Guidelines & Application

2025 ALAA Scholarship Application

Statement of purpose and objectives: The American-Lebanese Awareness Association, Inc. (ALAA) has been formed to conduct programs of informational value pertaining to cultural and educational topics regarding Lebanon and the Middle East; to recognize the accomplishments of American-Lebanese in the area; to assist qualified students who reside in New England and who are of American-Lebanese descent through a program of scholarship awards; to provide a forum for speakers of reputation and accomplishments; and to participate and assist in civic, cultural and charitable programs of benefit to the Merrimack Valley in general and to the American-Lebanese population as applicable.

Instructions: In order to be eligible for consideration for scholarship assistance in the fall, Sections 1–8 of this Application must be completed in full, submitted on or before March 1, 2025. Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted. If selected as a recipient, you or a representative are required to attend the annual scholarship banquet which will be held in June 2025 in order to receive your scholarship, or you will forfeit your scholarship award. Recipients will be notied of the details at a later date.

Please note that hand-delivered applications will not be accepted. Incomplete applications will not be eligible for consideration for scholarship. All applications and supporting materials become property of the ALAA.

Applicants must meet the following criteria for eligibility:

  1. Must be of Lebanese ancestry and reside in New England.
  2. Must be a registered full-time student in an undergraduate program for Fall 2025.
  3. Must not have already received two ALAA awards in his/her lifetime.
  4. Must include with application an OFFICIAL, SEALED TRANSCRIPT of grades through the most recently completedsemester of high school or college. Please notify us if school is mailing directly.

All criteria must be met in order to be eligible

APPLICATION

2025 Scholarship Application
Online Scholarship Application