2024 CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Submission

Submission Deadline: Friday, November 1, 2024

All currently enrolled CUNY undergraduate students are eligible to apply for the Thomas Tam Scholarship.

Display of communication of the concerns of the Asian American community can be in the form of written reports, film, video, new media techniques, and the development of performances or materials in the arts and sciences.

The following are the issues to be addressed in your application for the Tam Scholarship. Please be sure to cover all of the points in your application.

  1. Please describe your project in detail, be sure to tell us about the issue of concern to the Asian American community that the project is designed to address.
  2. Please explain how your project demonstrates creativity in communicating the concerns of Asian Americans in areas such as health, education, culture, media and advocacy.
  3. What are the objectives or goals of the project, i.e. what do you want to accomplish, or what impact or effect will it have? How will you know that it has been successful?
  4. How was the project implemented, or if in progress or a future project, please describe how it will be implemented?
  5. Is the project completed, is it in progress or is it a future project? (Note: Uncompleted/future projects will only receive partial scholarship award until they are completed.)

Please submit your application using the form below by Friday, November 1, 2024. If your zip file exceeds 5 MB, you can use file hosting services such as WeTransfer (wetransfer.com) and email it to info@aaari.info.

Please let us know if you have any issues with the submission form.

CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship

Upload your project paper and Supporting Material in a zip file, such as papers written, articles in newspapers about your accomplishments, relevant website, video, new media, etc. 

All supporting materials submitted needs to be listed on a cover sheet with a brief one to two-sentence description of the included materials.

If your pdf or zip file exceeds 5 MB, you can use file hosting services such as WeTransfer (wetransfer.com) and email it to info@aaari.info.

Two Letters of Support: Please ask a professor, supervisor or co-worker who knows you and your work to write a letter of support and mail to AAARI (25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, NY 10036), email to info@aaari.info or upload below.


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