Non-Traditional Scholars Opportunity Fund

The Non-Traditional Scholars Opportunity Fund provides support to students pursuing an undergraduate degree in the College of Natural Sciences who have demonstrated financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office. Eligible students must meet one of the following criteria: transfer students, students who are of a non-traditional age to be entering college, students with a dependent other than a spouse, or veterans of the U.S. armed forces. The fund was established by Mathematics and Statistics alumnus Matthew Ciaschini '94 to support non-traditional students in their pursuit of undergraduate education in the natural sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.