The Chipola College Foundation scholarship application for the Spring 2026 semester is October 21, 2025 and the application website is open.
Scholarship Application Instructions
Instructions below are for when the scholarship application website is open:
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
To apply for these scholarships, students will visit the Chipola College Academic Works website and fill out the General Scholarship Application. The majority of the scholarship opportunities offered by the Chipola Foundation are auto-matched through an applicant’s submitted General Scholarship Application. Students will not see which/how many individual scholarships they matched to. However, if based upon the applicant’s submitted General Scholarship Application, they are eligible for additional scholarships that require supplemental information, these will display for them once they have completed and submitted the General Scholarship Application. These are identified as Recommended Opportunities and students must choose to apply to these and supply the required additional information to be considered for these scholarships.
Note: The General Scholarship Application requires the following documents:
- 2 letters of recommendation - These letters should be written by someone who can write positive words about the applicant and why they should receive a scholarship. There is no maximum or minimum letter length.
- Copy of the high school transcript - IF the student has earned LESS than 24 credit hours in COLLEGE. High school transcripts are not sent directly to the Foundation by any high school.
Applications can be found on the Chipola College Foundation webpage www.chipola.edu/foundation by clicking on the Foundation Scholarships heading and then clicking the specific Chipola Academic Works link on the page. Scholarships offered through the Chipola Academic Works website for the Spring 2026 semester have an application deadline of Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
Chipola Academic Works Website Sign-In Instructions
Students will click on the Chipola Academic Works Website Link on this page and then sign in using the instructions below:
Current Students- You may sign in using the same username and password you use to access MyChipola (i.e. your Chipola email address and password).
New/Prospective Students- Please note that you must have applied to Chipola College prior to applying for scholarships on the Chipola Academic Works website. You will receive your Chipola email address and login credentials at that time and will use them to sign in to the online scholarship system. Note: Students do not have to be admitted into Chipola College to apply for scholarships, but they must be admitted to receive scholarships. To apply for admission to Chipola College, please visit the Chipola Admissions Office or their webpage https://www.chipola.edu/admissions/
To apply for Foundation scholarships on the Chipola Academic Works website, students must have access to a personal computer or cellphone. Students without a personal computer or cell phone can visit the Chipola library to use one of their computers or visit the Foundation Office to use the computer in our student workstation. If a student would like to use the computer in the student workstation at the Foundation Office, please call us at (850) 718-2404 to reserve a time to use the computer. Students who make a reservation to use the computer, should be on time to allow themselves adequate time to complete the application.
*CHIPOLA ACADEMIC WORKS WEBSITE LINK*: Our Opportunities - Chipola College Scholarship Opportunities (academicworks.com)
IMPORTANT: Once students submit a Foundation General Scholarship application or McLendon Educational Trust Scholarship application online, they will receive a confirmation email to their CHIPOLA email address. If a student does NOT receive a confirmation email from the Foundation to their CHIPOLA email address stating their application has been successfully submitted, then they should immediately go back to the Chipola Academic Works website to verify that their application is submitted. Once signed in, students will click the My Applications tab to view their applications. Non-submitted scholarship applications will have a “Finish” button and submitted applications will have an “Update” button. Non-submitted applications will not be considered for funding. Note: ONLY the General Scholarship and McLendon Scholarship generate submission confirmation emails. Scholarships listed in the Recommended Opportunities section do not.
APPLICATION ASSISTANCE
Specific application instructions will be on the Chipola Academic Works website, but students who have questions while completing the applications, may click the Question and Answer link below to see our help page for guidance www.chipola.edu/foundation
If a student has a question that is not on this list, Foundation staff will be happy to help. Please email foundation@chipola.edu or call (850) 718-2404 for assistance.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ACCEPTANCE INSTRUCTIONS
Students selected to receive a scholarship award through the Chipola College Foundation will receive an official scholarship award offer email to their CHIPOLA email address. To accept an offered scholarship award, students must click the weblink in the scholarship offer email they receive in their Chipola email inbox and must then read and agree to the terms of their scholarship offer. Students can also access their scholarship offer by signing into the Foundation Scholarship website and clicking the My Applications tab. For any student who does not accept the scholarship award by the acceptance deadline mentioned in the offer email, the Foundation will consider the scholarship declined and the student will not receive the scholarship funds. Students who have difficulty accessing their Chipola email account, may use the following weblink to see a help page: https://www.chipola.edu/about/administrative-offices/information-technology/frequently-asked-questions-faqs/student-email-faqs/
Spring 2026 scholarship award offer emails will not be sent by the Foundation to students’ CHIPOLA email inbox until mid to late November, and the email will include the scholarship acceptance deadline. After accepting the scholarship, students will be asked to complete an online post-acceptance form where they will write a thank you letter to the donor of their scholarship. Once they have accepted the scholarship offer and completed the post-acceptance form, their scholarship funds will be made available to the Chipola Financial Aid Office who will then coordinate with the Chipola Business Office for the purpose of paying toward their tuition and/or books.
CHIPOLA EMAIL INSTRUCTIONS
Students can access their CHIPOLA email account to check for Chipola College Foundation emails and scholarship offers by going to http://www.outlook.com/my.chipola.edu and entering their username and password. The username will be the first initial of first name + first initial of last name + Jenzabar ID (AKA Chipola student ID). Example: Joe User, with a Jenzabar ID of 12345, will have a new username of ju12345 and an email address of ju12345@my.chipola.edu (username followed by @my.chipola.edu). Students receive their Jenzabar ID through an email from the Admissions Office when they apply for admission to the college. If a student has not already set up a password, then their default password is the month (mm) and day (dd) of their birthday followed by the FIRST four numbers of their Social Security Number. Example: Joe User’s birthday is January 6, 2008, and his social security number is 123-45-6789, then his default password would be 01061234. If you cannot access your CHIPOLA email account after reading the instructions above, please call the Chipola Help Desk at 850-718-2300.
Scholarships through the Chipola College Foundation are supported by private donations. Donors set the scholarship criteria and scholarship deadlines.
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