Amount: $7,500
Apply By : May 1, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to to disabled high school seniors who will be enrolling in an undergraduate program in the fall or are currently enrolled. Applicants must be an incoming or current student of an undergraduate program of a New Jersey college or university and have any kind of disability.
Sponsor: Jack Scura Fund
Amount: Up to $3,000
Apply By: May 1, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are preparing for teaching secondary school mathematics. Applicant must submit a written proposal that includes evidence of their past academic achievement in a college or university and their commitment to teaching.
Sponsor: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Amount: Up to $5,000
Apply By: May 1, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to students pursuing a field of study within the equine, animal science or agricultural industry or whose family is employed in the equine industry. Applicant must be under 24 years old and have at least a 2.85 GPA
Sponsor: The Race for Education
Amount: $2,500
Apply By: May 1, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. residents who are graduating high school seniors or college freshmen, sophomores, or juniors. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to technology.
Sponsor: Rover
Amount: Up to $5,000
Apply By: May 1, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are United States citizens or eligible non-citizens. Applicant must submit an essay on why college is important to them.
Amount: $3,000
Apply By: May 3, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current students attending two or four-year universities, life skills or post secondary programs, or vocational, technical, or trade schools. Applicant must face daily challenges related to autism and attend programs that assist in skill-building, job-readiness, and other transition-related skills.
Sponsor: Organization for Autism Research (OAR)
Amount: $1,000
Apply By: May 4, 2022
Description: Open to incoming and current college students. Applicant must submit a short introduction and an essay on their good choices like choosing not to drive distracted or choosing not to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Sponsor: GibsonSingleton PLLC
Amount: Up to $10,000
Apply By: May 5, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to legal U.S. residents 16 years of age or older at the time of application and enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student for the 2019 term. Applicant must have a declared major of biology, chemistry, bio-chemistry, or related life science field.
Sponsor: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Amount: Varies
Apply By: May 7, 2022
Description: Open to currently enrolled college students attending an accredited college in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia or Washington, DC. Applicant must have a career objective in of the areas of the Hospitality Industry (i.e. Hotel/Restaurant Management, Culinary/Foodservice, Architecture, Interior Design, etc.)
Sponsor: NEWH – The Hospitality Industry Network | Washington DC Metropolitan Chapter
Amount: Up to $2,500
Apply By: May 12, 2022
Description: Open to African American rising college sophomores, juniors, and seniors majoring in Communications who have completed 60 hours of community service during the current academic year.
Sponsor: Jack and Jill of America
Amount: Up to $10,000
Apply By: May 14, 2022
Description: Open to children adopted at or after the age of 13 to provide increased opportunities for advanced education.
Sponsor: UMPS Care Charities
Amount:Varies
Apply By: May 15, 2022
Description: Open to dependent children, spouses or domestic partners of 9/11 victims, including airplane crew and passengers; World Trade Center and Pentagon workers and visitors; and relief workers and visitors; and relief workers, including firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and law enforcement personnel, that were involved in the rescue efforts. Applicant must be an incoming or current college student.
Sponsor: Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund
Amount: $2,500
Apply By: May 15, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to girls graduating from a public school in Delaware who will pursue a degree towards a career in service (teaching, nursing, medical, psychology, social work, clergy, non-profit, etc) and will need financial aid to attend college.
Sponsor: Girls Inc of Delaware
Amount: $1,000
Apply By: May 15, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to a graduating female senior of a Delaware high school who is/was a participant in a GIDE (Girls, Inc. of Delaware) program
Sponsor: Girls Inc of Delaware
Amount: $1,000
Apply By: May 15, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to to a graduating female senior of a Delaware high school who is/was a participant in a GIDE program, and will pursue an undergraduate degree at an accredited educational institution on a full-time basis enrolled in a science, technology, engineering, math or education major.
Sponsor: Girls, Inc. of Delaware
Amount: $1,000
Apply By: : May 17, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to graduate students attending a U.S. based college or university in 2020-2021 with preference given to research/study topics that benefit those in social/economic need, especially Asian and Asian American communities. Preference for Asian heritage, but it is not required.
Sponsor: Asian Pacific Fund
Amount: Up to $50,000
Apply By: May 21, 2022
Description: Open to high school juniors (Class of 2020) who are planning to enroll in a full-time course of study toward a bachelor’s degree at an accredited four-year U.S. college or university. Applicant must maintain a minimum cumulative unweighted 3.7 GPA. This is the early application deadline. The regular application deadline is September 1, 2021
Sponsor: Bryan Cameron Education Foundation
Amount: $1,000
Apply By: May 22, 2022
Description: Open to all students who plan on majoring in Philosophy.
Sponsor: Bold.org
Amount: Up to $2,500
Apply By: May 31, 2022
Description: Open to college students enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited U.S. college or university with a major in engineering or science and related to the telecommunications field.
Sponsor: Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers
Amount: Up to $2,500
Apply By: May 31, 2022
Description: Open to current undergraduate college students who will write an essay: “We are a nation rich in diversity of all types. Please discuss how this diversity contributes to American life.
Sponsor: Americanism Educational Leaders and Pepperdine University Libraries
Amount: $5,000
Apply By: : May 31, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to American Indian, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, First Nations, and other indigenous peoples of North America who are students in higher education pursuing STEM degrees.
Sponsor: American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Amount: $10,000
Apply By: May 31, 2022
Description: Open to full-time students registered as an enrolled member of a federal or state-recognized tribe, or a descendant of at least one grandparent or parent who is an enrolled tribal member.
Sponsor: Collegefund.org
Amount: $1,000
Apply By: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students 24 years of age or younger who are currently admitted or enrolled in a four-year college/university or graduate school. Applicant must submit an essay on texting and driving.
Sponsor: Law Offices of Matthew J. Quinlan
Amount: Up to $1,000
Apply By: May 31, 2022
Description: Open to high school, college, and university students from any country. Applicant must submit an essay on one of three given topics related to COVID-19.
Sponsor: IvyPanda
Amount: $1,000
Apply By: May 31, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students who are at least 18 years of age, have a minimum GPA of 2.8, and must be currently or planning to be enrolled in school majoring in a healthcare or education-related field.
Sponsor: National CPR Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,000
Apply By: May 31, 2022
Description: Open to high school juniors (class of 2021) who reside anywhere in the United States and play for a high school team or club sport.
Sponsor: Positive Coaching Alliance
Amount: $2,500
Apply By: May 31, 2022
Description: Open to women students pursuing game development or the business of interactive entertainment.
Sponsor: AIAS Foundation
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