The 2012-2013 Mexican American Dream Scholarship
The 2012-2013 Mexican American Dream Scholarship is currently being offered by the Council of Mexican Federations (COFEM), its affiliated Federations, and sponsoring partners. This scholarship program is for outstanding students who are immigrants or of immigrant descent and are affiliated to a COFEM Federation or Club* or is an AB-540 student and are pursuing a higher [...]
The Lilly Reintegration Scholarship
The Lilly Reintegration Scholarship is available to all those who are diagnosed with bipolar, schizophrenia, schizophreniform or schizoaffective disorder, currently receiving medical treatment for the disease, including medications and psychiatric follow-up, are actively involved in rehabilitative or reintegrative efforts, such as clubhouse membership, part-time work, volunteer efforts or school enrollment, and are 18 years of age or older. Awards are [...]
The Wayne V. Black Memorial Scholarship
The Wayne V. Black Memorial Scholarship is currently being offered to students currently enrolled full time undergraduate student in good academic standing at an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada. To be fully eligible for this $5,000 award, you must also be working towards a Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: Engineering/ Engineering Technology, Computer [...]
The Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest
Essay contests are a great way to earn scholarships along with getting (resume-worthy) recognition for your writing. Each yeah, a number of writing contests are offered that deal with the books of writer/philosopher Ayn Rand. The Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest is currently open to 12th Graders, college undergraduates, and graduate students. This program awards a first place prize [...]
AES Engineering Scholarship
AES Engineering Solutions is currently offering their scholarship program to high school seniors and all students attending a post secondary educational facility. This scholarship is worth $500, and there is no GPA requirement to apply (also, you are not required to be taking engineering courses to be eligible). To apply, you must submit an essay of no more [...]
2012 Thiel Fellowship Program
The Thiel Fellowship Program is for motivated students that are interested in taking two years off of college with $100,000 at their disposal for whatever projects they chose to work on. The “Twenty Under Twenty” slogan refers to the fact that applicants must be under 20 years of age, and there will be about twenty [...]
The Shop Smart Scholarship
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 [...]
2012-2013 American Indian Science and Engineering Society Scholarships
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) aims to substantially increase the representation of American Indians and Alaskan Natives in engineering, science, and other related technology disciplines. In the pursuit of this goal, they are offering the 2012-2013 AISES Scholarships. They are offering three separate scholarships: the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Scholarship (deadline has unfortunately [...]
Higher One Scholarship Competition
The Higher One is offering the One Scholarship Competition, which will donate a total of $50,000 toward the tuition of 20 deserving students ($2,500 each) at Higher One colleges and universities.
Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation
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.