Grants and Scholarships

Grants

Federal Grants

New York State Grant

Scholarships

The following websites provide scholarship information for prospective, new, and current students in a variety of professional fields. Trocaire College provides these websites as a student resource only. The college maintains no professional relationship with these websites and derives no benefit in offering them as a resource to you.

www.allnursingschools.com
www.bphc.hrsa.gov
www.cfgb.org (Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo)
www.collegeboard.org (Search Scholarships)

www.collegeispossible.org
www.collegenet.com
www.collegesavings.org (State 529 Programs)
www.college-scholarships.com
www.discovernursing.com
www.edfinancial.com/search/default.aspx (Search Scholarships)
www.fastweb.com
www.fedmoney.org
www.finaid.com
www.ftc.gov/scholarshipscams
www.hesc.com (Search Scholarships)
www.mapping-your-future.org (Search Paying for School)
www.salliemae.com
www.students.gov (Search Scholarships)
www.studentaid.ed.gov

Internal Scholarships

An institutional grant, award or scholarship is funding given to a student by the college. Trocaire College is dedicated to keeping the cost of an education as low as possible. We help our students by awarding funding from a number of sources. The college has many generous alumni who donate funds for our students, as well as area corporations, college employees, private friends, and the college itself.

You are considered for institutional grants and scholarships as soon as you apply to Trocaire College. Once you submit an application and the required information for admissions, an appointment will be made with an Admission's counselor. At that interview, the counselor has the ability to discuss your educational objectives and potential eligibility for certain awards. At the end of the interview, the counselor will take you to a Financial Aid counselor. If you have completed your FAFSA (online application for Federal Aid) the counselor will determine if you are eligible for additional aid based on your financial need.

What institutional grants and scholarships are available, how much are they worth, and what is the criteria to get one?

Grants:

Trocaire Grant - This grant is determined by the Financial Aid counselor and is based on your economic need. It generally amounts to $700-$1,200 annually.

Awards:

Academic Achievement Award - This award is based on your high school average and recommended by the Admission's counselor. You must have graduated from high school within the last five years.
$2,000 (92% or above)
$1,500 (91-88%)
$1,000 (87-85%)
These awards are given to students each semester for four continuous semesters of attendance at our college. A student must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA to continue receiving the award. If the student drops below full time status, the award will be prorated for that semester and will be discontinued for the following semester.

Scholarships:

Non-traditional Scholarship - This scholarship is for returning adult students who did not go on to college right-out-of high school. The grant is for entering freshman based on merit. The scholarship is for $500 per semester renewable, based on maintaining a minimum 2.5 GPA.

Presidential Scholarship - Two scholarships are awarded to every high school. The first two high school seniors who apply to Trocaire from each high school will receive this scholarship. So apply early! The scholarship award is for $2,000 each and is awarded by the Admission's Office. The Presidential Scholarship is available for a second year.

McAuley Scholarship - This is a full-tuition scholarship given to two incoming high school seniors that have an SAT of 1200, a cumulative high school average of at least 94%, and maintain a 3.2 GPA to retain the award. This scholarship is also decided in the Admission's Office.

New scholarships will be available in the Spring 2012

During the Spring 2012 semester, the college will make applications available for scholarships and awards to eligible students. These scholarships are donated by many friends of the college, alumni and even employees. Donors take a lot of pride in knowing that their contributions are making a difference in the educational lives of our students.

These scholarships are awarded to current Trocaire College students to be applied towards future semester tuition expenses. Radiologic Technology students graduating in summer 2012 are eligible for scholarships as the award can be put towards this summer's tuition.

Unfortunately, there are not enough scholarships for every student or every applicant. So if you choose to apply for any of these scholarships, please take your time in filling out the application, as they are competitive. A committee of faculty and staff go through all the submissions to decide which students most closely meets the criteria defined in the application.

Scholarship and award winners have the opportunity to meet the donors at the annual Honors Convocation on April 13, 2012. This is a special event with great meaning for all involved.  Please find the scholarship application in the resources section of financial aid.