How to Claim Your Scholarship
You may apply for your scholarship funds beginning July 1, 2019. Request your award after you have enrolled in classes at a two or four-year college or university, or in another accredited program.
Summary:
- Provide proof of enrollment in college via AwardSpring. Confirm your address at the same time.
- Email the Foundation to notify us your documents are in the system. ed@nhsfoundation.org
- It takes up to 30 days to issue your scholarship funds.
Detailed instructions:
Use the
AwardSpring system to submit the documents required to claim your scholarship funds. This is the same system you used to complete your application.
- http://nhsfoundation.awardspring.com
- Make sure you change your email in AwardSpring to a personal email address.
- Log in with the original email on file. The email address can be changed by clicking on the drop-down arrow in the upper right-hand corner by the current email address and selecting Account. Change the email address and hit the save button.
- When you log in after July 1, you will see your scholarship(s) listed on your dashboard. Select the scholarship and follow the instructions to upload the documents that prove your current enrollment in school.
- Proof of enrollment must include your name, the school, and the dates of your classes. Acceptable forms of proof are: 1) A copy of your enrollment in classes. Must show your name, the school name, and the dates of enrollment. AND 2) College student identification card.
- Confirm your mailing address. Your check will generally be mailed to the address you have in AwardSpring. Please change this if you move. When you. claim your award(s), you may provide a change of address at that time. (Note: Some scholarship sponsors request that the funds be sent to your school’s financial aid office.)
Important: Send an email to the New Haven Schools Foundation to notify us that your documents are in the AwardSpring system. We do not get notified by AwardSpring, so we ask you to do this so you receive your scholarship more quickly. Send it to ed@nhsfoundation.org .
It generally takes up to 30 days to process your scholarship request.
The deadline to claim your scholarships is January 31, 2020. Sorry…No exceptions. Do not wait until the last minute.