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Award: $2,000, Deadline: June 1
Applicants must be high school seniors or currently enrolled college students. Students will need to submit a 500-1000 word essay describing a hardship they have experienced during their education thus far, the ways in which that hardship affected their life, and the way(s) in which they have learned to overcome this hardship. Selection is based on financial need, academic performance and quality of the written essay. Applicants will need to submit ACT/SAT scores and may be asked to provide a copy of their FAFSA.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: July 1
Applicants must be a high school senior or a freshman/sophomore in college. Students should be currently studying law enforcement, law, criminal justice, or a related field. Applicants will submit a 500-1000 word essay on why they chose a law enforcement related career and what they hope to achieve from their chosen career.
Award: $1,500, Deadline: August 1
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and a college undergraduate to apply. Students must be pursuing a degree in marketing, advertising, public relations and/or business administration. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Students will need to imagine and submit an essay describing a promotion to be put on by one of their favorite brands explaining the underlying strategic value of their idea.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 15
Applicants must be high school seniors or current college students pursuing a degree in Business Administration or other business-related field. Minimum 3.5 GPA required. Students must be U.S. citizens and preference will be given to those who are female, have a disability, or belong to one of the following minority groups: African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian American/Pacific Islander or Native American/American Indian (must provide proof of membership to a tribe). Students must submit an essay on the topic provided. Essay selection will be based on the quality of research, originality and presentation.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: December 15
Applicants must be at least 13 years of age, have a minimum 3.0 GPA and be a U.S. citizen. Students must be studying or planning on studying a medicine related field. Students must be at least a high school senior. AvaCare Medical offers an annual scholarship for an inspiring act of kindness. Selection is based on judge scores as well as public votes. Submission may be in the form of a blog post, an image or a short video clip. Finalists are selected based on content, creativity and quality of work.
Award: $2,500, Deadline: August 31
The ExpressVPN Future of Privacy Scholarship was created to raise awareness around Internet privacy and security. Applicants must submit a 450-600 word essay on one of the following and submit to scholarship@expressvpn.com: 1. We Own the Future: Picture yourself in 2050. How will the evolution of the Internet affect our social structure and/or the authority governments have over citizens? 2. Privacy Advocates: Discuss the logic of this famous quote by Edward Snowden "Arguing that you don't careabout the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." 3. Privacy in Real Life: As you go about your life, think of three ways privacy, or a lack thereof, impact you personally. Would you be better or worse off if the situation were reversed?
Award: $1,000, Deadline: August 10
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen (residents of NY, FL, and RI are ineligible). Students must be enrolled in an accredited post-secondary educational institution or program including, but not limited to, college, university or trade school. Applicants may enter by filling out application available on the website.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: November 16
Applicants must be at least 18 years old and an undergraduate or graduate level student enrolled at an eligible college or university (list on website). Students must submit a vision of how to facilitate the student transition to creative workforce. Submissions can be in any form: video, essay, presentation, etc. Ideas are available online. In addition to winning a $1,000 scholarship, winners will also be granted a 1-3 month internship at the Chicago office. Awarded twice per year.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: September 1
Applicants must be incoming freshmen or current undergraduate student at an accredited 2-year or 4-year college or university in the United States. Minimum 3.0 GPA required. Students will need to submit a 500-word essay on "How can a business balance being philanthropic with being profitable?"
Award: $1,000, Deadline: August 31
Applicants must be at least 13 years of age and can reside anywhere in the world. In addition to the application, students will need to submit a short essay describing a time when they had to translate from Spanish to English or English to Spanish. (Note: The application is in Spanish. You may use the website to translate the application into English.)
Award: $2,000, Deadline: June 1
Applicants must be U.S. citizens, a veteran of the military and pursuing an undergraduate degree. The Foundation understands that not all expenses may be covered through existing government and scholarship aid, and thus will pay a stipend of up to $8,000 ($2,000 per year, renewable for up to 4 years). Minimum 2.5 GPA required.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: September 1
Applicants must be an undergraduate enrolled in a 2-year or 4-year college or university studying or planning to study criminal justice or information technology. Students must be enrolled full time in the fall semester. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required. Applicants will submit via email a 1,000-word-essay on one of the given prompts: How do you envision video surveillance playing a role in your professional and personal life in the next 10 years? What impact do you think your generation will have on video and electronic monitoring in 10 years?
Award: $6,000, Deadline: December 31
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and be enrolled in a college or university program in the fall. Scholarship is for students whose lives have been changed by themselves or someone they love living with either addiction or a mental illness. Applications must include a 500-word essay detailing just how the applicant's life has been changed as a result.
Award: $2,500, Deadline: October 31
Applicants must be a student with a disability, a student enrolling as a health sciences major, or any special education student who is currently attending a secondary school or has been accepted to attend a secondary school, technical college, junior college, 4-year college or University. Students will need to submit an essay on "What medical device, technology, or therapeutic technique do you believe has made the biggest difference in the life (or will make in the future) of a disabled adult or child? Tell us what your chosen device / technology / technique is, and explain how it has/will make a difference." Awarded twice each year.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: July 31
Applicants must be a high school or collegiate student who plans on a career in technology or computer sciences. Scholarships will be awarded based on need in addition to the strength of the student's academic background and demonstrated leadership.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: October 1
Applicants must be legal residents United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older. Students should be currently enrolled (or have been accepted to enroll) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher learning (e.g. trade school, college or university) studying cosmetology. Applicants must submit a brief video of your best looks, skills or beauty tips.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: November 30
Applicant must be a high school senior, undergraduate or graduate student in Canada, the U.S. or the United Kingdom. Special consideration is given to students majoring in English/creative writing, journalism, fashion or design. Applicant must write a 600- to 800-word blog post on a wedding topic.
Award: $500, Deadline: December 1
Applicant must be a certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA) student and must write a 1,000-word essay on the topic provided.
Award: -, Deadline: November 3
Applicants must be college undergraduate students in the area of retail design and planning, visual merchandising, interior design and branding programs. Students will create a design project based on the given information relating to Kroger stores. Application and project details are available online.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: December 31
Applicants must be currently attending an accredited college and studying general animal husbandry or pre-veterinary studies. In addition to the online application form, students will need to submit a 1,000-word-essay highlighting goals for after graduation and how their degree will apply to their future plans.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: July 30
Applicants must be a high-school senior or college level student, enrolled full-time and maintaining a 3.0 or higher GPA. Students must be studying a STEM related field. Selection is based on passion for the STEM field of study, strong moral character and leadership ability. Applications are available online.
Award: $2,500, Deadline: June 15
Applicants must submit a translation of poetry, fiction, drama or literary prose written in a Nordic language by a Scandinavian author born after 1800.
Award: $1,500, Deadline: November 30
Applicant must have suffered a brain injury or have a close family member who has had a brain injury. Applicants must have a minimum 2.75 GPA and be currently enrolled full- or part-time at a four year college. The application includes a 500-word essay on how your brain injury has changed your life, or how having a loved one with a brain injury has impacted your family.
Award: $500, Deadline: September 30
Applicants must be high school seniors or currently enrolled college students who are enrolled, or planning to enroll, in a business or business-related degree program at an accredited college or university in North or South Carolina.
Award: $5,000, Deadline: December 31
Applicants must be legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia and be enrolled in an accredited college or university for the upcoming school year. Students will complete three short-answer questions as well as fulfill a social component using a social media platform. In addition, for every friend referred and that fills out an application, applicants will receive an entry to win a $1,000 scholarship. Three deadlines per year: March, July, and December.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: December 31
Applicants must be attending an institution of higher learning. Students will need to submit an essay of at least 1,000 words on the topic: "How can social media improve breastfeeding rates in the U.S.?" Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.
Award: $250, Deadline: January 31
Applicants must be female students who are are majoring in theology, sociology or anthropology. Applicants will submit a 500+ word essay using the prompt: "In a world that is devastated almost daily by acts of extreme violence in the name of religion or against those of different ethnicity, how can a solid education in theology, anthropology or sociology enable you to promote peace, understanding, tolerance and kindness not only at an academic level, but also in your day to day life?" Essays must be submitted via email to virtuousprom@gmail.com.
Award: $500, Deadline: October 16
Applicants must be currently enrolled at a university. Students will need to use the Blrt app to create a one minute video of their best study tip and post it on a website or blog. Students must then email Blrt with the URL of where the tip was posted.
Award: $1,000, Deadline: Monthly
Applicants must be at least 16 years of age. Students will need to submit a short essay in response to the monthly prompt.
Award: $500, Deadline: December 31
Applicants must be high school seniors or current college students. Minimum 3.0 GPA required. Students must have demonstrated creative abilities or leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular or any other activities. Applicants will submit a 550-650 word essay describing why you decided to pursue a design career and what you plan on contributing to this field after graduation.
