WURFFEL-SILLS SCHOLARSHIP & INTEREST-FREE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM: Accepting Applications for the 2025-2026 School Year

The Wurffel-Sills Scholarship and Interest-Free Student Loan Application is now available!

This program seeks to assist folks with higher education costs by offering scholarships, interest-free student loans, or both.

All members of any Presbyterian church within the bounds of the Synod of the Northeast are eligible to apply. Proof of church membership is required.

Students must be full-time undergraduates or full-time, part-time, half-time seminary students. Seminary students must be enrolled in Master of Divinity (MDiv), Master of Religious Education (MRE), or Commissioned Pastor/Ruling Elder (CRE) study programs.

To begin your application, visit our website: www.synodne.org and choose Wurffel-Sills Student Aid from the Grants tab.

After reading the information, click the green “Apply Here Now” button. This will bring you to our grants management site. If you are a first-time applicant you will be asked to create a profile. If you are a returning applicant, you will use your previously created login information and password.

For questions, contact Stacy Galloway in the Synod office at (315)446-5990 or by email at Stacy.Galloway@synodneorg.