Muslim American College Scholarships Project

This year, MALA Awarded over $8,000 in scholarships to 16 inspiring, thoughtful, and ambitious rising leaders across the country. Our scholarship recipients for the 2018-2019 application cycle represent a diversity of nationalities, ethnicities, and identities, and we are proud to say that the majority of recipients were women. This pool of scholarship recipients reflects MALA’s mission to empower and spotlight the stories of American Muslims of all backgrounds and identities, and we are proud to assist these brilliant individuals in their quest for higher education.

Since last year, our scholarship program has grown significantly: this year we received twice as many entries, and were able to offer scholarships to twice as many individuals as in the previous year. This growth is thanks to the generosity of the Khan Memorial Fund, the Dr. Fawaz Kannout Memorial Scholarship Fund, and the Dr. Iyengar Family Fund, as well as contributions from individual donors. As we prepare to open up applications for 2019-2020 in the Fall, we hope you will help us to continue this growth, as we strive to build resources and help secure opportunities for emerging leaders from Muslim American communities to grow and thrive.      

You can find a see the complete list of 2018-2019 scholarship recipients on MALA’s website; you can read the complete essays in the Muslim American Journeys Story Collection, to learn more about the MALA Scholarship Program application, click here.

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• Presenting: 2019 MALA Scholarship Contest Recipients

The MALA Scholarship Program offers scholarship awards to young community leaders who demonstrate integrity, ambition, and creativity through the art of storytelling.  The scholarship is open to individuals of all identities and backgrounds, and aims to help an emerging generation of leaders pursue higher education. During this application cycle, we have received nearly twice as many applications as the previous year, and thanks to the generosity of our donor community we are thrilled to announce that we will be able to offer even more scholarship awards this year.

Currently, our review board is hard at work evaluating applications in order to determine this years scholarship recipients.  We hope to announce this year’s winners by March 30th, 2019.  While this year’s application cycle has ended, the work of ensuring that we can continue to assist exceptional young leaders pursue higher education continues: our hope is to continue building momentum, and to be able to offer even more scholarship awards in the next application cycle. 

Your donation helps MALA continue to cultivate these key opportunities for ambitious and committed young leaders.  By giving these driven individuals the tools and resources they need to learn and lead, we can inspire growth and openness in our communities and empower a new generation of leadership.