SCHOLARSHIPS
Military-Related Resources
For scholarship resources specifically for members of the military and their families, as well as prospective members of the military, visit the links below:
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With the addition of the Post 9/11 Bill, financial aid opportunities for veterans and active duty military students have increased tremendously. Unfortunately, navigating the complex financial aid system remains difficult and time-consuming, causing many students to lose out on valuable financial help. To bridge this gap, PublicHealth.org has created a financial aid guide for military servicemembers and their families.
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Full Tuition Scholarships
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The Gates Scholarship, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a highly-selective, last-dollar scholarship for Pell Grant-eligible high school seniors from minority backgrounds. The Gates Scholarship aims to help students maximize their potential by attaining academic excellence through college graduation.
Age/Grade Requirement: High School Senior Amount: Full Tuition Deadline: September 15, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
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The Jack Kent Cook Foundation's College Scholarship Program is a highly-selective scholarship for high-achieving high school seniors with unmet financial need who intend to enroll full time in an accredited four-year college beginning in Fall 2020. Visit the JKCF website for more information on the scholarship program, benefits, eligibility, the application process, and more.
Age/Grade Requirement: High School Senior Amount: $40,000/Year Deadline: November 13, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
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The Stokes Educational Scholarship Program, formerly known as the Undergraduate Training Program, is a "scholarship to service" program that facilitates the NSA's recruitment of high-achieving high school students (typically from minority backgrounds) that are planning to major in computer science or computer/electrical engineering. NSA employees with the Stokes Program attend college full time and work at NSA during the summers in areas related to their respective courses of study.
Age/Grade Requirement: High School Senior Amount: $30,000/Year + Salary Deadline: November 15, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
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The Department of Defense's Science, Math and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship is a "scholarship to service" program that was established in an effort to promote the presence of talented, innovative, and brilliant scientists, engineers, and researchers within the Department of Defense (DoD). SMART Scholars are pursuing technical degrees (bachelors, masters, and PhDs) in STEM fields currently in high demand by the United States government. While recipients will receive full tuition, they will also receive monthly stipends, health benefits, book allowances, and summer internship opportunities. SMART Scholars are guaranteed a civilian position within their sponsoring facility upon completion of their degree.
Age/Grade Requirement: High School Senior Amount: Full Tuition Deadline: December 3, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
Partial Monetary Scholarships
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The Veterans of Foreign Wars' Voice of Democracy allows students to express themselves in three to five-minute democratic or patriotic-themed recorded essays. This year's theme is: "What Makes America Great?"
Age/Grade Requirement: Grades 9-12 Amount: $1,000-$30,000 Deadline: October 31, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
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In 250 words or less, answer the propt: "Imagine that your high school or college has been overrun with zombies. Your math professor, the cafeteria ladies, and even your best friend have all joined the walking dead. Flesh out a plan to avoid the zombies, including where you'd hide and the top five things you'd bring to stay alive."
Age/Grade Requirement: 13 years or older Amount: $2,000 Deadline: October 31, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
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Do you enjoy giving presentations to spread a "wealth of knowledge" or want to improve your public speaking skills? Do you care about being prepared for the real world? The Better Business Bureau (BBB) Ambassador Program allows you, and even your friends, to share tips and resources pertaining to monitoring credit, budgeting, saving, online safety, rentals and housing, student loans and scholarships, and even employment scams. The more you present, the higher your chances of winning are!
Age/Grade Requirement: Grades 9-12 Amount: $1,000-$2,500 Deadline: October 31, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
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The Prudential Spirit of Community Award honors students' postiive contributions to their communities through volunteer service. Awardees will receive national recognition, a scholarship, and an all expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C.
Age/Grade Requirement: Middle or High School Amount: $6,000 Deadline: November 5, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
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The Proceedings staff members will evaluate every essay and screen the top essays to a special Essay Selection Committee of at least six members who will include two member's of the Naval Institute's Editorial Board and four subject experts. All essays will be judged in the blind -- i.e., the Proceedings staff members and judges will not know the authors of the essays.
Age/Grade Requirement: Grade 9-12 Amount: $3,000 Deadline: October 31, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
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These scholarship awards are a major benefit of AOPA membership, helping members reach their goals and advance into the aviation and aerospace careers they have always dreamed about. Scholarship recipients will be able to use the money for direct flight training expenses to pursue a primary pilot certificate. They must also complete a flight training milestone, achieving either solo or earning a primary pilot certificate, within one year of receiving a scholarship.
Age/Grade Requirement: Grades 9-12 Amount: $3,000 Deadline: November 12, 2019 (NOW CLOSED) |
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Choose one of the following topics to write your 500 to 700-word Confident Writers Scholarship essay on:
1: Is technology making people smarter or dumber? 2: What was your first experience making money? 3: What's your dream job and why? 4: What is the most dangerous type of sport and why? Age/Grade Requirement: None. All Grades Welcome. Amount: $300-$700 Deadline: January 15, 2020 (NOW CLOSED) |
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StudentCam is C-SPAN's annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and our nation. This year, students are asked to create a short 5-6 min video documentary on a topic related to the competition theme, "What's Your Vision 2020? Explore the issue that you most want most presidential candidates to address during the campaign."
Age/Grade Requirement: Grades 6-12 Amount: $5,000 Deadline: January 20, 2020 |
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This year we are asking you to dig deep and make your scholarship essay personal. A citizen comes in many shapes and sizes. Some serve their community by voting and participating in political events. Others serve through entrepreneurship or philanthropy. We want to know what you think makes a good citizen in your community. We encourage you to bring emotion, creativity, specific examples (including current events), and well-researched facts into what you write. A good essay will demonstrate how citizenship is not an abstract idea, but is, in fact, action inspired by constitutional principles.
Age/Grade Requirement: Grades 8-12 Amount: $5,000 Deadline: February 14, 2020 |
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All applicants must meet the following criteria:
Age/Grade Requirement: High School Senior Amount: $5,000 per semester Deadline: March 1, 2020 |
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Here are some of the requirements:
Amount: $10,000 Deadline: April 30, 2020 |
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The Knowledge Society (TKS) is selecting highly ambitious students ages 13-17 year old to expose them to cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Genomics, Quantum Computing, so that they can solve some of the world’s most important problems.
The program is led by successful entrepreneurs, who have built and sold companies, and have advised CEOs from the world's top 500 companies. The program is modeled after curriculums from Stanford, Harvard, and MIT, and designed to replicate learning environments of companies like Google and Facebook. By the end of the program, they will help you become Olympic-level CEOs, innovators, thought leaders, and researchers. Age/Grade Requirement: Grade 7-12 Amount: $500 Deadline: May 31, 2020 |
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Create and wear your original & unique promwear using Duck® brand duct tape and/or Duck® brand crafting tape (see Official Rules for details). Remember to take a high resolution pic of the big moment! Fill out the entry form where you’ll upload at least one pic of yourself in your Duck® prom wear and fill in more details. Don’t forget to get your parent’s permission if you’re under 18 years old or the photography release. After you submit, a confirmation email will be delivered right to your inbox.
Age/Grade Requirement: Grade 9-12 Amount: $10,000 Deadline: June 3, 2020 |
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Here at Coupon Chief, we want to support young leaders that understand frugality and saving money, and how the skills and knowledge of using coupons can contribute to that end. As high school and college students form their own budgets and financial plans outside of the home, they can be challenged in these areas. We hope to help future leaders in the areas of fiscal responsibility with this scholarship.
Age/Grade Requirement: Grade 9-12 Amount: $1,000 Deadline: July 31, 2020 |
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Age/Grade Requirement: Grade 9-12 Amount: $2,000 Deadline: July 31, 2020 |
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A high school scholarship competition unlike any other. Enter your 30-second TV commercial about the dangers of underage drinking or texting while driving. Middle school classrooms gauge the commercials persuasiveness and ultimately determine winners.
Age/Grade Requirement: Grade 9-12 Amount: $3,000 Deadline: January 31, 2020 |
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Research the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act. Draft a letter to a politician or insurance/healthcare provider about one of the following:
- why is it critical for mental illness to be treated equally to physical illness in our healthcare system? - if your country does not have a similar law or healthcare provision, why should your policymakers adopt similar legislation to the Mental Health Party and Addiction Equality Act? In your letter explain how the mental healthcare is necessary for the well being of all people, perhaps using a personal experience as an example. Essays should be between 500-1000 words. Age/Grade Requirement: Grade 9-12 Amount: $1,000 Deadline: April 1, 2020 |
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Young people spend an average of 7.5 hours a day consuming media--and this doesn't include computer use for schoolwork--according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. With technology always at the ready at your fingertips, it can be a challenge to unplug. But taking a break from technology is healthy for both the mind and body. The purpose of this scholarship is to help you understand the negative effects of too much screen time. To apply, you will need to complete your application form which has a 140-character message about technology addiction. The top 10 applications will be selected as finalists. The finalists will be asked to write a full length 500- to 1,000-word essay about technology addiction.
Age/Grade Requirement: Grade 9-12 Amount: $1,000 Deadline: January 30, 2020 |
Ethnic Scholarships
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The Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholars are offering monetary scholarships to low-income high school students from Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent with demonstrated need. APIA Scholars are typically the first of their families to attend college, are community service oriented, and demonstrate leadership potential.
Age/Grade Requirement: High School Seniors Amount: $2,500 to $20,000 Deadline: January 22, 2020 |
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The Davidson Institute is looking for students whose projects are at, or close to, the college graduate level with a depth of knowledge in their particular area of study. 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:
Amount: $50,000 Deadline: February 12, 2020 |
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Choose a city located anywhere in the world that you believe would, from a future employment prospective, benefit your career. Explain in under 500 words how spending time in this city would help you become more marketable to a potential employer(s). Clearly identify how it will benefit you. For example, going to Paris may help you if you are interested in Fashion Design. Note that this should not be stated. You must provide an argument supporting this statement. After that, explain in under 500 words, why you think you should be granted the Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship.
Age/Grade Requirement: Grade 10-12 Amount:$500 Deadline: March 30, 2020 |
Scholarship Search Tools
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For a complete list of fly-in and diversity programs being hosted by colleges and universities across the nation, visit CollegeGreenLight. Fly-in programs are programs that allow prospective high school seniors to visit college/university campuses (oftentimes with travel expenses completely covered).
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Internship Opportunities
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The Pathmaker Level I internship gives high school students the opportunity to actively learn about what it takes to succeed in both high school and the healthcare field from mentors at the Palomar Medical Center Escondido and Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido. Pathmaker interns have the opportunity to attend shifts/rotations in acute care, progressive care, imaging, rehabilitation, intensive care, and emergency care departments.
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