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Published December 14, 2019
Amount: $1,000
Apply by: Year round
Description: Open to both high school and college students. One scholarship is open to students studying any major and is also eligible for students who are currently undecided about their course of study. The second scholarship is available to students who will major or are majoring in business or STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math).
Sponsor: Employment Boost
Amount: $1,000 budget, chance to win $500 scholarship, mentorship, and a trip to MIT
Apply by: January 1, 2023
Description: Open to current high school students at a school in the United States who submit a project proposal on a science, technology, or engineering idea.
Sponsor: MIT THINK
Amount: Up to $36,000
Closing Date: January 5, 2023
Description: Open to Jewish teens who are between the ages of 13 and 19 who have demonstrated impressive leadership and are actively engaged in community service projects that embody the value of tikkun olam (repair of the world).
Sponsor: Helen Diller Family Foundation
Amount: $1,500
Apply by: January 5, 2023
Description: Open to any current, full-time student at an accredited two-year or four-year American university or college who must answer a prompt.
Sponsor: Marvel Optics
Amount: $10,000
Apply by:: January 5, 2023
Description: Open to high school seniors who demonstrate leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship at school, at the workplace, and in the community and also demonstrate financial need.
Sponsor: Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute and GE
Amount: $500-$1,000
Apply by: January 6, 2023
Description: Open to college-bound teens in grades 9-12
Sponsor: Potential Magazine
Amount: $10,000
Apply by: January 9, 2023
Description: Open to all talented and economically-challenged African-American high school seniors who demonstrate a keen interest in public service, community engagement, business entrepreneurship and global citizenship –
Sponsor: Ron Brown Scholar Program
Amount: Up to $10,000
Apply by: January 13, 2023
Description: Open to high school students who submit a 700 – to 1000 – word essay that describes and analyzes an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official who served during or after 1917, the year John F. Kennedy was born. GED students under the age of 20 may also apply.
Sponsor: John F Kennedy Library Presidential Library and Museum
Amount: Up to $10,000
Apply by: January 15, 2023
Description: Open to residents of the northeast region of Pennsylvania who can show that the scholarship will aid them in their development into professional artists.
Sponsor: BelinArts
Amount: At least $1,500
Apply by: January 15, 2023
Description: Open to individuals between the ages of 16 and 24 years of age who are pursuing their private pilot certificate.
Sponsor: The Lyons Aviation Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,000
Apply by: January 16, 2023
Description: Open to college students who can create a video that must interpret some variation of the theme, “One Person Can Make a Difference.”
Sponsor: Christophers.org
Amount:Varies from one-time $2,500 awards to multi-year $20,000 awards.
Apply by: January 19, 2023
Description: Open to underserved APIA students with a special focus on those who live at or below the poverty level, or are otherwise of low socioeconomic status.
Sponsor: APIA Scholars
Amount:$1,000
Apply by: January 19, 2023
Description: Open to students pursuing higher education to make a difference in their own communities.
Sponsor: Elite Lawyer
C-SPAN’s StudentCam Documentary Competition
Amount: Up to $5,000
Apply by: January 20, 2023
Description: Competition is open to all students in grades 6-12 who will explore the issue you most want presidential candidates to address during the campaign. Grades 6-8 compete in the Middle School category, and grades 9-12 compete in the High School category. (The competition requires a video submission.)
Sponsor: C-Span/StudentCam
Amount: Up to $7,500
Apply by: January 27, 2023
Description: Open to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.
Sponsor: Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program
Amount: Up to $300
Apply by: January 27, 2023
Description: Open to California teens between the ages of 14 and 18 years old who have created a poster focusing on workplace health safety as it relates to teens.
Sponsor: YoungWorkers.org
Amount: $1000
Apply by: January 30, 2023
Description: Open to high school, undergraduate or graduate students. You must be U.S. citizen or legal resident and submit a 140-character message that relates to technology addiction to qualify for this award.
Sponsor: Digital Responsibility
Amount: Varies from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.
Apply by: January 31, 2023
Description: Open to students who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and are actively involved in rehabilitative or reintegration efforts, such as clubhouse membership, part-
or full-time employment, volunteer efforts or school enrollment
Sponsor: Center for Reintegration
Amount: $1000
Apply by: January 31, 2023
Description:Open to high school students who submit an original essay of 450 words or less, or a two-minute video, on the following topic: “Agriculture: Food for Life. How Does Our Nation Lead the Way?”
Sponsor: Agriculture Council of America
Amount: Up to $80,000 over four years
Apply by: January 31, 2023
Description: Open to graduating high school seniors and high school graduates who live in targeted, locked-out states that do not offer in-state tuition to DREAMers, or bars them from attending state colleges and universities all together.
Sponsor: TheDream.US
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