Kirkland Rotary Scholarships

Kirkland Rotary Scholarships

Overview

The Rotary Club of Kirkland, Washington awards several scholarships to selected local students for their higher education at accredited institutions in 2025.  These scholarships recognize students for a variety of achievements and are designed to support students with financial need and academic promise, and who demonstrate service to their communities.
 
During the annual application cycle, Rotary Club of Kirkland members interview and select the most promising applicants.  Students are encouraged to apply for as many scholarships for which they qualify using the online application form.  For most of the scholarships, students must attend an accredited higher education institution (e.g., college, university, art institute, technical college, cosmetology school, trade school) in the United States, but some scholarships are limited to the state of Washington.
 
Scholarship winners are recognized by Rotary members during the club’s Scholarship Awards Night, this year scheduled on June 2, 2025.  Scholarship awards are tentative until student recipient attendance at the Rotary dinner and ceremony; attendance is a requirement of the scholarship award.  For the 2025 cycle, scholarship checks will not be disbursed until July 1, 2025, and awardees must request their scholarship checks prior to December 1, 2025.  Scholarship checks are issued directly to the higher education institution for tuition, fees, books, supplies and other expenses directly related to the student’s course of study as approved for state or federal financial aid expenditures.
 

Application Instructions

Rotary scholarship applications for 2025 will be accepted starting February 7, 2025.  Eligible students from Lake Washington High School may apply directly through the Rotary Club of Kirkland website.
 
Completed applications (including the online application form, recommendation letter, transcript, FAFSA or WAFSA Student Aid Report, school photo, and certification page) must have been submitted via the SmarterSelect platform to the Rotary Club of Kirkland by April 11, 2025.  Incomplete or late submissions are not considered.
 
Applications for the 2024-25 school year are expected to open on February 7, 2025.
 
Submissions become the property of the Rotary Club of Kirkland and will not be returned.  The Rotary Club of Kirkland Board of Directors, at its sole discretion, may decline to award scholarships, may increase or decrease individual scholarship awards depending upon availability of funds and other factors, may combine awards, and may award more than one scholarship to an applicant.
 
Send any questions to: kirklandrotaryscholarship@gmail.com.
 

Application Criteria

Applicants are encouraged to review each of the various scholarships' criteria for applicability to their circumstances and future plans. For the 2025 cycle, the following scholarships may be offered:
 
 

Scholarship Program Timeline

February 7              Announcements sent
April 11                    Applications due*
May 2                       Scholarship selections final
May 5                       Scholarship recipients notified
June 2                      Scholarship presentations
 
*Applications will include upload of a digital interview prepared by the applicant.
 
Updated: January 6, 2025