships away from IU.

4-year scholarships available include:

• The Irving Glazer Scholarship (up to $10,000 per year)
• The Leonard M. and Ruth K. Goldstein Scholarship ($5,000 per year)
• The Isadore Mervis Scholarship ($5,000 per year)
• The Selma Lee Mervis Young Scholarship ($5,000 a year for Jewish Sacred Music Students)

1-year scholarships available include:

• Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Scholarship ($5,000)
• Two Irving M. Glazer Student Scholarships ($4,000 each)

For more information on how to apply, download the brochure here.

Jewish National Fund’s “Plant Your Way to Israel”

Youth through age 18 can raise money for a trip to Israel by asking family and friends to plant trees with JNF. Half of the proceeds of each donation ($36 minimum) will go towards planting a tree in Israel and the other half goes into a student account which can be redeemed for any trip to Israel. Funds may be redeemed when a total of 10 sales have been made, and $180 is accrued towards the student trip.

Funds accumulated through “Plant Your Way to Israel” can be used towards a USY Israel Pilgrimage trip.

Visit the “Plant Your Way to Israel” website for more details and to apply online.

UJA-Federation of NY’s Israel Experience Center

UJA-Federation of NY offers need and merit-based scholarships forIsrael programs.  These scholarships can be used towards a USY Israel Pilgrimmage trip.

For high-school students entering 10th, 11th, or 12th grades who are permanent residents of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, or Westchester and planning to participate in one of UJA-Federastion of NY’s many approved Israel programs, they offer need-based scholarships and merit awards. Please note, these scholarships are available only to students participating in a program that lasts four weeks or longer.

High school students who are going into 10th, 11th, and 12th grades and show potential for leadership are eligible for merit awards in the amount of $1,250.

Students in New York, Nassau, and Suffolk are eligible for the Robert A. Belfer Family Fellowships and Chaverim Awards and must be nominated by a synagogue or UJA-Federation agency.

Westchester high school students are eligible for Singer Family Israel Awards and Chaverim Awards must be nominated by a UJA-Federation agency or Westchester synagogue.

For more information about any of these scholarships, visit the UJA-Federation of NY’s Israel Experience Center.