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Scholarship Opportunities

 
  1. AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program: Is for women 40+ seeking new job skills, training and educational opportunities to support themselves.
  2. Academic Competitiveness Grant: Is for first-year and second-year college students who graduated from high school.
  3. Actuarial Diversity Scholarship: Is for minority students pursuing a degree that may lead to a career in the actuarial profession.
  4. Akash Kuruvilla Memorial Scholarship Fund: Is for students who demonstrate excellence in leadership, diversity, integrity and academia.
  5. American Copy Editors Society Scholarship: Is available to junior, senior and graduate students who will take full-time copy editing jobs or internships.
  6. AORN Foundation Scholarship: Is for students studying to be nurses and preoperative nurses pursuing undergrad and graduate degrees.
  7. Automotive Hall of Fame Scholarship: Is for students who indicate a sincere interest in an automotive related career.
  8. AWG Minority Scholarship for Women: Encourages young minority women to pursue an education and later a career in the geosciences.
  9. AXA Achievements Scholarship: Provides more than $600K in annual scholarships to 52 students - one from each state.
  10. Beacon Partners Healthcare IT Scholarships: Are for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in the IT Healthcare field.
  11. Best Buy Scholarship: Is for students in grades 9-12 who plan to enter a full-time undergraduate program upon high school graduation.
  12. Burger King Scholars Program: Is for high school seniors who have part-time jobs and excel academically in school.
  13. Carson Scholars: Scholarships provided by redounded neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson & Wife's educational foundation.
  14. CIA Undergraduate Scholarship Program: A program developed to assist minority and disabled students, but open to all who meet the requirements.
  15. Coca-Cola Scholars Program: Offers four-year merit-based scholarships to 250 high school seniors each year.
  16. Davidson Fellows Scholarship: Recognizes and awards the extraordinary who excel in math, science, and technology.
  17. Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund: Are need-based scholarships for college students are part of the progressive movement in their community.
  18. Dell Scholars Program: Is for students who demonstrate a desire and ability to overcome barriers and achieve their goals.
  19. Development Fund for Black Students in Science and Technology: Is for students studying science or technology at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
  20. Discovery Scholarship: Is an annual scholarship for high school juniors to support continued education and training beyond high school.
  21. Ed Bradley/ Ken Kashiwahara Scholarships: Is open to full-time students who are pursuing careers in radio and television news.
  22. EMPOWER Scholarship Award: Is an award designed to increase diversity in the medical rehabilitation field by awarding students of color.
  23. ESA Foundation Computer and Video Game Scholarship Program: Is for minority and female students majoring in a field related to computer and video game arts.
  24. Fulbright Scholar Program: Is a prestigious fellowship that sends faculty and professionals abroad each year to lecture and conduct research.
  25. Future Engineers Scholarship Program: Is for students pursuing a career in engineering who show outstanding academic performance.
  26. Gates Millennium Scholarships: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded awards that they established to help low-income and minority students.
  27. Go On Girl Book Club Scholarships: Supports authors of the Black African Diaspora who wan to write their way to college money.
  28. Google Anita Borg Scholarship: Are for women who excel in computing and technology, and are active role models and leaders.
  29. Hallie Q. Brown Scholarships: Are for African American women who have a minimum C average, and can demonstrate financial need.
  30. HBCU Study Abroad Scholarships: Provide travel opportunities for students of color who are traditionally under-represented in such programs.
  31. Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program: Provides fellowships to students who excel in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
  32. Javits-Frasier Teacher Scholarship Fund: Provides scholarships designed to increase diverse students' access to talent development opportunities through teacher training.
  33. Jeannette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund: Are for low-income women who have a vision of how their education will benefit themselves and their community.
  34. Joe Francis Haircare Scholarships: Are for cosmetology and barber school students who can demonstrate a financial need.
  35. KFC Colonel's Scholars Program: Is for college-bound students who can demonstrate financial need, and have a GPA of at least 2.75.
  36. Lincoln Forum Scholarship Essay Contest: Is a writing contest pertaining to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era.
  37. McKesson Pharmacy Scholarship: Assists pharmacy students who plan to continue their education.
  38. National Achievement Scholarship: A scholarship established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding African American high school students.
  39. National Black Police Association Scholarships: Is for students pursuing careers in law enforcement, criminal justice, and other related areas.
  40. National Institute of Grants for Women: Help women and girls find funding for college education, and more.
  41. National Institute of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship: Is for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are pursuing science and health-related research.
  42. National SMART Grant: Is available to full-time students who are majoring in science, math, technology, engineering, and more.
  43. PMI Educational Foundation Scholarships: A scholarship established for students in the field of project management or a project management related field.
  44. Ron Brown Scholar Program: Seeks to identify African American high school seniors who will make significant contributions to society.
  45. Ronald Reagan College Leaders Scholarship: Seeks to recognize outstanding young people who are promoting American values on college campuses.
  46. Siemen Competition: Is a competition for individual or team research projects in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.
  47. Sawn Carter Foundation: Is a philanthropic foundation started by rap entertainer and business mogul Shawn Carter (Jay Z). It provides Scholarships for youth up to 25 years old.
  48. Thurgood Marshall College Fund Scholarships: Is for first-generation students majoring in business, finance, science, engineering, and more.
  49. Tri-Delta Scholarships: Is for students who excel in chapter and campus involvement, community service, academics, and more.
  50. Tylenol Scholarship: Is for students pursuing a career in health care who can demonstrate leadership and academic qualities.
  51. United Negro College Fund: Administers 400 different scholarship programs so low-income families can afford college, tuition, and books.
  52. U.S. Bank Internet Scholarship: Is for high school seniors planning to enroll or college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors already enrolled.
  53. USDA/1890 National Scholars Program: Is for students seeking a Bachelor's degree in agriculture, food, or natural resource sciences and related majors.
  54. Vanguard Minority Scholarship Program: Provides merit-based scholarships to minority students studying business, finance, economics, and more.
  55. William B. Ruggles Right to Work Journalism Scholarship: Is available to undergraduate and graduate students who are majoring in journalism or a related field.
  56. Writer's Digest Annual Short Story Competition: Is a contest for writers who can compose the best fictional short story, written in 1,500 words or less.
  57. Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship: Is for academic high-achievers in science, engineering, and information technology.

    SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH ENGINES & COLLEGE-KNOWLEDGE WEBSITES
ZINCH: Zinch.com is a popular social network portal with resource for connecting with college and university admission representatives from around the nation. They also offer an excellent scholarship engine where you can make particular scholarships a “favorite”, apply for them, and once you win ZINCH DOUBLES IT!
 
FASTWEB: FastWeb.com is one of the oldest and most popular scholarship search engines out there. Most nation scholarships-giving entities list their scholarships here.

 
COLLEGE REALITY CHECK: CRC is new website designed to assist families to compare colleges and universities nationally, and across a myriad of factors, including net price, graduation rates, and average student loan debt after graduation.

 
KHAN ACADEMY: Khan Academy (KA) is a FREE information-rich website designed to allow anyone to master knowledge areas using video technology that simultaneously stimulates a variety of learning senses and modalities (e.g., audio, visual, repetition, summarization, etc.).  Simply put, the KA online video lessons show and tell you how it all works – over and over again until you master it!  They currently provide videos lessons to help you master multiple areas of math, science, economics, computer science, humanities, as well as standardized test preparation.

III. GOVERNMENT AND CAMPUS-BASED FINANCIAL SUPPORT RESOURCES:
 
  1. FAFSA: www.fafsa.ed.gov is the main application used to assess families for sate and federal financial aid at accredited colleges and universities nationwide. Everyone should AT LEAST APPLY for financial aid using this resource!
     
  2. BOG FEE WAIVER: Board of Governor’s Fee Waiver is available at all California community colleges, if you qualify for the BOG fee waiver using this simple application, ALL YOUR ENROLLMENT FEES WILL BE WAIVED, as long as you continue to qualify.
  3.  EOPS: EOPS Programs are available at nearly all California community colleges, and similar programs are available at most public (UC & CSU) and private colleges and universities. At the 4-year university level, they may call the program EOP, or it might be called something very different (e.g., At UCLA, it is called the Academic Advancement Program (AAP). They work in conjunction with all sectors of the larger college or university infrastructure to provide a myriad of support services including, but not limited to, counseling, book grants, education abroad, research opportunities, internships, transfer & graduation support and field trips to top universities throughout the state.
  4. TRANSFER CENTERS: Transfer Centers are available at nearly all California community colleges. They work in conjunction with other college support services to provide a myriad of support services including, but not limited to, counseling, book grants, transfer support and field trips to top universities throughout the state.
 COLLEGES WITH FREE TUITION:

The following colleges and universities offer an opportunity for all admitted student to receive full-tuition scholarships, fellowships, and financial aid.  In some cases, they have work-live requirements.  In all cases students graduate debt-free!
 
1.      Cooper Union College: http://cooper.edu/

2.      Alice Lloyd College: http://www.alc.edu/

3.      Deep Springs College: http://www.deepsprings.edu/

4.      Antioch College: http://antiochcollege.org/

5.      Saint Louis Christian College: https://www.slcconline.edu/

6.      Curtis Institute of Music: http://www.curtis.edu/

7.      Barea College: http://www.berea.edu/

8.      College of the Ozarks: http://www.cofo.edu/

9.      Webb Institute: http://www.webb-institute.edu/