Jensen Family Trust Advocacy Scholarship in Clinical Psychology Fund

This scholarship supports graduate students in the College of Sciences.
Recipients will be selected based on the following established criteria:

  • Must be enrolled in the College of Sciences
  • Must be in the Clinical Psychology M.A. program (Applied Pre-Licensure/Non-Thesis Track)
  • Required to be involved with advancing the civil rights of others
  • May document such involvement by submitting an essay of 500 words or less or may
    also demonstrate how they have faced their own barriers (both systemic and financial) to higher education and economic advancement.
  • Preference may be given to students who are active members of or volunteers in a
    University approved student organization such as the Black Student Union (BSU), the
    Black Graduate Student Council (BGSC), the Caribbean Student Association (CSA),
    Jamaican Student Association (JAMSA), Brazilian Stunts Association (BSA), Colombian
    Student Association (CSA), Cuban-American Student Association (CASA) Dominican
    Student Association (DSA), Latin American Student Association (LASA), Peruvian Student
    Association (PSA), Puerto Rican Student Association (PRSA), Venezuelan Student Association (VSA),
    LGBTQ+ Student Support Services, Student Accessibility Services, Multicultural Student Center,
    and other student organizations involved with advancing the civil rights of others.

This scholarship award, to the extent funds are available, may be used to pay for but not limited to the cost of attendance.

Award
$5,000.00
College/Department
College of Science
Deadline
04/06/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Please describe in 500 words or less your involvement with advancing the civil rights of others or how you have faced your own barriers (both systemic and financial) to higher education and economic advancement.
  2. Are you an active member or volunteer of a University approved student organization such as Black Student Union (BSU), the Black Graduate Student Council (BGSC), the Caribbean Student Association (CSA), Jamaican Student Association (JAMSA), Brazilian Students Association (BSA), Colombian Student Association (CSA), Cuban-American Student Association (CASA), Dominican Student Association (DSA), Latin American Student Association (LASA), Peruvian Student Association (PSA), Puerto Rican Student Association (PRSA), Venezuelan Student Association (VSA), LGBTQ+ Student Support Services, Student Accessibility Services, Multicultural Student Center, and other student organizations involved with advancing the civil rights of others?