2011-12 Awards Announced

The 2011-12 awards for the new applicants and the renewal applicants are now posted. You will need your FEF ID to look up your award.

Many deserving applicants did not receive awards due to lack of funds.

If you have received an award and you decide that you do not want it or need it, please contact FEF so that the award can be distributed to another applicant.

Those receiving awards should immediately read the instructions to applicants to facilitate disbursement.

Caution on Expediting Transcripts and Other Documents

When you ask your institution to expedite sending a transcript, be careful that it does not send it to FEF in manner requiring a signature. #1, this forces me to stand in line at the Post Office to retrieve the mail. #2, if for some reason I don’t pick up mail for 10-12 days, then the Post Office may return the item.

In general, you never need to send things overnight or 2-day or priority. Please use 1st class mail. If I need you to send something overnight, I’ll provide you with a different address.

FEF Cannot Offer Feedback on Your Application

An applicant who did not receive an award wrote asking for feedback:

Would you happen to be able to offer me any suggestions as to how I can improve my application for other scholarship contests or if I decide to reapply next year? I would appreciate any constructive criticism you may have.

The FEF secretary’s response:

I’m not part of the review committee, and I did not evaluate the applications. Time does not permit me to answer your question in the manner it deserves.

Let me just say that the review process has an element of subjectivity. Other people may have reviewed the applications and determined that yours deserved an award. Sometimes the review committee sees too many of one type of academic program and prefers another.

Finally, it is FEF’s policy not to disclose the contents of recommendation letters to applicants.

One thing which I should have added in my response. Everybody who submits the application should read the Frequently Asked Questions document. There are some good tips for making a better application.

Announcement of 2010-11 Awards

If you see your ID here, you have an award. You should immediately read the Recipient Instructions document and contact the FEF Secretary for your disbursement. Note that if FEF does not hear from you by October 1, it will award your award to others whom FEF has on a waiting list.

If you don’t see your ID here, it means you did not receive an award. FEF regrets that it does not have enough money to give each deserving applicant an award.

Applicant ID	Award
18	$700
790	$800
831	$1,400
832	$1,400
945	$1,400
964	$1,666
966	$833
1010	$1,300
1013	$700
1026	$900
1034	$1,000
1045	$1,100
1050	contact FEF
1052	$1,500
1053	$1,700
1054	$300
1058	$400
1061	$1,800
1069	$1,600
1078	$1,200
1088	$1,600
1124	$2,200
1129	$1,600
1139	$1,600
1143	$1,600
1183	$2,600
1189	$2,300
1198	$2,300
1204	$2,600
1207	$2,300
1208	$2,300
1209	$2,600
1211	$1,000
1238	$2,300
1241	$2,600
1251	$2,300
1279	$2,600

The Fadel Educational Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit educational foundation supporting education for Muslim U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The awards are distributed on a need/merit basis up to $3,500 a year for post-secondary education. Applications become available in February of each year. An initial short form, the Applicant Information Sheet, is required to indicate an intention to complete the application. Upon receipt of the Applicant Information Sheet, the foundation assigns the applicant an Applicant ID number which must be used in all correspondence and the remainder of the application.

Use the pages in the sidebar to access any available application forms, instructions for award recipients and a Frequently Asked Questions document about all facets of the application and disbursement process.

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We encourage all who deal with the foundation to submit a review at greatnonprofits.org.

The foundation also accepts donations.