Heather Clair Miller Salisbury State University Fund Grant

The Pittsburgh Foundation
The Foundation currently manages about 2,500 individual donor funds and, together with its supporting organizations and its affiliate, The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, has assets of $1.386 billion (2022). Grantmaking benefits a broad spectrum of basic needs and development opportunities within Pittsburgh and beyond.
Scholarships
The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County provide scholarship opportunities for local students to pursue their educational goals. Scholarships are available for graduating high school seniors, undergraduates, graduate, medical and professional school students who are attending community colleges, four-year universities and career/technical schools.
The Heather Clair Miller Salisbury State University Fund scholarship was created at The Pittsburgh Foundation to provide four-year, renewable scholarships to at least two students who have faced social, economic, or educational barriers due to systemic gender inequity, who are attending Salisbury University, and who meet minimum entrance requirements.
Award Type: Renewable Award (subject to committee recommendation).

Eligibility

Attend high school as a graduating senior at/in Wicomico County as the first preference for awarding. During a year that there are no eligible students from Wicomico County, this scholarship may award to graduating high school seniors from Worchester County, Dorchester County and Somerset County.
Have displayed special talent or interest in a particular field of study or activity.
Demonstrate financial need.
Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Plan to attend Salisbury University.
Be involved in productive extracurricular and/or other activities outside of school which reflect an ordinary (typical) student who shows extraordinary self-discipline and motivation to goals larger than self.
Preference will be given to students who may be challenged in their academic pursuits because of rural and/or high need status.