Standard Name: Scholarship Program Exchange Demographic Criteria List
Standard ID: NSPA-SPE-DC-1.0-1
Issued By: NSPA
Version: 1.0d-1 (Initial Release Version)
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Obsoleted By: --

Overview

The purpose of the NSPA-SPE-DC list is to define and standardize values used to refer unambiguously to demographic criteria in the context of scholarship eligibility and applications.

Usage

In the Scholarship Exchange, demographic criteria includes coding for concepts such as gender, ethnicity, race, heritage, and ancestry. These values are inclusive of how eligibility criteria are actually stated today by program providers, and we work hard to minimize offense. Awkwardly, this well-meaning effort to connect scholars with opportunities for which they might be eligible causes unintended offense — with an ideal scholarship candidate sometimes objecting to the terms used by a program in describing their eligibility.

Gender

Gender is defined as how an individual identifies with male and female characteristics in their social construct. This may or may not align with one’s biological sex. A person’s gender is separate from their sexual orientation.

Race

Race is explained as “a division of mankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize it as a distinct human type”. Race(s) are self-identifiable and individuals can identify with more than one. The current list entries are harmonized with the U.S. Census Bureau list of races.

Ancestry

Ancestry refers to one’s heritage or line of descent. Individuals may identify with more than one ancestry. The primary values from this list were based on scholarships actually seen, but normalized against the most common entries in the U.S. Census Bureau last of ancestries.

References

In an effort to be inclusive and comprehensive, the following information was referenced for the code list:

The code list aligns with the values used by the U.S. Census Bureau for consistency and standardization purposes.

List of Demographic Criteria Codes

DemographicDemographicRaceDemographic

Criterion	Category	Subcategory	Demographic Program	Demographic Hierarchy	Synonym List
Gender	Male	Gender \| MaleDemographic
Gender	Female	Gender \| Female
Demographic	Gender	Intersex	Gender \| Intersex	Demographic	Gender	Non-binary
Gender \| Non-binary	Demographic	Gender	Transgender Male to Female	Gender \| Transgender Male to Female	Demographic	Gender	Transgender Female to Male	Gender Transgender Woman \| Trans Woman
Gender \| Transgender Female to Male
Demographic	Gender	Other	Gender \| Other	Demographic
Gender Identity	Transgender	Gender Identity \| Transgender	Demographic	Gender Identity	Genderqueer
Gender Identity \| Genderqueer	DemographicNon-binary
Gender Identity	Other	Gender Identity \| Other
Demographic	Sexual Orientation	Lesbian	Sexual Orientation \| LesbianDemographic
Sexual Orientation	Gay	Sexual Orientation \| GayDemographic
Sexual Orientation	Bisexual	Sexual Orientation \| Bisexual	Demographic
Sexual Orientation	Asexual	Sexual Orientation \| Asexual	Demographic	Sexual Orientation	Other
Sexual Orientation \| Other
Race	American Indian or Alaska Native	Race \| American Indian or Alaska Native	Demographic
Race	Alaska Native	Race \| Alaska Native	Demographic	Race	American Indian
Race \| American IndianDemographic
Race	Asian	Race \| AsianDemographic
Race	Black or African American	Race \| Black or African American	Demographic
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	Race \| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	Demographic
Race	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	Native Hawaiian	Race \| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander \| Native Hawaiian
Demographic	Race	White	Race \| White
Demographic	Ancestry	Albanian	Ancestry \| Albanian	Demographic	Ancestry
Arabic	Ancestry \| Arabic	Demographic	Ancestry	Armenian
Ancestry \| Armenian	Demographic	Ancestry
Austrian	Ancestry \| Austrian
Demographic	Ancestry	Belgian	Ancestry \| BelgianDemographic
Ancestry	Brazilian	Ancestry \| Brazilian	Demographic	Ancestry	British
Ancestry \| BritishDemographic
Ancestry	Bohemian	Ancestry \| Bohemian	Demographic	Ancestry	Cambodian
Ancestry \| CambodianDemographic
Ancestry	Cherokee	Ancestry \| Cherokee	Demographic	Ancestry	Chinese
Ancestry \| Chinese
Demographic	Ancestry	Colombian	Ancestry \| Colombian	Demographic	Ancestry	Croatian
Ancestry \| Croatian	Demographic	Ancestry	Cuban
Ancestry \| Cuban
Demographic	Ancestry	Czech	Ancestry \| Czech	Czechoslovakian	Demographic
Ancestry	Danish	Ancestry \| Danish
Demographic	Ancestry	Dominican	Ancestry \| Dominican	Demographic	Ancestry	Dutch
Ancestry \| DutchDemographic
Ancestry	Egyptian	Ancestry \| Egyptian
Demographic	Ancestry	English	Ancestry \| EnglishDemographic
Ancestry	Ecuadorian	Ancestry \| Ecuadorian	Demographic	Ancestry	Filipino
Ancestry \| FilipinoDemographic
Ancestry	Fijian	Ancestry \| Fijian	Demographic	Ancestry	Finnish
Ancestry \| Finnish
Demographic	Ancestry	French	Ancestry \| French	Demographic	Ancestry	German
Ancestry \| German	Demographic	Ancestry	Greek
Ancestry \| Greek	Demographic	Ancestry	Guatemalan
Ancestry \| Guatemalan	Demographic	Ancestry
Guyanese	Ancestry \| Guyanese
Demographic	Ancestry	Haitian	Ancestry \| Haitian	Demographic
Ancestry	Hmong	Ancestry \| HmongDemographic
Ancestry	Honduran	Ancestry \| Honduran	Demographic	Ancestry	Hungarian
Ancestry \| HungarianDemographic
Ancestry	Irish	Ancestry \| Irish	Demographic	Ancestry	Italian
Ancestry \| Italian	Demographic	Ancestry	Jamaican
Ancestry \| JamaicanDemographic
Ancestry	Japanese	Ancestry \| JapaneseDemographic
Ancestry	Jewish	Ancestry \| Jewish
Demographic	Ancestry	Korean	Ancestry \| Korean	Demographic
Ancestry	Laotian	Ancestry \| Laotian	Demographic	Ancestry	Lebanese
Ancestry \| Lebanese
Demographic	Ancestry	Libyan	Ancestry \| Libyan	Demographic	Ancestry
Lithuanian	Ancestry \| Lithuanian	Demographic	Ancestry
Mexican	Ancestry \| Mexican	Mexicano \| Mexican American
Demographic	Ancestry	Nicaraguan	Ancestry \| Nicaraguan	Demographic
Ancestry	Nigerian	Ancestry \| NigerianDemographic
Ancestry	Norwegian	Ancestry \| Norwegian	Demographic	Ancestry	Pakistani
Ancestry \| PakistaniDemographic
Ancestry	Panamanian	Ancestry \| Panamanian
Demographic	Ancestry	Pennsylvania German	Ancestry \| Pennsylvania German	Demographic
Ancestry	Peruvian	Ancestry \| Peruvian	Demographic	Ancestry	Polish
Ancestry \| Polish	Demographic	Ancestry	Portuguese
Ancestry \| PortugueseDemographic
Ancestry	Puerto Rican	Ancestry \| Puerto Rican	Demographic	Ancestry	Romanian
Ancestry \| RomanianDemographic
Ancestry	Russian	Ancestry \| Russian
Demographic	Ancestry	Scottish	Ancestry \| Scottish	Demographic	Ancestry	Salvadoran
Ancestry \| SalvadoranDemographic
Ancestry	Samoan	Ancestry \| SamoanDemographic
Ancestry	Serbian	Ancestry \| Serbian
Demographic	Ancestry	Slovak	Ancestry \| Slovak	Demographic
Ancestry	Slovene	Ancestry \| Slovene	Demographic	Ancestry	Somalian
Ancestry \| Somalian
Demographic	Ancestry	South Asian	Ancestry \| South Asian
Ancestry	South Asian	Afghani	Ancestry \| South Asian \| AfghaniDemographic
Ancestry	South Asian	Indian	Ancestry \| South Asian \| Indian	Demographic	Ancestry	South Asian
Iranian	Ancestry \| South Asian \| Iranian	Demographic	Ancestry	South Asian	Nepali
Ancestry \| South Asian \| Nepali
Demographic	Ancestry	Spanish	Ancestry \| Spanish	Spanish American \| Spaniard	Demographic	Ancestry	Sudanese
Ancestry \| Sudanese	Demographic	Ancestry	Swedish
Ancestry \| Swedish
Demographic	Ancestry	Swiss	Ancestry \| Swiss	Demographic
Ancestry	Syrian	Ancestry \| Syrian
Demographic	Ancestry	Taiwanese	Ancestry \| Taiwanese	Demographic	Ancestry	Thai
Ancestry \| ThaiDemographic
Ancestry	Trinidadian	Ancestry \| Trinidadian
Demographic	Ancestry	Turkish	Ancestry \| TurkishDemographic
Ancestry	Ukrainian	Ancestry \| Ukrainian	Demographic	Ancestry	Vietnamese
Ancestry \| VietnameseDemographic
Ancestry	Welsh	Ancestry \| Welsh	Demographic	Ancestry	Yemeni
Ancestry \| Yemeni
Demographic	Ancestry	Yugoslavian	Ancestry \| Yugoslavian	Demographic	Ethnicity	Hispanic
Ethnicity \| Hispanic	Demographic	Other	Other
Other \| Other

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