The JSS helps Jewish high school seniors or students who fit the below requirements: 

– Student Status: Is enrolled in an undergraduate, post-undergraduate, or technical school with demonstrated financial need. Graduate students are encouraged to apply and are assessed independently.

– Residency: Must have lived for 2+ years in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington, or Westmoreland counties. Dependent students use parents’ residency. Students who move here for school must live independently for two years. FAFSA rules determine independent status.

– Financial Need: Considered based on income, family size, and number of siblings in college. Generally not available to families in which the custodial parent earns over 5× the federal poverty level or has more than $250,000 in investable assets, though exceptions may be made for extenuating circumstances.

For residents of other counties: 

– Residents of Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer or Venango counties are only eligible to apply for the Sarah and Tena Goldstein Memorial Scholarship.

– Residents of Lawrence County: If your parents/grandparents are/were members of Temple Hadar Israel in New Castle, you may be eligible to apply for the Marianne Hess Scholarship Endowment Fund.

Please note:

– All funding sources require students to demonstrate financial need. Depending on the scholarship fund, factors such as academic achievement, field of study, and school attending will be taken into consideration. Jewish and general community involvement will also be considered.

– When students apply for aid, the scholarship committee matches the students with the funding source or sources for which they qualify. All information provided to JSS is treated confidentially and is used to process applications, and distribute grants. Individuals are known by number, not name, to ensure confidentiality.

**In order to submit your application, you must use a desktop/laptop version of the Chrome/Firefox web browser. Do not use a phone to complete the application.**

There are several steps to applying. We recommend that you read all of the instructions and gather the materials that you will need before beginning the online application process.

Supporting documents should be submitted with your application or by the deadline. The 2026-27 applications are now open and the deadline to apply is April 6. 

Application may be made online only. All first-time applicants may be interviewed by the JSS staff.

Step 1: Read the application overview and instructions here.
Step 2: First-time applicants must be interviewed. Click here for instructions.
Step 3: Fill out the online application by clicking the buttons below. **turn off popup blocker** 
Step 4: Submit supporting documentation by designated dates. Click here.

Note: Each applicant must have a unique email address in order to apply. A family with multiple members applying may not use the same email address for all applicants.

Returning Students

First Time Applicants

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Alpha Epsilon Phi Pittsburgh Alumnae Association Scholarship Endowment Fund
Sarah Barnblatt Scholarship Endowment Fund
Herbert I. Brody Scholarship Endowment Fund
Cheryl Cohen Scholarship Fund
Fannie, Morris & Mary Echelman Scholarship Endowment Fund
Gladys Edelstein Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Saul & Yetta Elinoff Scholarship Endowment Fund
Myrtle M. Fisher Scholarship Endowment Fund
Emanuel and Edith Fishkin College Scholarship Fund
Louis L. Friedman Endowment Fund
Herbert S. Green Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Phyllis & Mayer A. Green Scholarship Endowment Fund
Mary Unikel Hedeman Scholarship Endowment Fund
Marianne Hess Scholarship Endowment Fund
Rosella B. Horvitz Scholarship Fund
Jewish Home for Babies & Children Fund
Jewish Scholarship Service Endowment Fund
Hannah & Marvin Kamin Scholarship Endowment Fund
Edgar T. Keane Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Lyubor Nimax Scholarship Endowment Fund
Louis & Dorothy Mallet Memorial Scholarship Fund
Benjamin and Dorothy Melnick Scholarship Endowment Fund
Dr. Bernard and Pauline Michaels Scholarship Endowment Fund
Bernard & Ravenna Palkovitz Miller Scholarship Endowment Fund
Phi Epsilon Pi Scholarship Endowment Fund
A.Z. & Fanny Alpern Pittler Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Raizman Family Scholarship Endowment Fund
Morris & Nettie Rosen Scholarship Endowment Fund
Dr. Theodore B. Rosenthal Scholarship Endowment Fund
Bess & Meyer Silberstein Educational Endowment Fund
Bernard Silverman Scholarship Endowment Fund
Sow/Reap Foundation Fund
Anna Tisherman Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
United Jewish Federation Foundation Scholarship Endowment Fund

FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION
The Abe & Jean Comensky Memorial Scholarship Fund
Sigmund Falk Scholarship Fund

JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL OF PITTSBURGH
Benjamin & Ida Mann Scholarship
Andrew and Irene Marchbein Grant

RODEF SHALOM PHILANTHROPIC AND EDUCATION FUND

BEATRICE SCHUTTE FOUNDATION FUND

SARAH & TENA GOLDSTEIN MEMORIAL FUND OF JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH

THE AMDURSKY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

THE JACOB ARONSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN, PITTSBURGH SECTION
Doris S. Balter Scholarship Fund
Marjorie S. Balter Scholarship Fund
Dr. Paul S. & Gertrude F. Caplan Scholarship Fund
Philip & Miriam Ellovich Scholarship Fund
Josephine & Samuel Feldman Scholarship Fund
Lawrence W. Frank Memorial Fund
Norman & Tillie Grotstein Scholarship Fund
Susan & Barney Guttman Family Scholarship Fund
Krasik Family Scholarship Fund
Jack & Estelle Kruman and Family Scholarship Fund
Sylvan B. Libson Scholarship Fund
Jerome & Ruth Lieber Scholarship Fund
Jack & Mathilda Mendelbaum & Family Scholarship Fund
Rachel F. & Irwin W. Porter Scholarship Fund
Martha Rosen Scholarship Fund
Florence & Frank Sklar Scholarship Fund
Regina & Ernest Stern Scholarship Fund
Joel B. Strauss Scholarship Fund
Madelain & Herbert R. Tauberg Scholarship Fund
Steven B. Whitman Memorial Fund
Jill Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund
NCJW Post Secondary Education Fund

COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS & FUNDS
The Minnie Hyman Scholarship Fund
Hebrew Free Loan Association

Cooperating Agencies

• JFunds
• Hebrew Free Loan Association Pittsburgh
• Israel Scholarships
• Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

Financial Aid Websites

• Federal Student Aid
• Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)