Undergraduate Students:

  • Must be at least junior-level at the commencement of the scholarship period;
  • Must be a registered full-time undergraduate student;
  • Must be in an approved major in any of the programs in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences or in the School of Management, or in the approved major of Biomedical Sciences in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences;
  • Must have financial need as demonstrated by needs analysis through submission of a 2009-10 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form. US citizenship or permanent residence is required for this financial need calculation;
  • Must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above;
  • Must participate in a credit-bearing summer internship and complete 300 hours of internship work in the eight-county Western New York region1; and
  • Must submit a WNY Prosperity Scholarship Application by May 1, 2009.

Graduate Students:

  • Must be accepted into a UB graduate/professional program in any of the programs in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences or in the School of Management;
  • Must be a registered full-time graduate student;
  • Are eligible to participate any time while pursuing their graduate/professional program of study;
  • Must have financial need as demonstrated by needs analysis through submission of a 2009-10 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form. US citizenship or permanent residence is required for this financial need calculation;
  • Must be in excellent academic standing;
  • Must participate in a credit-bearing summer internship and complete 300 hours of internship work in the eight-county Western New York region1; and
  • Must submit a WNY Prosperity Scholarship Application by May 1, 2009.

1An eight county definition of the Western New York region: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Orleans, Niagara, and Wyoming.



Last Modified: Thursday, 16-Apr-2009 09:55:07 EDT