AES Engineering Scholarship
Deadline: October 8, 2025
Award: $500.00
Our belief is that achieving a high grade point average should not be the only criteria for determining who deserves to be helped. For that reason we are offering a scholarship that will be awarded on the basis of character, as determined by an evaluation of the essays that are submitted.
Scholarships are intended for our future leaders across a wide spectrum of fields of study. This award is available to high school seniors and all students attending a post secondary educational facility.
You are not required to be taking Engineering courses to be eligible.
AI GENERATED APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Students must submit an essay of between 500 and 1000 words in answer to the following question:
When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?
Submit essay to scholarships@aesengineers.com
There is no application packet for this award. Please do not include your resume at this time.
Be sure to include your full name as well as the name of the school you are attending this year and your plans for next year.
https://aesengineers.com/scholarships.php
Pick up a copy of the information sheet in the Counseling office.
MSBA FutureBuilders Belcher Scholarship
Deadline: October 11, 2024 (turned in to Mrs. Kertz) (Checking on the 2025 deadline)
Award: $1,000 (regional winner) $1,500 (statewide winner)
The MSBA John T. Belcher Memorial Scholarship fund was established in memory of John T. Belcher, a former vice president with the investment banking firm of Dain Bosworth Incorporated. Belcher was instrumental in developing a number of innovative financing programs which improved the learning environment for thousands of Missouri public school students. Each year, FutureBuilders awards over $12,000 in scholarships to students in MSBA's member districts.
See Mrs. Kertz for more information.
VOICE OF DEMOCRACY VFW (Veteran's of Foreign Wars) Audio Essay Program
Application Deadline: October 31, 2025
Established in 1947, our Voice of Democracy audio-essay program provides high school students with the unique opportunity to express themselves in regards to a democratic and patriotic-themed recorded essay. Each year, nearly 25,000 9-12 grade students from across the country enter to win their share of more than $2 million in educational scholarships and incentives awarded through the program.
The national first place winner receives a $35,000 scholarship paid directly to the recipient’s American university, college or vocational/technical school. A complete list of other national scholarships range from $1,000-$21,000, and the first place winner from each VFW Department (state) wins at least a scholarship of $1,000.
Before submitting your essay, read VOD Rules / Eligibility
https://vfwar.org/di/vfw/v2/default.asp?pid=79991
The 2023-24 theme is: "What are the greatest attributes of our Democracy?"
U.S. Naval Institute General Prize Essay Contest
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Almost from the earliest days of the Naval Institute, its essay contests have been one of its most important functions. The idea of having such an event was first proposed by Lieutenant Commander Allan D. Brown, USN, at the 9 May 1878 meeting of the Naval Institute. The Chair at the time, Commander Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN, Vice President of the Naval Institute, appointed as chairman of a committee Commander William T. Sampson, USN, to prepare a prize to be offered to the author of a paper deemed the best out of those submitted.
This action created the Naval Institute’s Prize Essay Contest. In 1948, the name changed to the General Prize Essay Contest. For the period of 1985–2007 the name changed to the Arleigh Burke Essay Contest to honor World War II hero and Cold War Navy CNO and Naval Institute President Admiral Arleigh Burke. From 2008–2013, the Naval Institute awarded General Prizes, but these went to authors of Proceedings articles judged as the best in a calendar year.
THE CHALLENGE
The Sea Services are rethinking how to address strategic, operational, and tactical challenges and the way in which they will fight.
Essays may address any topic. Some issues to consider could include:
How can the Sea Services quickly and more affordably develop, procure, and field needed capabilities?
What new technology do the Sea Services need, and how would it affect tactics or strategy?
How can the United States and its allies deter China from coercive action in East Asia or the western Pacific?
What should the U.S. nuclear posture and strategy be to deter competitors along the continuum of conflict?
What reforms in education and training would advance the services?
Submission Guidelines
Open to all contributors -- active-duty military, reservists, veterans, and civilians.
Essays must be no more than 3,000 words, excluding footnotes, endnotes, and sources. Include word count on title page of the essay.
Essays are judged in the blind. Do not include author name(s) on title page or within essay.
Submit essay as a Word document at www.usni.org/genessay no later than 31 October 2025.
Essays must be original and not published (online or print) or being considered for publication elsewhere.
First Prize: $6,000
Second Prize: $3,000
Third Prize: $2,000
Pick up a copy of this information in the Counseling office.
https://www.usni.org/essay-contests/2025/2025-general-prize-essay-contest
National Rice Month Scholarship
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Award:
1st Place: $5,000 scholarship, and an invitation (along with a chaperone) to the USA Rice Outlook Conference, this year in New Orleans, Louisiana
2nd Place: $3,000
3rd Place: $2,000
How to Enter:
Create an original, short (3 minutes or less) video about U.S. rice, National Rice Month, and the importance of rice to you, your state, or the world in general.
Upload your video to YouTube or Vimeo. Please note, TikTok videos may only be uploaded via Vimeo.
Complete the entry form and submit your video. Entries must be received by October 15, 2025.
After you’ve uploaded your video, share it on your social media. Encourage your friends, family, and teachers to watch and vote for your video. (You can also check out your competition.)
Eligibility
Graduating high school students (2024-25 school year) from the six primary rice-growing states — Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas — who have not previously won a National Rice Month Scholarship are eligible to apply with the following exclusions: children of board members of the USA Rice Federation, USA Rice Council, USA Rice Farmers, USA Rice Millers’ Association, and USA Rice Merchants’ Association; and/or children of USA Rice Federation committee members, USA Rice Federation employees, or American Commodity Company (ACC) employees.
https://reelricecontest.com/about-the-contest/
CHICK-FIL-A COMMUNITY SCHOLARS
Due: October 28, 2025
Award: $25,000 plus leadership mentorship
For high school seniors with financial need.
https://www.chick-fil-a.com/community-scholars/meet-the-scholars
Due: October 31st,2025
Award: $1,000
How It Works
The contest is open to U.S. residents. No purchase necessary. All participants must have applied to or be enrolled as a full-time beautician, esthetician, or cosmetology student. Entries are limited to one submission per person. Immediate family members of Buy-Rite Beauty employees are excluded from this contest.
Submissions are now being accepted. Please email over to scholarship@buyritebeauty.com. All essay submissions must be received by 11:59 pm EST on November 1st, 2025.
Guidelines
To apply, students will submit an essay detailing their most meaningful achievement and how it relates to their future within the beauty industry.
The essay should be between 500-1000 words.
The file name should be your full name, state, and date of birth. For example, Chipper-Jones-GA-4-24-1972.
All submission emails must contain the student's full name, date of birth, email address, postal address, the school they are currently enrolled in and/or applied to, and a phone number to contact.
https://studentscholarships.org/scholarship/24391/buy-rites-annual-beauty-school-scholarship
Congressional App Challenge
Due Date: October 30,2025
Important Dates:
January 1 - Student pre-registration opens
May 1 - Challenge officially launches
October 24 - Deadline for students to register and submit their app online
November - Judging period
December - Winners announced!
The Congressional App Challenge, a revolutionary initiative of the United States Congress to get more American students involved in STEM fields, is the largest and most diverse student computer science competition of its kind. This program blends the unparalleled imprimatur and reach of the United States House of Representatives with the innovation and agility of the tech sector to inspire students from every congressional district in the nation to try their hand at computer science. Each Fall, thousands of students from across the nation compete in hyper-local App Challenges hosted by their Members of Congress, with one winner from each district receiving an invite to the Capitol to display their winning app for Congress.
https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/
You can pick up an information packet in the Counseling office.