CELI 2024 Financial Assistance Application

CELI’s 2024 Fall Fellowship tuition is offered in different tiers, and no applicant will be turned away for lack of funds as long as they qualify for need-based financial assistance. We encourage you to discuss with your employer whether or not they can offer financial support to you, and at what level, before filling out this form. This form is due no later than April 3, 2024, and we encourage you to have the conversations with your employer and fill out this form as soon as possible.

Please note that your answers are non-binding, as we understand that you are filling out this form before you have been offered a spot in the program.

Full and partial financial awards are available as determined by income, cost of living, dependents, level of employer support and special circumstances. CELI does everything possible to support all selected applicants to attend. Persons of color (esp. Native, LatinX, Black), members of the LGBTQX+ community, persons with disability, and individuals from other traditionally excluded backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply.

The full cost of the 2024 Fall Fellowship is $5,500 if an employer is supporting a Fellow (Tier 1), or $3,500 if a Fellow is paying-out-of-pocket (Tier 2). Both tier levels may be eligible for financial assistance depending on the need as collected through this financial assistance application. Barring exceptional circumstances, all selected applicants are required to pay $500, due June 5, 2024, in-full, as a non-refundable deposit to hold their spot in the fellowship. 

We will review financial assistance applications after we have selected the final candidates. The fellowship application is reviewed separate, and is need-blind. We will notify selected applicants of their financial award determination on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Since we are evaluating the 2024 Fall Fellowship application and financial assistance application separately, some of the questions are duplicative!

Upon acceptance to the program, CELI works with each applicant individually to determine the right payment plan and offers a flexible, 6-month payment plan. Thank you in advance for answering any duplicative questions that you may have already answered in the 2024 Fall Fellowship application.

Email *
First Name *
Last Name *
Personal Email *
Please share a personal email account (preferably Gmail) where we can communicate with you regarding the next steps of your application. We ask for a personal email account, because some corporate/government servers block communications from CELI. Please use an email address that you will want to receive on-going communications from CELI, including calendar invites, both leading up to and during the Fellowship.
Work Email / Alternative Email
If you are currently unemployed or not working, please list an alternative email that is different from your personal email, but which you check often. If there is not a sufficient alternative, then please put "N/A" below.
Zip Code *
CELI Cohort *
Do you anticipate receiving full or partial employer support to help cover the cost of tuition?
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Please note that if you anticipate receiving full or partial employer support, you will fall into the Tier 1 tuition level, $5,500. [Only those applicants who know that they will definitively not receive any employer support will fall into the Tier 2 tuition level of $3,500.]
If you do not anticipate any employer support, please select the option that best describes your situation:
With Employer Support: Tier 1
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I anticipate that my employer will be able to cover all of or part of the Fellowship tuition of $5500, the Tier 1 level. Please enter the amount below that you anticipate that your employer will be able to cover. 

Please note: Your answer to this question is non-binding. We understand that your situation may change throughout the few months between this application and the final payment commitment date. Please note that barring exceptional circumstances, all applicants are required to pay at least $500 of the tuition amount in order to stretch the scholarship pool. 

[Note: If you do not fall into this tier, please write n/a below.]
Without Employer Support: Tier 2 *

I anticipate that my employer will not be able to cover any of my Fellowship tuition, and therefore I am eligible for the Tier 2 level, or $3,500 level. I anticipate that I will be able to cover all or part of the Fellowship tuition of $3,500. Please enter the amount below that you anticipate that YOU will be able to pay out of pocket. 

Please note: Your answer to this question is non-binding. We understand that your situation may change throughout the few months between this application and the final payment commitment date. Please note that barring exceptional circumstances, all applicants are required to pay at least $500 of the tuition amount in order to stretch the scholarship pool. 

[Note: If you do not fall into this tier, please write n/a below.]
Do you identify as someone from a traditionally excluded community?
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If yes, and if you feel comfortable providing additional information, please describe the traditionally excluded community(ies) that you are a part of.
Which of the following best describes your current employment status?
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If working, please select a sector:
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Please estimate your pre-tax (gross) annual household income: *
Please estimate the number of members in your household, including yourself and dependents:
Please provide any additional details related to the questions above that you would like us to be aware of, and please include any additional factors that would help us make a scholarship decision. Be thorough.
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