The majority of scholarships made available by the Brookdale Foundation are awarded to students through the Brookdale Financial Aid department and total nearly $300,000. You must have completed a FAFSA in order to be considered for one of these scholarships. Please contact the Financial Aid department for more information. 

Telephone: 732-224-2361 Fax: 732-224-2003

E-mail: faoffice@brookdalecc.edu  Web Site: http://financialaid.brookdalecc.edu

There are some scholarships by application. The scholarships listed below are made available to current and incoming Brookdale students. The scholarships listed below are samples of what was available last yearand vary by criteria. An updated list for the 2012-2013 academic year will be posted in early February 2012.

SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE:

Talbots Offers Scholarship for Returning Women  - see link below

http://www.talbots.com/online/landing/landingPage.jsp?landingPage=Scholarship&cmp=emc-20111011_Scholarship_Bal-Scholarship&om_rid=Cg2Nff&om_mid=_BOlMSWB8d2IRRX

 One (1) Elaine Lapham Memorial Scholarship is available to a female student for the Spring 2012 semester. See here for criteria and application. Deadline is December 5, 2011. Click herePDFFiles/Elaine Lapham Memorial.pdf

Samples of past scholarships by application.

Two (2) $500 Brookdale Community College Alumni Association Upper Division Scholarships are available to a December 2010 or May 2011 graduating Brookdale student who plans to continue on to a four-year college. A faculty member must nominate the student. Click hereMSDocs/Alumni Foundation/Upper Division 2011.doc

Four (4) $500 Brookdale Community College Alumni Association Youth Opportunity Scholarships are available to an incoming Monmouth County high school graduate who plans to attend Brookdale full-time in the fall of 2011. For   Click here MSDocs/Alumni Foundation/Youth Opportunity Scholarship Form 2011.doc

50 $1,000 scholarships are available to incoming full-time Brookdale freshmen who are graduating in 2011 from a High school within the OceanFirst Bank market areas and reside in the OceanFirst Bank market area (see attached application for listing of towns, school districts and other criteria).  Click here PDFFiles/alumni-foundation/OceanFirst Application 2011-2012.pdf

T. J. Bruno Memorial Scholarship for Students with Disabilities. This Endowed Scholarship was formed by Tony and Claudia Bruno and family friends Eleanor and Roger Dolan in memory of their son who died in 1999 at the age of 34. This scholarship is available to provide tuition assistance to a Monmouth County incoming high school student who will attend Brookdale Community College in the Fall 2011. Qualified applicants include those students who are classified and determined eligible for special education and related services under provision of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA). This scholarship is renewable for a second year, based on satisfactory academic record at Brookdale Community College.  Click here MSDocs/Alumni Foundation/T J Bruno Scholarship Form.doc

Three (3) $1000 Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce Educational Foundation Scholarships available to students who are going into their junior year of college; students who are returning to college after a hiatus in their formal education; and students who intend to pursue vocation education at the college level. . Click here PDFFiles/alumni-foundation/EMACC-Scholarship-Application-2011.pdf

One (1)  $750 Kristoffer P. Anderson Endowed Memorial Culinary Scholarship is available to a Brookdale Community College registered in the Culinary Education Center who has completed 24 credits and has a 3.5+GPA and has financial need. Click here MSDocs/Alumni Foundation/Kristoffer P Anderson Scholarship.doc

Two (2) $1000 Corrine Gramas Endowed Memorial Music Scholarships are available to a currently enrolled Brookdale Community College student studying music and has earned at least 15 credit in the music option with a GPA of 2.75+.  Click here MSDocs/Alumni Foundation/Corrine Gramas Scholarship Application.doc

One (1) $4400 Dr. Jan Astin Scholarship is available to a Brookdale student who is enrolled in the Radiation Technology program in the Fall of 2010. CHECK BACK FOR APPLICATION.                                                                      

One (1) $1800 Eileen Lucarelli Memorial Scholarship is available to a Brookdale Community College student in the Respiratory Therapy program; has earned a minimum of 8 credits in this program; has a GPA of 2.5+ or more; has financial need.  Deadline for this scholarship is February 12, 2010. (CLOSED)

One(1) $500 Jockey Through Life Scholarship is available to a returning student (25 years of age or more); who has completed 24 credits at Brookdale;earned at least a 3.0 GPA ansd have financial need. Click here MSDocs/Alumni Foundation/Jockey Through Life Scholarship.doc

Two (2) $1,000 Yurowski Family Memorial Scholarships for Automotive Technology Students available to students who have earned minimum of 24 credits and achieved a GPA of 2.75 or more.  Click here MSDocs/Alumni Foundation/Yurowski Family Memorial Scholarship Fund Application.doc

 PLEASE NOTE: 

We encourage all students and parents to complete the FAFSA (see Financial Aid department page for more information) in order to be considered for  scholarships provided by the Foundation totaling nearly $300,000. These scholarships are funded by the Brookdale Foundation and the Brookdale Alumni Association and awarded through the Financial Aid Department for the next academic year.

They are awarded to students who are determined not to be eligible for Financial Aid in the form of grants. So, in order to be considered for one of these scholarships, you must have filed a FAFSA.  Go to the Brookdale Financial Aid department website for more information.