Application for Women's Welsh Clubs of America Scholarship
  • Application for Women's Welsh Clubs of America Scholarship

    Application for Women's Welsh Clubs of America Scholarship

  • Scholarship Eligibility Requirements 2026

  • Applicants for scholarships must be of Welsh descent or a legally adopted descendant of a person of Welsh descent, a citizen of the United States, and meet all the following requirements:

    Application

    • Have and maintain an unadjusted accumulated grade point average of not less than 3.30 on a 4.00 scale or the equivalent.
    • Declare enrollment as a full-time student in an undergraduate program with a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester, leading to a degree in an institution of higher learning qualified to award such a degree.
    • Authorize the registrar of the school to send an OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT of the applicant’s academic record to the Scholarship Committee prior to each school year AFTER completing the spring term. Transcripts coming directly from a student will not be accepted.
    • Lineage information must follow the guidelines of the following form.
      Welsh descent must be apparent within the past 5 generations (to your great, great, grandparents).
    • Grants will be paid directly to the applicant in one installment in mid-August, at the beginning of the school year.

    Transcripts

    • Applications and transcripts received after July 15, or incomplete will not be considered.

    • Those who have received a scholarship in the past year will be grandfathered in using the guidelines they originally applied under.

    • Transcripts may be sent to: WWCAscholarship@gmail.com or mailed to the Welsh Home, 22199 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, OH  44116

    • The size and number of grants will be determined by the Scholarship Committee and the Trustees of the Women’s Welsh Clubs of America.  

     

     General Information

    • Failure to comply with the above directions and requirements or an incomplete application, may disqualify an applicant.
    • Presentation of your information will be considered in the final decision of the Scholarship Committee.
    • The size and number of grants will be determined by the Scholarship Committee and the Trustees of the Women’s Welsh Clubs of America.
    • Grants will be paid directly to the applicant in one installment at the beginning of the school year. 

    If we have any questions about your application, we will contact you by email.

    If you have any questions, please contact us at wwcascholarship@gmail.com

  • What year will you be graduating? .

  • Are you also applying for a scholarship with the Welsh North American Association?

  • How did you learn about this scholarship?

  • Note: NO TRANSCRIPTS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM STUDENTS.

    Official transcripts must be received directly from the school via email or by mail, provided below, by July 15, 2026.

  • The Women’s Welsh Clubs of America Scholarship Committee,

    22199 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, OH 44116

    440-331-0420 (P) 440-331-7810 (F)

    WWCAscholarship@gmail.com

  • FAMILY LINEAGE

    Fill-in the fields below to show your direct lineage to a descendant that was born in Wales. You may go back only five generations (to your great great grandparent) as proof of lineage. You only need one line (either maternal or paternal) to show the required proof of Welsh lineage.

  • Students Full Name:     
    Date of birth:    
    Place of birth (Town, State / Province / County, and Country)    

  • Parent's full name who is of Welsh descent:  
    Parents name:    
    Select mother/fathers side of family you are following:    
    Date of birth:    
    Place of birth  (Town, State / Province / County, and Country):           

  • Grandparent's full name who is of Welsh descent:   
    Is this your grandmother or grandfather? : 
    Date of birth:
    Place of birth  (Town, State / Province / County, and Country):      

  • Great-grandparent full name (mother or father of your grandparent) who is of Welsh descent:   
    Is this your gr-grandmother or gr-grandfather?:    
    Date of birth:
    Place of birth  (Town, State / Province / County, and Country):      

  • Great-great-grandparent's name (mother or father of your great-grandparent) who is of Welsh descent:          
    Is this your gr-gr-grandmother or gr-gr-grandfather?:    
    Date of birth:    
    Place of birth  (Town, State / Province / County, and Country):   

  • I affirm that my answers to the above questions are true to the best of my knowledge.

    By signing your full name here you accept the rules and eligibility requirements for this scholarship, its application process and any other decision the Scholarship Committee may take with regards to the awarding of said funds.
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