Know any UW-Madison return­ing adult stu­dents? If so, remind them that March 1 is the dead­line to apply for Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies’ annual schol­ar­ships that can help these stu­dents com­plete degrees. With a sin­gle appli­ca­tion, return­ing adults and other non­tra­di­tional stu­dents can apply for all the schol­ar­ships offered by Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies’ office of Adult Career & Spe­cial Stu­dent Ser­vices (ACSSS) for the next aca­d­e­mic year (2012–2013).

Schol­ar­ship amounts vary by the type of award and usu­ally range from $1,000 to $5,000; sev­eral awards are des­ig­nated for sin­gle par­ents who are pur­su­ing degrees. With fund­ing from a num­ber of gen­er­ous donors, ACSSS awarded schol­ar­ships to 22 stu­dents dur­ing the 2011–2012 aca­d­e­mic year.

To be eli­gi­ble, a stu­dent must be cur­rently enrolled in a degree pro­gram at UW-Madison or must be apply­ing to a degree pro­gram at UW-Madison with the expec­ta­tion of begin­ning in Fall 2012. A return­ing adult is gen­er­ally defined as some­one who is com­ing back to school or who is already here on cam­pus tak­ing courses for credit after a sig­nif­i­cant inter­rup­tion (usu­ally five or more years) in their for­mal education.

Other cri­te­ria are posted at our Finan­cial Assis­tance page, where you can also find infor­ma­tion about other fund­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties specif­i­cally for adults. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact ACSSS at 608–263-6960.