Ford Scholars Program

We want to be sure you have found the best fit Ford Family scholarship for you! This is an important step because we do not want you to submit applications for multiple Ford Family scholarship programs – we will only accept and review one application.  

Please review the eligibility criteria for this program below:  

• I live in Oregon or Siskiyou County, California.
• I will attend an eligible college full-time in my home state.
• My goal is to earn my first bachelor's degree.
• I am a graduating high school senior OR recent high school/GED graduate.
• I have never enrolled full-time in college (not including any college-level credits earned while in high school).
• I have completed (or will soon complete) my financial aid application (ex. FAFSA, ORSAA, CADAA) in order to demonstrate financial need.

If you answered YES to ALL statements above, you may begin the Ford Scholars application!

Here’s what you’ll need:  

• Financial Information
• Most current transcript(s)
• College plans
• Activities (school, community/family/unpaid work, paid work)
• Personal Statements
• Family Information

Gathering and preparing this information ahead of time can help save you time on the application! For more information on any of these requirements, please click view the Application checklist. For more information on the scholarship program, view the Ford Scholars Program website.

The application platform has software that detects the use of AI and plagiarism in our scholarship application submissions. We encourage you to be sure that your responses are authentic and written in your own voice. We want to get to know you!

If you have questions, contact us at appquestions@tfff.org.