Emergency Financial Support

This scholarship will be offered to students in a World Campus School of LER program who have encountered an unexpected financial hardship/emergency that arises during their enrollment in an active course.

Examples of eligible circumstances (this list is not exhaustive):

Loss of household income
Loss of technical resources/equipment
Medical expenses
Housing insecurity

Decisions are subject to committee review and evaluation. Scholarship awards typically range from $500–$2,000 per student.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible students must be enrolled in an online School of LER program (OLEAD, LER, or HRER)
Students must have completed at least six credits at Penn State.
Undergraduate students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0
Graduate students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75
Awards will be need-based as determined by the awards committee
Requests will be reviewed as received. Consideration will continue until funds are exhausted for that academic year.
Support for successive requests is at the discretion of the committee.
Penn State employees are not eligible to receive this scholarship

School of Labor and Employment Relations

Center for Global Workers Rights

Center for International Human Resource Studies

The Labor School

Center for Workplace Performance

Eligibility Criteria