Students must meet the following requirements to qualify:

• Students that have previously been enrolled in college must have both a college cumulative and semester grade point average of 2.0 or better at time of application.
• Applicants must live in Washington, Jackson, Calhoun, or Holmes counties.
• Applicants must be enrolled at Chipola College in one of the following Public Service Department programs: Correctional Officer, Law Enforcement, or Firefighter.
• Applicant must be a member in good standing of Tyndall Federal Credit Union.

*CHIPOLA ACADEMIC WORKS WEBSITE LINK*: Speciality Opportunities - Chipola College Scholarship Opportunities

Note: Applicants for this particular scholarship must also submit a paper application form to obtain their physical signature. This application form can be found in the Foundation office (building U on Chipola’s campus) or print out form from the attached link: 

Tyndall Federal Credit Union Scholarship

CHIPOLA ACADEMIC WORKS SIGN IN INSTRUCTIONS

Current Students- You may sign in using the same username and password you use to access MyChipola (i.e. your Chipola email address and password).

New/Prospective Students- Please note that you must have applied to Chipola College prior to applying for scholarships on the Chipola Academic Works website. You will receive your Chipola email address and login credentials at that time and will use them to sign in to the online scholarship system. Note: Students do not have to be admitted into Chipola College to apply for scholarships, but they must be admitted to receive scholarships. To apply for admission to Chipola College, please visit the Chipola Admissions Office or their webpage https://www.chipola.edu/admissions/

To apply for Foundation scholarships on the Chipola Academic Works website, students must have access to a personal computer or cellphone. Students without a personal computer or cell phone can visit the Chipola library to use one of their computers or visit the Foundation Office to use the computer in our student workstation. If a student would like to use the computer in the student workstation at the Foundation Office, please call us at (850) 718-2404 to reserve a time to use the computer. Students who make a reservation to use the computer, should be on time to allow themselves adequate time to complete the application.

IMPORTANT: Once students submit a Foundation General Scholarship application (if available), McLendon Educational Trust Scholarship, or a Tyndall Federal Credit Union Scholarship application online, they will receive a confirmation email to their CHIPOLA email address. If a student does NOT receive a confirmation email from the Foundation to their CHIPOLA email address stating their application has been successfully submitted, then they should immediately go back to the Chipola Academic Works website to verify that their application is submitted. Once signed in, students will click the My Applications tab to view their applications. Non-submitted scholarship applications will have a “Finish” button and submitted applications will have an “Update” button. Non-submitted applications will not be considered for funding. Note: ONLY the General Scholarship, McLendon Scholarship, and Tyndall Scholarship generate submission confirmation emails. Scholarships listed in the Recommended Opportunities section do not.

APPLICATION ASSISTANCE

Specific application instructions will be on the Chipola Academic Works website, but students who have questions while completing the applications, may click the Question and Answer  link on the Foundation webpage to see our help page for guidance www.chipola.edu/foundation

 If a student has a question that is not on this list, Foundation staff will be happy to help. Please email foundation@chipola.edu or call (850) 718-2404 for assistance.

 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ACCEPTANCE INSTRUCTIONS

Students selected to receive a scholarship award through the Chipola College Foundation will receive an official scholarship award offer email to their CHIPOLA email address. To accept an offered scholarship award, students must click the weblink in the scholarship offer email they receive in their Chipola email inbox and must then read and agree to the terms of their scholarship offer. Students can also access their scholarship offer by signing into the Foundation Scholarship website and clicking the My Applications tab.  For any student who does not accept the scholarship award by the acceptance deadline mentioned in the offer email, the Foundation will consider the scholarship declined and the student will not receive the scholarship funds.

Summer 2026 scholarship award offer emails will not be sent by the Foundation to students’ CHIPOLA email inbox until late March or early April, and the email will include the scholarship acceptance deadline. After accepting the scholarship, students will be asked to complete an online post-acceptance form where they will write a thank you letter to the donor of their scholarship. Once they have accepted the scholarship offer and completed the post-acceptance form, their scholarship funds will be made available to the Chipola Financial Aid Office who will then coordinate with the Chipola Business Office for the purpose of paying toward their tuition and/or books.

CHIPOLA EMAIL INSTRUCTIONS

Students can access their CHIPOLA email account to check for Chipola College Foundation emails and scholarship offers by going to http://www.outlook.com/my.chipola.edu and entering their username and password. The username will be the first initial of first name + first initial of last name + Jenzabar ID (AKA Chipola student ID). Example: Joe User, with a Jenzabar ID of 12345, will have a new username of ju12345 and an email address  of ju12345@my.chipola.edu  (username followed by @my.chipola.edu). Students receive their Jenzabar ID through an email from the Admissions Office when they apply for admission to the college. If a student has not already set up a password, then their default password is the month (mm) and day (dd) of their birthday followed by the FIRST four numbers of their Social Security Number.  Example: Joe User’s birthday is January 6, 2008, and his social security number is 123-45-6789, then his default password would be 01061234. If you cannot access your CHIPOLA email account after reading the instructions above, please call the Chipola Help Desk at 850-718-2300.

Scholarships through the Chipola College Foundation are supported by private donations.  Donors set the scholarship criteria and scholarship deadlines.

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