No. We do have limited scholarships available to individuals returning to school or who have taken a gap year. 

No. We have scholarships for students planning to attend two-year college and certain trade schools. Institutions must be accredited and in good standing.

Please log into your portal and complete the updates. If you are having trouble accessing your account, please reach out to scholar@greaterworcester.org . Do not create a new account.

Recommendations are optional, with exceptions for certain scholarships. If a recommendation is required, you will be notified. There will always be an option to submit a recommendation if you feel it will strengthen your application.

A teacher, counselor, spiritual leader, employer or other individual may write the recommendation, as long as they are not related to you. The person writing your recommendation must be able to describe how they know you and support the information you have provided in your scholarship application.

We recommend that you upload them directly into your application. If you are having trouble doing so, please email scholar@greaterworcester.org.

FAFSA is not required to submit your application.

Students will be asked income-based question and may have to refer to tax documents, income benefits statements, or other materials to answers those questions.

That’s okay! Check one or more areas of study that you feel most strongly align with your interests. 

We will notify all applicants by mid-June.

Yes. If you are a current college student and do not have a current GWCF scholarship you can apply. Please create a new account.

Check out our scholarship directory to learn more about our scholarships. Remember though, you only need to complete one application which will match you to all scholarships you are eligible for.

You can track the status of each scholarship you are matched to in your portal throughout March and April. If there is a scholarship you believe you are eligible for and is not listed in your portal, please email scholar@greaterworcester.org.

Maybe! Our scholarships are mainly for students in Worcester County. However, we have some scholarships where residency is more broad, please see scholarship names below and follow them over to our directory to learn more about their specific eligibility.

• Janet Fraser Scholarship
• Daniel Stephen Lussier Athletic Scholarship
• Fitchburg Sportsmen's Club
• Michael Minty Memorial Scholarship
• Tatum J. Davenport Memorial Scholarship
• Anita and Nathaniel A. Feingold

If you are a current college student pursuing your first Bachelor's degree, you may apply if any of the following criteria:

• Worcester County students transferring from a 2-year college to a 4-year MA state college or university (see details about the Herbert D. Sherwin Memorial Scholarship below!)
• Children of members of the Worcester Rugby Football Club
• Relatives of members of the Fitchburg Sportsmen's Club
• Members of Congregation B'nai Shalom (Westborough, MA)
• Members of St. Mary's Assumption Orthodox Albanian Church (Worcester, MA)
• Members of Emmanuel Baptist Church (Worcester, MA)
• Relatives of employees of: Christie & Thomson, Cutler Associates or Cutler Design, Feingold Companies, Milford Water Company, Quinsigamond Automotive Warehouse, R. H. White Companies, Rotman's Furniture Company, Whitinsville Water Company
• Recent high school graduates from Worcester County who have had cancer, or have had a parent with cancer, and are enrolled in a 4-year college may be eligible for the Mark W. Tripp Scholarship
• Worcester County Latinx students who are pursuing degrees in health sciences, neuroscience, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy/ kinesiology, sports medicine, biology (pre-med), or biology may be eligible for the Worcester Latino Coalition Scholarship
• Adults pursuing their first bachelor's degree after a gap between high school (or GED) and college.

No, you can submit one application that will match you to several scholarships. If you would like to learn more about scholarships you could match to, you can view them in our scholarship directory.