Scholarships in United States

Kilbourn-Sawyer Memorial Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 9

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

 

Vermont Police Association: Raymond R. Mooney Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont who will pursue education or training in a field related to emergency services at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Polish Women's Civic Club Scholarship

Award: $3,500, Deadline: July 1

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen/permanent resident and a resident of Illinois with at least one parent of Polish descent. Applicant must be a full-time student attending a Chicago-area accredited college or university for the academic year. Selection is based upon academic ability and financial need. Photograph, financial need form, official transcript, and letters of recommendation are required.

 

Broome & Allen Boys Camp and Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: May 15

Preferences is given to applicants with Sephardic background or those studying Sephardic studies.

 

Dependent Children Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: July 15

Applicant must be a Tennessee resident and United States citizen who is the dependent child of a law enforcement officer, fireman, or emergency medical technical who was killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty while employed in Tennessee. Applicant must be enrolled full-time as an undergraduate student at an eligible Tennessee postsecondary institution. Financial need as determined by FAFSA.

 

Amy Lowenstein Scholarship

Award: $8,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Addison County, VT who will pursue a bachelor's degree at a competitive accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement, financial need and community involvement must be demonstrated.

 

Burlington Veterans' Club Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a high school graduate from a Chittenden County high school who will attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement and financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Vermont State Grange Alice Cossingham Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont pursuing a degree in nursing at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement, financial need and community service must be demonstrated.

 

Jedidiah Zabrosky Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont who will pursue a degree in business or education at a Vermont state college and is currently employed (minimum 10 hours/week). Financial need, community involvement, and minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA required.

 

Ella McKee Student Loan

Award: $1,800, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must have been a resident of Fayette County, IL for the past four years.

 

Vermont Alliance for Arts Education (VAAE) Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a graduating high school senior from Vermont who will pursue a degree in the arts at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need, academic achievement and significant skill and talent in an artistic medium must be demonstrated.

 

Lee A. Lyman Memorial Music Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont pursuing a degree in a music-related field at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement and financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Vermont Hand Crafters, Inc., Artisanship Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont who will pursue a degree in a visual arts field at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement and financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Vermont Lakes and Ponds Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont who will pursue a degree in environmental studies at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Academic achievement, financial need and community service/involvement must be demonstrated.

 

The American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program - 'A Constitutional Speech Contest'

Award: $875, Deadline: January 1

Applicant must compete in and win the High School Constitutional Speech Contest. An oration of eight to ten minutes on some phase of the United States Constitution and a three to five minute oration on an assigned topic drawn at random are required to be presented.

 

Lloyd Carr Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: Early April

Applicant must be a graduate of a Downriver high school who will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall.

 

Frank D. Visceglia Memorial Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 1

Applicant must be a New Jersey resident who has earned the Eagle Scout Award in New Jersey. Preference is given to applicants whose Eagle Scout community service projects are related to the environment and to those with career goals in development-related fields.

 

Western Civilization Fellowship

Award: $20,000, 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 designed to address our culture's loss of memory by supporting at the graduate level the study of the institutions, values, and history of the West. Essay on the theme of liberty and the Western idea is required.

 

Blind Services Association Scholarship Award

Award: $3,000, Deadline: March 31

Applicant must be legally blind and reside in the six-county Chicago area.

 

Symantec Software Scholarship

Award: $10,000, Deadline: March

Applicant must be a resident of Utah attending an in-state high school. Applicant must compete in one of four Utah regional science fairs.

 

Denton and Ann Lyon Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a graduating high school senior residing in Addison County, VT who will attend an accredited school in Vermont approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need, community involvement/service and minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA required.

 

Norwich Women's Club Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Norwich, VT who will attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Taigh Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 9

Applicant must be a resident of Caledonia County, VT who will attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding. Financial need must be demonstrated.

 

Associated General Contractors of Vermont Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 6

Applicant must be a resident of Vermont pursuing education or training in a field related to construction. Financial need must be demonstrated.

 

AWSEF Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen who is a current USA Water Ski member. Applicant must be a sophomore belonging to a 2 to 4 year accredited college. Selection is based upon academic qualifications, leadership, extracurricular involvement, recommendations, and financial need. Applicant must submit a 500 word essay.

 

Law Enforcement Officers Dependents' Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: June 1 (summer, fall); November 1 (spring, summer)

Applicant must be a resident of Arkansas who is the dependent child or spouse (who has not remarried) of a person who was killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty as law enforcement officers in the State of Arkansas or certain Highway and Transportation Department employees. Applicant must be under 23 years of age (except for spouses).

 

Dollars 4 Tic Scholars Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 15

Applicant must be a high school senior entering college or current college student. Minimum 2.5 GPA and letter of diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome are required.

 

American Council of Independent Laboratories Scholarship

Award: $4,000, Deadline: April 4

Awards granted for study only within United States. Applicant must submit a resume or personal statement, two letters of recommendation, transcripts, and information on any other scholarships or grant aid that is currently being received. Selection is based upon applicant's academic achievement, career goals, leadership, and financial need.

 

Community College Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: June 30

Applicant must be a community 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.

 

Walter S. Barr Fellowship

Award: $4,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a resident or qualified former resident of Hampden County, MA. Selection is based upon academic record, full-time enrollment, and financial need.