Elanjian Scholarships for Armenian-American Students

The Armenian Research Center is pleased to offer two scholarships to Armenian students attending the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

These scholarships were established by Dr. George and Isabelle Elanjian:

Available to students of Armenian background.
One $2,000 renewable award, for those who have completed one year or more of college (24 credit hours or more).
One $700 award for a high school student entering college full time (enrolled for 12 credit hours or more per semester).
Applicants, if freshmen, must be in top 10% of high school graduating class.
Applicants with college experience must have a 3.3 GPA (4.0 scale) or better.
Applicants must enroll full-time (12 credit or more hours per semester).
Applicants must demonstrate financial need.
Applicant must submit three letters of recommendation, two from teachers/professors and one from a community leader.
Preference will be given to applicants who have made voluntary leadership contributions to the community.
Successful applicants will be expected to donate at least five hours of work per week to the Armenian Research Center.

Students must actively apply for the $2,000 award. Applications for the $2,000 award may be obtained from the UM-D Financial Aid office.

Incoming freshmen students are automatically vetted for the $700 scholarship if they indicated on their university enrollment application that they wanted to be considered for financial aid.