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About Financial Aid
The Nesiya Institute recognizes that cost can be a significant challenge to
participating in a Nesiya program. Nesiya therefore offers various
opportunities for financial support, including:
• Early Application Discounts
• Financial Support Based on Demonstrated Need
• Financial Support Based on Merit
The 2012 Early Application Discount Deadlines:
• Postmark or submit your online application by December 12, 2011 to qualify for a $500 Early Application Discount.
• Postmark or submit your online application by January 12, 2012 to qualify for a $400 Early Application Discount.
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Postmark or submit your online application by February 13, 2012 to qualify for a $300 Early Application Discount.
• Postmark or submit your online application by March 15, 2012 to qualify for a $150 Early Application Discount.
Financial Support from Nesiya (Need and
Merit-Based)
Nesiya provides generous financial support based on demonstrated
financial need and/or merit. Nesiya staff works closely with families to provide as much support as possible.
The first $1,500 of all Nesiya financial awards (both need and merit-based) carries specific Nesiya fellowship
requirements, including the fulfillment of a
Nesiya Community Internship in an education or non-profit agency
in the participant's home community during the year following participation in the summer program.
Any additional support above $1,500 awarded by Nesiya is a grant, for which no follow-up obligations are necessary.
Fellowship obligations are broken down as follows: The first $1,000 of any Nesiya financial award (need or merit based) obligates the participant to fulfill an approved
Nesiya Community
Internship (for information on how specific Community Internship
requirements are calculated, please the description of Nesiya Community
Internships). If an applicant receives between $1,000 and $1,500 from Nesiya,
s/he is required to
fulfill a Community Internship and, in addition, repay a maximum of $500 through approved fellowship activities. For more
information, please see a list of approved Nesiya fellowship activities and equivalent credits in the
Fellowship Terms & Descriptions.
Each year, approximately 75%
of Kehillah Experience alumni participate in Nesiya Community Internships
and Additional Fellowship Activities, which
they design in consultation with Nesiya staff. Credit toward fulfilling the
Additional Fellowship Activities can be earned through a wide-range of different
activities, including participating in the annual
Nesiya Winter Retreat. If fellowship
obligations are not completed in the agreed time period, parents assume
responsibility for repaying part or all of the sum to The Nesiya Institute.
Need-Based Financial Support:
Need-based scholarship decisions are based on the submission of a financial aid form, the program application, and a
Community Internship Proposal. All need-based applicants are also required to seek support from local sources. Please contact Nesiya if you need help identifying sources of funding in your community. To apply for need-based financial assistance, please complete and submit the Nesiya financial aid form and the Community Internship Proposal. Nesiya
financial awards are finalized only after applicants and their parents sign
a fellowship contract prior to
the beginning of the summer program.
To apply for need-based financial assistance,
please submit the Nesiya financial aid form and Community Internship
Proposal with your summer program application, which can
be downloaded or requested from the Nesiya office.
Need-based Financial Aid Forms:
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Nesiya Community Internship Proposal Forms:
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Merit-Based Financial Support:
Nesiya offers a number of fellowship awards based
only on merit. All requests for Nesiya merit-based awards require
submission of a Nesiya Community Internship
Proposal with the Nesiya
program application.
Nesiya offers a limited number of $1,000 Nesiya
Community Internship Awards. Nesiya Community Interns are selected on the
basis of the program application, references, and submission of a Nesiya
Community Internship Proposal which outlines a significant volunteer service
project in an existing non-profit or educational agency. Recipients of the
Community Internship Awards are required to fulfill a 60-hour Nesiya
Community Internship during the academic year following participation in the
Nesiya summer program. To apply for a Nesiya Community Internship Award,
please submit a Nesiya Community Internship Proposal, indicating on the form
that you are applying for a merit-based Community Internship Award.
Nesiya currently offers other merit-based awards,
of varying amounts, to:
•alumni
of select peer programs (ie. Genesis, Bima, Panim, Etgar 36);
•current
or past applicants to the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel; and,
•special
fellowships to young people who live in specific regions of the US and
Israel, currently including Cleveland, OH; Massachusetts State; Washington State;
Metro New York; the CA Bay Area and Cincinnati, OH.
Please contact the Nesiya office for updated
information about merit-based fellowships for which teens in different
regions may be eligible.
Please note: Nesiya merit-based awards can not be
combined with one another; you will receive the highest award for which you are eligible.
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