Even though Calvin Johnson was a hated foe in the 2006 ACC Championship Game, he is doing some great things in the Detroit community. Notably, Johnson is offering six scholarships through the Calvin Johnson Jr. Foundation. The deadline for this scholarship is May 25, 2012 and students are encouraged to e-mail the scholarship committee (cjjrf81@yahoo.com) for applications. To be eligible for this scholarship students must be student athletes and a [...]
The Bruce Lee Foundation is offering its annual scholarship to “provide a financial award of $1,000.00 to one or more students who understand, appreciate and exemplify Bruce Lee’s passion for education as well as his qualities of honest expression, forward thought, self-exploration, and assertiveness.” The scholarships are available to high school students (age 16 and older) who will be attending/are already attending a two-year college, four-year university, or licensed trade and vocational [...]
Today’s scholarship is the B. Davis Scholarship which is brought to us by the sponsors of the website Student Award Search Aid. This scholarship is worth $1,000 and is for students who are enrolled in any post secondary institution (community college, vocational school, two or four-year college/university, graduate school all apply). Additionally, students who are high school juniors and high school seniors are eligible. This is a really simple scholarship–entries are judged [...]
The 2012 AFSA Second Chance Scholarship Program is currently being offered to U.S. citizens or legal residents who have a high school diploma, GED or the equivalent by the American Fire Sprinkler Association. Financial need is not taken into consideration for this scholarship contest. 3 $1,000 scholarships will be awarded through this contest. This scholarship is convenient in that no essay is required. Instead, just read the “Fire Sprinkler Essay” (pdf) or (html) about automatic fire [...]
Today’s scholarship was one that we profiled last year, The Independence Day Scholarship Contest, which is sponsored by the Joe Foss Institute. Joe Foss was a distinguished member of the Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor in 1943. This scholarship is essay-based and is open to all high school students. This year, the theme of the scholarship is “I declare! What it took to declare our independence.” [...]
The Shop Smart Scholarship is currently being offered to high school seniors and current undergraduate students from Brad’s Deals (this is the program’s first year). To be fully eligible, you must have at least a 2.0 GPA and be a U.S. citizen. 5 scholarships worth $2,000 each (so $10,000 total) will be awarded this year. For the application, you must write an essay which looks at: how your college experience is or will be enabled [...]
Today’s scholarship is sponsored by the Former Majority Association for Equality (FMAFE) which is an organization that believes that “race and gender has no place on any application.” I am sure you have noticed that there are not many scholarship simply for white males (we actually have not found any), so the F.M.A.F.E. Scholarship aims to help that demographic. It should be noted that the F.M.A.F.E. has no racial agenda [...]
While we do not profile them nearly as much as we should, scholarships offered through either the United States Armed Forces or ROTC programs are some of the most financially rewarding scholarship programs out their for students, along with guaranteeing the recipient a place in the service upon graduation. One of these programs is the F. Edward Hébert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program, a program for those pursuing an advanced health [...]
The Society of Women Engineers is offering scholarships to support women pursuing ”careers in engineering, engineering technology and computer science in the United States and Mexico.” Just last year, SWE disbursed 188 new and renewed scholarships valued at $540,000! SWE provides one application for sophomores through graduate students and one application for freshmen. Applicants complete an application and are considered for all scholarships that they are eligible for. Essentially, you’re entering twenty or thirty [...]
Need more money for school? Simple Tuition can help. Today’s scholarship is the Spring 2012 Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship. We profiled this scholarship last year and loved it, because it is so open. This opportunity is open to all students, of all ages, and can be used towards college or university at the undergraduate or graduate level! The winning students will receive a $1,000 award. This scholarship is completely merit-based so financial-need [...]
