Scholarships

The Swiss Benevolent Society helps qualified applicants obtain a higher education in any field of endeavor at any accredited university or college in the United States. The scholarships are limited to students who are residents of the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Students may apply every year while enrolled.

There are five (5) different scholarship funds available:

Need & Merit

1. SBS General Fund Scholarship
2. Silvia Wieland Iselin Scholarship

• Based on need and merit.
• Awarded to students entering college through postgraduate studies.
• Minimum GPA 3.2 for the last 2 years in high schoool, 3.0 for first year in college and 3.2 thereafter.

Merit & Need

3. Willy Isler Scholarship

• Not available in 2008.

Merit Only

4. Clement & Frieda Amstutz Scholarship
5. Silvio Canonica Scholarship

• Based on merit alone.
• Awarded to students at the junior & senior college, graduate and postgraduate university level.
• Minimum GPA 3.5 for the last 2 years.

 

Requirements

Applicants must:

• be of Swiss descent by demonstrating that applicant or at least one parent is a Swiss national, registered with the Swiss Consulate General of San Francisco (or carry a valid Swiss passport).
  
  
• have resided within a 150-mile radius of San Francisco City Hall for a minimum of three years preceding the date of initial application.
  
  
• have applied for admission to any accredited institution of higher learning in the United States offering a baccalaureate degree. (In exceptional cases, students attending a community college or an accredited vocational school in California may be considered.)
  
  
• be a full time student: 12 undergraduate or 9 graduate units per term.

 

Application Package

To apply for any of these scholarships, please download the application and guidelines in your preferred file format:

Scholarship Guidelines (2 pages)	MS Word	PDF
Scholarship Application (4 pages)	MS Word	PDF

You may also request that the application and guidelines be mailed to you by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Swiss Benevolent Society
456 Montgomery Street, Suite #1500
San Francisco, CA 94104-1233.

Deadline

• Only complete applications, postmarked no later than April 30th, can be considered.
  
  
• Please contact Mrs. Susy Lutsky at scholarships@sbssf.com if you have any questions.
  
  

Other

• Thank You Notes from: 2006  2005
  
  
• Range of Previous Awards