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Yes, we encourage you to do so as the scholarship dollars available and applicant pool can vary from year to year.

Yes, all applicants must submit an official high school transcript reflecting graduation from a Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District high school, as being a graduate from an LVJUSD high school is a scholarship requirement. Learn more here.

You may check to see if your official transcripts have been received by logging into your Pedrozzi online account and clicking into your Pedrozzi scholarship application. Your transcript(s) will be uploaded to the section “Official Transcript Upload – Staff Access Only”. There is a delay between when you order your transcript, when it is processed by your school, and when it is received and processed by the Pedrozzi Foundation. Your transcript may be uploaded to your application after the application deadline; your application is still considered complete so long as we received it by the deadline.

It is very unlikely. In his will, Mario Pedrozzi identified two specific groups of eligible students as recipients of his generosity – graduates of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District and seminarians at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, CA, who were residents of Alameda County upon their high school graduation.

No. You can only apply in one category per year.

  • If you plan to earn a bachelor’s degree but plan to start at community college, please fill out the Community College application and indicate that you plan to transfer to a four-year school.
  • If you plan to earn an associate’s degree, please fill out a Community College application and indicate your plans accordingly.
  • If you plan to earn a bachelor’s degree and plan to start at a four-year school, please fill out an Undergraduate application.

If you have questions, feel free to reach out to info@pedrozzi.org.

The transfer pathway scholarship is a streamlined scholarship for students who plan to achieve a four-year degree but intend to start at community college. These students will be awarded four years of funding, two years of funding while at a community college and two years of funding when they transfer to four-year schools. Transfer Pathway applicants should submit a Community College application and indicate their plans to transfer to a four-year school.

All applicants who applied, whether awarded a scholarship or not, will be contacted by the Pedrozzi Foundation in early May. The Foundation will send all information via email, so regularly checking your email is important.

Your FSS can be submitted by you within your Pedrozzi scholarship application. To do so, download a PDF version of your FSS and then upload it.

If you have trouble uploading your FSS to your application, or you need to submit your FSS after your application has been submitted, please email your FSS to transcript@pedrozzi.org.

To view deadlines for applications and FAFSA Submission Summaries click HERE.

Official transcripts may be submitted electronically or by mail:

Electronic Submission: Using an official transcript service, such as Parchment, request that your transcript(s) be emailed to transcript@Pedrozzi.org. NOTE: Not all schools allow transcripts to be requested and submitted electronically. Depending on the service used, you need to allow 2-3 business days for your request to be processed.

Mail: Request that your official transcripts in a sealed envelope be sent to:

Pedrozzi Scholarship Foundation
1141 Catalina Drive, #170
Livermore, CA 94550

We do not accept transcripts dropped off in person to the Pedrozzi Foundation office.

As a scholarship applicant, you are required to provide us with your current address, email address and cell phone number. Update these by logging into your Pedrozzi Account by clicking on Pedrozzi Scholar Login on the top of this page.

Scholarship Recipient FAQs

Maximum scholarship eligibility is four years.

Technical/Vocational and Graduate students are eligible for a maximum of two years funding. Undergraduate applicants are eligible for a maximum of four years of funding. Community College students who plan to earn an AA or AS degree are eligible to receive two years of funding. Transfer Pathway students are eligible for four years of funding, two while at community college and two when they transfer to four-year schools. A student who has received four years of undergraduate funding would not be eligible to receive any graduate funding.

Official transcripts may be submitted electronically or by mail:

Electronic Submission: Using an official transcript service, such as Parchment, request that your transcript(s) be emailed to transcript@Pedrozzi.org. NOTE: Not all schools allow transcripts to be requested and submitted electronically. Depending on the service used, please allow 2-3 business days for your request to be processed.

Mail: Request that your official transcripts in a sealed envelope be sent to:

Pedrozzi Scholarship Foundation
1141 Catalina Drive, #170
Livermore, CA 94550

We do not accept transcripts dropped off in person to the Pedrozzi Foundation office.

In order to receive 2nd, 3rd or 4th year installments of a multiple year award, you must do the following:

  • Login to your Pedrozzi Account (click on “Pedrozzi Scholar Login” at the top of this page).
  • Complete and submit your Scholarship Continuation Form by July 10.
  • Submit your transcript by July 10. Instructions for submitting your transcript are found on your Scholarship Continuation Form.
  • Your transcript must reflect full-time enrollment (12 units for undergraduate, Transfer Pathway or graduate recipients, and 9 units for community college recipients) and a cumulative minimum 2.25 GPA.  Contact the office to discuss options if you do not meet these requirements.
  • Verify that your contact information is current.

As a scholarship recipient, you are required to provide us with your current address, email address and cell phone number. Update these by logging into your Pedrozzi Account by clicking on Pedrozzi Scholar Login on the top of this page.

We recommend that you research the requirements associated with any financial aid offers you may receive. Graduate students, in particular, should investigate the effect of our scholarship on grants, stipends or any other form of aid you might be receiving. If you are receiving a full fellowship, you should contact the Foundation office immediately (info@pedrozzi.org) to make specific arrangements for your disbursement(s).

Technical/Vocational scholarship disbursements are handled on a case-by-case basis. For questions, please contact the Foundation office via email (info@pedrozzi.org).

If you need to take a leave of absence or defer your entry, you must contact the Foundation Office as soon as possible (info@pedrozzi.org).

These situations will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Failure to notify the Foundation in a timely manner may result in the forfeiture of your scholarship.

We are happy to offer flexible scholarship disbursements to ensure that we support students when they need it most. If you don’t require scholarship funding during your first year, upon request, you may defer it to future years. For example, if a Transfer Pathway Scholarship recipient doesn’t need funding while attending community college, they may save it for when they’re ready to transfer to their four-year school.

If you have a specific question about scholarship deferral, please reach out to info@pedrozzi.org, we are happy to answer questions.

These situations will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Failure to notify the Foundation in a timely manner may result in the forfeiture of your scholarship.

We do allow scholarship funding to follow students from one accredited school to another. Students must contact the Foundation Office as soon as possible (info@pedrozzi.org) to inform staff of the school change.

These situations will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Failure to notify the Foundation in a timely manner may result in the forfeiture of your scholarship.

The Transfer Pathway Scholarship is a streamlined scholarship for students who plan to earn a four-year degree but intend to start at community college. Starting in 2024, these students will be awarded four years of funding, two years of funding while a community college and two years of funding when they transfer to four-year schools.

It depends. If you were awarded a Community College scholarship in 2023 or prior, yes, you need to reapply to be considered for additional funding.

If you received a Community College scholarship in 2024 or after, and you indicated in your application that you planned to transfer to a four-year school, then you are eligible to receive additional funding. Please contact the foundation at info@pedrozzi.org so that we can make sure your account is set up correctly.