Scholarships in United States

Law Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 1

Applicant must be a current undergraduate student at an accredited college or university in the United States who has aspirations to go to law school. Minimum 3.0 GPA and response to the following question is required: What do you hope to accomplish with a law degree?

 

Pastors' Grant

Award: $500, Deadline: n/a

Applicant must be a full-time freshman student who is an active member of a Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Letter of recommendation from pastor is required.

 

TELACU Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: February 28

Applicant must be a first generation college student from a low-income family in California, Texas, Illinois, or New York. California applicants must be a permanent resident of an underserved community within the counties of Los Angeles, Orange or San Bernardino, such as East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, Baldwin Park, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Huntington Park, City of Los Angeles, Montebello, Ontario, Pico Rivera, Pomona, South Gate, Santa Ana, and San Bernardino. Texas applicants must be a permanent resident of San Antonio or Austin. Illinois applicants must be a permanent resident of Greater Chicagoland Area. New York applicants must be a permanent resident of the state of New York. Minimum 2.5 GPA and financial need based on FAFSA required.

 

LEAD Scholarship

Award: $6,000, Deadline: January 29

Applicant must be a student who has developed a personal understanding of their own ethnic background and has engaged in activities that promote multi-ethnic awareness, learning, and celebration within the context of the United States. Minimum 3.0 high school GPA and/or minimum 2.5 transfer GPA required.

 

Health Scholarships

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 30

Applicant must be a current student in the United States or Canada with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Essay on the following question is required: If you could, what, if any, changes to programs, policies and education etc. would you implement for the general health/well being of the average modern person?

 

CSHEMA Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 31

Applicant must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student in the United States who is enrolled in a major geared toward an environmental health/safety career (such as, but not limited to, environmental science, fire protection, health physics, industrial engineering, industrial hygiene, occupational health, safety, etc.). Minimum 2.5 GPA required.

 

Adobe Youth Voices Scholarships

Award: -, Deadline: March 3

Applicant must be a high school senior or college freshman who participated in the Adobe Youth Voices Program. Applicant must be accepted into or continuing in an accredited post-secondary degree or certificate program in a creative field or in a field through which they will apply creative skills to advance global citizenship and social justice issues. Minimum 3.0 GPA required.

 

Oratorical Contest Scholarship

Award: $1,100, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must be a winner of the Virginia Department oratorical contest and attend high school in Virginia.

 

Paul Antonich Scholarship Fund

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be a graduating senior male from Duluth Denfield or Duluth East High School who participated in track and/or cross-country.

 

North Dakota Indian Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: July 15

Applicant must be an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe and a resident of North Dakota who has been accepted for admission at an institution of higher learning or state vocational program within North Dakota. Full-time enrollment and minimum 2.0 GPA required.

 

Nathaniel A. Murray Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a male high school senior enrolled in a Washington, DC, public high school or charter school who is planning to attend a two- or four-year college or university. Minimum 2.5 GPA and involvement in school and community required.

 

Upakar Foundation Indian American Community College Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicant must be a United States citizen or permanent resident who was born in or has a parent born in the Republic of India. Applicant must be a graduating high school senior in the United States who is actively seeking enrollment in a two-year community college in the United States with the intent to transfer and graduate from a four-year college or university. Minimum cumulative 3.6 GPA and 2013 Family Adjusted Gross Income on the IRS form 1040, 1040EZ or 1040A of less than $75,000 required.

 

Technology Addiction Awareness Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: January 31

Applicant must be a high school, college, graduate, or home schooled student who is a U.S. citizen or legal resident. A 140-character message about technology addiction is required to apply. The top 10 applications will be selected as finalists; finalists will be asked to write a full length 500- to 1,000-word essay about technology addiction. Only online applications are accepted.

 

Don't Text and Drive Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: September 30

Applicant must be a high school, college, graduate, or homeschooled student who is a U.S. citizen or legal resident. A 140-character message about texting while driving is required to apply. The top 10 applications will be selected as finalists; finalists will be asked to write a full length 500- to 1,000-word essay about texting while driving. Only online applications are accepted.

 

Digital Privacy Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: June 30

Applicant must be a high school, college, graduate, or homeschooled student who is a U.S. citizen or legal resident. A 140-character message about digital privacy is required to apply. The top 10 applications will be selected as finalists; finalists will be asked to write a full length 500- to 1,000-word essay about digital privacy. Only online applications are accepted.

 

E-Waste Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicants must be a high school, college, graduate or home schooled students. There is no age limit. Students must also be a U.S. citizen or legal resident. A 140-character message about e-waste is required to apply. The top 10 applications will be selected as finalists; finalists will be asked to write a full length 500- to 1,000-word essay about e-waste. Only online applications are accepted.

 

FIDM National Scholarship Competition

Award: -, Deadline: April 30

Applicant must be a United States citizen who is a high school senior, graduate, or college transfer student with an interest in fashion, interior design, graphic design, fashion design, visual design, or digital media.

 

My FIDM Fashion Club Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: n/a

Applicant must be a United States citizen who is a high school junior or senior. Active membership in an Official FIDM Fashion Club is required. Award minimum granted to senior applicants; award maximum awarded to junior applicants.

 

Cache Scholarship Contest

Award: $4,500, Deadline: April 30

Applicant must be a United States citizen who is a high school senior with an interest in fashion. Prom contest entry form, essay about prom fashion trends, and Pinterest board about a dream career are required. Award is to attend the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM).

 

FIDM Fashion Club Presidential Scholarship

Award: $4,000, Deadline: n/a

Applicant must be a high school senior and president of a FIDM Fashion Club.

 

FIDM Fashion Club Active Member Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: n/a

Applicant must be a high school junior or senior who is an Official FIDM Fashion Club student member and has attended at least eight FIDM Fashion Club meetings during the academic year.

 

Incight Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a resident of Oregon, Washington, or California who is a full-time undergraduate or graduate student with a documented disability.

 

Scholarship Essay Contest

Award: $250, Deadline: March 1

Applicants must be current high school freshmen, sophomores or juniors attending a high school or who are home-schooled. Students must write an essay on the topic, "You have been invited to talk to the future U.S. Secretary of Education. What would you say?" Selection is based on content, originality, clarity, insight and writing quality.

 

AICPA Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a legal minority U.S. citizen who is a full-time student interested in becoming a CPA. Completing at least 30 semester hours, minimum 3.0 GPA, financial need, and AICPA student affiliate membership required.

 

John L. Carey Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a full-time student who has obtained a liberal arts or other non-business undergraduate degree and has earned 12 credits or less in accounting or business. Applicant must be pursuing their CPA. Two essays are required.

 

AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students

Award: $12,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a minority full-time student who has applied to a doctoral program or has been accepted to a doctoral program and plans to pursue the CPA exam.

 

The Law Office of Bradley R. Corbett Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: July 15

Applicant must be a United States citizen who is a full-time college/university student at a school in the United States. Selection is based upon the applicant who submits the best overall essay on one of the following topics: (1) How will you further benefit our society by obtaining a degree?; (2) Why is there a high correlation between the level of education attained by an incarcerated person and his or her recidivism rate?; or (3) How does education help break the cycle of poverty?

 

High School Senior Scholarship Contest

Award: $2,000, Deadline: April 2

Applicant must be a legal U.S. citizen who is a high school senior. Applicant is required to read the "Fire Sprinkler Essay" and take a 10-question test.

 

Beyond the Boroughs Scholarship

Award: $20,000, Deadline: April 7

Applicant must be a high school senior or college student who resides in a low-income household. Minimum 2.5 GPA and involvement in extra-curricular activities/work required.

 

Great Lakes National Scholarship Program

Award: $2,500, Deadline: n/a

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen who is a high school senior, college, or graduate student who plans to enroll full-time in a science, technology, engineering or math program. Minimum 2.75 GPA and demonstrated financial need is required.