IMPORTANT: Deadline & FAFSA Submission Changes

DEADLINE CHANGE:

In order to accommodate delays with this year’s FAFSA release, the AFF Scholarship Application Deadline has been extended to March 15, 2024.

FAFSA SUBMISSION CHANGE:

If you have NOT received your FAFSA Submission Summary before the AFF application deadline, you may still submit your scholarship application. Applicants are no longer required to upload their Student Aid Index (SAI) score or their FAFSA Submission Summary in order to complete their application. SAI scores and the FAFSA Submission Summary are now optional application questions. PLEASE NOTE: If you are chosen as a scholarship finalist, you will still be required to provide the FAFSA Submission Summary before you will be able to schedule a finalist interview.

2023-2024 AFF Scholarship Application Is Now Available

The 2023-2024 AFF scholarship application is now available HERE (or paste https://bit.ly/affscholars into your browser). Our scholarship awards $40,000 in renewable scholarship funds to first-generation students heading to college/university/community college. For more information, please visit our page on HOW TO APPLY.

2023-2024 Scholarship Application Available October 1, 2023

The 2023-24 Akerson Family Foundation Scholarship application will be available on October 1, 2023. The scholarship is a renewable $40,000 scholarship to the school of your choice - any four-year college/university or community college (excluding for-profit schools). The scholarship is available to first generation students in Alexandria City (VA), Arlington County (VA), and Fairfax County (VA) public schools with a 3.3 GPA or above. Questions? Email us at contact @ affscholars.org

Class of 2023 AFF Finalists to be announced by MARCH 31

Finalists for the Akerson Family Foundation Scholarship will be announced by Friday, March 31, 2023. Finalists will be contacted via email and asked to schedule an interview with foundation board members and/or staff. Interviews will take place from April 5-18, 2023.

We had a record number of applicants in the 2022-23 application cycle! Thanks to all who applied!

Finalists Announced for AFF Scholarship

Congratulations to our finalists for the AFF Scholarship! Finalists have been contacted via email today, March 31, 2022. Thank you to all who applied! We had a record-breaking number of applicants this year.

2021-2022 Scholarship Application Available

The 2021-22 Akerson Family Foundation Scholarship application is available here! These $40,000/4-year renewable scholarships are open to any first generation college-bound student graduating in Spring 2022 from a public high school in Arlington County Public Schools in Virginia or Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia. Visit HOW TO APPLY for more details on eligibility.

Visit our application website here to start your application!

Congratulations to our 2021 Akerson Scholars!

Congratulations to our 2021 cohort of Akerson Scholars! Winners were notified on May 1. Three students from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia and one student from Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, Virginia were selected to receive renewable four-year scholarships worth $40,000 over the course of their college careers. Thank you to all who applied and made this one of our most impressive applicant pools to date!