Financial Aid
Outside Scholarship Opportunities
Financial Aid Update
We are pleased to announce that the maximum CTS tuition grant level will remain at 55% for the winter quarter. We give thanks that seminary is able to sustain this high level of support for the benefit of our students. Also, the Financial Aid Office would like to announce that funds from several outside scholarships will soon be made available to needy students. Students in the M.Div., A.R. and Deaconess programs (no vicars, interns or MA-Deaconess online) may submit an application to the Financial Aid Office by December 18, 2009. Click here to apply. Funds are limited and they will be awarded on the basis of financial need.
Bethesda Lutheran Home Scholarship--Developmental Disabilities Scholastic Excellence Award for Lutheran Seminarians
This scholarship of $3,000 will be awarded to a Lutheran seminarian
displaying an interest in service to people with developmental
disabilities in the local parish setting. Requirements include a
minimum of 100 hours of service to people who are developmentally
disabled (volunteer or paid) completed within the past 2 years.
Scholarship guidelines and application forms are available from the
Office of Financial Aid. Deadline for application is April 15.
The Hilda E. Bretzlaff Foundation
This foundation, based in
Michigan, was “established for the purpose of providing educational
grants to individuals who meet the following criteria: demonstrate
financial need; are creative, moral, ambitious and conservative; will
be a credit to America.” The foundation asks that the seminary’s Office
of Financial Aid select award candidates, receive all application
materials and forward them to the foundation. The foundation’s trustees
then make their selections, based on the applications submitted.
Seventy-five to eighty percent of applicants will receive awards.
Application deadline: May 15
The Immanuel Lutheran Church of Minneapolis Scholarship Program
Criteria: Established to provide benefit to Lutheran students who are
members of congregations of the Minnesota South District of the LCMS.
Deadline: June 1. For more information, call the following toll-free
number: 1-800-365-4172, or visit here.
International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons - Student Ministry Scholarship
Description: Interdenominational organization with a religious,
educational and philanthropic program. Criteria: Full-time M.Div.
students who are U.S. or Canadian citizens. 3.00 GPA. Don’t overlook
this excellent potential resource. To apply, read and follow carefully
the instructions on the organization’s Web page here. Applications are available January 1 - March 31 only.
LLL & LWML scholarships
Application forms for the
Missouri District LWML and the CNH District LLL are available in the
Financial Aid Office. All other Districts please contact your zone
and/or district officers.
The Munderloh Foundation
This foundation asks its participating seminary
financial aid offices to make the initial selection of candidates and
invite them to apply for the scholarship. New recipients – normally
first-year students – are selected from this list by the foundation’s
Board of Trustees. Recipients make renewal applications direct to the
foundation through their assigned Munderloh trustee. Reapplications are due July 1. Invitations to new candidates are sent in late May. Find more information here. Click on Application/Policies of the Foundation.
The Kruse Student Educational and Financial Assistance Fund
Criteria:
Students become eligible to apply after completing one year of seminary
study. Preferences: first, to Kruse family members and, second, to
members of Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Applicants
must be agreeable to being interviewed by the committee, if asked to do
so. Contact St. Paul Lutheran Church.
St. John's College Alumni Association
P.O. Box 376, Winfield, KS 67156. E-mail:
sjcaa1@cox.net. Criteria: Offered
to St. John's College alumni and former faculty members and to their
sons-daughters-grandsons-granddaughters. Application deadline for the
next academic year is April 1. To be eligible for consideration for an
award, applicants must return their applications by mail postmarked on
or before April 1; if returned by FAX, applications must be received at
the Association's office on or before April 1. The Association's
mailing address is PO Box 376, Winfield, KS 67156; FAX #: 620-221-0032.
Individuals at Ft. Wayne wishing to consider the Association's program
may receive a set of the award guidelines and an application form by
contacting the Association by mail at the address above or by FAX at
the number above or by email at sjcaa1@cox.net.
Siebert Lutheran Foundation
Criteria: Members of
congregations in the state of Wisconsin, including North Wisconsin
District congregations located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. For
information and application materials, visit this site and click on Seminary Tuition Aid.
The Adopt-a-Church-Worker Student Fund
Criteria: Must be a
member of a Kansas District congregation and in the final academic year
of seminary. [Seminary III students are eligible]. Write letter of
application addressed to the fund, c/o St. Paul Lutheran Church, P.O.
Box 397, Cheney, KS 67025. Minimal information to be included: name of
home congregation, seminary address, occupation before seminary and, if
married, the number of children in the family. A family photo is
encouraged.
Herschell and Gladys Umbaugh Scholarship Fund
Eligibility
priority: Member of Calvary, Plymouth, IN; member of St. John’s,
Rochester, IN; member of St. Paul’s, Bremen, IN; member of any LCMS
congregation in the state of Indiana. Application form: Office of
Financial Aid. Application deadline: July 15.
USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships
Students from all 50 states are eligible. Application info is available here.
USA Funds is the designated federal student loan guarantor in Indiana
and is the largest student loan guarantee agency in the nation.
Application deadline: February 15.
U.S. Army Reserve Chaplains and Chaplain Candidates
The U.S.
Army offers financial incentives for those preparing to become Army
chaplains. You must complete one quarter of school before the financial
assistance begins. Please contact CH(Col-Ret.) Paul Howe at
512-517-6078 for details.
The Gil and Blondie Vogt Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is designed to
assist Nebraska students preparing for LCMS church vocations at any
LCMS university or seminary. Requests for information or applications
should be sent to King of Kings Lutheran Church, c/o Pat Hofer, 2012 S
164th Ave. Omaha, NE 68130. Application deadline is April 15.
Wampner-Hoffmyer Scholarship Fund
The administrator of this
fund is a member of Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church, Munster, Indiana. To
be eligible, an applicant must have been a member of an Indiana
District, LCMS congregation for at least three years prior to beginning
a program of preparation for the Holy Ministry at either seminary –
Fort Wayne or Saint Louis. An Information Sheet gives complete details, together with instructions for completing the Application. Deadline: June 1.