Rosalie Ginsberg Scholarship for Community Service and Social Action
Four $7,500 scholarships will be awarded in the 2025-2026 academic year to support University of Michigan students holding junior or senior-year standing, who demonstrate a commitment to community service or social action and who demonstrate financial need. Preference is given to students from Cuyahoga County, Ohio; thereafter to students from Ohio; and thereafter to any student. Inger and William Ginsberg established the Rosalie Ginsberg Community Service Scholarship Fund in honor of William’s mother.
Scholarship candidates must demonstrate strong community service or social action involvement, as well as financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid.
Scholarship awardees will have attained junior or senior standing by the Fall semester of the scholarship year and will be enrolled full time in an undergraduate program on the Ann Arbor campus. They must also qualify for financial aid.
Application Procedure
There is no general application for this scholarship. The Office of Financial Aid selects qualified nominees for this scholarship, and the Ginsberg Center follows up with the finalists.
Additional questions may be sent to [email protected].
Bohn Legacy Scholarship for Social Change
Two $2,500 scholarships will be awarded in the 2025-2026 academic year to recognize a rising UM sophomore or junior that is involved in leadership, service or activism/advocacy through the Ginsberg Center, or works at the Ginsberg Center. They must be enrolled full time in an undergraduate program on the Ann Arbor campus, and qualify for financial aid.
This scholarship honors Anita Bohn, the founding director of SERVE, the Ginsberg Center's original office for co-curricular student engagement and leadership, and student organizations. The Scholarship is for one academic year only; Scholarship recipients may not re-apply.
Application Procedure
There is no general application for this scholarship. The Office of Financial Aid selects qualified nominees for this scholarship, and the Ginsberg Center follows up with the finalists.
Additional questions may be sent to [email protected].
Trigon Fraternity "Render Each Day Service" Scholarship
This is the first year that Ginsberg will administer the Trigon Scholarship, which is generously funded by the Brothers of Trigon Fraternity, and was previously offered by the Ann Arbor Community Foundation. The process and qualifications have been modified to align with Ginsberg Center/Student Life's scholarship process. This first year, we are able to award one student scholarship of $5000.
Scholarship candidates are identified by OFA as a potential finalist based on the following criteria: rising sophomore or junior status; financial need; and academic merit (UM gpa of 3.0 or above). It is renewable up to three years total, if awardees continue to qualify.
Scholarship awardees will have attained sophomore or junior standing by the Fall semester of the scholarship year and be enrolled full time in an undergraduate program on the Ann Arbor campus. They must also qualify for financial aid.
Application Procedure
There is no general application for this scholarship. The Office of Financial Aid selects qualified nominees for this scholarship, and the Ginsberg Center follows up with the finalists.
Additional questions may be sent to [email protected].
MacDonald Community Fellows Program
Made possible by a generous gift from Scott MacDonald, the MacDonald Community Fellows Program provides a unique renewable fellowship for University of Michigan undergraduate students. MacDonald Fellows will receive funding while engaging in opportunities for community engagement, leadership development, and personal growth. The program was established to promote MacDonald’s commitment to encourage and support students to be agents of positive change by empowering themselves and the communities they engage to reach their full potentials. MacDonald Community Fellows will receive a $5,000 annual scholarship, in two disbursements per academic year.
Who: Undergraduate sophomore students interested in community engagement with demonstrated financial need (as determined by the Office of Financial Aid).
Time Commitment: This unique fellowship will provide funding and support for selected fellows for 3 years. Over the course of this 3 year commitment, MacDonald Fellows are expected to commit 260 hours to their work each fellowship year. Each year will bring a different experience that will promote fellows’ continued learning and growth.
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year have closed. Applications for 2026-2027 will open around March 1st, 2026.