FDES Scholarships
Each spring the FDES Scholarship Committee chooses a qualified student (or students) of Portuguese descent to award scholarship money toward his or her college education. At the bottom of this page you can download the Scholarship Application, which details the requirements. The downloadable file contains a cover letter as well as the two-page application, which must be completed, signed, and returned to us by March 31 each year.
You may print the form and return the completed version to us by mail, or you may fill it out and sign it electronically, save the completed version with a new file name (such as with your name, "Mary-Silva-FDES-Scholarship-Application") and email it back to us.
Instructions You'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. Download it here.
Once you've opened the file in Acrobat Reader (or another Acrobat version), click in each field to type your answers. (You might have to choose "Tools" and "Fill and Sign" to get the fillable fields to show up.) When you want to add the signatures, go to "Tools" and choose "Fill and Sign." Go to the "Sign" button with the little pen icon at the top of the file and click. Choose "add signature" and type your name, choose a style, and click "Apply." This loads your cursor with your signature. Simply then click on the appropriate signature line to drop it in place. Have your parent add their signature in the same way. Click in the date fields to add the date, and, when you're finished, choose "File/Save As," add your name to the file name, and save to your computer. Then email us this new file at fdesmonterey@gmail.com.
You may print the form and return the completed version to us by mail, or you may fill it out and sign it electronically, save the completed version with a new file name (such as with your name, "Mary-Silva-FDES-Scholarship-Application") and email it back to us.
Instructions You'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. Download it here.
Once you've opened the file in Acrobat Reader (or another Acrobat version), click in each field to type your answers. (You might have to choose "Tools" and "Fill and Sign" to get the fillable fields to show up.) When you want to add the signatures, go to "Tools" and choose "Fill and Sign." Go to the "Sign" button with the little pen icon at the top of the file and click. Choose "add signature" and type your name, choose a style, and click "Apply." This loads your cursor with your signature. Simply then click on the appropriate signature line to drop it in place. Have your parent add their signature in the same way. Click in the date fields to add the date, and, when you're finished, choose "File/Save As," add your name to the file name, and save to your computer. Then email us this new file at fdesmonterey@gmail.com.
| fdes-scholarship-application-2025.pdf |