Undergraduate Transfer Nominator FAQs

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions for Nominators

Thank you for your willingness to serve as the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program's faculty representative and coordinate the nomination process on your campus.

We encourage you to solicit candidate recommendations from directors of honors programs and faculty in various departments. Campuses often establish informal committees to recruit and prepare candidates for the competition. To help you publicize the program, a poster and press release are available on the website. Please forward the poster and press release to your public relations office or public information department and circulate it to your student newspaper(s), faculty bulletin, campus newsletter, and other on- or off-campus publications.

It is very important that each institution establish an internal deadline for the student to have their application completed, and to have all nominations submitted prior to the December 5, 2012, deadline. Faculty Representatives can view an application as soon as it is 'Started,' but will not be able to nominate until all pieces of the application have been submitted.


What is the deadline for submission of all 2013 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship online nominations?
Each two-year college may designate a campus application deadline several weeks prior to the Foundation's deadline in order to conduct an internal review of the applicants for that college.  The online application with uploaded supplemental documentation and the faculty representative online nomination must be submitted by December 5, 2012.


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What procedure do I use if I am no longer the appointed JKCF Faculty Representative?
As soon as you are aware that you will no longer serve as the appointed JKCF Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Faculty Representative at your institution, please contact us at 1-855-509-5253 or email scholarships@jkcf.org with the following information:  

  • Name of the newly appointed JKCF Faculty Representative
  • His/Her email address
  • Institution Name

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Where do I go to access the Faculty Representative portal?

Please follow this link to access the Faculty Representative portal.  Click on the Admin Login link at the top right of the page and enter the Login Id and Password that you received via email from the Foundation.

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How do I receive my login information?

The Foundation send an email in mid-October to all Faculty Representatives containing the Login Id and Password for the Faculty Representative portal.  If you did not receive this email, please contact us to request your login information.

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Which supporting documents are students required to submit?
The applicant's official transcripts, tax forms, and parental tax forms (if applicable) must be uploaded in approved formats within the online application. 

Required to upload into online application:

  • Official high school transcript(s), GED scores, or letter from Home-school Instructor (front and back of each page)
  • Official college transcript(s) for All undergraduate coursework (front and back of each page)
  • Applicant Tax Forms
  • Parent Tax Forms - required only for students 29 years old and younger as of the application deadline
Follow-up information on some applications may require the submission of the Student Aid Report (SAR) from the 2013-14 FAFSA – please encourage your nominees to complete the FAFSA when it becomes available in January 2013. 

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How do I make notes on a certain student's application?
You will find a comments box at the top of the student's application.  You may make any comments in this box.

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Will the student be able to view any comments that I make?
No, the student will not be able to view any comments that are made. These comments are for the faculty representative's use only. These comments cannot be viewed by anyone but the faculty representative.

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Can a student log back into their application and change information in their application once it has been completed and reviewed by the faculty representative?
No, once the student submits their application it is "locked".  If the student wishes to make changes after they submit the application, they must contact us to request that the application is unlocked.  No changes will be accepted after December 5, 2012. 

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How many students can the two-year institution nominate?
Each two-year institution can nominate between two and four students for the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship as shown in the table below.  The number of nominees for each institution is determined by the number of students enrolled in degree programs at the two-year institution. 

Here are the guidelines the Foundation will use in determining how many applicants your two-year institution may nominate:

Number of Students Enrolled in Degree Programs Number of Nominations
Up to 2,000 2
2,001 to 10,000 3
10,000 and above 4



Can a student submit an application directly to the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Selection Committee?
No, the system will not permit the student to do the final submission of their application. The student can only be nominated if the faculty representative completes and submits the nominator form to nominate the student. The status of the student's application will then be changed to 'Nominated.'

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Who do I contact with additional questions?

Please call us at 1-855-509-5253 or email us at scholarships@jkcf.org. 

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