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2016 Hard Rock Maui Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Hard Rock Café Maui
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors attending school
in a Maui County School System.
AICPA Scholarships
Sponsor: AICPA
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarships are open to students majoring in accounting or an
accounting-related major. Multiple scholarships available – see website for
details.
ANS Scholarships
Sponsor: American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Amount: Up to $2,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarships are open to students pursuing a degree in nuclear
science, nuclear engineering, or a nuclear-related field.
BEF General Academic Scholarships
Sponsor: Boomer Esiason Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students with cystic fibrosis who are
pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees.
Bodie McDowell Scholarship
Sponsor: Outdoor Writers Association of America
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate students entering their
junior or senior year of study or graduate students. Applicant must have
career goals in outdoor communications.
Champions for Christ Scholarship
Sponsor: Champion for Christ Foundation
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who have surrendered their lives
to full-time Christian service and are preparing for full-time Christian
ministry.
Davis-Putter Scholarship
Sponsor: Davis Putter Scholarship Fund
Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are active in movements for
social and/or economic justice and have financial need.
Debt.com Scholarship for Aggressive Scholarship Applicants
Sponsor: Debt.com
Amount: $500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who are applying
for other scholarships. Applicant must submit proof of scholarship search and
a short letter telling the scholarship committee about themselves.
Dixie Boys Baseball Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Dixie Baseball
Amount: $1,250
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to outstanding high school seniors who at one
time participated in a franchised Dixie Boys Baseball, Inc. program and plan to
pursue undergraduate studies at a college or university.
Dr. Anita Young Boswell Scholarship
Sponsor: National Hook-Up of Black Women (NHBW)
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Applicant must be an African-American student at an accredited
college or university who is involved in school and community activities.
Scholarship is open to female and male students.
Dr. Wynetta A. Frazier Scholarship
Sponsor: National Hook-Up of Black Women (NHBW)
Amount: $500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to mature African American women (at least
twenty-five years of age) who are in pursuit of post-secondary education,
whose education was interrupted by family responsibilities or other personal
demands.
Eula Mae Jett Scholarship Plan
Sponsor: Legal Secretaries, Incorporated
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors, current college
students, and career change students who are legal residents of California and
attending a school within the state of California. Applicant must plan on
pursuing a career in the legal field.
Fantasy Sports Daily Scholarship
Sponsor: Fantasy Sports Daily
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to legal residents of the United States who
are at least 16 years of age and currently enrolled in an accredited post-
secondary academic institution in the United States. Applicant must answer
four personal, open-ended and thought-provoking questions.
Incight Scholarship
Sponsor: Incight
Amount: $500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be enrolled full-time in
post-secondary education for the 2016-2017 academic year. Applicant must
be a resident of California, Oregon or Washington and have a documented
disability.
Italian Genealogical Group Scholarship
Sponsor: Italian Genealogical Group (IGG)
Amount: Up to $2,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who are at
least 25% Italian descent (one grandparent is Italian).
John Kitt Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: American Association of Candy Technologists (AACT)
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to college sophomores, juniors or seniors who
have demonstrated an interest in confectionery technology. Applicant must be
majoring in a food science, chemical science, biology science, or related area.
Minnesota Heart Research Scholarships
Sponsor: American Heart Association
Amount: Up to $4,500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to Minnesota undergraduate and graduate
students (including medical students) studying a medically related curriculum.
National Insulator Association Academic Scholarship
Sponsor: National Insulator Association (NIA)
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in an eligible educational
institution. Applicant must submit an essay that shows the relationship
between their career and educational goals to the mission statement and goals
of the National insulator Association.
NEEBC Scholarship Program
Sponsor: New England Employee Benefits Council
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to college students (undergraduate or
graduate) studying in an accredited academic program leading to a degree.
Applicant must either be residing in New England or enrolled in a college in
New England.
Novo Nordisk Donnelly Award
Sponsor: Billie Jean King WTT Charities, Inc.
Amount: Up to $7,500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students between 14 and 21 years of age
who have diabetes and play tennis competitively.
NSHSS Foundation STEM Scholarships
Sponsor: National Society of High School Scholars Foundation
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors graduating from a public
high school who will be pursuing a degree in a STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering or Mathematics) field. Applicant must be a member of an
underrepresented group in STEM careers and a U.S. citizen.
Project Yellow Light Scholarship Competition
Sponsor: Advertising Council
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Competition is open to high school juniors and seniors and college
students. Applicant must submit a video that encourages friends to avoid
distracted driving.
Roosevelt Archival Internships
Sponsor: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Institute (FERI), and the William R. Emerson Archival Internship Fund
Amount: Stipend: Up to $1,400
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Internship is open to college and graduate level students.
Preference may be given to students majoring in history, political science,
archival, library, or computer/information science. Internship can last six or
seven weeks and must take place during the summer break at the FDR Library
in Hyde Park, New York.
Study Habits Scholarship
Sponsor: Peter Pasula Mortgage Solutions
Amount: $500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be attending an
accredited post-secondary institution by the fall of 2015. Applicant must
submit an essay on a given topic related to study habits.
Swackhamer Disarmament Video Contest
Sponsor: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Amount: Up to $500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Contest is open to adults, youth 13-18, and youth 12 & under.
Contestant must submit a short video on an aspect of nuclear disarmament
The Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards
Sponsor: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Contest is open to people of all ages. Contestants must submit a
poem or poems that explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the
human spirit. There is no entry fee for people 18 years of age or younger.
Thespian Scholarships
Sponsor: Educational Theatre Association
Amount: Up to $2,500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college
students who are active members of the International Thespian Society. Most
scholarship require an audition. There are multiple scholarship opportunities, so
check website for specific requirements.
Tourism Cares Academic Scholarship Program
Sponsor: TourismCares
Amount: Up to $2,500
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarships are open to current undergraduate and graduate
students. Applicant must have participated in a hospitality and tourism
program.
Two Ten Higher Education Scholarships
Sponsor: Two Ten Footwear Foundation
Amount: Up to $3,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students attending or planning to attend an
accredited two or four-year college, university, nursing or vocational/technical
school for full or part-time study. Applicant or their parents must have a
minimum of two years’ employment in the footwear industry (1,000 hours over
two years).
Veterans United Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Veterans United Home Loans
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current active-duty service members,
veterans of the United States Armed Forces, spouses of a service member or
veteran, surviving spouse or child of a fallen service member, or children of a
service member or veteran. Applicant must also be currently pursuing a post-
secondary degree at an accredited college or university, or plan to attend a
college or university in the following academic year.
Virtual Business Scholarship
Sponsor: Knowledge Matters, Inc.
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in their junior
or senior years of high school. Applicant must be nominated by their teacher
and must exhibit excellence in business, marketing or personal finance classes.
Visionary Scholarship Program
Sponsor: American College Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school freshmen, sophomore, junior, or
senior students who are United States citizens or eligible non-citizens.
Applicant must submit an essay on why college is important to them.
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Winning Writers
Amount: Up to $1,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Contest is open to poets of all ages and from all nations.
Contestant must submit one English poem only, with a maximum of 250 lines.
Zumper Apartments Scholarship
Sponsor: Zumper
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to legal U.S. residents in high school or
college who will be attending an accredited university or college in Fall 2016.
Applicant must submit a short piece of writing that includes how the applicant
has impacted their student body or community and information about housing
near their school.
CCNMA Scholarship
Sponsor: CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California
Amount: Up to $1,000
Deadline: April 2, 2016
Description: Scholarships are open to Latino students enrolled full-time in a
California college or university during the 2015-2016 academic year with
journalism experience. Applicant must submit an essay, reference letters,
resume, and samples of their work.
Raytheon Patriot Scholarship
Sponsor: Student Veterans of America (SVA)
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: April 4, 2016
Description: Applicant must be a U.S. Army veteran entering sophomore,
junior or senior year of undergraduate study, or enrolled in a graduate
program for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Robert Novak Collegiate Journalism Award
Sponsor: The Fund for American Studies
Amount: Up to $2,500
Deadline: April 4, 2016
Description: Award is open to undergraduate students enrolled in a four-year
college or university in the United States. Applicants must submit news stories
that have been published in a college or university newspaper/publication or in
an online version.
SRSI Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: SRSI Foundation
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 4, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens enrolled in a four-year
bachelor degree program in Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology,
Construction Engineering, Construction Technology, Construction Management,
Construction Information Technology, or Architectural Engineering.
AFSA High School Senior Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA)
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April 6, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors who are citizens and
aliens legally residing in the United States. Applicant must read the “Fire
Sprinkler Essay” and then take a ten question multiple-choice test. Student
will receive an entry into a drawing for each question answered correctly.
Christina Skoski, M.D., Scholarship
Sponsor: Amputee Coalition
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 6, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be full-time
undergraduate students in the fall term and have a congenital limb difference
or an amputation.
Great Lakes National Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Great Lakes Educational Loan Services
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: April 6, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors or current college
students who have financial need. Applicant must be majoring in a STEM
related major. Only the first 20,000 applications submitted electronically will
be accepted.
Negative Population Growth Photography Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: Negative Population Growth
Amount: Up to $1,500
Deadline: April 8, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and college freshmen,
sophomores, and juniors who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.
Applicant must submit an original photo that shows how population growth is
negatively impacting your community.
New Jersey Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: April 8, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who are New
Jersey residents and have visited the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’
Memorial.
TCAA 2016 Family Scholarship
Sponsor: Tile Contractors’ Association of America
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April 8, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to Tile Contractor’s Association of America
employee’s siblings, children or grandchildren.
USDA 1890 National Scholars Program
Sponsor: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 11, 2016
Description: Scholarships are open to U.S. citizens who have at least a 3.0
GPA and accepted for admission or currently attending one of the nineteen
1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Universities. Applicant must study
agriculture, food, natural resource science, or other related academic
disciplines.
Candice’s Sickle Cell Fund Scholarship
Sponsor: Candice’s Sick Cell Fund, Inc.
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 14, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students with sickle cell disease who are
pursing higher education. Applicant must live in New York, New Jersey, or
Connecticut.
Signet Essay Contest
Sponsor: Penguin Putman Incorporated
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 14, 2016
Description: Contest is open to 11th and 12th grade, full-time matriculated
students who are attending high schools located in the 50 United States and
the District of Columbia, or homeschooled students between the ages of 16-
18. Applicant must submit an essay on one of five given topics related to the
book, “Little Women.”
2016 Kahn Roven, LLP Scholarship
Sponsor: Kahn Roven, LLP
Amount: $500
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in good
standing who hold a minimum 3.0 GPA and are planning on attending an
accredited post-secondary institution. Applicant must submit an essay on what
post-secondary education means to them.
All I Need Scholarship Slam
Sponsor: Power Poetry
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are 25 years of age or
younger. Applicant must submit an original poem on something they cannot live
without.
Annual Senior Care Scholarship
Sponsor: A Place for Mom
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in an associate’s degree,
bachelor’s degree or graduate level program in a medical, nursing or social
sciences related major. Applicant must have the intent of pursuing a career
that involves working with senior citizens.
Build U. Scholarship
Sponsor: Buildium
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate or graduate students
enrolled in a Product Design, Interaction Design, UX Design, Engineering, or
Computer Science degree program. Applicant must submit an essay on a topic
related to concept of ownership.
Buildium’s Women in Technology Scholarship
Sponsor: Buildium
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to college or university students in good
standing at an accredited public or private U.S. university. Applicant must be
enrolled in a Product Design, Interaction Design, User Experience Design,
Engineering, or Computer Science degree program (undergraduate or graduate).
CJ Pony Parts Scholarship Video Contest
Sponsor: Pony Parts
Amount: $500
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. residents who are current students
and will be enrolling in post-secondary education in their next semester.
Applicant must submit a video that is under three minutes on one of several
given topics.
College JumpStart Scholarship
Sponsor: The College JumpStart Scholarship Fund
Amount: Up to $1,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students in 10th through 12th grades,
college students, and non-traditional students. Applicant must submit a short
essay.
Contact Lens & Glasses Scholarship
Sponsor: ReplaceMyContacts.com
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current
college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors enrolled full-time in a college in the
United States. Applicant does not need to wear contact lenses or glasses to
be three given prompts related to vision and glasses/contacts.
Denena Points, P.C. Law and Technology College Scholarship
Sponsor: Denena Points, P.C. Law
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school and college students.
Applicant must submit an essay on how technology can make law more
accessible.
Diabetes Scholars Foundation Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Diabetes Scholars Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship programs are open to high school seniors with Type 1
diabetes seeking a higher education at an accredited four-year university,
college, technical or trade school.
Emily M. Hewitt Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Calaveras Big Trees Association
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate or graduate students
enrolled full-time in an accredited California post-secondary educational
institution whose educational career goal coincides in communicating and
interpreting nature’s wonder. Applicant must be pursuing degrees in
environmental protection, forestry, wildlife and fisheries biology, parks and
recreation, park management, environmental law and public policy,
environmental art, and California history.
ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Math and Science Scholarship
Sponsor: Council of the Great City Schools
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to African American and Hispanic students
completing their senior year of high school in a member of the Council of the
Great City Schools. Applicant must have a commitment to pursue a career in a
STEM field.
General Scholarship for Higher Learning
Sponsor: HotelsCheap.org
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in an accredited post-
secondary academic institution in the United States. Applicant must answer
four personal, open-ended,and though-provoking questions.
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
Sponsor: Barron Prize
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Prize is open to students between the ages of 8 and 18 years of
age who are permanent residents of the United States or Canada. Applicant
must be nominated for an extraordinary service activity which has clearly
benefited other people or the planet we share.
Greenberg & Greenberg, APLC California Inspiration Scholarship
Sponsor: Greenberg & Greenberg
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to any high school senior or college student in
California. Applicant must create a short (30-120 second) video telling them
about how they find inspiration.
GuideOne Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: GuideOne Insurance
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to junior, senior or graduate students
attending an accredited college, university or seminary in the United States or
District of Columbia who are studying religious studies.
History Scholar Award
Sponsor: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Amount:
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Award is open to juniors and seniors attending an accredited
college or university in the United States and majoring in history or American
studies with an American history concentration.
Interior-Deluxe Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Interior Deluxe
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in a two-year, four-year,
or a graduate program. Applicant must browse the scholarship provider’s
website and write an article on a given topic.
NSFA Scholarship
Sponsor: Nevada State FireFighter’s Association (NSFA)
Amount: Up to $1,250
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Applicant must be a son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter or
dependent of a Nevada State Firefighter’ Association member.
OB/GYN Group Scholarship
Sponsor: Revere Health
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to college students in the state of Utah.
Applicant must submit an essay on one of five given prompts.
Oregon Association of Nurseries Scholarship
Sponsor: Oregon Association of Nurseries
Amount: Up to $1,500
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors and college students
from Oregon and Southwest Washington who are preparing for a career in
ornamental horticulture or a related field.
Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition
Sponsor: Water Environment Federation (WEF)
Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Competition is open to students ages 15-20 in grades 9-12.
Applicant must submit a water-related science project. Teams of up to three
students may enter.
The Spangenberg Law Firm Video PSA Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: Spangenberg Law Firm
Amount: Up to $2,000
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently attending or planning to
attend a college or university during the 2016-2017 academic year. Applicant
must create an original 30 to 60 second video PSA addressing one of four
given topics.
Verbal Ink Transcription Services Scholarship
Sponsor: Verbal Ink
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current
college freshman. Applicant must submit an essay on how language has helped
the student express their voice.
CHCI-United Health Foundation Scholar Intern Program
Sponsor: United Health Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 16, 2016
Description: Scholar Intern program is open to students enrolled full-time in
an accredited community college, four-year university, or
graduate/professional program during the 2016-17 academic year. Applicant
must be pursuing an academic degree that will lead to a career as a primary
care health professional.
Independence Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: The Independence Foundation
Amount: $500
Deadline: April 17, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students with a noteworthy physical
disability. Applicant must submit an essay on how their physical limitation(s)
has/have presented challenge(s) and how they have worked to persevere
despite them.
9 Beans and a Burrito Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: 9 Beans and a Burrito Foundation
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 18, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors planning to
attend a U.S. accredited junior college or four-year university.
Jerry Cahill You Cannot Fail Scholarship
Sponsor: Boomer Esiason Foundation
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: April 18, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students athletes with cystic fibrosis and
have completed at least one semester of undergraduate work.
Jerry Wheeler Scholarship
Sponsor: South Dakota Retailers Association (SDRA)
Amount: Up to $1,600
Deadline: April 18, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be enrolled in a retail
field of study during the 2016-2017 school year. Applicant must have
graduated from a high school in South Dakota or plan to attend a college,
university, or vocational school in South Dakota in the fall of 2016.
The A.I.W.A. Scholarship Programs
Sponsor: Armenian International Women’s Association
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 19, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to female students entering their junior or
senior year in college, as well as graduate students, who are of Armenian
descent. Scholarships is based on financial need and merit.
Sports Unlimited Scholarship
Sponsor: Sports Unlimited
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 20, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and college
freshman and sophomores who play or compete in a sport. Applicant must
submit an essay on how they have overcome adversity to succeed in a sport.
Bay Alarm Medical Scholarship
Sponsor: Bay Alarm Medical
Amount: Up to $2,000
Deadline: April 22, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current
undergraduate students. Applicant must be involved in a community service
effort/volunteer opportunity where they work with the elderly or participate in
caregiving duties for an elderly relative living in their home.
Justin Veatch Fund Scholarship
Sponsor: Justin Veatch Fund
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 22, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors planning to
further their study in music who are from the greater Yorktown, New York
area.
Michael J. Quill Scholarship
Sponsor: Transport Workers Union (TWU)
Amount: Up to $4,800 paid out in the amount of $1,200 per year.
Deadline: April 22, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors who are a child or
dependent of a TWU member in good standing, deceased member, or
pensioner.
Negative Population Growth Written Advertisement Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: Negative Population Growth
Amount: Up to $2,000
Deadline: April 22, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and college freshmen,
sophomores, and juniors who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.
Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to population policies.
Create Real Impact Contest
Sponsor: Impact Teen Drivers
Amount: Up to $1,500
Deadline: April 29, 2016
Description: Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and
the District of Columbia between the ages of 14 and 22 years of age. Student
must submit an original work (video, music, creative writing, or artwork)
showcasing their idea for a solution to the very real problem of reckless and
distracted driving.
Denny’s Hungry for Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 29, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to K-12 students, undergraduate and graduate
students. Applicant must have a minimum 2.5 GPA. Applicant must submit an
essay on how Denny’s can impact childhood hunger in their communities.
Fountainhead Essay Contest
Sponsor: Ayn Rand Institute
Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: April 29, 2016
Description: Contest is open to students who are in 11th or 12th grade and
have read Ayn Rand’s “Fountainhead.” Applicant must submit an essay on a
given topic related to “Fountainhead.”
Samuel Eliot Morison Naval History Scholarship
Sponsor: Naval History and Heritage Command
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: April 29, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to active duty commissioned officers of the
U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps with demonstrated leadership potential and
high academic qualifications who are already pursuing graduate study in
history, international relations, or a related field.
Russ Casey/Maine Restaurant Associates Scholarship Fund
Sponsor: Maine Restaurant Association
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 29, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to residents of Maine who is, or will be
attending an institute of higher education, in a field of study clearly
associated with the Culinary Arts, Restaurant, Hotel or Hospitality
Management.
2016 Groth Law Firm Video Scholarship
Sponsor: Groth Law
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to any student in the United States who has
graduated high school by summer 2016 and is seeking a law-related degree.
Applicant must create a 30-second video that creatively answer this question:
“How can we make driving safer.”
AACN Partnership & Student Scholarship Program
Sponsor: CertifiedBackground.com
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students admitted or enrolled in a
baccalaureate or higher degree nursing program at an AACN member
institution with at least a 3.2 GPA.
All About Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Unigo
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students 13 years of age or older who are
legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia and are
currently enrolled (or will enroll no later than the fall of 2022) in an
accredited post-secondary institution of higher education. Applicant will need
to submit a short response to a given prompt.
AMVETS National Scholarships
Sponsor: American Veterans (AMVETS)
Amount: Up to $4,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to veterans, active duty military members,
their guard/reserves, and their children or grandchildren.
BestHospitalityDegrees.com Scholarship
Sponsor: BestHospitalityDegrees.com
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled as
a hospitality major at a community college or university in the United States.
Career interests can include but are not limited to tourism, hotel
managements, culinary arts, restaurant management, or culinary management.
CARiD Scholarship
Sponsor: CARiD
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in post-secondary
education in the upcoming semester who are between the ages of 16 and 20
years old. Applicant must submit a photo inspired by any aspect of the
automotive industry.
Catching the Dream Scholarship
Sponsor: Catching the Dream
Amount: Varied
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Applicant must be 1/4 or more degree American Indian and be an
enrolled member of a U.S. tribe. Applicant must be attending or planning on
attending a college or university within the U.S. on a full-time basis that is
fully accredited.
Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications to
Reduce Tobacco Use Among Priority Populations
Sponsor: Truth Initiative
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students pursuing undergraduate or
graduate study at an accredited institution of higher learning in the United
States. Scholarship recognizes individuals who demonstrate commitment to
community service and use the creative arts to help reduce tobacco use in
priority underserved populations.
DrugNews Scholarship
Sponsor: DrugNews.net
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who
are currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program. Applicant must be
planning a career in drug research or have a family member who has been
affected by a permanent drug injury.
E-waste Scholarship
Sponsor: Digital Responsibility
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school students or a current or
entering college or graduate student at any level. Applicant must answer in
140-characters or less “the most important reason to care about e-waste.
HENAAC Scholarship
Sponsor: Great Minds in STEM
Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to Hispanic students who are enrolled in an
undergraduate or graduate STEM program at an accredited two-year or four-
year college or university in the United States or its territories. If student is
not Hispanic, students who have significantly participated in and promoted
organizations and activities in the Hispanic community can also apply.
Henry and Joyce W. Sumid Scholarship
Sponsor: Pasadena Playhouse Alumni and Associates
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors, undergraduate and
graduate students who are interested in studying theatre arts. Applicant must
be a legal resident of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, or Washington.
Joshua David Gardner Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Joshua David Gardner Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students admitted or enrolled in an
accredited four-year historically black college or university in the United
States.
Little Rock Nine Text Scholarship
Sponsor: Do Something
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: “In 1957, nine teenagers known as the Little Rock Nine were the
first black students to integrate a US school. Their sacrifices sparked
enormous progress, but American schools still struggle with segregation today.”
Applicant must enter their cell phone number, as well as the numbers of three
friends to to play a choose-your-own adventure that allows students to walk in
the schools of the civil rights pioneers.” By participating, student will receive
an entry for the scholarship.
Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity
Sponsor: Renee B. Fisher Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, as well as
any person entering an undergraduate degree program in the fall after the
application deadline. Applicant must be a Connecticut or New York City
metropolitan area resident planning to attend or attending an institution of
higher education anywhere in the United States, or a resident of any part of
the U.S. planning to attend or attending an institution of higher education in
Connecticut or New York City.
Nanor Krikorian Scholarship
Sponsor: Armenian Youth Federation: Western Region
Amount: Up to $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current
college students of Armenian descent. Applicant should have a history of public
service an extracurricular activity in the community.
Ovid Scholarship
Sponsor: Ovid
Amount: Up to $1,500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current or incoming undergraduate or
graduate students with at least a 3.0 GPA. Applicant must submit an essay on
“why should someone follow you.”
PFLAG National Scholarship
Sponsor: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) National
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors entering
higher education for the first time this calendar year and self-identify as a
member or ally of the LGBTQ community.
Princess Grace Foundation-USA – Dance Performance Scholarship
Sponsor: Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is for students in their last year of professional
training at a non-profit school located in the United States. Applicant must
submit online application, resume, personal statement and work samples.
Student must be nominated by a school department chair/dean or company
artistic director.
Princess Grace Foundation-USA Choreography Scholarship
Sponsor: Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is for students in their last year of professional
training at a non-profit school located in the United States. Applicant must
submit online application, resume, personal statement and work samples.
Student must be nominated by a school department chair/dean or company
artistic director.
Scholarship for Tomorrow’s Entrepreneur
Sponsor: GreenPal
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or currently
enrolled in a college of business with a 3.0 GPA. Applicant must submit an
essay related to their desire to be a business owner.
Shawn Carter Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Shawn Carter Foundation
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors, students with GED
diplomas, undergraduate (two-year or four-year) college students, and
students at trade or vocational schools. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens
or Permanent Residents, 25 years of age or younger, and have a minimum GPA
of 2.0.
Snowdrop Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Snowdrop Foundation
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to college bound pediatric cancer patients.
The Slickdeals Student Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Slickdeals
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens, living in one of the 50
United States or the District of Columbia. Applicant must be at least 18
years of age and be a current undergraduate student or accepted to an
accredited university for the fall 2016 term. Applicant must submit an essay
on their best money-saving tips for college.
William K. Schubert Minority Nursing Scholarship
Sponsor: Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Amount: Up to $2,750 per year
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are members of one of the
underrepresented groups in the registered nursing profession. Applicant must
be enrolled or accepted in a professional registered nurse program at an
accredited school of nursing and seeking initial licensure as a registered nurse
in the State of Ohio.