Scholarships

Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership

CAPAL Scholarship 2022

Public Service Scholarships

CAPAL’s Public Service Scholarship Program awards scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students who will be serving in unpaid public service internships in the Washington, DC area. These scholarships are intended to enable outstanding students with leadership potential to work full-time and learn ways to influence their local communities and the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community. Recipients of the scholarships are responsible for securing their own internship opportunity.

The CAPAL-MAASU Public Service Scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate student enrolled at a school that is a member of the Midwest Asian American Students Union (MAASU) All eligible scholarship applicants will be considered for the CAPAL-MAASU scholarship. Check if your school is a member here.

Deadlines & Application

Applications for the 2022 summer program will open Monday, November 1 and close on Monday, February 14 11:59 pm ET. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The online application must include all of the following components.

  • Application form

  • Personal statement (750 works max)

  • One-page resume

  • Current official or unofficial transcript

  • Letter of recommendation

If you have any other questions, please email hannah.park@capal.org.

**For scholarship applicants: Upon acceptance, you must print and submit the CAPAL Scholarship Program Participation Agreement if you have an internship secured already. If you are still in the process of securing an internship, please note this in your application in the appropriate short answer section. Once you have secured your internship you will be required to submit the Agreement.**

Application Review

  • The application review process will begin in January, and final applicants will be invited to interview with CAPAL and a potential internship placement office throughout the upcoming weeks

  • All interns will be placed by the end of April

For this opportunity, we strongly encourage and seek applications from people of color especially Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders; people with disabilities; and people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.

Eligibility

• Only currently enrolled students are eligible for an internship or scholarship through CAPAL.
• U.S. citizenship is not required for CAPAL’s Public Service internships. Permanent residents, and in some instances, interns with appropriate work visas, are eligible to apply. Specific citizenship and residency requirements may vary by federal agency. CAPAL’s scholarships, however, are open to all students, regardless of residency or citizenship status.

Award Requirements

• All applicants must either have secured or applied to an unpaid public service internship in order to be eligible to receive a scholarship from CAPAL.

• Same requirements as listed for “Public Service Internship Requirements.”