College Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 1

Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or freshman/sophomore in college. Essay on the following topic is required: "Gaming and Society: How has sexism, violence, and racism in gaming had an effect on society?"

 

My Alarm Center Student Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: July 1

Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or freshman/sophomore in college. Essay on one of the following topics is required: (1) What have been the most impactful advances in home security over the last five years, and how have the advances contributed to public safety? or (2) What is it that initially attracted you to a law enforcement related career, and what do you hope to achieve from this career?

 

$10,000 College Scholarship

Award: $10,000, Deadline: September 30

Applicant must be a high school graduate or current college student who is a former or currently employed (or the spouse or dependent of) uniformed peace officer in the United States who was wounded, disabled, or suffered serious injury in the line of duty. Minimum 30 GPA and essay on the following topic is required: Describe how your service and injury have impacted your outlook on higher education.

 

College Academic Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: June 15

Applicant must fill out a brief application form and a one-page essay covering the following are required: academic background, extracurricular activities, overview on internship or work experience, career aspirations, and plans for how you will use the money.

 

Oz Moving & Storage Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 4

Applicant must be a high school senior or undergraduate college student. Minimum 500 word essay required on the topic of moving.

 

Sports Unlimited Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 20

Applicant must be a high school senior, college freshman, or college sophomore athlete. Essay between 500 and 1,000 words required on the following topic: Describe a time when you've had to overcome adversity to succeed in a sport.

 

JustJobs Scholarship Program

Award: $3,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicant must be a full-time college student enrolled in a school that is registered for JustJob's scholarship program. Complete scholarship application and "liking" JustJob's Facebook page required.

 

Westway Electric Supply Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicant must be a graduating senior in high school or a currently enrolled undergraduate student with an expected graduation no earlier than this December. Applicant must write a persuasive letter to their school's administration encouraging them to adopt energy efficient lighting fixtures in their sports arenas or stadiums and send to the sponsor in order to be considered.

 

CPAP-Supply.com College Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: June 30

Applicant must be a full-time undergraduate student in the United States. A 500- to 1,000-word essay on one of the topics listed on the sponsor's site is required.

 

Entrepreneur's Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 31

Applicant must submit their best business proposal plan for an online business startup that would challenge the likes of Google and Facebook.

 

Future Physicians Scholarship Program

Award: $500, Deadline: October 14

Applicant must be currently attending a college, university, medical school, or specialization school, or will be attending within one year, and has hopes to enter the medical field in the future. Essay required.

 

Future Recreation Management Professionals Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: October 14

Applicant must be currently attending a college, university, medical school, or specialization school, or will be attending within one year, and has hopes to enter the recreation management field in the future. Essay required.

 

Law Student Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: January 31; June 30

Applicant must be a current law student enrolled at a United States or Canadian law school who is experiencing financial difficulties in continuing their studies.

 

Pre-Law Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: January 31; June 30

Applicant must be a student wishing to attend law school in the United States or Canada.

 

Griswold Home Care Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: November 1

Applicant must be pursuing a bachelor's or associate's degree at an accredited college or university. Minimum 3.0 GPA and short essays regarding how applicant provided care/support for another individual are required.

 

Health Professionals and Specializing Physicians Scholarship Program

Award: $500, Deadline: October 14

Applicant must be currently attending a college, university, medical school, or specialization school, or will be attending within one year, and has hopes to enter the medical field in the future. Essay required.

 

Help Desk Software Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 31

Applicant must submit an essay about the potential application of help desk software in the future.

 

ACLS Medical Training Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: December 31

Applicant must be a high school senior or college student. Preference will be given to those currently enrolled in a nationally accredited nursing school, medical school, pharmacy school, dental school, respiratory therapy program, paramedic program, or emergency medical technician program. Essay required.

 

Taylor Gifts $1,000 Academic Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 15

Applicant must be a high school senior or freshman, sophomore, or junior student currently enrolled in a United States college or university. Essay required.

 

Ferrarelle Scholarship Program

Award: $15,000, Deadline: n/a

Applicant must be an M.B.A. student in the Food and Wine Program of Alma Graduate School, the business school of the University of Bologna, Italy. One award will be granted to an American applicant.

 

StraighterLine Partner College Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: May 15

Applicant must complete four StraighterLine courses in order to be eligible for award. Award may be used at one of the following schools: Concordia University - Saint Paul, Excelsior College, Liberty University Online, Colorado State University Global Campus, or Western Governors University.

 

CF Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: June 9

Applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate student living with cystic fibrosis. Selection based upon academic record, extracurricular activities, and creativity.

 

Varsity Tutors $1,000 Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: 15th of each month

Applicant must be a United States citizen who is at least 16 years old. Essay on specific question found on sponsor's website required.

 

Student View Scholarship

Award: $4,000, Deadline: April 20

Applicant must be a legal U.S. citizen and complete online survey about local colleges.

 

The Fred Scheigert Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be a full-time college student with low vision and is expected to attend CCLVI annual meeting.

 

Dr. Sam Genensky Video Magnification Award

Award: -, Deadline: July 1

Applicant must live in the United States and have documented low vision. Three essay questions and one letter of recommendation required. Winner will receive video magnifier.

 

FMAA Scholarship Program

Award: $3,000, Deadline: May 30

Applicant must be a high school senior pursuing a degree. Video explaining what the United States flag means to the applicant required.

 

DSL College Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: August 10

Applicant must be a current high school senior or college student who is a resident of the United States. A blog post explaining the following is required: How you currently use the Internet to further your education and how you plan to use the Internet in your professional career.

 

OneChld Africa Essay Contest

Award: $500, Deadline: May 29

Applicant must be a current high school student in the United States under the age of 19. Essay about applicant's understanding of circumstances facing children in Sub-Saharan Africa is required.

 

AmeriQuest Transportation Services Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 16

Applicant must be a high school senior. Essay about applicant's point of view on driver-less cars is required.