ALPENA — The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan is accepting applications for its 2022 competitive scholarship season. Current and former graduates of high schools in the counties of Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency and Presque Isle are invited to apply.

Scholarship opportunities through CFNEM are based on a wide variety of criteria including the student’s high school, year of graduation, college they plan to attend, or their planned field of study. Many scholarships are for students who have already graduated from high school, and for those planning to attend a certificate program or trade school. To be eligible, students must complete the application by the March 1 deadline.

Most of the scholarships must be applied for directly through the community foundation’s online platform. Students applying for awards will complete one online application and will be considered for any scholarship for which they are eligible.

New scholarships, or those being awarded for the first time this year, include:

¯ Julie Douville McCoy Nursing Scholarship for graduates of Alpena High School enrolled in the RN Program at Alpena Community College.

The community foundation also holds scholarships that are available for students through CFNEM’s affiliate foundations: the Iosco County Community Foundation (iccf-online.org), the North Central Michigan Community Foundation (ncmcf.org), and the Straits Area Community Foundation (sacf.net). These counties include Cheboygan, Crawford, Ogemaw, Oscoda and Iosco. Affiliate scholarship applications are accessed through a separate online platform, available through each affiliate foundation website.

While most of the awards are for one year of study, some of the available scholarships are multiple-year awards.

Scholarship applicants should visit the “Scholarships” section of the CFNEM website at cfnem.org, as well as the affiliate websites.

Scholarships awarded during the 2022 competitive scholarship program are for the 2022-23 academic year and are paid directly to the educational institution the student has chosen. The application deadline for all CFNEM and its affiliate foundations’ scholarships is March 1.