The Albert M. Zari Scholarship is available to students graduating or who have graduated from public high schools located within the following Illinois school districts: Batavia, DeKalb, Geneva, Kaneland, Oswego, Plano, St. Charles, Sycamore or Yorkville.

These scholarships are restricted to students with significant financial need who are:

1. Attending or will attend an accredited trade school, or

2. Pursuing or will pursue an undergraduate degree from an accredited two-year college or a four-year college or university in the one or more of the following fields of study: Accounting, aeronautics/aerospace science, agriculture, business, communications, computer science, electronics, engineering, finance, information systems, medicine or pharmacy.

Students must attend school on a full-time basis during the 2015-2016 academic year.

Albert M. Zari Scholarships are administered through the Scholarship Program of the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley.

To apply for a scholarship, obtain an application form at http://go.cffrv.org/scholarship-app. Enter the access code "Olive  -- HS-Zari" when prompted on the first page.

An application gorm and all required supporting documents (with one exception) must be received in the Community Foundation office no later than Feb. 2.

Exception: A student’s 2015-2016 SAR (Student Aid Report) must be received in the Community Foundation office no later than March 16.

Questions may be directed to the scholarship program director at sch@communityfoundationfrv.org or 630-896-7800.