Lahainaluna Scholarship Information FAQ

This scholarship is intended to provide disaster relief in the form of financial support for Lahainaluna High School (LHS) Class of 2024 seniors who were impacted by the August 8, 2023 Lahaina wildfires. These students started their freshman year during the pandemic and had a delayed start to their senior year, returning to a school with significant physical damage as a result of the wildfires.

Students eligible for this scholarship include those who are:

• high school seniors graduating as part of the Lahainaluna Class of 2024, or
• high school seniors who were enrolled at Lahainaluna on August 7, 2023 and have since relocated to another high school in the State of Hawaii, and
• enrolling as a full-time (12+ credits) student at a UH campus starting in Fall 2024

There is no separate application for the Lahainaluna Scholarship. UH will determine eligibility for this scholarship after students are accepted to a UH campus. Award notifications are expected to begin in March 2024. Students who are accepted to a UH campus after March 2024 can expect their scholarship notification within 3-4 weeks.

There is no deadline to apply for the Lahainaluna Scholarship. Since this award is based on acceptance to a UH campus, students should be sure to meet the admissions deadline for the UH campus they are applying to.

Lahainaluna Class of 2024 students should apply to UH once they decide which campus they would like to attend. Applying to more than one UH campus may delay the proper processing of this scholarship since it can only be awarded through one campus. As a reminder, acceptance to a UH community college is guaranteed upon graduation from Lahainaluna High School, while certain academic requirements must be met to determine acceptance to a 4-year university.

While a FAFSA is not required to receive this scholarship, students are encouraged to complete a FAFSA, which might be able to provide federal, state and/or institutional aid to support other expenses. Otherwise, there is no separate application for the Lahainaluna Class of 2024 Scholarship.

Please contact the campus point of contact listed at the bottom of this page if you are a Lahainaluna Class of 2024 student planning to attend UH part-time. We have resources available to assist you, aside from this scholarship.

Not at this time. These scholarship funds, provided to UH by a private donor, are designated to the Lahainaluna high school graduating seniors, Class of 2024. Students who live in Lahaina and attend another high school are still encouraged to apply to the University of Hawaiʻi and other forms of scholarships and financial aid that are available.

Not at this time. This scholarship is intended to support students in Lahainaluna’s Class of 2024 who started their first full year of high school during the 2020 pandemic and experienced a delayed start to their senior year because of the physical impact of the 2023 Maui wildfires. Students from the Lahainaluna Class of 2023 who did not attend college due to the fires are still encouraged to apply to the University of Hawaiʻi and other forms of scholarships and financial aid that are available.

Lahainaluna Class of 2024 graduating seniors must begin attendance at a UH campus starting in Fall 2024 to receive this scholarship.

To remain eligible for the scholarship, recipients must remain continuously enrolled as a full-time student at a UH campus, and remain in good academic standing for subsequent years. Continuous enrollment is determined based on fall and spring semesters only.

Students pursuing an associate’s degree may receive the scholarship through Spring 2026, a total of 4 semesters.

Students pursuing a bachelor’s degree may receive the scholarship through Spring 2028, a total of 8 semesters.

Yes. A student who transfers from a UH community college to a UH 4-year university may receive this scholarship for a total of 8 consecutive semesters.

A student who transfers from a UH 4-year university to a UH community college may receive this scholarship for a total of 4 consecutive semesters.

A student who transfers from a UH community college to another UH community college may receive this scholarship for a total of 4 consecutive semesters.

The amount of this scholarship is intended to assist with covering tuition, fees and any other expenses associated with the student’s cost of attendance.

Due to the differential tuition and fee amounts across the campuses, the scholarship awards for the 2024-2025 academic year are as follows:

• UH Mānoa – $14,000
• UH Hilo – $9,000
• UH West O‘ahu – $9,000
• UH Community College – $5,500

This scholarship provides awards in the fall and spring semesters only.

Award notifications are sent to students’ hawaii.edu email address, and are expected to begin in March 2024. Students who are accepted to a UH campus after March 2024 can expect their scholarship notification within 3-4 weeks.

Scholarships will automatically be applied to students’ UH accounts and will pay toward tuition and fees charges. Any remaining scholarship balance will be refunded to the student via check or erefund to allow students to cover other cost of attendance items.

This scholarship will not have an impact on any other financial aid or scholarships that students receive.

The University of Hawaiʻi recognizes that the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260) was amended 20 USC 1087vv (i)(5) to exclude emergency financial aid from the definition of other financial assistance (OFA), which replaces the definition of estimated financial assistance (EFA). Additionally, UH also acknowledges that the Heroes Act of 2003 gives the U.S. Secretary of Education certain flexibilities to ensure that recipients of student aid are not placed in a worse position financially because of their status as an affected individual. UH is incorporating guidance from the above acts to ensure compliance with federal regulations.

This scholarship is intended to cover attendance in credit classes only.

You may contact the point of contact below for your campus that you are interested in attending:
Mānoa – emmanoa@hawaii.edu
Hilo – uhhfao@hawaii.edu
West O‘ahu – uhwo.finaid@hawaii.edu
Hawai‘i Community College – hawccfao@hawaii.edu
Honolulu Community College – hccreach@hawaii.edu
Kapi‘olani Community College – kapfao@hawaii.edu
Kaua‘i Community College – kauccfao@hawaii.edu
Leeward Community College – lrecruit@hawaii.edu
UH Maui College – mauifa@hawaii.edu
Windward Community College – wccfao@hawaii.edu

If you are undecided about which campus you would like to attend in Fall 2024, you may contact the UH Office of the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at LHS2024@hawaii.edu.