Scholarship for Children of Employees
Yale University maintains a partial college scholarship grant program for sons and daughters of eligible University staff and faculty. To qualify, both employee and child must satisfy certain criteria:
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- The student must be enrolled on a full-time basis in an accredited two-year or four-year undergraduate college and must be a candidate for an associate's or bachelor's degree.
- At the time of matriculation for the covered term, a parent of the student must have been a full time employee during the entire six years preceding the date of application; or the four years preceding the date of application with an additional forty-eight months, whether or not continuous, prior to the preceding four years, for a total of eight years; or the parent must have been a retired, deceased, or totally disabled employee who at the time of retirement, death, or disability had been continuously employed full-time for the preceding six years. Staff employees who work a total of 35 hours or more will be considered full-time for the scholarship benefit. Faculty must maintain 100% appointment.
- An employee shall be treated as continuing in full-time employment for the time during which employment is reduced by the University to no less than 80% of the full-time schedule (that is, to no less than 30 hours per week) or to 10 or 11 months per year (at 35 hours per week), provided the reduction becomes effective between February 1, 2009, and October 1, 2009.
- The amount of the scholarship is the lesser of one of the following:
- $7,600 per semester (Fiscal year 2009-2010) maximum $15,200
- One-half the cost of tuition and general colleges fees (excluding room & board)
- Total tuition obligation (tuition + fees - other scholarships)
- Students are not eligible for scholarships for any semester that begins after they reach their 25th birthday.
- No student may receive a scholarship grant for more than eight terms for a bachelor's degree or four terms for an associate's degree.
- Applications for scholarship are available on June 1 and must be returned to the Benefits Office by July 1 of each academic year. Copies of the tuition bill for each term should be sent to the Benefits Office as soon as it is received by the parent. Applications must be renewed each year.
