Scholarships

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For 2024 applications need to be postmarked by Friday March 29, 2024. 

BAC annually awards three scholarships to students whose parents or step-parents are US BAC members. The stipends are $5,000 per year for up to four years – up to $20,000 total.

To be eligible for the scholarship, students must: 

•    Be a senior in high school and planning to enter college in the fall of 2024
•    Be the child or stepchild of a US member in good standing of a US BAC Local

The US Bates Scholarship program is administered through International Scholarship and Tuition Services (ISTS).    

CISCO has begun to accept applications for its long-standing Annual Scholarship Awards Program.  Applications for this program are available by clicking on one of the three types of scholarship awards below. 

Submission Deadline: Completed applications must be sent electronically to the Chicago Federation of Labor by Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 5:00PM. Applications and all supporting documents should be emailed all together to [email protected]

The application deadline for 2024 scholarships is 12:00 PM (Noon), Eastern Standard Time (EST) on January 31, 2024.

Since 1991, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $4.5 million to students of union families.  Ranging from $500 to $4,000, Union Plus scholarships are one-time awards for study beginning in the Fall of 2020, and students may re-apply each year.

For additional information or to complete an on-line application, please visit the Union Plus website at: