Supporting promising individuals in financial need.
Impact Scholarships
Impact Scholarships provide full tuition for new graduate students who demonstrate promise for greatly impacting their communities. This is a competitive scholarship based on three criteria:
- Ability to make an impact, based on your commitment to and influence within your community.
- The community you seek to serve faces hardships, experiences high needs, and/or has historical disadvantages.
- Demonstrated and expressed financial need to pursue your studies at the IIRP.
To create a relevant field of study we value the experiences and perspectives of international students as well as those within the United States. Studying at the IIRP Graduate School does not require travel and student visas to attend. The IIRP does not offer student visas to the U.S. Our program is designed to allow students to continue their studies from anywhere in the world without disruption.
Applicants must complete their application into one of our graduate programs. The scholarship is only applicable to new students. Scholarship applications are available each term with up to six scholarships awarded each year to up to one U.S.-based student and up to five international students.
Please note that all supporting documents for the degree or graduate certificate applications and scholarship application are due at the indicated deadline but may be completed concurrently. This process may take an extended time, especially for international applicants. International applicants must complete the process for degree evaluation and, in some cases, language equivalency tests. These applicants are encouraged to begin the process early.
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Beginning Term |
Impact Scholarship Application Opens* |
Deadline for Graduate Program Application (including supporting documentation) and Impact Scholarship Application (including essay) |
Scholarship Recipients Notified |
Deadline for Recipients to Enroll in Courses for the Following Term |
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Fall |
April 1 |
June 1 |
June 15 |
July 31 for Fall Term |
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Spring |
August 1 |
October 1 |
October 15 |
November 30 for Spring Term |
| Summer |
January 1 |
March 1 | March 15 | April 30 for Summer Term |
*Applications will be made available to newly admitted students who indicate their interest and need for an Impact Scholarship on the degree or graduate certificate application.
Shawn Suzch Scholarship
The Shawn Suzch Scholarship is awarded to a student who has already been admitted to the master’s degree program and who demonstrates outstanding spirit and drive worthy of Shawn’s memory. Tuition for one course will be awarded in memory of Shawn, a young man who overcame adversity with courage and determination. The scholarship recipient will also be someone who expresses financial need to support their studies.
The application and further details are available in your Student Portal.
- Applications open April 1
- Applications due June 1
- Recipient will be notified June 16
External Scholarship Opportunities
Our Student Services Department regularly searches for and updates our external scholarship listing. Below is a list of scholarships that may be applicable to those interested in applying to or enrolled in the IIRP Graduate School. These scholarships are all outside of the IIRP, so please contact each scholarship provider for details.
| Name | Amount | Eligibility | Applies To |
| American Indian Education Fund | $2,000 | Applicants much be enrolled in a federally recognized tribe. | Master's |
| Army Women's Foundation Scholarship | $1,000 for Certificate, $3,000 for Master's | Applicants must be women who served in the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, or National Guard, or descendants of a women who served. | Certificate, Master's |
| BeBold No Essay Scholarship | $25,000 | Scholarship application is open to all grade levels. | Master's |
| Boomer Benefits Scholarship | $2,500 | Applicants must be age 50+ and returning to school with a minimum 3.0 GPA. | Master's |
| Cobell Scholarship | up to $12,500 | Applicant must be a member of a federally recognized tribe with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. | Certificate, Master's |
| Global Perspectives Scholarship | up to $1,000 | Applicant must be enrolled in a college program and interested in making an impact on local communities around the world. | Master's |
| Joe Beirne Scholarship Program | $4,000 | Applicant must be a high school graduate who is a member of the CWA or a spouse, child, or grandchild of a member. | Certificate, Master's |
| P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education | up to $3,000 | Applicants must be women in the U.S. or Canada whose education has been interrupted and who find it necessary to return to school to support themselves and/or their families. | Certificate, Master's |
| Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans | up to $45,000 | Applicants must be age 30 or younger and immigrants or children of immigrants who are pursuing graduate school in the United States. | Master's |
| Progress of Ideas Scholarship | $5,000 | Applicant must be in a field of study related to Robert Schalkenbach Foundation's mission. | Master's |
| Sequoyah Graduate Scholarship | $1,500 | Applicant must be a member of a federally recognized tribe with a minimum 2.5 GPA. | Master's |
| Taylor J. Ertel Scholarship for Foster Children | Applicant must be a Pennsylvania resident who has been placed in foster care at some point in their life and has been admitted to a program. | Certificate, Mater's | |
| Young Professionals Council Scholarship | Applicant must be a current undergraduate or graduate student attending a college or university in the Lehigh Valley. | Master's |
