This document provides information on financial aid and recruitment for the Bonner Scholar and Leader programs. It discusses the differences between Bonner Scholar and Leader financial aid, eligibility for AmeriCorps education awards, guidelines for who to recruit such as class size and diversity requirements, and tips for how to recruit and replace Bonners through the admissions process and with current student involvement.

1. Financial Aid & Who and How to
Recruitment Recruit Your Bonners

2. What We’ll Cover
•Bonner Scholar vs Leader Financial Aid
•Bonner AmeriCorps
•Who to Recruit
•How to Recruit
•Replacing a Bonner

3. Bonner Scholar
Financial Aid
Four year commitment
Meets total cost of education
Loans capped at Stafford
level
Bonner service =is “paid
work”
Summer stipends for living
and earnings

4. Bonner Leader
Financial Aid
Four year commitment
Work/Service Stipend
Expected - like FWS
Some schools include
service scholarship
No summer stipend
funding required

5. Bonner
AmeriCorps
All Bonners eligible to
enroll in AmeriCorps
Education Award Program
300 hour/1 yr - $1,175
450 hour/1 yr - $1,468
900 hour/2 yr - $2,775

6. Who to Recruit
Bonner Scholar Bonner Leader
required size per class >= 5 size per class with
(different per school) minimum of 20 total
85% < $10,000 & > 65% Federal Work
average < $6,000 Study eligible
> 60/40 gender balance > 60/40 gender balance
> diversity of school > diversity of school

7. How to Recruit
Four year commitment
Build into school
recruitment &and admissions
process as yield tool
Engage current Bonners in
process
Application process
On-campus interviews if
possible

8. Replacing a
Bonner
Should have application
process
Draw from pool of
students already active in
service
Do not need to involve
students (but can

9. How to Promote

10. How to Promote