Awards

Eligibility

Selection Process

Methodology

Scholarship Payment

FAQs

Selection Process

All Award Winners are chosen by an independent committee that is separate from Jefferies Group, Inc. Jefferies Family Scholarship Selection Committee does not take into account factors relating to the employment of the applicant's parent and the business of the Company. Applicants are presented to the committee anonymously. For selection committee members, all identifying information for applicants (e.g., name, parent's position with Jefferies) is removed prior to presentation of new applicant data; applicants are discussed by randomly assigned numbers during the selection committee meeting. The scholarship is awarded for one academic year only. Announcement of new and renewal recipients is made in the early summer.

The scholarship program is prohibited by law from awarding scholarship to more than 25% of the total number of new applicants. Therefore, all eligible children of Jefferies employees are encouraged to apply, regardless of need, to raise simultaneously the number of applicants and the number of scholarships within the 25% cap. There is no cap for renewal applicants.


Attending university has not only inspired me within an academic sphere, but has also proved invaluable in presenting me with the opportunity to become involved in many clubs and activities. I also feel privileged to have made friends with people from different regions of the country and from abroad. I am very grateful for the support that I have been given by the Jefferies Family Scholarship, which has enabled me to enjoy much of the past year and develop my academic interests.

Richard Watts, JFS Recipient






  		• The average total cost for just one year at a private four-year college exceeds $33,000, according to CollegeBoard.com.
  		• For the last two years, forty percent of JFS recipients' parents reported total family incomes under $100,000 and many of our scholarship winners are being raised by single parents.
  		• Nineteen percent of Jefferies' employees make less than $75,000 per year.