Applications must be submitted online through the Center for Scholarship Administration (CSA) website. There are three steps to complete the application:

1. Click the "create application" button below to answer the prequalifying questions. When you submit these, it will automatically take you to the profile page.
2. Create or update your profile. Save and continue to the online application.
3. Complete the online application. A confirmation email will be sent when the online portion of your application is complete. Applicant should contact CSA if a confirmation email is not received.
4. Mail in, or email, the packet of additional required materials. See "What constitutes a complete application" below.
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* Applicants must be boys and girls of Protestant faith who have been residents of the city of Duluth, Minnesota for at least three years immediately preceding their graduation from a public high school in Duluth, Minnesota.
* Applicants must have scholastic standing in the upper one-third (1/3) of their class the last 2 years of senior high school.
* Applicants must have good character.
* Applicants must have a reasonable need for financial assistance.
* Applicants must be students who will benefit by having an opportunity to pursue their studies further.
* Applicants must attend full-time any accredited college in the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa.

Additional Desired Qualifications:
* In-person Interview

The deadline for submission of all information (including the online Application) is . Materials must be mailed in ONE envelope to The Walter and Anna Soneson Scholarship Fund, 4320 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Suite G, Taylors, SC 29687.

Once an applicant has applied online and submitted the Application they will receive an email immediately letting them know their application has been received and reminding them to submit by mail the remaining items required to complete the application. Failure to provide the additional materials within the designated time frame will result in an "incomplete" application. Incomplete applications will not be considered for scholarships.

You must submit the following additional materials:

• Signed Student Authorization and Acknowledgements Form, found in the online application, signed by the scholarship candidate.
Download the Student Authorization and Acknowledgements Form.

• Official transcript with grades and cumulative GPA posted through the latest semester.

• A completed SCHOOL COUNSELOR FORM, found in the online application. Download the School Counselor Form

• Submit a LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION from a teacher. The teacher must list their subject area.

• SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS. Answer each question below with only one paragraph (character limit for each answer: 1500).
(a) How have you changed during the last four years of high school?
(b) Aside from a college degree, what do you hope to gain from your college experience?
(c) How are you planning to fund your education and, if you do not receive the scholarship, what effect will that have on your decisions?
(d) If selected for a Soneson Scholarship, how will you ensure the funds will be a good investment?
(e) Tell us why you should be awarded the Soneson Scholarship over the other applicants?

• Signed list of academic honors, leadership skills, community service, etc.

• IN-PERSON INTERVIEW: Semi-finalists may be interviewed by the Selection Committee.

• A copy of Pages 1 and 2 of your 2026-2027 FAFSA Submission Summary, which includes your name and SAI (Student Aid Index). This is the report you receive after completing your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).

The number of recipients and the amount of each scholarship may vary from year to year due to fluctuations in the Fund's value and/or applicable document restrictions. Subject to the trust terms, the awards will be applied to the cost of tuition, fees, books and supplies and should not exceed these costs.

Recipients may attend full-time any accredited college located within the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa, provided the institution meets the criteria in the following paragraph. Recipients must be enrolled full-time each semester and working toward a degree.

The institution must be an educational organization that normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled body of pupils or students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are regularly carried on. To the extent the institution is involved in the selection of the recipients (if at all), such involvement must comply with the Fund's policy of awarding scholarships on an objective and non-discriminatory basis as well as the Fund's Conflict of Interest Policy.

Extenuating circumstances requiring a student to sit out a semester must be explained in writing to CSA. You will be notified of the final decision. If a recipient is out for a semester and doesn`t receive approval, then that semester is forfeited.

The Scholarship Selection Committee shall give consideration to the respective ability, academic merit, educational goals, career ambitions, and the relative financial need of the applicants as deemed appropriate by the Committee. This is a competitive scholarship program. Scholarships shall be awarded on an objective and non-discriminatory basis, with neither race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin nor disability being considered. Selections are based on information received from the application and the additional materials received by the deadline.

All applicants will be notified in writing by email, whether or not they have been selected to receive a scholarship. Those students selected will download a package from their online account that includes a scholarship agreement and information about the scholarship terms.

This scholarship is a four-year scholarship subject to the following terms and conditions: recipients must attend full-time any accredited college located within the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa; recipients must remain enrolled full-time continuously throughout the four-year scholarship. Under special circumstances, individual exceptions may be made to the full-time continuous enrollment requirement, at the discretion of the Committee. If a scholarship is awarded for an academic year, and is not used within that year, it is forfeited, and unused money is returned to the Trust. Failure to meet the eligibility requirements will result in forfeiture of the scholarship.

In the event of serious malfeasance, breach of traditional conduct, failure to provide requested materials, or conduct involving moral turpitude, a scholarship may be terminated at any time within the discretion of the Scholarship Selection Committee and concurrence of the Trustee, whose decisions shall be final and binding.

Subject to the terms of the Fund's governing documents, applicable law, and Internal Revenue Service requirements, these operating procedures may be amended at any time by the Trustee in its discretion. Any modifications or changes shall be furnished to the members of the Scholarship Selection Committee then serving.