The Gregori Jakovina Endowment Scholarship was founded in May 2007 by Gregori Jakovina and Larry McDonald to encourage and facilitate post-secondary education in the arts for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (GLBT). The Gregori Jakovina Endowment Scholarship is administered through Equity Foundation.

Gregori Jakovina Endowment  Scholarship applicants may include mid-career adults who are returning to school to pursue a new career in the arts, as well as young adults who have recently completely high school or their G.E.D. and are pursuing their education beyond the secondary level. To be eligible, individuals will be Oregon residents and need financial assistance to attain their educational goals.

Please check which scholarship you are applying for:

o The Gregori Jakovina Endowment  Scholarship is for students enrolled in the arts who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender and/or children of GLBT parents enrolled in post-secondary education. Students shall be residents of Oregon or Clark County, Washington.

o The Larry McDonald Scholarship is intended for adults in mid-life who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender who seek to make a significant change in their lives or vocations by taking classes in the arts and/or humanities.

The application deadline has been updated to December 31, 2008.


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The Nike Youth Career Forum Scholarship Fund was founded in April 2007 by the GLBT Youth Career Forum Committee of Nike, Inc. to encourage and facilitate post-secondary education for students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (GLBT) and allies who are participants in a secondary school’s Gay-Straight Alliance or a similar network designed to foster safe and welcoming learning environments for people who are GLBT. The Nike Youth Career Forum Scholarship Fund is administered through Equity Foundation.

Nike Youth Career Forum Scholarship Fund applicants include young adults who are graduating from high school or completing their G.E.D. and are pursuing their education beyond the secondary level. To be eligible, individuals will be Oregon or southwest Washington residents and need financial assistance to attain their educational goals.
The deadline for this application is February 28, 2008.
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Linfield Good Samaritan School of Nursing Matching Scholarship

Linfield Good Samaritan School of Nursing (LGSSON) has developed a scholarship match agreement with
Equity Foundation (EF) to financially assist students who are under-represented in Oregon’s nursing workforce.  LGSSON will annually match one EF scholarship awarded to a LGSSON student with an annual maximum of $5,000.

The scholarship award will be renewable for up to three years, when appropriate.  Eligible students will meet all Equity Foundation Scholarship requirements and be enrolled in the Linfield Good Samaritan School of Nursing making satisfactory academic progress. 

The Armistead Maupin Creative Writing Scholarship Fund was established in 2007 by Philip C. Smith in honor of Armistead Maupin. The purpose of the Armistead Maupin Creative Writing Scholarship Fund (hereinafter the Armistead Maupin Fund) is to encourage students whom, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, have authored material based, in large part, on GLBT themes, to develop their creative writing skills.

The Armistead Maupin Fund is administered through Equity Foundation. Students entering or pursuing post-secondary education in the liberal arts, literary arts or creative writing, at accredited colleges and universities in the Northwest of the continental United States (Oregon, Washington, Idaho), who are in need of financial assistance, are eligible to apply. The deadline for this scholarship is
June 30, 2008.


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