Professional School Counseling Program Pipeline Grant
The Professional School Counseling Program Pipeline grant is funded by the Student Personnel Pipeline grant awarded by the Minnesota Department of Education. The Professional School Counseling Pipeline Grant application is open to students who are admitted or currently enrolled in the Professional School Counseling program within the Department of Counseling and Student Personnel at Minnesota State University – Mankato. To be eligible to receive the award, students must be in good academic standing within the program. Per the stipulations of the grant, to diversify the school counseling profession, priority consideration will be given to students who identify as BIPOC or Indigenous, all are welcome to apply. The amount of the award is up to the full Cost of Attendance at MSU-Mankato, including tuition, fees, books, supplies, food, housing, transportation, parking, and miscellaneous academic expenses.
- Award
- Up to full Cost of Summer Tuition & Books
- Deadline
- 04/30/2025
- Supplemental Questions
- Please indicate identities you feel comfortable disclosing below:
- How have your intersectional identities (race, ethnicity, ability, socioeconomic status, gender identity, etc.) impacted your educational journey?
- Please share with the committee anything else you feel is pertinent to your application for this award.
- If you have received funding in a previous semester, please complete the following set of questions. Your responses to these questions will not be used to determine if you are awarded a scholarship. The data obtained from your responses will only be used to improve our recruitment and retention process for the SSPP grant. We value your feedback.
- Based on your experiences, in what ways can we better assess and respond to the needs of applicants from diverse backgrounds?
- Do you have any suggestions for how we can improve our recruitment and retention efforts to better serve diverse populations?
- How did any unmet financial needs (e.g., tuition, books, housing, travel, professional development) impact your decision-making process or experience?
- How did any unmet non-financial needs (e.g., emotional support, access to mentors, disability accommodations, cultural responsiveness) impact your decision-making process of experience?
- How did you initially hear about the program?
- How might the program improve its engagement within your community or similar groups?
- If you had concerns, how were your concerns addressed or how was your feedback incorporated in the process?
- What kinds of additional mentorship or support were or would have been helpful to you?
- What needs did you consider most when deciding whether to apply to or remain in the program?
- What suggestions do you have to improve the flexibility of the program to better meet diverse needs?
- What was the most impactful part of the recruitment experience for you?
- What, if any, specific elements of the curriculum made you feel represented or included?