QCCF scholarships
DirectoryScholarship
This is a group of awards reached through one application. Each award inside it has its own rules.
- Award
- Individual scholarships range from $500 to $11,000 annually in the current FAQ; roughly half one-time and half renewable while criteria continue. Partial educational support; funds may cover tuition, fees, books and room/board subject to each fund.
- Timeline
- Nov 1, 2026Opens . Auto Show applications and all supplements due January 17, 2027
- Feb 15, 2027Other applications/supplements due at No time zone stated. Award recipients’ information sheet due June 15, 2027
- Aug 20Payments July- 27.
- How to apply
- Create free online account and complete universal application to match funds, then submit every selected fund with transcripts, fund-specific essay and recommendation uploads. Auto Show requires two recommendations; others require one with optional second. Need-based funds require FAFSA summary/SAI. All documents included online by deadline; no late applications.
- Who can apply
- Unless a fund states otherwise, live in, attended high school in, or attend college/graduate school in Rock Island County, Illinois or Scott County, Iowa. Other donor and affiliate criteria vary. Any citizenship/documentation status unless specific fund restricts it; undergraduate/graduate and trade opportunities vary.
- Good to know
- Collection of distinct awards, not one uniform scholarship. Funds paid to U.S.-incorporated educational institutions; direct foreign-institution enrollment unfunded, though eligible U.S.-institution study abroad possible. Renew only while the chosen fund’s criteria continue. Foundation’s $856,327 award total is aggregate funding.