April 2021 Scholarships
Floyd E. McDonald Scholarship
Sponsor: Floyd E. McDonald Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: April 1, 2021
Description: Applicants must be entering their junior or senior year of a Bachelor of Science degree; be enrolled with a minimum of 6 hours/semester with a major in forensic sciences, chemistry, biology, or natural science; and, a 3.0 GPA.
Local Impact Scholarship
Sponsor: Local Impact
Amount:$2,000
Closing Date: April 1, 2021
Description: Support students interested in pursuing careers in the Seed Trade Industry. Majors supporting this career are traditionally agricultural, agri-business, or science-related.
Pine Cone Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Pine Cone Foundation
Amount:$3,500
Closing Date: April 1, 2021
Description: Awards multi-year scholarships to students with documented learning disabilities across the state of California who aspire to attend community college.
Powering Education Scholarship
Sponsor: AlphaOne
Amount:$2,000
Closing Date: April 1, 2021
Description: Assist people with disabilities who wish to pursue post-secondary education. Applicants must have a documented disability, be attending/attended high school within the state of Maine and have a B average or equivalent GPA, and be accepted into a post-secondary institution.
The Barbara J. Penny Community Service Scholarship
Sponsor: Barbara J. Penny Community Service
Amount:$1,500
Closing Date: April 1, 2021
Description: Recognizes students who have demonstrated a commitment to community service and promotes their growth as community leaders.
The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation
Amount:$3,500
Closing Date: April 1, 2021
Description: Awarded to juniors and seniors majoring in television and film at accredited four-year, degree-granting U.S. colleges, and universities.
The Herbert Lehman Education Fund Scholarship
Sponsor: Herbert Lehman Fund
Amount:$8,000
Closing Date: April 1, 2021
Description: Help transform the promise of racial equality into a social, economic, and political reality for all people by supporting talented undergraduate students who need financial help to stay in school and successfully complete their bachelor's degree. Applicants must be African-American, graduating high school seniors; first-year students in an accredited four-year college; or students transferring to an accredited four-year college.
Miss Utility Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Miss Utility/District One Call
Amount:$1,008
Closing Date: April 2, 2021
Description: High school students from eight zones covering Maryland and Washington, D.C.can receive this exclusive scholarship. Applicants must be on track to graduate from a Maryland or Washington, D.C., high school in the spring the year the scholarship is offered and intend to enroll in an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or technical school beginning in the fall of the same year.
Teacher.org Inspire Our Future Scholarship
Sponsor: Teacher.org
Amount:$500
Closing Date: April 1, 2021
Description: Open to students studying Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Education, Educational Administration, Secondary Education, or Special Education.
NJCTS Youth Scholarship Program
Sponsor: JCTS Youth Scholarship Program
Amount:$1,000
Closing Date: April 3, 2021
Description: Offered to graduating New Jersey high school seniors in public or private school who have been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome and will be attending a college, university, or trade school in the fall after their graduation from high school.
Operation Thank an Officer Scholarship - High School
Sponsor: Operation Thank an Officer's Scholarship (High School) program
Amount:$1,000
Closing Date: April 5, 2021
Description: Provides scholarships to current high-school seniors who have a parent presently serving in law enforcement, a retired law enforcement official, or a law enforcement official who has passed away.
The Anne Ford Scholarship
Sponsor: Anne Ford Scholarship
Amount:$10,000
Closing Date: April 5, 2021
Description: Granted to a graduating high school senior with a documented learning disability (LD) and/or ADHD who will be enrolled in a full-time bachelor’s degree program in the fall.
Brown and Caldwell Minority Scholarship
Sponsor: Brown and Caldwell
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: April 15, 2021
Description: Applicants must be a United States citizen or permanent resident, a full-time student enrolled in his/her Junior, Senior year or graduate program at an accredited college/university, declared major in civil, chemical, mechanical, electrical, or environmental engineering, or one of the environmental sciences, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and identify as a member of a minority group.
ExxonMobil/LNESC Scholarship
Sponsor: ExxonMobil
Amount: $20,000
Closing Date: April 15, 2021
Description: The ExxonMobil/LNESC Scholarship Program recognizes outstanding Hispanic high school seniors who plan to pursue a degree in engineering at U.S. post-secondary institutions.
Jewish Community Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: JCCIA John Fischetti Scholarship
Amount:$3,000
Closing Date: April 15, 2021
Description: Need-based financial assistance to Jewish students for college and graduate school education, including tuition, fees, room, and board. Applicants must be accepted or currently enrolled at an accredited institution of higher learning in the United States, current residents of the Greater Hartford area, and U.S. citizens.
LEAD Scholarship
Sponsor: LEAD Scholarship Foundation
Amount:$5,000
Closing Date: April 15, 2021
Description: One-time financial award of varying amounts to students of African descent in their senior year of high school.
Scholarship Assistance Fund Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Scholarship Assistance Fund Dollars for Scholars
Amount:$2,500
Closing Date: April 15, 2021
Description: Scholarships are offered to residents of Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, and Wheeling, Illinois.
Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association Scholarships
Sponsor: Civil Engineer Corps (CEC)
Amount:$3,500
Closing Date: April 15, 2021
Description: Children or grandchildren of a Seabee or Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) officer are encouraged to apply to the SMSA Scholarships.
NPG Essay Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: NPG, a national membership organization devoted to population issues
Amount:$2,500
Closing Date: April 18, 2021
Description: Invites students to compete in our annual essay scholarship contest.
Paul S. Honda Scholarships
Sponsor: The late Paul S. Honda, a distinguished member of PAAC’s Senior Advisory Council
Amount:$1,000
Closing Date: April 18, 2021
Description: Scholarship fund to promote Asian Studies and International Studies in higher education.
KnowBe4 Scholarship for Black Americans in Cybersecurity
Sponsor: JCCIA John Fischetti Scholarship
Amount:$10,000
Closing Date: April 19, 2021
Description: Receive a $10,000 Scholarship to be applied to tuition, fees, books, electronics and up to $3,000 may be applied to on-campus housing.
SAJA Scholarship Program
Sponsor: SAJA
Amount:$2,000
Closing Date: April 20, 2021
Description: Help graduate, undergraduate, and high school students pursue their education and future careers in journalism. Applicants must be either of South Asian descent (includes: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) or demonstrate a keen interest in covering South Asia and/or the diaspora. Students from South Asian countries are welcome to apply.
The Olivia Noel Rotondo Memorial Dance Scholarship
Sponsor: The Liv For You Foundation
Amount:$2,500
Closing Date: April 25, 2021
Description: Provide monetary assistance to young people with a boundless spirit. The scholarship committee chooses 1 recipient for the Olivia Noel Rotondo Memorial Dance Scholarship based on the student's drive, creativity, dedication to their art, and academic excellence. The foundation provides $2500 to a graduating high school dancer accepted to College or University.
"You Will Be Found" College Essay Writing Challenge
Sponsor: Inspired by the Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning Dear Evan Hansen
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: April 26, 2021
Description: Applicants must be 11th or 12th-grade high school students located in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, or Westchester, as well as Nassau, Orange, Rockland, or Suffolk counties during the upcoming academic year.
Hospitality Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Hospitality Education
Amount: $8,000
Closing Date: April 28, 2021
Description: students must have an overall cumulative high school GPA of 2.5 and must enroll to study hospitality at either the University of New Orleans or Delgado Community College. Applicants must be a high school junior or senior in the Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Iberville, Tangipahoa, or St. James parish.
Hartford Gay & Lesbian Health Collective Scholarship
Sponsor: Hartford Gay & Lesbian Health Collective
Amount: $500
Closing Date: April 30, 2021
Description: Resident of Connecticut who has been accepted for studies at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university for the coming academic year for the purpose of completing an associate or bachelor's degree program.
Historically Black College or University Scholarship (HBCU)
Sponsor: Monarch Awards Foundation
Amount: $3,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2021
Description: graduating seniors from the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Applicants must be at least a second-semester freshmen working towards a first Bachelor's degree at an accredited four-year HBCU and have a minimum GPA of 3.0.
JCCIA John Fischetti Scholarship
Sponsor: JCCIA John Fischetti Scholarship
Amount:$2,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2021
Description: Applicants must be male students of full Italian ancestry or who are 50% Italian ancestry; must be either an undergraduate in journalism or communication or a college student who has been accepted into college with the intent of establishing a major in journalism or media communications; and, must be a resident of the Chicago Metropolitan area.
Rhonda J. B. O'Leary Scholarship
Sponsor: The Rhonda J. B. O'Leary Memorial Scholarship
Amount:$2,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2021
Description: Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student attending an accredited school within the State of Washington to earn a degree in accounting.
Seattle Co-Arts/Nelda Hanson Memorial Award
Sponsor: Nelda Hanson Memorial Scholarship
Amount:$2,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2021
Description: Bolster the professional development in emerging arts. Eligible students are those currently enrolled in a recognized art school or program with at least one academic year remaining in the Greater Seattle Area.
The Brown Medical and Educational (MAE) Foundation Healthcare Scholarship
Sponsor: Brown Medical and Educational (MAE) Foundation
Amount:$1,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2021
Description: Open to students who are descendants of one of the following groups: Black/African American, Native American/American Indian, Hispanic/Latin American, Asian/Pacific Islander. A minimum 2.5 GPA is required. Students must be pursuing a healthcare-related field at a four-year U.S. undergraduate or graduate institution in order to apply.
With 1000s of scholarships available to the average student, there are many different factors to consider when deciding if a scholarship is right for you.