Scholarships Toolkit
Communication Plan
Emails
You can use the following emails to send out to students on the dates listed above each email. Simply copy and paste them into an email and send it to your students!
October 1 – January 11
Hello students,
Scholarships administered by the Public Education Foundation are NOW OPEN! PEF’s Scholarships Plus program awards more than 900 scholarships each year, valued at more than $6 million! No matter your grades, background, or future goals, there is something for everyone. Scholarships range from $250 up to $100,000!
To get started, you must first fill out the PEF General Application. The PEF General Application IS NOT a scholarship; it is an application used to determine which scholarships you are eligible for. To complete the general application and see what scholarships you qualify for, you will need:
Your Transcript
Your Resume
A Financial Need Letter
If you need help creating these documents, instructional videos and samples are available on their scholarships webpage.
Important Dates:
October 1, 2026 – Scholarship applications open.
January 20, 2027 – Applications for the Frias Legacy Scholarship, Hispanic & Latino Legacy Scholarship, LGBTQ+ Scholarship, the Black Girl Magic Scholarship, and PENN Scholarship are due.
February 2, 2027 – All other scholarship applications are due.
If you have any questions throughout the process, please visit their website at thepef.org/scholarships or email them at scholarships@thepef.org.
January 12
Hello students,
I wanted to remind you that applications for the Public Education Foundation’s Frias Legacy Scholarship, the Hispanic and Latino Legacy Scholarship, LGBTQ+ Scholarship,the Black Girl Magic Scholarship, and the PENN Scholarship are DUE NEXT WEEK! These scholarships range from $10,000 up to $100,000. If you have not completed your PEF General Application, please click here to start. To complete the general application and see what scholarships you qualify for, you will need:
Your Transcript
Your Resume
A Financial Need Letter
If you need help creating these documents, instructional videos and samples are available on their scholarships webpage.
You will need all the required documents to submit your application, so make sure to remind your references of the upcoming deadline.
If you have any questions, please visit their website at thepef.org/scholarships or email them at scholarships@thepef.org.
January 26
Hello students,
All applications for Public Education Foundation scholarships are DUE NEXT WEEK! If you have not completed your PEF General Application, please click here to start. The PEF General Application IS NOT a scholarship; it is an application used to determine which scholarships you are eligible for. To complete the general application and see what scholarships you qualify for, you will need:
Your Transcript
Your Resume
A Financial Need Letter
If you need help creating these documents, instructional videos and samples are available on their scholarships webpage.
You will need all the required documents to submit your application, so make sure to remind your references of the upcoming deadline.
If you have any questions, please visit their website at thepef.org/scholarships or email them at scholarships@thepef.org.
Social Media
You can use the following pictures and captions to share on your school’s social media accounts. Feel free to personalize the caption to fit your audience. To download the images:
Click on the image you want to download, and it will open in a new tab.
Here, you will right-click on the image and select “Save Image As…”
Save the image to your preferred location.
October 1 – January 1
Scholarship applications for the Public Education Foundation Scholarship Plus Program are now open! Head over to thepef.org/scholarships to learn how you can begin applying to scholarships and gather all the required documents.
January 12
REMINDER: Applications for select PEF scholarships ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 are due January 20! Make sure you have all of your required documents submitted before the deadline. If you have any questions, head over to thepef.org/scholarships to learn how you can apply to these scholarships and more.
January 26
All PEF scholarship applications are due next week! Make sure you have all of your required documents submitted before the deadline. If you have any questions, visit thepef.org/scholarships to learn how you can apply to these scholarships and more.