The Enrico Fermi Educational Fund of Yonkers is proud to announce our Sixty Second (62nd) year of providing College scholarships for High School Seniors with traceable Italian heritage. The applicant must be a resident of Yonkers (Yonkers Scholarships) or Westchester County (County Scholarships), regardless of the location of the high school they attend. Residency is based on the actual legal address, not the post office zip code. The Science Scholarship is open to all Westchester County residents.
Our scholarship committee will again partner with Reviewr, our software company, who will assist us with formulating and organizing all materials needed to complete the application.
● Step 1 – Click the green button on the left above to begin the application process. The scholarship portal will open Monday January 6, 2025.
● Step 2 – You will be asked to set up a profile and complete an online application for any of our scholarships. This includes demographics, short answer questions and an essay. If you would like to have a print out of the questions in the application, click on the yellow button above. Please note, NO paper applications will be accepted, ALL applications must be submitted on line through the portal.
● Step 3 – You will choose 1 guidance counselor from your high school and send them an email through REVIEWR, asking them to upload 2 letters of recommendation AND their official High School transcript. Please advise your counselor they will be receiving this email through REVIEWR.
● Step 4 – The chosen Guidance Counselor is kindly asked to upload the students 2 letters of recommendation and their transcript to REVIEWR, through the online portal.
The online scholarship portal will notify you as to the status of your application, remind you of upcoming deadlines, as well as notify you when the letters of recommendation and transcript have been uploaded. PLEASE NOTE: You will not have access to view the Letter of Recommendations or Transcript.
When the deadline is reached, the online application process will close and no further applications will be accepted. Application deadline is March 10, 2025 at 11:59 pm.
Please note that this will be a “secure portal” which will protect privacy.
Paper applications will no longer be accepted.
Important information regarding the Science Scholarship
The Science Scholarship applicants are dedicated students enrolled in the highest level of science classes offered at their school and will be asked to describe their science research in their application. This is a highly competitive scholarship for science scholars.
Each High School (science chair/ teacher /or guidance counselor) will nominate one student for this scholarship. In the Science application, student will prompted for the name and email of the nominating Science Chairperson.
A Student can NOT nominate themselves. Science applications will not be reviewed until a nomination is received.
The student applying for the Science scholarship should ALSO be submitting an application online for either the Yonkers or Westchester Scholarship depending on their residency.
Enrico Fermi Educational Fund of Yonkers Scholarship Description and Eligibility Criteria
– Yonkers Scholarships
This Scholarship is open to residents of The City of Yonkers, NY (only) who are of traceable Italian heritage, graduating from an accredited public or private high school, upon graduation plan on attending a college or university. There will be five (5) scholarships of $5,000 each.
– Westchester Scholarships
This Scholarship is open to residents of Westchester County, NY, excluding The City of Yonkers, who are of traceable Italian heritage, graduating from an accredited public or private high school, upon graduation plan on attending a college or university. There will be three (3) scholarships of $5,000 each.
– Science Scholarship
This Scholarship is open to legal residents of Westchester (including Yonkers). The applicant must have the nomination of the high school to apply for this scholarship (only one per school). The Applicant must be of traceable Italian heritage, a resident of Westchester County NY, graduating from an accredited public or private high school who, upon graduation, plans on attending a college or university. It is expected that applicants would be engaged in some form of scientific research, have taken or are currently excelling in AP science courses, and are interested in pursuing a career in a STEM field. There will be one (1) Scholarship of $5,000.
Scholarship Eligibility Criteria:
The Enrico Fermi Educational Fund of Yonkers, Inc. offers academic based scholarships to graduating seniors from an accredited public or private high school. Each student will be evaluated based upon their exceptional scholastic achievements, evidence of leadership, service to the school and the community, outstanding character, and evidence of traceable Italian heritage. We recognize that these scholarships are very competitive, considering the superior academic, leadership, extra curricular, community service and other qualities exhibited by applicants and, ultimately, the recipients. The recipients will be selected by The Enrico Fermi Scholarship Committee which is composed of Trustees, Educators and members of our General Committee.
In order to be considered, an applicant must:
● Be a senior in high school and graduate from an accredited public or private high school with the graduating class
● Be of traceable Italian heritage
● Be a resident of the City of Yonkers for the Yonkers Scholarship, and of Westchester County for the Westchester County and Science Scholarships.
Residency is based on the actual physical legal address, not the post office zip code.
● Have applied or in the process of applying to a recognized and accredited College or University
● File a completed application on or before the Closing Date of our online application process
● Once chosen, recipients must be enrolled in an accredited College or University to receive scholarship checks
Important Dates:
● January 6, 2025 – Online Application Process begins, portal opens
● March 10, 2025 – Online applications closed, portal closes
● April 5, 2025 (on or about) – Student Recipients notified.
● May 4 , 2025 – 62nd Annual Enrico Fermi Scholarship Breakfast and Recognition Ceremony to be held at Mulino’s at Lake Isle. All recipients are required to attend.
Dr. Susan Campanile
Enrico Fermi Scholarship Chairperson
For any questions, please feel free to send an email to fermischolarshi[email protected]