Scholarships in Other Postgraduate-level Study

NAHJ General Scholarships - Ruben Salazar Fund

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicants must be high school seniors, college undergraduate or graduate students who plan to pursue careers in English or Spanish-language broadcast journalism.

 

Family District 1 Scholarships

Award: -, Deadline: April 15

Applicants must be graduating seniors, high school graduates or current undergraduate or graduate students who plan to attend a college or university full-time during the calendar year of application. They must be residents of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee or Florida.

 

Jane Delano Student Nurse Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: May 11

Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited nursing school and be in good academic standing. They must have volunteered with a Red Cross unit at least once within the past five years and have completed at least one academic year of college at the time of application. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Tese Caldarelli Memorial Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: December 31

Students must hold a significant campus leadership position and demonstrate significant leadership skills and abilities. Students must also be making significant contributions through on- or off-campus volunteering. Applicants must also be current undergraduate or graduate students in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, western Pennsylvania or West Virginia and have a minimum 3.0 GPA.

 

Benjamin J. Keiser Memorial Coastal Engineering Scholarship

Award: $3,500, Deadline: May 15

Applicants must be in high school through graduate level studies, have at least a 3.2 GPA, be a U.S. citizen and be pursuing or plan on pursuing a degree in coastal engineering. Selection is based on goals, community service and involvement and academic excellence.

 

Liberty Mutual Safety Research Fellowship Program

Award: $15,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and either have their Ph.D. or be working toward a masters or Ph.D. Preference is given to applicants working within an ABET-accredited safety program. The selection committee prefers applied safety/health research with a broad appeal and gives special consideration to ASSE members. Recipients must spend four to six weeks during the summer at the Liberty Mutual Research Center, in Hopkinton, MA, and write an article on their research or an outline for a grant proposal to continue the research.

 

HSF/Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) Scholarship Program

Award: $10,000, Deadline: March 30

Applicants must be of Latino descent and be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. They must be enrolled full-time at an accredited postsecondary institution located in the U.S. or Puerto Rico. They must be entering a master's degree program or be rising undergraduate sophomores, juniors or seniors. Applicants must be majoring in accounting, business administration, economics, finance, hospitality management, human resources management, international relations, information technology (IT/MIS), management (including supply chain and information systems) or marketing and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a four-point scale. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Olive Lynn Salembier Memorial Reentry Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: February 17

Applicants must be females who have been out of the engineering work force and out of school for a minimum of two years prior to reentry. Applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a four-point scale except for first year reentry. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarships/Internships

Award: $3,000, Deadline: December 1

Scholarships are open to undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in a career as a foreign correspondent. Eligible students must be attending American colleges or universities.

 

Senator Patricia K. McGee Nursing Faculty Scholarship

Award: $20,000, Deadline: June 15

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens and residents of New York for one year or more. They must be registered nurses who are licensed in New York, and they must be accepted into a graduate nursing program at an approved college or university in New York. Students must also agree to four years of service as nursing faculty in the state.

 

AG Bell College Scholarship Program

Award: $10,000, Deadline: March 11

Applicants must have moderate to profound hearing loss since birth or before learning to speak with a hearing loss of 60 dB or greater. Students must use spoken communication as their primary means of communicating and be enrolled in an accredited mainstream university and must also have a minimum unweighted cumulative 3.25 GPA. The TTY phone number is 202-337-5221.

 

Nevada Women's Fund Scholarships

Award: $5,000, Deadline: February 27

Northern Nevada residents and those attending northern Nevada schools receive preference. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited two or four year degree or certifying program, will take a minimum of 6 to 8 credits per semester and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0.

 

Chiropractic Education Assistance Scholarship

Award: $6,000, Deadline: August 15

Applicants must have been Oklahoma residents for at least five years and be enrolled in or accepted to an accredited chiropractic school. They must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0.

 

Adult Skills Education Award

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 30

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolling in a participating career college. Applicants must also either have a high school diploma, GED or pass an Ability to Benefit test. The minimum age requirement for application is 19. Applicants must also complete the NCCT Educational Success Potential Assessment. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Predoctoral Research Training Fellowship

Award: $20,000, Deadline: May 5

Applicants must be full-time graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. degree in neuroscience, physiology, pharmacology, psychology, biochemistry, genetics, nursing, pharmacy or other related areas; have a dissertation research project; have a qualified mentor who can supervise the project and have access to resources to conduct the project. The project must be in the U.S. and its territories. The award is based on the quality of the dissertation project, relevance to epilepsy, the applicant's qualifications, the mentor's qualifications and the quality of the proposed environment.

 

SWE Past Presidents Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: February 17

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and be graduate students or undergraduate sophomores, juniors or seniors. They must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited engineering degree program and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a four-point scale. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Youth Program

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 20

Applicants must be members of the Appaloosa Youth Association or the Appaloosa Horse Club and must attend or plan to attend an institute of higher learning. Students may also be the son or daughter of Appaloosa Horse Club members.

 

Kathryn D. Sullivan Earth and Marine Science Fellowship

Award: $12,000, Deadline: January 23

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and be either full-time graduate students enrolled in an accredited consortium member institution or a successful applicant for full time admission to a Masters or Doctorate program in an accredited consortium member institution. Selection is based on recommendation letters, academic merit, faculty sponsorship and stated academic goals and interests in science, technology and engineering.

 

American Bar Association Law Student Writing Competition

Award: $2,500, Deadline: January 31

The American Bar Association (ABA) sponsors a variety of essay and writing competitions for ABA student members. Applicants must write an article about antitrust and have it published in an ABA-accredited school's law review or journal. Law students currently enrolled or graduating can write eligible articles of general interest to the antitrust law community, such as Civil and Criminal Antitrust Law, Competition Policy, Consumer Protection and International Competition Law. Selection is based on the strength of the essay.

 

National Ten Minute Play Contest

Award: $1,000, Deadline: November 1

Each playwright may only submit one script no more than 10 pages in length that has not been previously submitted. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

 

Carollo Engineers Inc. Scholarship

Award: $10,000, Deadline: January 10

Applicants must be pursuing a masters degree. They must also have an interest in water-energy nexus issues in relation to water, water reuse or wastewater. This is a one-time award. Selection is based upon the overall strength of the application.

 

HDR/Hendry "Bud" Benjes Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: January 10

Applicants must be graduate students working towards master's degrees in the water science industry. Selection is based upon the overall strength of the application. This is a one-time award. Award is presented at the AWWA conference.

 

Hazen and Sawyer Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: January 10

Selection is based upon the applicant's ability to become a leader in research and consulting in the drinking water arena. This is a one-time award. Award is presented at the AWWA conference.

 

Oregon Opportunity Grant

Award: $2,250, Deadline: February 1

Applicants must have financial need and be enrolled at least half-time in an undergraduate program at a participating Oregon college or university. They must be Oregon residents and U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens, and they must be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant.

 

NYS Regents Awards for Children of Deceased and Disabled Veterans

Award: $450, Deadline: June 30

Applicants must have a parent who served in the United States Armed Forces during Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, Vietnam or Korean Conflicts, World War I or II or as a Merchant Seaman during World War II. The parent must be or have been a resident of New York State and have died or suffered a disability of 40 percent or more as a result of service, been classified as missing in action or been a prisoner of war. Students with a parent who has received the expeditionary medal for participation in operations in Lebanon, Grenada or Panama and students born with spina bifida whose parent is a Vietnam Veteran are also eligible.

 

Holly Cornell Scholarship

Award: $7,500, Deadline: January 10

Applicants must be females and/or minorities who have been accepted to or are current master's degree students in engineering. Applications, transcripts, GRE scores, three recommendation letters, statements and course of study are required. The award is based on academics and leadership.

 

NACA Mid Atlantic Higher Education Research Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: September 30

Applicants must be conducting research that will add to the college student personnel knowledge base including projects that focus on campus activities, problems faced by student affairs practitioners and challenges of higher education as they relate to campus activities. High school students are not eligible.

 

Accounting Student Scholarship Program

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicants must be full-time or part-time college student taking at least one accounting course. Selection is based on a random drawing.

 

STEM Scholarship Program

Award: $500, Deadline: January 1

Applicants must be full-time students in a college, university or vocational school program pursuing a degree in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) related field. Students will submit a 500-1,500 word essay on one of the following: how technology affects the future, how electricity has changed the world or how technology has impacted your life.

 

Larson Aquatic Research Support (LARS)

Award: $7,000, Deadline: January 10

Applicants must pursue an advanced (master's or doctoral) degree at an institution of higher education located in Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico, Mexico or the U.S. Applications, resumes, transcripts, GRE scores, three recommendation letters and a course of study are required. Master's students also must submit a statement of educational plans and career objectives or a research plan. Ph.D. students must submit research plans. The master's grant is $5,000, and the doctoral grant is $7,000. The award is based on academics and leadership.