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Overview Each year the Knights of Columbus awards millions of dollars in scholarships and fellowships at the college and graduate levels. Grants are made both by the Supreme Council and by individual local councils.

Contact your local council for information on local scholarship and financial aid programs.

Information on the Supreme Council's programs appears below.

2007-2008 The Knights of Columbus Supreme Council has awarded 707 college and post-graduate scholarship and fellowship grants for the 2007-2008 academic year and distributed scholarship funds totaling approximately $1.5 million. For the same period, the Knights of Columbus at all levels awarded college and postgraduate scholarships totaling $8.6 million. An additional $5.6 million was expended to support Catholic schools in various ways.

Of the funds distributed by the Supreme Council, $363,873 was specifically earmarked for religious vocational studies by 113 scholarship grant recipients. The Knights of Columbus at all levels of the organization spent approximately $7 million to promote vocations, support seminarians and religious postulants either directly or through scholarships, and in direct support for seminaries.

Fourth Degree
Pro Deo and
Pro Patria
Scholarships
 The Knights of Columbus awards annually sixty-two Fourth Degree Pro Deo and Pro Patria Scholarships in the amount of $1,500 each to students entering the freshman class in a college program leading to a bachelor's degree. Twelve scholarships are available at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. Fifty scholarships are available to students entering other Catholic colleges in the United States.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a member in good standing of the Knights of Columbus, the son or daughter of such a member or a deceased member, or a member in good standing of the Columbian Squires.

The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence and are renewable each year of study to a total of four years pending satisfactory academic performance.

Scholarship applications, which are to be filed by March 1, may be obtained from:

Director of Scholarship Aid
Knights of Columbus
PO Box 1670
New Haven, CT 06507-0901
Fourth Degree
Pro Deo and
Pro Patria
Scholarships
(Canada)
 The Knights of Columbus awards annually twelve Fourth Degree Pro Deo and Pro Patria (Canada) Scholarships in the amount of $1,500 each to students entering the first year of university study leading to a baccalaureate degree at colleges or universities in Canada.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a member in good standing in a Canadian council of the Knights of Columbus or the son or daughter of such a member or a deceased member.

The scholarships, awarded on the basis of academic excellence, are renewable each year of undergraduate study to a total of four years pending satisfactory academic performance.

Scholarship applications, which are to be filed by May 1, may be obtained from:

Director of Scholarship Aid
Knights of Columbus
PO Box 1670
New Haven, CT 06507-0901
K of C
Educational
Trust
Scholarships
 The Knights of Columbus established the Francis P. Matthews and John E. Swift Educational Trust Fund to provide scholarships for sons and daughters of members in good standing who died or became permanently and totally disabled:
  1. While serving in the military from a cause connected directly with military service during a period of conflict.
  2. As a result of criminal violence while in the lawful performance of their duties as full-time law enforcement officers or full-time firemen.

The Educational Trust Scholarships are for undergraduate studies in a program leading to a bachelor's degree at a Catholic college and include the amount not covered by other financial aid for tuition, room, board, fees and books.

A candidate for benefits is required to submit supporting documents to establish eligibility. The Knights of Columbus membership record is verified at the Supreme Council Office.

Applications may be obtained from:

Director of Scholarship Aid
Knights of Columbus
PO Box 1670
New Haven, CT 06507-0901
Bishop
Charles P. Greco
Graduate
Fellowships
 The Knights of Columbus awards annually the Bishop Charles P. Greco Graduate Fellowships for full-time graduate study leading to a Master's degree in a program designed for the preparation of classroom teachers of mentally retarded children.

The maximum amount of the grant is $2,000 payable to the university in amounts not to exceed $500 per semester.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a member in good standing of the Knights of Columbus or the wife, son or daughter of such a member or deceased member.

Fellowship applications, which are to be filed by May 1, may be obtained from:

Committee on Fellowships
Knights of Columbus
PO Box 1670
New Haven, CT 06507-0901

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