(Note, we updated this scholarship profile on 5/19/12 with more information) 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Shopping for student loans? Check out Simple Tuition–Student Loan Shopping Made Easy! As the weather gets nicer, we thought a scholarship related to hitting the links would be appropriate. Today’s scholarship opportunities are through the LPGA Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of the LPGA. As these opportunities sponsored by the LPGA Foundation, they are for young women who golf.
The Charley Wootan Grant Program is currently being offered by the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation. This program is awarding nearly $5 million in grants to students ($4 million to Texas residents, $1 million to those outside the Lone Star State). Up to $4,000 will be awarded to each successful applicant.
Today’s scholarship is the Alloy Education Scholarship Program. Alloy Education is a firm that specializes in student recruitment. To be eligible for the 2012 Alloy Education Scholarship, students must be high school seniors who will be entering college as a first time, full-time freshman in the fall (yes, we know that is a mouthful!).
Do you have an interest in a career as a heavy equipment technician? The AEMP Foundation is offering $500/semester ($2000) scholarships to support those training to become heavy equipment technicians.
Today’s scholarship opportunity is the Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Program. This scholarship program is open to both high school seniors and current undergraduate students and is a renewable award. If you were one of the lucky winners from last year you can continue to renew the award for an additional three years. Historically, this has been a very lucrative scholarship opportunity for students. The Stephen Phillips Memorial Fund has awarded [...]
The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is currently being offered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to “identify and encourage talented new screenwriters“. As many as five $35,000 Fellowships are awarded each year. To be eligible for this competition, you cannot have earned more than $5,000 writing fictional work for film or television, and entry scripts must be the original work of one writer, or of two writers who collaborated [...]
Much of the music of Shawn Carter (perhaps better known as Jay-Z) details his rise from inner-city poverty to his current status as a multi-millionaire entrepreneur and CEO. Through his scholarship foundation, Jay-Z aims to assist those who are in a similar situation that he found himself in so many years ago.
