Engineering Leadership Education and Development (E-LEAD)
Scholarships

Engineers are leaders -- they imagine the future and make it happen. Alfred University's E-LEAD initiative is designed to provide scholarships and leadership training to young women and men who are dedicated to making a difference.

Individuals applying to the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University are invited to apply for an Engineering Leadership Education and Development (E-LEAD) Scholarship. In addition to providing up to $10,000 per year for four years, the E-LEAD scholarship will provide leadership training opportunities. The E-LEAD scholarships and associated programming were made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation and the generous contributions of individual and corporate sponsors.

CRITERIA
Successful applicants must have been accepted by Alfred University for consideration for the E-LEAD Scholarships. Scholarship recipients will be selected based on academic achievement, leadership capacity/experience, quality of special essay, financial need (see below) and performance in the selection interview.

E-LEAD APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
To apply for the E-Lead Scholarship, applicants must complete the following three steps.

1. Complete an Application for Admission
   Complete an application for admission and submit all necessary accompanying documents by the deadline below. The application is available at www.alfred.edu/admissions.

Early Decision Applicant Deadline: December 1, 2011
Regular Decision Applicant Deadline: February 1, 2012.

2. Complete a Financial Aid Application
   Since the E-LEAD funding source is a federal grant, one of the criteria a student must meet to be considered for the scholarship is to demonstrate financial need as defined by the U.S. Department of Education under the Federal Need Analysis Methodology. Therefore, students must complete the 2012-13 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Alfred University Financial Aid Application by the dates specified below. The deadline dates mean received at the AU Financial Aid Office. The Financial Aid Office will provide the applications and instructions to early decision applicants in late November, 2011 and to regular decision applicants in early January, 2012.

Early Decision Applicant deadline: December 10, 2011
Regular Decision Applicant deadline: February 1, 2012

3. E-Lead Application Requirements