The New Leader Scholarship of the Marin Community Foundation annually awards scholarships of up to $7,000 which may be renewed. Awardees may receive additional support for graduate school application costs. Applicants NEED NOT be Marin County residents to qualify. Application deadline is March 15th.

You may qualify if you:

	·		Are enrolled at one of the following universities: California State University, East Bay; San Francisco State University; San Jose State University; Sonoma State University or University of California, Berkeley;
	·		Are an upper division student who has attended the school for one academic year or more, with 60 units or more, 30 of which need to have been attained at your present university;
	·		A minimum 3.5 GPA either at the current school or at a combination of the current school plus all schools previously attended. Consideration will be given to students with a GPA of 3.2 to 3.49 under special circumstances;
	·		Are planning to pursue advanced education in the social sciences, human services, public interest law, health-related fields or public service;
	·		Have demonstrated financial need.

OR, if you are a previous New Leader Scholarship recipient and plan to attend graduate school at a public university in California.

If you would like to apply for a New Leader Scholarship, download and complete this pdf application form and mail it by March 15th to the Marin Education Fund (see address below).

You can find out more about the application process by downloading our application guide.

Marin Education Fund
781 Lincoln Ave., Suite 140
San Rafael, CA 94901
phone: (415) 459-4240
toll-free: (800) 891-7540
fax: (415) 459-0527
info@marineducationfund.org
www.marineducationfund.org

See Recipients’ Biographies for information about previous New Leader Scholarship awardees.

Established with the Marin Community Foundation, scholarships are administered by the Marin Education Fund, the scholarship arm of the Marin Community Foundation.