• The CVTC Foundation offers over 400 scholarship opportunities.
• There are numerous scholarships available for current high school seniors who will be attending CVTC this coming summer and fall. 
• Students can apply in a matter of minutes via the online application.  
• The deadline for these scholarship applications is September 19, 2025.
• Student scholarships range in amount from $200 to as much as $5,000.  Some of these awards are program specific, but others are open to all CVTC students. 
• Any student with a CVTC student ID is eligible to apply.  Check out available scholarships and apply by logging onto  cvtc.academicworks.com

• Search for program-specific scholarships by entering your program name in the “Search by Keyword” box under “Our Opportunities” or view all scholarships. 

NOTE: Even if your students feel they are not eligible to receive financial aid, please have them consider filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) HERE if they haven’t already completed it already.  Numerous CVTC Foundation scholarships are financial need based, and if students haven’t completed the FAFSA, they would not be eligible for those scholarships. 

Application and Selection Process
Students may apply by accessing the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation website.  In order to provide all nominees an equal opportunity, they must follow all instructions in the application. 

Students must submit their completed applications, including letters of recommendation, no later than Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 5:00:00 p.m. Central Time.  Applications submitted by the deadline without the required three letters of recommendation are incomplete and will not be considered.

There is no limit to the number of applications that can come from a single high school or a district. Additionally, there is not a selection process at the school district or building level. The first round of application scoring will take place at the CESA level, or for Milwaukee Public School District (MPS) students, at the district level. 

Once completed, the student applications are then forwarded to the Regional Selection Committee, which is coordinated in each of the state’s 12 Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs), or Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS).  Students who have reached the Regional Selection Committee will be notified by their CESA or MPS whether or not their application has progressed to the Statewide Selection Committee.

Successful applicants' materials will be forwarded to a Statewide Selection Committee by Wednesday, January 6, 2023.  Applicants not advancing to the Statewide Selection Committee will be notified by their CESA agency or MPS. Representatives of the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation, CESAs and MPS, the Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, Wisconsin  Homeschooling Parents Association, and state education-related associations serve on the State Selection Committee.  Applicants who have reached the Statewide Selection Committee will be contacted in late February, 2023 with the results.

Use of Scholarship Grant
A Kohl Excellence Scholarship may be used to directly reimburse the student’s post-secondary institution for tuition, room and board, books, technology, equipment and fees.  In August 2024, the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation will send the scholarship grants diretly to students' postsecondary institutions. Students will be able to choose from among four scholarship disbursement options:  

1.  The scholarship can be paid in full all at once;
2.  The scholarship can be distributed over two years at $5,000 per year;
3.  The scholarship can be distributed over four years at $2,500 per year;
4.  Other disbursement arrangements, such as deferral, as requested by the student and approved by the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation.