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Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation

By Brian Posted: April 10th, 2012

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.

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Free To Tweet Scholarship

By Brian Posted: November 12th, 2011

In the past, Scholarships360 has profiled a scholarship available to students based off of a single tweet- in this case, said scholarship was a full ride ($37,000) to business school. Today we are pleased to profile a second, similar scholarship- the Free To Tweet Scholarship, sponsored through 1 for All, an affiliate of the Newseum. This $5,000 scholarship requires students (ages 14 to 22) to tweet their support of the First Amendment on [...]

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The Young Entrepreneur Awards

By Brian Posted: November 2nd, 2011

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is currently offering the Young Entrepreneur Awards. These scholarships are open to any graduating high school senior who be attending an accredited (not for profit) two- or four-year university, college or vocational/technical institute. The interesting qualification fo thsi scholarship is that applicants MUST be running their own small business in order to be considered for an award. The size of these scholarships differs in [...]

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The Random House, Inc. Creative Writing Competition

By Brian Posted: July 7th, 2011

In honor of the impending release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II (the reviews of which are looking overwhelmingly positive), I thought that it would be appropriate to profile a creative writing scholarship, as the muggle world would never know of HP without this time-honored craft. The Random House, Inc. Creative Writing Competition is open to all New York City high schools seniors, and this program currently [...]

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Canada Student Grants Program

By Brian Posted: July 1st, 2011

In honor of Canada Day (the first of July), Scholarships360 will be looking at scholarship opportunities for Canadian students. For such a topic, where better to turn than the website of the Canadian government itself. On the webpage (from the Human Resources and Skills Development of Canada), you will find a list of scholarships that are part of the Canada Student Grants Program. According to this site: The grants available [...]

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American Jersey Cattle Association Scholarships

By Brian Posted: May 20th, 2011

No, Jersey Cattle is not cattle from my home state, but a breed of small dairy cattle that is the cause of a number of great scholarships each year. The American Jersey Cattle Association offers a wide variety of scholarships each year to those interested in the field (no pun intended). The scholarships are for entering-college students to those in graduate school, and, in total $15,000 is given out each [...]

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Petroleum Division College Scholarships

By Will Posted: April 17th, 2011

The International Petroleum Technology Institute offers a large number of scholarships every year to students majoring in engineering related to the petroleum industry (whether that be “Drilling, Completions, Facilities, Pipe Lines, Rigs, Operations, Materials, Equipment Manufacturing, Plant Design and Operation, Maintenance, or Environmental Protection and Innovations”). And when I say “large”, I mean 8 scholarships of $1000 each to high school seniors, and 20 scholarships of $2000 each to college [...]

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SPJ High School Essay Contest

By Will Posted: January 31st, 2011
Scholarships360 profils the Soecity of Professional Journalists Scholarship

The Society of Professional Journalists (yes, another journalism themed scholarship!) is currently running their annual essay contest. This contest asks for participants to write a 300-500 word essay on the topic of: “Why is free expression through independent media important?”. Essays will first be judged by a chapter of SPJ (different rules apply if there are no chapters in your state), and one essay from each chapter will make its [...]

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Hispanic Scholarship Fund

By Will Posted: January 22nd, 2011
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The Hispanic Scholarship Fund offers a wide variety of opportunities for college students and high school seniors who are of Hispanic heritage in one convenient database. A chart of scholarships specifically for Hispanic high school seniors is on the website; this chart is organized by scholarship name, and features the deadlines and requirements for each scholarship. Among the many listed are the HSF/AT&T Foundation Scholarships and the Proctor and Gamble [...]

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