Name: Society of Manufacturing Engineers Scholarship
Eligibility:
Be a graduating high school senior, current undergraduate or graduate student who will be enrolling as parttime or full-time undergraduate or graduate student, attending accredited colleges or universities.
Have a minimum GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale
Award Amount: $10,000
How to Apply: https://www.smeef.org/sme-education-foundation-scholarships/scholarship-opportunities/
Name: Morton Gould Young Composer Awards
Eligibility:
Be a young composer
Be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or student that is at least 13 years of age.
Award Amount: $5,000
How to Apply: https://www.ascapfoundation.org/morton-gould#:~:text=About%20the%20Awards,commitment%20to%20encouraging%20young%20creators.
Name: McDonald's HACER Scholarship Program
Eligibility:
Be a high school senior that is younger than 21 years old and carries a minimum 2.8 GPA
Have at least one parent of Hispanic heritage.
Award Amount: $100,000
How to Apply: https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/community/hacer.html
Name: Elks National Foundation Legacy Awards
Eligibility:
Be a high school senior.
Be a child or grandchild of an Elks member.
Award Amount: $4,000
Application: https://www.elks.org/scholars/scholarships/legacy.cfm
Name: Davidson Fellows Scholarships
Eligibility
Applicants must be 18 years of age or younger by the date of the application deadline
Have completed a significant piece of work in one of the submission categories
STEM Categories: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Humanities Categories: Literature, Music, Philosophy
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of significant work. Significant work is an accomplishment that experts in the field recognize as meaningful and has the potential to make a positive contribution to society. Such work may be:
an exceptionally creative application of existing knowledge
a new idea with high impact
an innovative solution with broad-range implications
an important advancement that can be replicated and built upon
an interdisciplinary discovery
a prodigious performance
another demonstration of extraordinary accomplishment
Please note: Projects in the arts including photography, sculpture, film, visual, etc. are not eligible for consideration
Award Amount: Multiple awards of either $10 thousand, $25 thousand, or $50 thousand scholarships
Application: https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-programs/fellows-scholarship/
Name: Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Eligibility
Must be of Hispanic heritage
U.S. citizen, permanent legal resident, or DACA
Minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for high school students; minimum of 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for college and graduate students
Plan to enroll full-time in an accredited, public or not-for-profit, four-year university, or graduate school, in the U.S., for the 2022-2023 academic year
Submit the FAFSA or state-based financial aid forms (if applicable)
Award Amount: $500-$5,000
Application: Visit HSF.net and log into or create your MyHSF profile to access the HSF Scholar Application
Name: Gordon A. Rich Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility:
Applicants must be dependent children of full-time employees in the financial services industry (commercial banks, investment banks, securities brokerage firms, insurance companies, fund and asset management companies, credit card and finance companies and similar businesses as determined by the Foundation). Employees must be presently employed with five years of experience OR no longer employed in this field but had ten years of experience which ended no longer than five years prior to the GAR Scholarship application closing date (which is located on the top of the application).
Students must be graduating high school seniors who are enrolling as full time first year students in pursuit of a four-year bachelor's degree at an accredited college/university in the United States.
Students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) and rank in the top 20% of their class.
Students must demonstrate financial need.
Students must be a US citizen or legal resident.
Award Amount: Renewable $12,500 award for up to 4 years ($50,000 total) - 7 Awards
Application: Gordon A. Rich Memorial Scholarship Program (scholarsapply.org)
Eligibility
Entries may only be sent by students graduating from high school in SPRING 2022.
Award Amount: One award of $10,000 and two awards of $5,000 will be given
Application: https://www.vrg.org/student/scholar.htm
Name: Urban League of Philadelphia Scholarship Program
Eligibility:
Applicants must attend a Philadelphia high school
One (500-750 words) essay answering this prompt: "Describe an event or accomplishment that sparked personal growth, and how will you use that growth in your future college or trade school journey?"
Award Amount: Varies
Application: https://urbanleaguephila.org/what-we-do/youth-education/community-scholarships/
Name: Scholars Helping Collars
Eligibility:
The contest is open to U.S. residents. No purchase necessary.
All participants must be enrolled as a full-time high school senior.
Entries are limited to one submission per person.
Immediate family members of P.L.A.Y. employees are excluded from this contest.
Award Amount: $1,500 Scholarship to college of choice
Application:
To apply, students will submit an essay with 2-3 photos of their volunteer efforts to help animals in need and how that involvement has changed their lives or shaped their perceptions on the importance of animal welfare by February 28, 2022.
The essay should be between 500-1000 words.
Send a Word doc attachment to SCHOLARSHIP@PETPLAY.COM with your essay submission.
The file name should be your full name, state, and date of birth. For example, Chipper-Jones-GA-4-24-1992
2-3 photos of your volunteer efforts to help animals in need
In the body of your email, include student’s full name, date of birth, email address, postal address, high school they are currently enrolled in, and a phone number to contact.
https://www.petplay.com/pages/scholarship
Name: Equal Opportunity Scholarship
Eligibility:
Be a high school senior or current college student.
Be at least 14 years old
Have a minimum 2.0 GPA
Award Amount: $500 (2 awards)
Application: https://calvinrosser.com/scholarships/equal-opportunity/
Name: Nuclear Family Scholarship
Eligibility:
Be a high school senior or current college student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
Be planning to attend a 2-5 year postsecondary institution in the fall of 2022
The candidate must submit a 750-1000 word essay answering the following question: How has a member of your immediate family, like a parent or a sibling, helped shape the person that you are today?
Award Amount: $1,000
How to Apply: https://www.davidgordonlaw.com/2022-nuclear-family-scholarship/
Name: 2023 Black History Month - Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (chpk.com) Scholarship
Eligibility:
Legal residents of the Carolinas, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
high school seniors who are accepted into a full-time degree or certificate program at an accredited college, university or technical school for the upcoming academic year or college students who are enrolled in an accredited college, university or technical school.
Graduating high school seniors must provide a letter of acceptance from the accredited college, university or technical school prior to the scholarship award distribution. College students are required to provide the registration information from an accredited college, university or technical school before funds will be distributed.
Submit a 3 minute (or less) video and include the following topics
Identify a Black American who made an impact on science, energy, technology, medicine, engineering, education or aviation.
Share what inspires you most about them.
Share a lesson from their story you can apply to your life.
Each of us contributes to Black history as we live our daily lives. Share how you will shape your role in Black history.
Share how the scholarship will assist your future endeavors.
Award Amount: $3,000
How to Apply: https://www.chpk.com/blackhistory/
Name: The DREAM.US National Scholarship Award
Eligibility:
Have graduated or will graduate from high school (or have earned or will earn a high school equivalency diploma) by the end of the 2021-22 academic year
Graduated or will graduate with a GPA of 2.5 or better on a 4.0 scale
Are not and have not previously been enrolled in a four-year institution or bachelor program and have not earned more than 21 credits in a community college (not counting credits earned in a pre-college or dual enrollment program in high school)
Intend to enroll full-time in an associate or bachelor’s degree program at a Partner College no later than the Spring term of 2021-22 academic year
Are eligible for in-state tuition at the Partner College you want to attend (not applicable if it is a private Partner College)
Have current DACA or TPS or certify that you meet the DACA immigration eligibility criteria set forth below; Arrived in the United States before reaching your 16th birthday
Have significant unmet financial need.
Award Amount: The National Scholarship Award will cover your tuition and fees up to a maximum of $16,500 for an associate’s degree and $33,000 for a bachelor’s degree, at one of our Partner Colleges. Please note, some Scholars may be eligible for an additional stipend of up to $4,000 (or $1,000 per year) for books, supplies, and transportation.
The Award is renewable each year – you simply have to meet the continuing eligibility criteria.
How to Apply: Please visit https://www.thedream.us/scholarships/national-scholarship/ to complete the application
Name: Women's Cyber Security Scholarships
Eligibility
Must be pursuing, or plan to pursue, a degree with a focus on cybersecurity or information assurance."
You may be a senior in high school, an undergraduate student, graduate or post graduate student to be eligible."
GPA must be at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or an analogous rank based on a comparable scale).
You may be a citizen of any country (US citizenship not required).
May be attending on campus or online.
May be attending full time or part time
May be attending in the US or Internationally
You do not currently need to be enrolled, however no awards will be disbursed until the recipient is enrolled in a college or university.
Award Amount: Between $1,000-$6,000 - 10 awards
How to Apply: https://www.iamcybersafe.org/s/scholarships
Name: Injured Individual Scholarship
Eligibility
You may be a senior in high school, an undergraduate student, graduate or post graduate student to be eligible."
GPA must be at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or an analogous rank based on a comparable scale).
Applicants must submit a 750-1,000 word essay discussing why it is important to support injury victims.
Award Amount: Between $1,000-$6,000 - 10 awards
How to Apply: https://libbeylaw.com/2023-injured-individual-scholarship/
Name: Herb it Forward Scholarship
Eligibility
Individuals 17-21 years of age
Residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or the Greater Philadelphia Area, who are applying to or are students of accredited programs at colleges, vocational, or technical schools
Open to all students who are graduating high school or will complete homeschooling in 2024 or who previously graduated high school, received their GED, or completed homeschooling.
Applicants must either be a senior in high school at the time of application or in their first year of education at a college or vocational/technical school. Please note college sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate students are not eligible for this scholarship.
Must demonstrate a strong financial need.
Award Amount:
Ten individuals will receive a ‘First Place’ scholarship award renewable over (4) academic calendar years to be distributed as follows:
Year (1): $5,000.00, Year (2): $2,500.00, Year (3): $1,000.00, Year (4): $1,000.00.
Ten individuals will receive a ‘Second Place’ scholarship award renewable over (4) academic calendar years to be distributed as follows;
Year (1): $2,500.00, Year (2): $1,000.00, Year (3): $1,000.00, Year (4): $1,000.00.
Ten individuals will receive a ‘Third Place’ award renewable over (4) academic calendar years to be distributed as follows;
Year (1): $1,000.00, Year (2): $1,000.00, Year (3): $1,000.00, Year (4): $1,000.00.
How to Apply: https://apply.mykaleidoscope.com/scholarships/herbitforward