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 [...]
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 [...]
Need more money for school? The Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest is currently being offered by the Sons of the American Revolution to all students attending home schools, public, parochial, or private high schools who are in their freshman, sophomore, junior or senior (grades 9-12) year. The First Place will receive $3,000, the Second Place $2,000, and the Third Place $1,000. This program involves contests that are held by Chapters and/or [...]
Valiant Pictures, an “innovative production company,” is currently offering the Exposure Film Scholarship to high school students. In recognizing that one of the most valuable aspects of the film industry is guidance and connections, this contest involves a $500 scholarship in addition to “one-on-one industry guidance and mentorship from Valiant producers and directors.”
The FWQA’s (Federal Water Quality Association) National Capital Environmental Scholarship Program is currently offering at least three $2,000 annual scholarships (renewable annually for up to three additional years) to Washington, D.C.-area high school seniors accepted to college to pursue careers in the environmental sciences. “Careers in the environmental sciences” can involve study in fields as diverse as chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, environmental engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, and natural resources planning.
The American Psychological Association (APA) offers a wide variety of scholarships “with the aim of advancing the science and practice of psychology as a means of understanding behavior and promoting health, education, and human welfare.” Their scholarships, grants, and awards database can be searched based off of any number of factors- high school, undergraduate, graduate, minority, women, military, clinical, cognitive, etc. Keep in mind that you can pick a deadline [...]
Shopping for student loans? Check out Simple Tuition–Student Loan Shopping Made Easy! The Nordstrom Scholarship Program is an annual scholarship program open to high school juniors. This program will award 80 $10,000 scholarships to students who live and attend school in one of the participating 30 states where Nordstrom currently has a full-line store, have at least a 2.7 GPA (based on a 4.0 scale) throughout high school, volunteer or participate [...]
The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) is currently offering the AGA National Academic Scholarships to undergraduate or graduate studies in disciplines such as accounting, auditing, budgeting, economics, finance, information technology, public administration, etc. There is also an application for high schoolers.
The Teens for Jeans Program is current being run by DoSomething.org to benefit homeless children and students across the country.
We love it when the same scholarships are offered each year by the same organization or company. The Best Buy @15 Scholarship Program (which we profiled last year) is one of those scholarships. This scholarship is open to all students in grades 9-12! It is open to high school students in all of the 50 states AND Puerto Rico. This is a massive scholarship program that offers up to 1,200 scholarship [...]
