Princeton Area Community Foundation Scholarships (Mercer County)

The Princeton Area Community Foundation runs a once-a-year scholarship round for graduating high school seniors through one online portal. The two funds it currently lists are open across the Mercer County area: the Mary Elliott Wislar Memorial Scholarship for Mercer County residents who have shown leadership in school, activities or the community, and the Lion Woodward Educational Fund of the Rotary Club of Trenton for students at a high school in Trenton or the greater Mercer or Bucks counties area. Woodward weighs financial need, grades, community service and leadership, pays up to $4,000 a year for up to four years, and asks winners to keep a 2.0 GPA and report in person to the Trenton Rotary once a year. Wislar is a two-year award; recent awards were about $5,850 to $7,300.

Other deadlines near this one

• Asian Pacific Community Fund Scholarships
  Due April 20, 2027 · Varies by fund (17 scholarships, over $400,000 in all)
• Schwallie Family Scholarship
  Due April 20, 2027 · $3,000
• Verne Cooper Foundation Scholarship
  Due April 20, 2027 · Varies (over $100,000 awarded annually)

How hard is the Princeton Area Community Foundation Scholarships (Mercer County) to win?

A large applicant pool chases this award. Apply if the student is a genuinely strong fit, but build the plan around better-odds awards first. No published applicant or winner counts exist for this award, so Solyo shows no odds figure.

What drives the odds here

Odds on a scholarship are mostly a question of how many students can enter. Each rule below changes the size of that field.

• More rivalsOpen nationwide, so the field is large
• Fewer rivalsOpen to a single grade level only
• More rivalsA five-figure award attracts a bigger field

How Solyo estimates this: We model the applicant field from how narrow the eligibility rules are, then divide the awards available by that field. Requirements such as essays and recommendation letters improve a serious applicant’s odds, because most browsers never complete them. These are estimates derived from each award's published structure, not reported acceptance rates, which almost no scholarship provider discloses. Treat them as a way to rank where the hours go, not as a guarantee.

Who can apply for the Princeton Area Community Foundation Scholarships (Mercer County)?

These are the eligibility rules Solyo verified against the official award page, translated into plain English. Your student must meet each one.

• ✓Open to high school seniors

What the application takes

No essay, recommendation letters, or transcript are required. This is one of the lighter applications in the directory.

Deadline and application cycle

The current deadline is April 21, 2027. This award runs on an annual cycle, with deadlines around April 21 each year. Applications open March 15.

Applications open

March 15, 2027

Applications close

April 21, 2027

Common questions about the Princeton Area Community Foundation Scholarships (Mercer County)

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Lists this award appears on

• No-Essay Scholarships
• Renewable Scholarships (Multi-Year Awards)
• Scholarships With April Deadlines