This New Start Scholarship Overview link provides details about the scholarship, awarding and maintaining eligibility.

If you are an individual from an outside scholarship recipient selection committee responsible for awarding a TCC Foundation scholarship for TCC tuition or GED expenses, please download, complete, save and submit the TCC Foundation OUTSIDE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD REQUEST FORM.

Once your award request is received fund availability will be verified. In the event funding is not available an email notification will be sent to the individual making the award request.

TCC Gates Scholarship Committee:

To nominate a student for a Gates Book Scholarship award, please follow the steps below:

1. Complete and save the GATES BOOK SCHOLARSHIP NOMINATION FORM.
2. Email the form to Angie Isaac.
3. Provide the student you are nominating a copy of the STUDENT AWARD NOTIFICATION INFORMATION.
4. Submit completed nomination forms to the officer manager of your division.

• Office Managers, award nomination forms must be submitted in order for Gates awards to be processed.
• Current financial aid status will be verified for the nominated student before awarding will occur.
• If a nominated student has financial aid funding equal to or greater than the Gates scholarship amount requested, the award will not be processed.
• Division office managers will be notified of the awarding status by Angie Isaac upon verification.  

Email Forms To: isaaca@tcc.fl.edu

To nominate a student for a Follett Book Scholarship award, please download and complete the FOLLETT BOOK AWARD NOMINATION FORM.

Award nomination forms must be submitted in order for recipient scholarship awards to be processed.

Email Forms To: stouts@tcc.fl.edu

Click here to download the STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP INFO FLYER

Divisions who have completed scholarship awarding with funds transferred must complete and submit a RECIPIENT AWARD REPORT FORM at the close of each academic semester.

TCC Scholarships

TCC provides scholarships for programs at the College such as Honors, Peer Leadership, Student Ambassadors, Model UN and S.T.E.M.

TCC Foundation Scholarships

The TCC Foundation offers a variety of scholarships all established by private donors or organizations and are awarded based on specific criteria as set by each donors. TCC Foundation scholarships are available for, but not limited to......First Generation, Military, Science & Math, Theater, Workforce Development, Disabilities, Education, Criminal Justice, Building & Construction, etc. Learn more

First Generation Matching Grant Scholarships (FGMG)

From the support of TCC Foundation private donor scholarship contributions designated for the First Generation Matching Grant (FGMG) scholarship program, TCC is afforded the opportunity of awarding spring semester scholarships to eligible students who are first generation in their immediate family to attend college. Students eligible to receive FGMG state matching funds must meet the following criteria for both the fall and spring semester of the academic year in which the awarding occurs:

• Be a Florida resident and a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen. A student’s residency and citizenship status are determined by the post-secondary institution. Questions regarding such status should be directed to the financial aid office or admissions office of the institution the student plans to attend.

• Not owe a repayment or be in default under any state or federal grant, loan, or scholarship program unless satisfactory arrangements to repay have been made.

• Not have previously received a baccalaureate degree.

• Be accepted at a Florida state university or Florida college (public community college) and enroll in a minimum of 6 credit hours per term as a degree-seeking undergraduate student.

• Meet additional eligibility requirements as established by the post-secondary institution.

• Be a first generation college student. A student is considered "first generation" if neither of the student's parents earned a college degree at the baccalaureate level or higher. A student who regularly resided with and received support from only one parent who did not earn a baccalaureate degree would also be eligible.

• Have met the eligibility requirements in Section 1009.50, Florida Statutes, for demonstrated financial need for the Florida Public Student Assistant Grant, by submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Defined as PELL eligible

Student Housing Scholarships

The TCC Foundation has a limited number of housing scholarships as well. Housing scholarship awards are paid directly to the assigned apartment complex the recipient will be living at on behalf of the awarded student. The online TCC application includes a section to apply for a housing scholarship for those who are interested.

Students who are currently enrolled or who plan to attend Tallahassee Community College during the upcoming semester are eligible to receive scholarships. Current TCC students must be in good academic standing with an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher in order to be aconsidered.

The TCC Foundation offers both financial need and non-need based scholarships, so it is important to complete and submit the FAFSA in order to determine your financial eligibility when applying. If you submit an application but do not submit the FAFSA, scholarships offered by the  TCC Foundation will not appear on your "My Opportunities" list of scholarships. For your name to appear as a candidate for all scholarships awarded by the TCC Foundation, you must submit the current academic year FASFA.

Scholarship awarding occurs three times during each academic year according to the annual awarding calendar.

Scholarship awards are posted directly to the recipient's TCC student account and are applied towards the balance of the recipient's tuition, fees and in some cases textbooks for the semester the award is being given.

Scholarship awards are not applicable for payments to third parties outside of Tallahassee Community College.

To be considered for a scholarship, you must complete and submit the online TCC Scholarship Application (We highly recommend that you bookmark the scholarship account login page so that you can efficiently access the website to your scholarship account.) Applicants only need to submit one application for the awarding academic year. A new application will be need to be submitted for the next upcoming academic year which becomes available in December annually.

All submitted applications will be kept on file and reviewed during each of the three awarding cycles, which include two for Fall semester scholarships and one for Spring & Summer semester scholarships. Applications can be submitted at any time during the awarding academic year. Submitted applications will be reviewed based on the date the application was submitted in accordance with the posted awarding calendar dates.  

Once you have successfully submitted your application, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive an email log back in to your account as your application as not been successfully submitted and may require additional information. 

First Time Users

If you are a first-time user, you must set-up a scholarship account.

• For current TCC students, please use your TCC email address when establishing your scholarship account. 
• For current high school students (or those who have not yet received a TCC email address), be sure to use the email address that you check most often.

Returning Users

Student's should set-up and manage only one TCC scholarship account. If you have applied for scholarships in the past simply login to your existing account. 

Having Trouble? If you forgot your scholarship account username and/or password, please first contact the TCC Scholarship Coordinator Angie Isaac isaaca@tcc.fl.edu or the TCC Foundation Scholarship Officer Sarah Stout stouts@tcc.fl.edu for assistance.

Consideration

Submitted applications undergo a recipient eligibility matching process. Based on the answers to your questions on the application, the scholarship system determines which scholarships you are an eligible candidate for that are currently being awarded.

It is advised that you check your scholarship account periodically for updates on the individual scholarships you have qualified as eligible to possibly receive.

Selection Process

Applications are reviewed by a variety of Tallahassee Community College scholarship committees. These committees are made up of faculty, staff, administrators and TCC Foundation board members. During the review process committee members are assigned groups of applications to read, evaluate and rank based on the following factors:

• The specific criteria of the individual scholarships they have been assigned
• Required essays
• Letters of recommendation
• Overall completion of the application questions

When applying for scholarships, it is best to submit a thorough and well-detailed application for the best opportunity of being selected to receive an award. Be sure to check all spelling and grammar in the writing portions of the application.

At times there may be circumstances when students who have applied are selected for more than one scholarship in an awarding cycle and awarded again during another awarding cycle within the same academic year.

Award Notification

If you are selected as a recipient, you will receive an email notification to the email address you used to set-up your scholarship account. You can also check your award status any time within your scholarship account.

If you submitted an application and have not been notified during a particular awarding cycle, there is a chance that you could be selected after the designated recipient notification date of the current awarding cycle or selected during the next awarding cycle. Make sure to periodically monitor your account, so in the event you are given a late award, you do not miss the opportunity to accept before it is canceled.

Tip: Be sure that you did include at least two letters of recommendation with your application. Not submitting a letter can be a reason for not receiving an award.

Communication

Information regarding a student's scholarship account, current application submission, awarding, academic standing or enrollment status can only be discussed with the scholarship applicant/recipient/student. The TCC Foundation is bound to guidelines of student privacy as outlined by FERPA which you can learn more about here Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Applicants must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application to be considered for a scholarship. Information from the FASFA is used to determine financial eligibility for each candidate. It is important to remember that the TCC Foundation offers scholarships for students with a wide range of financial need so be sure to complete this process - it benefits all applicants.

FAFSA general information, dates and deadline are available online at fafsa.ed.gov. Be sure to set aside uninterrupted time to complete the required application information. You can save your progress as you go in the event you need to temporarily stop the application process.

Students can receive scholarship awards along with other sources of financial aid. The TCC Financial Aid Office will verify the scholarships you have been awarded against your financial aid status so as not jeopardize your current financial aid package. 

Scholarship funds that you have been awarded will be added to your student account after all of your federal financial aid as been applied, if applicable. If scholarship funds you have been awarded will exceed the annual total Cost Of Attendance (COA) allowed amount, your scholarship award funds will be reduced to meet the COA maximum capacity or will be canceled if the COA capacity has already been met. 

Students already receiving one of the scholarships listed below which provide 60- hours of in-state tuition are not eligible to receive TCC Foundation scholarships:

• Florida Bright Futures (Academic & Medallion Scholar Awards)
• Take Stock In Children Scholarship
• TCC Peer Leadership Scholarship 
• TCC Student Ambassadors Scholarship

To view scholarships that you have been awarded, log in to your TCC EagleNet account and click the Financial Aid Awards tab. Scholarships that you have been awarded for the current academic semester will not appear in your account until disbursement has occurred. 

If a scholarship you have been awarded is not shown, it may be due to one of the following reasons:

• You have not logged into your TCC scholarship account and formally accepted your award.
• You have accepted your award but have not submitted a donor thank you letter, if required.

Scholarship awards for an upcoming semester may take 1-2 days to appear in your financial aid awards in your EagleNet account. On rare occasions there may be a longer delay, but all awards will be posted before the TCC semester tuition deadline date.

The TCC Foundation implements several events on campus throughout the year and very often engages scholarship recipients as part of them. If you receive a scholarship you may be contacted and asked to participate on one of these events. Both the TCC Foundation and the College believe it is important that your award accomplishment is recognized by others.