However, the actual number of available spaces at each college or university is limited. To participate in an EOF program, students must be New Jersey residents and must apply to a New Jersey college or university and file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Because EOF is a campus-based program, each campus is responsible for student recruitment, selection, program services, and its own specific criteria for EOF admission and program participation. Students should contact the EOF director at the particular institution of their interest for specific admissions information and requirements for participation in the EOF program. Grants are generally available to students from families with a background of poverty, whose annual income falls within the scale listed below and who meet the academic criteria set by the institution of their choice.
Grants are available for both undergraduate and graduate studies.
The EOF Program also administers the Martin Luther King Physician- Dentist Scholarship for students pursuing degrees in medicine or dentistry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the C. Clyde Ferguson Law Scholarship for students pursuing graduate studies in law at Rutgers, the State University or Seton Hall University. Please note that EOF, the Martin Luther King Physician-Dentist and the C. Clyde Ferguson Law Scholarships are available only to students attending institutions within the State of New Jersey. The objective of the graduate EOF program is to increase participation in graduate and professional study of New Jersey residents from backgrounds of historical poverty. Priority in granting EOF graduate grants shall be given to students who received the EOF undergraduate grant. Students who received EOF grants as undergraduates shall be given priority consideration for EOF graduate grants.