Does the AI decide who gets the fellowship or scholarship?

Your committee decides. FormzoAI scores each application on the criteria you write and shows the sentence behind every score, and reviewers can read the full answers and follow-ups. Nobody is accepted or declined automatically.

Can it tell if an essay was written with ChatGPT?

FormzoAI has no AI detector and labels no essay as AI-written. When an answer could belong to anyone, the chat asks once for something only the applicant knows, like a place, a person or a date, and your rubric can give points for plans the committee can check later. Reviewers read that follow-up answer alongside the essay.

Is it fair to score scholarship applicants with AI?

Every application is scored once against the same written rubric, so the first and the six hundredth get the same reading, however tired your reviewers are. The reason sits beside each score, which also gives you something concrete to say when a declined applicant asks why.

Can a university or public body use it for scholarships?

FormzoAI is built for private foundations, nonprofits, community fellowships and department-level awards. Public bodies deciding on public benefits have extra duties under the EU AI Act, so talk to us before running a public program on it.

How much does one scholarship cycle cost?

The Event Pass is $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 applications, with scoring included. Event Pass Plus is $199 and adds five reviewer seats. Nothing renews. Programs that run all year can use Pro at $49 a month, after a 7-day trial.

Where is applicant data stored, and can we delete it?

In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. You set how long applications are kept, and you can delete any one applicant's answers and files when they ask. Applicants need no account to apply.

For fellowship and scholarship programs

600 essays about “impact”. Find the 12 with a plan.

Applicants answer in a short chat. When an essay could belong to anyone, the chat asks once for a place, a date or a name. Then every application is scored on your committee's rubric, with the reason beside each score.

Fellowship applications

Civic Leaders Fellowship 2027 · made from “Applications for a one-year community fellowship, $15,000 stipend, 12 places, closing March 1”

Their chat

What will you do with your fellowship year?

I want to grow as a leader and make a lasting impact on my community.

Follow-upWhat's one thing you'd have done by month six that we could check?

Run a Thursday tenant clinic at the Eastside library with two volunteer lawyers. 40 families helped with eviction notices by June.

What you get

87/ 100

Scored on your criteria

A named place, partners already lined up, and a number the committee can check in June.

You still make the call.

Example answers, written for this page.

Two weeks before the committee meets.

Three reviewers, 600 essays
Your committee is three volunteers with day jobs. Split the pile three ways and each of them reads 200 personal statements on weekends.
“I want to give back”
Since ChatGPT, half the statements sound the same: grow as a leader, make a lasting impact, give back to my community. The applicant who means it reads like everyone else.
The email asking why
A declined applicant writes to ask what was missing. All you have to go on is a 2 in a reviewer's spreadsheet and nobody remembers why.

From one sentence to committee day.

01
Describe the program in one sentence
“A one-year community fellowship, $15,000 stipend, 12 places, closing March 1.” FormzoAI drafts the questions, eligibility checks and close date, and you edit any of them.
02
Applicants answer in a short chat
They answer on a phone or laptop in their own language, with no account, and attach a CV or transcript as a PDF. When someone writes “make an impact”, the chat asks once what that looks like by month six.
03
Your rubric, applied to every application
Paste the criteria your committee already uses, like community ties or a plan you can check, and weight them. Each application gets one score with the sentence that earned it.

Your committee starts at the top of the list.

Application 1 and application 600 are scored on the same rubric, with the reason written beside each score. Open any one to read the full answers and the follow-up, then export the shortlist to Google Sheets or CSV. The committee decides who gets the award.

Civic Leaders Fellowship 2027 · applications

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Built for one cycle a year and a small committee.

Your rubric, weighted: Community ties 40%, a checkable plan 40%, financial need 20%. Write it the way you'd brief a reviewer, and every score shows the sentence behind it.
One follow-up on vague essays: An answer that could belong to anyone gets one question back asking for a place, a person or a date. Then the chat moves on.
Applicants write in their own language: Applicants answer in theirs and the chat replies in it. Your reviewers read every answer and summary in yours.
CVs and transcripts as files: Ask for a PDF where you need one: a CV, a transcript or a reference letter, kept next to that applicant's answers.
A deadline that closes itself: Set March 1 at 23:59 and the form stops taking applications on time, with a message for anyone who arrives late.
Priced for one cycle: The $79 Event Pass covers 60 days and 3,000 applications with scoring. Event Pass Plus at $199 adds five seats for the committee. Nothing renews.

Fair questions.

Does the AI decide who gets the fellowship or scholarship?: Your committee decides. FormzoAI scores each application on the criteria you write and shows the sentence behind every score, and reviewers can read the full answers and follow-ups. Nobody is accepted or declined automatically.
Can it tell if an essay was written with ChatGPT?: FormzoAI has no AI detector and labels no essay as AI-written. When an answer could belong to anyone, the chat asks once for something only the applicant knows, like a place, a person or a date, and your rubric can give points for plans the committee can check later. Reviewers read that follow-up answer alongside the essay.
Is it fair to score scholarship applicants with AI?: Every application is scored once against the same written rubric, so the first and the six hundredth get the same reading, however tired your reviewers are. The reason sits beside each score, which also gives you something concrete to say when a declined applicant asks why.
Can a university or public body use it for scholarships?: FormzoAI is built for private foundations, nonprofits, community fellowships and department-level awards. Public bodies deciding on public benefits have extra duties under the EU AI Act, so talk to us before running a public program on it.
How much does one scholarship cycle cost?: The Event Pass is $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 applications, with scoring included. Event Pass Plus is $199 and adds five reviewer seats. Nothing renews. Programs that run all year can use Pro at $49 a month, after a 7-day trial.
Where is applicant data stored, and can we delete it?: In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. You set how long applications are kept, and you can delete any one applicant's answers and files when they ask. Applicants need no account to apply.

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600 essays about “impact”. Find the 12 with a plan.

Fellowship applications

Civic Leaders Fellowship 2027 · made from “Applications for a one-year community fellowship, $15,000 stipend, 12 places, closing March 1”

Their chat

What will you do with your fellowship year?

I want to grow as a leader and make a lasting impact on my community.

Follow-upWhat's one thing you'd have done by month six that we could check?

Run a Thursday tenant clinic at the Eastside library with two volunteer lawyers. 40 families helped with eviction notices by June.

What you get

87/ 100

Scored on your criteria

A named place, partners already lined up, and a number the committee can check in June.

You still make the call.

Example answers, written for this page.

Two weeks before the committee meets.

Three reviewers, 600 essays

Your committee is three volunteers with day jobs. Split the pile three ways and each of them reads 200 personal statements on weekends.

“I want to give back”

Since ChatGPT, half the statements sound the same: grow as a leader, make a lasting impact, give back to my community. The applicant who means it reads like everyone else.

The email asking why

A declined applicant writes to ask what was missing. All you have to go on is a 2 in a reviewer's spreadsheet and nobody remembers why.

From one sentence to committee day.

Describe the program in one sentence

“A one-year community fellowship, $15,000 stipend, 12 places, closing March 1.” FormzoAI drafts the questions, eligibility checks and close date, and you edit any of them.

Applicants answer in a short chat

They answer on a phone or laptop in their own language, with no account, and attach a CV or transcript as a PDF. When someone writes “make an impact”, the chat asks once what that looks like by month six.

Your rubric, applied to every application

Paste the criteria your committee already uses, like community ties or a plan you can check, and weight them. Each application gets one score with the sentence that earned it.

Built for one cycle a year and a small committee.

Your rubric, weighted

Community ties 40%, a checkable plan 40%, financial need 20%. Write it the way you'd brief a reviewer, and every score shows the sentence behind it.

One follow-up on vague essays

An answer that could belong to anyone gets one question back asking for a place, a person or a date. Then the chat moves on.

Applicants write in their own language

Applicants answer in theirs and the chat replies in it. Your reviewers read every answer and summary in yours.

CVs and transcripts as files

Ask for a PDF where you need one: a CV, a transcript or a reference letter, kept next to that applicant's answers.

A deadline that closes itself

Set March 1 at 23:59 and the form stops taking applications on time, with a message for anyone who arrives late.

Priced for one cycle

The $79 Event Pass covers 60 days and 3,000 applications with scoring. Event Pass Plus at $199 adds five seats for the committee. Nothing renews.

Fair questions.

Does the AI decide who gets the fellowship or scholarship?: Your committee decides. FormzoAI scores each application on the criteria you write and shows the sentence behind every score, and reviewers can read the full answers and follow-ups. Nobody is accepted or declined automatically.
Can it tell if an essay was written with ChatGPT?: FormzoAI has no AI detector and labels no essay as AI-written. When an answer could belong to anyone, the chat asks once for something only the applicant knows, like a place, a person or a date, and your rubric can give points for plans the committee can check later. Reviewers read that follow-up answer alongside the essay.
Is it fair to score scholarship applicants with AI?: Every application is scored once against the same written rubric, so the first and the six hundredth get the same reading, however tired your reviewers are. The reason sits beside each score, which also gives you something concrete to say when a declined applicant asks why.
Can a university or public body use it for scholarships?: FormzoAI is built for private foundations, nonprofits, community fellowships and department-level awards. Public bodies deciding on public benefits have extra duties under the EU AI Act, so talk to us before running a public program on it.
How much does one scholarship cycle cost?: The Event Pass is $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 applications, with scoring included. Event Pass Plus is $199 and adds five reviewer seats. Nothing renews. Programs that run all year can use Pro at $49 a month, after a 7-day trial.
Where is applicant data stored, and can we delete it?: In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. You set how long applications are kept, and you can delete any one applicant's answers and files when they ask. Applicants need no account to apply.