SAJA is committed to promoting high-quality journalism. The SAJA Scholarship Program helps students afford tuition and other costs associated with higher education to pursue their journalism degree. Applicants must be students continuing their studies in the fall of 2025 at a university in the U.S. or Canada. Applicants must either be of South Asian descent (includes: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and people of South Asian origin from the Caribbean) or demonstrate an interest in covering South Asia and/or the diaspora. Immediate relatives of SAJA Board members and judges are ineligible to apply. Applicants must submit a short statement describing their financial need, including student loans and a summary of all other financial aid they have received or hope to receive; and 2-3 clips (or, if the applicant does not have published clips, then 2-3 writing samples) of their published work. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.