Stern Scholarship Loan
Fund
The
Jewish Federation of Omaha’s Financial Aid Committee administers the Benjamin
& Elizabeth ‘Bess’ Stern Scholarship Loan Fund. The committee is pleased to announce that
substantial interest-free loans are available for Jewish graduate students,
regardless of geographic origin.
This need-based
fund was created to make academic loans available to graduate level students in
the following fields:
• mathematics, physics, astronomy, meteorology, astrophysics, engineering or a field related to any of the foregoing
• journalism, including photo journalism
• finance and economics
• architecture and related fields, including city planning
• classical music (limited to piano, flute, cello and violin)
• scientific research in rare and incurable human diseases
Loan recipients need not be residents of Omaha but must be Jewish and must attend the University of Nebraska Omaha, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, or Creighton University. In the fields of architecture, astronomy, and meteorology, recipients may attend the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
Awards are interest-free loans, payable in full over 15 years, beginning
one year after graduation.
Download Stern Scholarship Application
Loans will be made based on demonstrated financial need and
character to qualified Jewish graduate students. The application deadline for this special
offering (for use in the 2021-2022 academic year) is May 16, 2021. Please contact Diane Walker at (402)334-6551
or dwalker@jewishomaha.org with
any questions.