Scholarships in College Senior

Fulbright Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: October 19

Applicant must hold a B.A. degree or equivalent before the beginning date of the grant and be in good health. Preference is given to an applicant whose higher education was received primarily by universities in the United States and who has not lived in the country to where he or she is applying for more than six months. Applicant must also have sufficient proficiency in the written and spoken language of the country to which he or she is applying.

 

Transfer Award

Award: $2,500, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be an undergraduate transfer student in good standing with previous university. FAFSA must be completed and filed.

 

Transfer Merit Award

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be an undergraduate transfer student with high academic standing.

 

James Madison Fellowship

Award: $12,000, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must be a teacher or plan to be a teacher of American history, American government or social studies at the secondary school level.

 

National Science Foundation Fellowship

Award: $30,000, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must be in the early stages of graduate study.

 

Pashcal Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: February 15 (priority)

Applicant must be a female student who is enrolled full-time and has declared a major in computer science, mathematics, chemistry, biology, or engineering. Entering freshmen Scholars must have a minimum combined SAT Reasoning score of 1050 with at least a 550 on the quantitative portion (or equivalent ACT score) and a minimum 3.0 GPA. Financial need and FAFSA required.

 

Transfer Scholarship - Phi Theta Kappa

Award: $5,000, Deadline: February 15 (priority)

Students who are members of Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society for two-year colleges, and have at least 30 hours of transfer credit are eligible to receive Meredith's Phi Theta Kappa scholarship.

 

Athletic Grant-In-Aid

Award: -, Deadline: None

Applicant must be an athlete.

 

Performance Grant-in-Aid

Award: -, Deadline: None

Applicant's training and ability must enable them to function effectively in the college's band or choir.

 

Addie Cannon-Sloan Memorial Emergency Fund

Award: -, Deadline: None

Applicant must have a valid emergency and be in need of a short term loan

 

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must have demonstrated character, scholarship, talent, and be in need of financial aid.

 

United Negro Fund Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: None

Applicant must have demonstrated financial need.

 

Army and Air Force ROTC College Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a member of AROTC or AFROTC and show academic ability and leadership potential

 

Institute of Management Accountants-Birmingham Chapter

Award: $500, Deadline: None

Applicant must submit FAFSA application

 

Miles College Birmingham Alumni Association Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be in dire need of financial aid who possesses desirable qualities of character, leadership, and citizenship

 

Miles College Detroit Alumni Association Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be in need of financial aid and show academic promise.

 

Johnny Morrow Memorial Book Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: None

Applicant must have demonstrated financial need for the purchase of textbooks.

 

Academic Scholarship

Award: $7,000, Deadline: September 1

Applicant must have strong standardized test scores or, if applicant is a transfer student, a strong college GPA. Applicant must either be an incoming first-time student or a transfer student

 

Milligan College Grant

Award: $3,000, Deadline: September 1

Applicant must demonstrate financial need

 

Dean's List Award

Award: $500, Deadline: Open

Applicant must be a returning full-time student who has completed at least two semesters and earned at least a 3.5 GPA.

 

Phil A. Wall Memorial Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Returning full-time honor roll student. Outstanding character and zeal for ministry.

 

Area Outstanding Student Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: September 1

Applicant must have a strong GPA and individual promise in his or her designated major

 

Athletic Scholarship

Award: $13,000, Deadline: September 1

Applicant must have been selected by the coach

 

College Personnel Grant

Award: -, Deadline: September 1

Applicant must be employed by the College for at least one year and their dependents.

 

Milligan College Work-Study Employment

Award: $1,640, Deadline: September 1

Applicant must be a full-time student who desires to have a job.

 

Tennessee Teaching Scholars Loan Forgiveness Program

Award: $4,500, Deadline: April 15

Applicant must be admitted to a Tennessee postsecondary institution for a teacher education program

 

Minority Teaching Fellows Loan Forgiveness Program

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 15

Loan forgiveness program has an employment obligation.

 

Christa McAuliffe Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a full-time student admitted to a teacher education program at a Tennessee post secondary institution

 

Dependent Children Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: July 15

Applicant must be enrolled full-time at a Tennessee postsecondary institution. Applicant must be dependent of law enforcement officers, firemen or emergency medical technicians who were killed or disabled in the line of duty while employed in Tennessee.

 

Federal Pell Grant

Award: $4,310, Deadline: September 1

Applicant must submit a FAFSA application