The Leopold Schepp Foundation grants approximately 200 individual awards each year to both full time undergraduate students enrolled in four year bachelor programs and to full time graduate students. Leopold Schepp established the Foundation in 1925. His objectives were to encourage young people to develop good character and to help them complete their high school education, an opportunity he never had. The Foundation also grants a small number of fellowship awards for independent study and research, usually post-doctoral, based on the recommendation of a recognized institution. These fellowships are intended to encourage research that will improve the general welfare of mankind. Because funds for such grants are limited, interested applicants should inquire as to the availability of funding for fellowships in their chosen field of study.
Specific Eligibility Criteria
- Undergraduates must be under 30 years of age at the time of application. Graduates must be under 40 years of age at the time of application.
- Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale and must enroll full-time in a four year bachelor degree or approved graduate program.
- PhD candidates who have only the dissertation to complete and who are not enrolled in class full-time are not eligible.
- Only one student in a family can apply and receive a scholarship at the same time.
- High school seniors are eligible to apply during their senior year in high school for their first year in college.
- Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
- Scholars who are requesting aid for a second degree at the same level for which a degree has already been awarded are not eligible to apply, for example, a second Bachelor’s Degree or second Master’s Degree.
- Due to limited funding, the number of applications given to students enrolled in graduate study at medical, law or business school is limited.
- A personal interview in New York City is required of all applicants. Travel expenses are not reimbursed.
- Students who have previously applied for a Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholarship and who were denied an award are not eligible to reapply.