MCC Foundation Scholarships

Mayland Scholarship Application for 2022-2023 opens from March 10th – April 13th

Awards are competitive, based on criteria established by the donors of each scholarship. The Mayland Community College Scholarship Committee, made up of MCC faculty and staff, reviews applications and selects recipients. The MCC Foundation awards scholarships without regard to race, creed, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, or physical disability.

How to Apply

Students may apply for MCC Foundation Scholarships through a software system called AwardSpring. Students only need to fill out one application to apply for all MCC Foundation Scholarships. All scholarship related correspondence will go through AwardSpring, including the application, award letters, and thank you notes. You may save your application and come back to complete it by logging into your AwardSpring account. Within AwardSpring you can also see a list of the scholarships and their requirements.  Follow the links below to log-in to AwardSpring.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Students must be enrolled at Mayland for a minimum of six (6) credit hours for each semester awarded.
• Be a U.S. Citizen or national, a U.S. permanent resident or other non-eligible citizen (per Title IV guidelines), a citizen of the Freely Associated States, or a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) designee.
• Must complete and submit a Residency Determination Survey (RDS), MCC Application and 2021-2022 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) by the below listed deadline. For more information please visit MCC’s How to Apply page.
• If requested in the scholarship application, please upload the most recent copy of your high school transcript (unofficial will suffice). If GED or HiSET recipient please see instructions in scholarship application.

The Mayland scholarship application period closed on Saturday, April 16th, 2022 at midnight.

If you have any problems logging into AwardSpring or questions about the application process, please e-mail mccfoundation@mayland.edu

A complete listing of all MCC Foundation Scholarships

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Mayland Promise Scholarship

*This Scholarship is now OPEN!!

The Mayland Promise Scholarship for the Applied Engineering Associate Degree is available to High School Graduates who have successfully completed 16 credit hours of the College and Career Promise Program (CCP).  The Mayland Promise will cover tuition and fees for the remainder (up to two years) of the Associate Degree in the Applied Engineering program with Mayland Community College (MCC).

Eligibility Requirements:

• Graduated high school in the Spring of 2022.
• Students must have earned a minimum of sixteen (16) credit hours from Mayland.
• Plan to seek an Associates in the Applied Engineering program with Mayland.
• Be a U.S. Citizen or national, a U.S. permanent resident or other non-eligible citizen (per Title IV guidelines), a citizen of the Freely Associated States, or a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) designee.
• Must complete and submit a Residency Determination Survey (RDS), MCC Application and 2022-2023 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) by the below listed deadline. For more information please visit MCC’s How to Apply page.
• If requested in the scholarship application, please upload the most recent copy of your high school transcript (unofficial will suffice).

To apply for the Mayland Promise Scholarship, you must fill out an application in the AwardSpring Scholarship software using the below link.  Incomplete applications will result in automatic rejection. Only complete applications will be reviewed.

The application deadline is 11:59pm July 31, 2022.

If you have any problems logging into AwardSpring or questions about the application process, please e-mail mccfoundation@mayland.edu

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Gene Haas Foundation Scholarship

*This Scholarship is now OPEN!!!

Available to Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey County residents enrolled in Applied Engineering or a related certification course. Students may receive varying amounts of scholarship funds to help them complete their studies. The funds must be used to cover the cost of tuition, fees, or books.

Community Scholarships

Community Scholarships are awarded to Mayland Community College students through separate applications and often have specific criteria and requirements such as additional essays. Organizations may choose to set up a scholarship as a community scholarship or as an MCC Foundation scholarship.