The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans (JCCIA) is proud to offer – from the Frank J. Vigilante Scholarship Fund – scholarships that are awarded to students of Italian extraction demonstrating financial need and high academic achievement.

• Competitive students must be of Italian extraction, demonstrate financial need, must have high academic achievement, and a resident of the State of Illinois.
• Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of their Italian heritage, financial need, high academic achievement, essay(500 words or less) detailing why the Frank J. Vigilante Scholarship will help them to fulfill their personal and professional goals, and the quality of their JCCIA Frank J. Vigilante Scholarship Application.
• Students must have a demonstrated financial need for their education and must have proof of being admitted to and/or enrolled at an accredited institution of higher education.