CAAM – Stanley Chong Scholarship Applicants
Merit and need-based scholarships for individuals of Chinese descent for undergraduate college tuition.
Application Deadline for the school year 2023 – 2024：January 14th, 2024
Eligibility
An applicant must be:
- Of Chinese descent,
- A resident of Minnesota and American citizen/permanent resident,
- A senior in high school for the 2022-2023 year, with unweighted accumulated GPA 3.5 or above.
- Applicant must agree and promote CAAM’s mission.
- Applicant and/or parents have actively participated in CAAM-organized, co-organized or sponsored events in the past Five years.
- For Need-based applicants, with unweighted accumulated GPA 3.0 or above, must provide FAFSA or the latest 3-year Federal Tax Return Forms.
Please read the above Eligibility information carefully before submitting your application.
Evaluation Criteria
- Applicants must meet all the eligibility requirements listed above.
- Applicants will be evaluated on their academic records, including extra curriculums, leadership qualities, and community services, including both CAAM and other community service experiences.
- Failure to maintain acceptable academic performance and exemplary behavior throughout the school year may result in the revocation of the scholarship.
Application Checklist
- Application Form must be typed (handwriting is not acceptable).
- Applicant needs to provide:
1) A Cover Letter, 2) Application Form with the signature and date, 3) The latest official transcript from the most recent school attended (should be submitted by the school). 4) Three Letters of Recommendation: at least two from a teacher of the recent academic years and a mentor or advisor (Note: All the letters must be written specifically to CAAM for this scholarship and not be sent out by the applicant, otherwise they will not be accepted and consequently the application will NOT be considered.)
- Any proofs showing your participation of CAAM events or other community volunteer services are welcomed.
- All the individual files submitted for this scholarship application must be named by the following format as: Last name First name_document name (such as Cover Letter, Application Form or Recommendation Letter, etc), for example: Aihua Liu_Cover Letter or Aihua Liu_Application Form; otherwise, it will not be accepted.
Note: Incomplete application will NOT be considered.
Please make sure if your emails are truly sent out by checking your Sent folder. You should also be able to receive a short confirmation email from Scholarship@caam.org right after your application materials are submitted.
Application Form
Download the scholarship application form (PDF) or (MS Word) (Note: You need to Copy and Paste the link address of this Word file in a new window of your browser to download this form).
How and Where to Submit Application Materials
All the application materials must be submitted by email to:
Application Deadline: January 14, 2024
The status of the scholarship application will be notified to each applicant shortly after the application deadline, and again after application material has been reviewed, respectively.
Recipients will be required to attend the scholarship award ceremony sometime between May and June, 2024.
Recipients will be required to provide CAAM with a recent color portrait photo for news report and one-page biography about what goal or aspiration you hope to achieve with the help of the CAAM-Stanley Chong Scholarship.
The recipients will automatically become members of CAAM with good standing after turning 18 years old; one year CAAM membership will be offered to their parents will become members of CAAM as well.
好消息： 一年一度的Minnesota中美联谊会（CAAM）Stanley Chong 奖助学金申请开始啦！家住明州在读的十二年级华裔学生 （美国公民或永久居民）都可以申请。申请截止日期是01/14/2024。 详细信息可以参考明州中美联谊会网站(https://www.caam.org/scholarships/)
Scholarship Recipients in the School Year of 2022 - 2023:
English News Report on 2022 - 2023 CAAM-Stanley Chong Scholarship Award Ceremony by China Insight
| English Name | Chinese Name | High School | Accepted College |
| Andrew Bai | 白珂岩 | Summit | University of California at Berkeley |
| Sunny Cai | 蔡珊珊 | Wayzata | University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| Ethan Chen | 陈登杰 | Minnetonka | Northwestern University |
| Zeqiyun Chen | 陈泽绮芸 | EastView | University of California at Berkeley |
| Jerry K Cheng | 程康毅 | Woodbury | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Brian Hu | 胡博睿 | Eden Prairie | University of Minnesota in Twin Cities |
| Ryan Jiang | 蒋培涵 | Edina | Harvard University |
| Emily Leung | 梁曼晴 | Edina | Dartmouth College |
| Tammy Liu | 刘丽珍 | North High | University of Minnesota in Twin Cities |
| Renjay Teo | 张仁杰 | Shakopee | University of Minnesota in Twin Cities |
| Buo-En Wee | 黄博恩 | Maple Grove | University of Minnesota in Twin Cities |
| Lynn Wilcox | 牛希望 | Highland | Columbia University |
| Nathan Wu | 屋内森 | Wayzata | University of Pennsylvania |
| Evelyn Yang | 杨 琳 | Edina | University of Minnesota in Twin Cities |
| Steven S Yang | 阳思达 | Wayzata | Duke University |
| Rachel Zou | 邹瑞祺 | Mouns View | University of Minnesota in Twin Cities |
Scholarship Recipients in the School Year of 2021 - 2022:
English News Report on 2021 – 2022 CAAM-Stanley Chong Scholarship Award Ceremony by China Insight
Chinese News Report on 2021 – 2022 CAAM-Stanley Chong Scholarship Award Ceremony by Minnesota Times
| SN | English Name | Chinese Name | High School |
| 1 | Ava Chen | 陈思慜 | Minnetonka High School |
| 2 | Zhou Benson | 民冬州 | Minnetonka High School |
| 3 | Charlie Chen | 陈嘉理 | Roseville Area High School |
| 4 | Kaelyn Chen | 陈凯伦 | Mahtomedi Senior High School |
| 5 | Kevin Dai | 戴乐乐 | Wayzata High School |
| 6 | Shi-Wei Kong | 江思伟 | Maple Grove Senior High School |
| 7 | Julianne Mason | 安子灵 | Cretin-Derham Hall High School |
| 8 | Anna Wang | 王安娜 | Edina High School |
| 9 | William Walker | 周威廉 | Minnetonka High School |
| 10 | Chris Yan | 李 韬 | Mounds View High School |
Scholarship Recipients in the School Year of 2020-2021:
News Report on 2020-2021 CAAM-Stanley Chong Scholarship Award Ceremony by China Insight
| SN | English Name | Chinese Name | High School |
| 1 | Hannah Buss | N/A | Buss Homeschool |
| 2 | Huan Chen | 陈欢巧 | White Bear Lake Area High School |
| 3 | Leo Cui | 崔征路 | Mounds View High School |
| 4 | Richard Gu | 顾 博 | Wayzata High School |
| 5 | Claire Ku | 辜靖慈 | Wayzata High School |
| 6 | Echo Grey Qing Nelson | N/A | Eagan High School |
| 7 | Sydney Peng | 彭雨荞 | Mounds View High School |
| 8 | Bryanna Shao | 邵悦然 | Wayzata High School |
| 9 | Cynthia Shao | 邵奕然 | Wayzata High School |
| 10 | Jason Wang | 王若阳 | Irondale High School |
| 11 | Claire Wilcox | 惜 静 | Highland Park Senior High School |
| 12 | Issac Wu | 吴宇晨 | Edina High School |
| 13 | Joey Wu | 吴友中 | South Washington Country School |
| 14 | Kelly Wu | 吴格格 | Prior Lake High School |
| 15 | Andrew Yang | 杨 洋 | Wayzata High School |
| 16 | Dylan Yang | 杨宇函 | Eden Prairie High School |
| 17 | Kelly Zeng | 曾辰欣 | Wayzata High School |
| 18 | Xiaoxin Zeng | 曾筱昕 | Jefferson High School |
| 19 | Audrey Zhou | 周宇琴 | Wayzata High School |
Scholarship Recipients in the School Year of 2019-2020:
News Report on 2019-2020 CAAM-Stanley Chong Scholarship Award Ceremony by Minnesota Chinese Life (Chinese version)(link)
| SN | English Name | Chinese Name | High School |
| 1 | Andrew Cheng | 程康瑞 | East Ridge High School |
| 2 | Leora Derechin | N/A | Hopkins High School |
| 3 | Ana J. Dolny | 佳 欢 | Washburn High School |
| 4 | Kevin Gao | 高 乐 | Eden Prairie High School |
| 5 | Natalie Ku | 辜晨歆 | Wayzata High School |
| 6 | Brian Lin | 林训生 | Wayzata High School |
| 7 | Matthew Liu | 刘浩文 | Mounds View High School |
| 8 | Daniel Ren | 任卓航 | Lakeville North High School |
| 9 | Xinze Tan | 谭欣泽 | Wayzata High School |
| 10 | Jiayang Tang | 唐嘉阳 | Eagan High School |
| 11 | Amy Wang | 王艾米 | Edina High School |
| 12 | Iris Xu Wang | N/A | Wayzata High School |
| 13 | Emily Yang | 杨乐颖 | Wayzata High School |
| 14 | Lucy Yang | 杨 璐 | Edina High School |
| 15 | Xinyue Yin | 尹欣悦 | Minnetonka High School |
| 16 | Mina Zhang | 张明娜 | Wayzata High School |
| 17 | Shihang Zhang | 张世航 | Irondale High School |
| 18 | Tony Zhang | 张海潮 | Blaine High School |
| 19 | Aunika Zheng | 郑雨沁 | Mounds View High School |
Scholarship Recipients in the School Year of 2018-2019:
| SN | Name |
| 1 | Summer Ahern |
| 2 | Preston P Chan |
| 3 | Jedidiah Chang |
| 4 | Lucas Chow |
| 5 | Jade Kim Diep-Ha |
| 6 | Katherine L Hardie |
| 7 | Anna M Kasper |
| 8 | Shi-Ning A Kong |
| 9 | Esther Kuah |
| 10 | Bridget Lai |
| 11 | Carlos Lares |
| 12 | John Lei |
| 13 | Paul W Liang |
| 14 | Ian C Lim |
| 15 | Li F Liu |
| 16 | Frank Lu |
| 17 | Lauren Moy |
| 18 | Paige Moy |
| 19 | Elizabeth Anne Lixing Pirjevec |
| 20 | Mingyue Tan |
| 21 | Buojing Wee |
| 22 | Austin Wu |
| 23 | Ethan F Wu |
| 24 | Michael Daiming Xia |
| 25 | Jeremy Yeung |
| 26 | Jonathan Yeung |
| 27 | Tianmao Yuan |