Scholarships in College Senior

Active Life Scholarship to Tackle Your Weakness

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 31

Applicants must be high school or college students age 15 years old or older. Applicants must be able to identify a weakness and willing to take action to improve it. This award may be used at any college to study any subject as well as for books and room and board.

 

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.

 

ASLA Council of Fellows Scholarships

Award: $5,000, Deadline: February 15

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. They must be in the third, fourth or fifth year of a Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB)-accredited undergraduate degree program in landscape architecture. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

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.

 

Lockheed Martin Corporation Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: May 15

Applicants must be undergraduate students who are majoring in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering and electrical engineering. Students must have a minimum 3.2 GPA. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Honeywell International Inc. Scholarships

Award: $5,000, Deadline: February 15

Applicants must be female U.S. citizens. They must be rising undergraduate sophomores, juniors or seniors and must plan to major in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, architectural engineering, aerospace engineering, industrial engineering or materials science and engineering. Applicants must demonstrate financial need. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application. Minimum 3.5 GPA required.

 

Access to Better Learning and Education Grant Program

Award: -, Deadline: Varies

Applicants must be Florida residents for at least a year and first-time undergraduate students enrolled in degree programs (except theology or divinity degrees). Applicants must meet Florida's general state aid eligibility requirements and enroll in at least 12 credit hours per semester. Award renewable for up to nine semesters. Participating institutions determine application procedures, deadlines and student eligibility. Award amount determined by the Legislature in the General Appropriation Act each year.

 

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.

 

Fund for American Studies Internships

Award: -, Deadline: Varies

There are programs in comparative political and economic systems, political journalism, business and government, philanthropy and international institutes. Each program includes classes, an internship and special events. Students live in on-campus housing at George Washington University or in furnished apartments in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Each student takes 3-9 credit hours in courses at George Mason University in addition to interning 30-35 hours per week. Summer and school-year programs are available.

 

United Parcel Service Scholarship for Minority Students

Award: $4,000, Deadline: November 15

Applicants must be full-time undergraduate minority students enrolled in a college in the United States, Canada or Mexico with an accredited industrial engineering program, have at least a 3.4 GPA, major in industrial engineering and be active members. Students may not apply directly for this scholarship and must be nominated. The award is based on academic ability, character, leadership, potential service to the industrial engineering profession and financial need.

 

C.B. Gambrell Undergraduate Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: November 15

Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students who have completed their freshman year in an accredited industrial engineering program, have a minimum 3.4 GPA, major in industrial engineering and be active members. Students may not apply directly for this scholarship and must be nominated. The award is based on academic ability, character, leadership, potential service to the industrial engineering profession and financial need.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Ecolab Scholarship Competition

Award: $2,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicants must be enrolled or intend to enroll full-time in a two- or four-year U.S. college or university.

 

Harold and Inge Marcus Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: November 15

Applicants must be undergraduate industrial engineering students who have been formally nominated for the award by their industrial engineering department heads. They must be full-time students who are active IIE members in good standing and must have an undergraduate GPA of 3.4 or higher on a four-point scale. Selection is based on academic achievement, integrity, financial need and potential contribution to the industrial engineering field.

 

William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant

Award: $3,000, Deadline: Varies

Applicants must attend an eligible private, nonprofit Florida college or university, be Florida residents and not be in default on any state or federal grant, loan or scholarship. Requirements vary by institution.

 

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.

 

Vitality Medical's Student Disability Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: September 15

Applicants must be a high school senior or currently enrolled undergraduate student. Students should be 16 years old or older and have at least a 3.0 GPA. Applicants do not have to have a disability to enter. A poem and personal statement on how using disability aids have added vitality to your life are required.

 

Frame My Future Scholarship Contest

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicants must be high school seniors or otherwise eligible for graduation in the school year of application or current college students. They must plan to enroll in college full-time the following academic year. Applicants must be residents of the United States, including APO/FPO addresses but excluding Puerto Rico. Employees of Church Hill Classics and affiliated companies, their family members and individuals living in the same household are not eligible. A photograph, collage, poem, drawing, painting, graphic design piece, short typed explanation or other creative entry is required to demonstrate what the applicants want to achieve in their personal and professional life after college.

 

South Carolina Tuition Grants Program

Award: $3,100, Deadline: June 30

Students must be legal residents of South Carolina with financial need. High school seniors must graduate in the top 75 percent of their class or score a minimum of 900 on the SAT or 19 on the ACT. College applicants must complete and pass a minimum of 24 semester hours each year.

 

Active Life Scholarship for Financial Literacy

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 30

Applicants must be current college or graduate school students. Applicants must be committed to increasing their financial literacy skills and adopt positive habits for managing personal finances. Award can be used at any college to study any major as well as for books and living expenses.

 

Lori Rhett Memorial Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: September 30

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and have a minimum GPA of 2.5. Students must hold a significant campus leadership position and demonstrate significant leadership skills and abilities. Applicants must also be making significant contributions through on- or off-campus volunteering and must attend school in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon or Washington.

 

Garland Duncan Scholarships

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicants must be ASME student members, be enrolled in an eligible accredited mechanical engineering baccalaureate program, have strong academic performance and be college sophomores, juniors or seniors. Selection is based on character, integrity, leadership, scholastic ability, potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession and financial need.

 

John and Elsa Gracik Scholarships

Award: $2,500, Deadline: March 1

Applicants must be ASME student members, enrolled in an eligible accredited mechanical engineering baccalaureate program and be U.S. citizens. Selection is based on scholastic ability, financial need, character, leadership and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession.

 

Maria Elena Salinas Scholarship Program

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicants must be high school seniors, undergraduates or first-year graduate students who plan to pursue careers in journalism in Spanish-language television or radio. The award includes an opportunity to intern with the news division of Univision or an affiliate. Applicants must write an essay in Spanish outlining their career goals and provide Spanish-language samples of their work.

 

AIB Scholarships

Award: -, Deadline: May 1 and November 1

Applicants must be self-sponsored or not employed by a baking industry employer who will pay for the course.

 

Medger Evers Award

Award: -, Deadline: March 15

This award honors the slain civil rights leader. Nominator should be a member of NABCJ.