Application Process - All materials due April 16, 2025
1. Gather required materials

No applications will be considered without:
  • Parent and student IRS 1040 forms
  • Financial aid award letter from the college
  • Applications must be returned to us by April 16
  • Families should plan tax work to meet this deadline
  • NOTE: LHS students must also complete a LHS Lexington Scholarship Fund application by April 3 at 5 PM.  This is in addition to the Lexington Scholarship Committee application materials.  The LHS application can be found here.

2. Download the application and instructions: 

Click​ here for the undergraduate scholarship instructions and application form.  You must be accepted to or currently enrolled in a certificate program, two-year or four-year college degree program to be considered.

Click here for the Joseph & Carol Stavenhagan application form.  This is the only scholarship available for graduate level studies.

Note: There are three scholarships with specific criteria.
  • The George O. Smith Scholarship requires that a student major in a physical science or engineering AND submit a copy of the student's birth certificate with the application.  The student's mother MUST have been a Lexington resident at the time of the applicant's birth.​  Examples of qualifying majors:  astronomy, chemistry, earth science, engineering, geology, meteorology, oceanology or physics.​
 
  • The Emily and Frank Smiddy Scholarship requires that a student intends to study in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering or math) upon entering their first year of college.
 
  • The Phyllis E. Richardson Scholarship requires a student graduated from Lexington High School and attended a Lexington Middle School.  Student must study Teaching, Nursing or STEM.
Instructions for completion are on the application, but if you have questions, please contact us.

​3. Return application and accompanying paperwork to the address below by
                                                   April 16, 2025

        Lexington Scholarship Fund
        43 Locust Avenue
        Lexington, MA 02421-5818