PCHF Healthcare Scholarship

The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation offers scholarships to high school seniors graduating from Phoenixville area schools to pursue degrees in health care, human services, or education. Applicants may apply for scholarship aid for $2,000 a year for up to four years for tuition (a total $8,000 over four years) in an undergraduate, technical program, or community college. Scholarship recipients do not have to reapply for this scholarship every year.   

You do not need to have perfect grades, a 5-year plan, or every extra-curricular in the book to be a successful applicant. PCHF is looking for students that will benefit from this financial support; are passionate about healthcare, human services, and/or education; and who want to make a difference in their communities as they start their careers. If any of this resonates with you, we encourage you to apply by April 14, 2025! 

Scholarship applications are now open! Apply by April 14th, 2025.

Please review the program description before submitting an application. Click here to create an account and fill out an application. Email santhony@pchf.net with any questions or concerns.

Eligibility

The program is open to graduating high school seniors from the following schools:

  • Technical College High School Pickering Campus
  • Great Valley High School
  • Methacton Senior High School
  • Owen J. Roberts High School
  • Perkiomen Valley High School
  • Phoenixville Area High School
  • Pottsgrove High School
  • Pope John Paul II High School
  • Spring-Ford High School
  • Renaissance Academy

Additionally, residents of these school districts attending private or technical schools are also eligible to apply.

Majors that qualify are:

Application Process

Please review the program description before submitting an application.

The application contains 4 sections:

  • Contact information
  • Academic and career goals:
  • Personal and extra-curricular information
  • Financial need: 

You will need to upload the following documents into your application:

  • Official high school transcript
  • Screen shot of your Expected Family Aid Contribution (EFC) or a financial award letter from that has offered you enrollment. 
  • Personal essay that you’ve already written and/or submitted with a college application. Make sure to include the prompt!
  • Letter of recommendation/reference.

Scholarship Requirements

  • Recipients must maintain full-time status
  • Recipients commit to remaining in good academic standing (2.75 semester GPA on a 4.0 scale)
  • In order to receive payment, recipients must upload their GPA and bill every semester to our online system

Program Criteria

The committee pays special attention to six different areas covered in the application:

  • Financial need 
  • Career plans 
  • Academic achievement 
  • Extra-curricular activity 
  • Personal essay 
  • Reference letter 

Particular emphasis will be based on financial need and the written responses in the application. This is your chance to show the committee who you are! 

Applicant Selection and Payment Process

After the deadline has passed, a PCHF scholarship committee will review each application and make decisions. All applicants will be notified. Payment will be made directly to the university each semester.

Learn More

Please review the program description before submitting an application. Email santhony@pchf.net with any questions.