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Imam’s Generational Scholarship Fund
Closed cycle. 2026–27 deadline: March 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EST as written by provider; next cycle not announced.
- Status
- Closed cycle
- Provider
- Center for Islam in the Contemporary World at Shenandoah University
- Scope
- National / United States
- Funding type
- Scholarship
- Amount
- $5,000 per award; provider says at least ten awards per grant cycle
- Deadline
- 2026–27 deadline: March 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EST as written by provider; next cycle not announced
- Audience
- Community-specific
- Faith / community
- Religious-leader family/appointment criterion; not an award for every Muslim student
- Citizenship / residency
- US citizen or green-card holder
- Study level
- Incoming undergraduate, Undergraduate
- Eligibility
- Children of imams, religious leaders or chaplains with a standing appointment at a US-based mosque; acceptance from a four-year accredited US university; US citizen or green-card holder; GPA at least 3.0. Provider also welcomes imams and past recipients, with priority for children of imams and first-time recipients.
- Application materials
- Online application; Instructor/teacher recommendation; Mosque letter confirming appointment; Transcript; Essays
- Study fields
- Any major
- Geography
- Standing appointment at a US mosque and accredited four-year university acceptance in the US
About this program
This scholarship connects college access with service by mosque-based religious leaders. The provider’s eligibility page focuses on sons and daughters, while a separate note allows imams themselves and previous recipients to apply with lower priority. Applicants in those categories should ask the administrator how the rule applies to them. The page still says applications are being accepted for 2026–27, but its March 31, 2026 deadline has passed and a separate 2026 recipient page has been published. That dated evidence supports a closed-cycle label. No 2027 application date should be inferred. The university location restriction does not confine recipients to Shenandoah University; accepted students at accredited four-year US universities meet the published institutional criterion.
Source note
Stale accepting-applications headline conflicts with past dated deadline Imams themselves are mentioned as eligible by a note; clarify individual category Next cycle date not announced
Sources checked
- Imam Scholarship — CICW at Shenandoah University · read
- 2026 IGSF Recipients — CICW at Shenandoah University · read
Official program page (closed cycle)
Provider statements as read on ; the source-check date is not a publication date. Eligibility is the provider’s, not a guarantee of funding. Edited by Omar Afra; release pending.
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