Scholarships in United States

Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant

Award: $20,000, Deadline: April 18

Applicant must be a United States citizen with a degree in architecture, who is a full-time practitioner, either licensed or unlicensed. Grant encourages travel within North America and overseas in the furtherance of the architectural education and professional development of the recipients. At least one award will be given to an architectural graduate who received their first professional degree at least five years prior to the date of submission.

 

Intelligence and Cyber Studies Scholarships

Award: $5,000, Deadline: November 1

Applicant must be a full-time student in an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting program in a field directly related to the support of United States intelligence or homeland security enterprises, and/or foreign languages. Applicant must be currently enrolled at a two- or four-year accredited college or university in the United States.

 

Green Mountain Water Environment Association Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont who will pursue a degree in a field related to environmental studies at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need, community involvement/service and minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA required.

 

Northeastern Vermont Area Health Education Center Mimi Reardon Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, or Washington County, VT who will pursue education or training in a health-related field. Financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Vermont Feed Dealers and Manufacturers Association Scholarship

Award: $4,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont who will pursue a degree in a field related to agriculture at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding.

 

California Wine Grap Growers Foundation Scholarship

Award: $8,000, Deadline: March 31

Applicant must be a high school senior whose parents or legal guardians are vineyard employees of California winegrape growers. Selection based upon financial need, scholastic ability, community involvement/leadership, and 500 word essay.

 

Ted Kenney-George Vest Memorial Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: July 1

Applicant must be the child of a member of the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters or an affiliated local union who will pursue post-secondary education.

 

Students with Disabilities Endowed Scholarship Honoring Elizabeth Daley Jeffords

Award: $1,500, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont with a documented disability (school 504 of IEP Plan) who will attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Alfred T. Granger Student Art Fund Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a Vermont resident pursuing a degree in architectural engineering, architecture, interior design, lighting design, mechanical drawing, or studio art at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement and financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Franklin H. Isham Memorial Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a Franklin County, VT high school graduate who will attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need and minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA required.

 

Taini Mae Kinney Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Caledonia, Essex, or Orleans County, VT who will pursue education or training in a healthcare field. Financial need and community involvement/service must be demonstrated.

 

Kittredge Coddington Memorial Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont who will pursue a degree in business or a related field at an accredited school in Vermont approved for federal Title IV funding.

 

Vermont DAR Good Citizenship Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont pursuing a degree in the social sciences at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement and financial need must be demonstrated.

 

AGC Education and Research Foundation Graduate Award

Award: $7,500, Deadline: November 15

Applicant must be a college senior enrolled in an ABET or ACCE-accredited (or candidate status) construction or civil engineering program, or possess an undergraduate construction or civil engineering degree from such an accredited program. Applicant must be enrolled or planning to enroll as a full-time student in a construction graduate degree program or part-time student in one of the sponsor's recognized master's programs for the fall term; one full academic year is required to remain in the applicant's schooling. Application, evaluation forms, and transcript are required.

 

New York Financial Writers Association Scholarship

Award: $3,500, Deadline: April 15

Applicant must be attending a school in the New York City metropolitan area and show interest in becoming a business journalist.

 

Eight & Forty Lung & Respiratory Disease Nursing Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: May 15

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, a registered nurse, and be studying in a nursing program with an emphasis on lung and respiratory disease.

 

Richard M. Weaver Fellowship

Award: $15,000, Deadline: January 17

Applicant must be a member of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute who receives The Intercollegiate Review. Applicant must engage in graduate studies for the purpose of teaching at the college level. Those attending pre-professional (medical, law, divinity, business, etc.) schools are ineligible. Award is maintained exclusively for those who will teach, for that profession presents the greatest opportunity to deal with the first concerns of civilization, and thus with its ultimate preservation. Essay on the theme of education and a free society is required.

 

Development Fund for Black Students in Science and Technology Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: June 30

Applicant must be a black U.S. citizen or permanent resident and plan to stay in the U.S. after graduation. Selection is based upon academic achievement, essay, recommendations, and financial need.

 

Applegate/Jackson/Parks Future Teacher Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: December 31

Applicant must be attending an institution of higher learning in the United States. Official transcript of grades from an accredited institution of higher learning in the United States and a 500-word essay on compulsory unionism in education, are required to be submitted. Essays written on subjects unrelated to compulsory unionism in education will not be considered.

 

William B. Ruggles Journalism Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: December 31

Applicants limited to journalism or related majors who are enrolled in accredited institutions of higher learning throughout the United States. Official transcript demonstrating potential for successful completion of the educational requirements in an accredited journalism program and 500-word essay demonstrating an understanding of the principles of voluntary unionism and the economic and social problems of compulsory unionism are required.

 

Frances M. Peacock

Award: $4,000, Deadline: January 15

Selection based upon research project, prior accomplishments, and the appropriateness of reserach topic.

 

STEM Major Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicant must be a United States citizen enrolled at an accredited four-year institution who is enrolled in a degree-granting, graduate-level STEM major (science, technology, engineering, and math) program.

 

VSAC Board of Directors Scholarship (Jon F. Ratti)

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a graduate of Bellows Falls Union, Green Mountain Union, or Springfield High School who will attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement, financial need and school/community involvement must be demonstrated.

 

NDS/Klussendorf Scholarships

Award: $1,500, Deadline: April 15

Applicant must demonstrate leadership, participation in extracurricular activities, and special interest and ability in showing dairy cattle in their best natural form. Official transcript showing all courses required.

 

ODKF Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a United States citizen who is a resident of Hawaii and attending an accredited school full-time. Personal letter of intention, a list of competitive sports and awards, a letter from an athletic coach or trainer, tax return, transcripts, two letters of reference, and a recent photo are required to be submitted.

 

RehabGYM Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont who has overcome a significant physical challenge or illness and will attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Women's Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: July 31

Applicant must be a female college student over the age of 16. Three open-ended, personal, and thought-provoking questions must be answered. Applicants with the most persuasive, compelling, and well-written responses will be considered finalists.

 

Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: July 1

Applicant must have earned 60 or more hours of graded college credit with a cumulative 2.5 GPA. If applicant is enrolled in a post-graduate program in an eligible college or university as a full-time student, applicant must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA on all credits earned in graduate school and be pursuing a graduate degree in forestry, wildlife, or marine science as it pertains to wildlife.

 

Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of one of the following Vermont towns: Andover, Ascutney, Athens, Baltimore, Bellows Falls, Bridge water, Cavendish, Chester, Grafton, Hartland, Londonderry, Ludlow, Perkinsville, Plymouth, Pomfret, Reading, Rockingham, Saxton's River, Springfield, Weathersfield, Westminster, Weston, West Windsor, Windsor, or Woodstock. Applicant must be pursuing a bachelor's degree at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement and community involvement/service must be demonstrated.

 

Carol A. Hurley Memorial Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a graduating from Randolph Area Vocational Center, Whitcomb, Windsor, or Woodstock Union High School who will attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need, community involvement and minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA required.