SCHOLARSHIP FAQS AND RESOURCES

The deadline for most scholarships is March 15, 2025.

The Haley Elise Van Pelt Scholarship application is open March 15 to May 1.

Yes.

Tennessee Promise covers the cost of tuition and mandatory fees not met from the Federal Pell Grant, HOPE Scholarship, or Tennessee Student Assistance Award Programs. Because ETF scholarships may cover other educational expenses, (for example, non-mandatory fees, books, supplies, room and board, etc.), you may be able to apply your ETF scholarship award to these additional educational expenses.

No. We do not accept late or incomplete applications.

Know that you can work on parts of your application at any time in draft form, but you must finish and submit by the deadline.

If you are not able to submit a FAFSA because of your immigration status, citizenship status or processing delays you are still eligible for many ETF scholarships

• If the required document exists in an electronic format on your computer, upload it by clicking the “Upload a File” button below the application question and choose the desired document from your computer.
• If necessary, use your phone to take a photo of the document and upload the photo.
• If your application requires you to upload a document you do not have, in its place create and upload a document which explains why you don’t have access to the one that is required. It is your responsibility to send the required document before the application deadline.
• Please do not upload a document that is password protected.
• File upload questions only accept one file per question, so combine all the pages of your document into one or else each page you upload will replace the one before. Once a file has been uploaded, it can be deleted by clicking the red X next to the file name.

East Tennessee Foundation makes every effort to notify all applicants of their status; however, if you have not received notification by July 1, assume you have not been selected to receive a scholarship.

Contact the East Tennessee Foundation grantmaking team at gr*********@*tf.org or by telephone at (865) 524-1223.

There is no charge to apply.

1. Click Apply Now.

2. Answer all the questions in the ETF Common Application and click submit.

3. Review the list of ETF scholarships that appear on you applicant dashboard and answer any additional questions those require.

No. Payments are mailed directly to your school at the beginning of each school year. Checks are made payable to the school, and your account will be credited by the amount of the scholarship award.

Scholarship recipients are selected based upon the specific criteria of each scholarship program. Completed applications are evaluated by the Foundation’s volunteer evaluators and ETF staff. Evaluators recommend students to receive scholarship awards. The Foundation’s Board of Directors reviews all recommendations and ratifies the awards.