June 2021 Scholarships

Ab Irvine Scholarship Program

Sponsor: Great Southwest Civitan Foundation

Amount: $2,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Open to students who have career plans to work with children with special needs (includes but is not limited to: Special Education, Learning Disabilities, Deaf/Blind Education, Allied Health Professions (i.e., Physical Therapy, Speech/Language Pathology, Audiology, Occupational Therapy) and Mental Health Professions (i.e., Psychology, Counseling, Social Work, Art/Music Therapy). Students must be currently enrolled as a Junior, Senior, or Graduate student at a college or university anywhere in NM, CO, or TX, be legal residents of NM, CO, or El Paso County, TX, and have a GPA of 3.0 or better.

Beulah Frey Environmental Scholarship

Sponsor: Scholarship Committee

Amount: $2,500

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: ASWP awards one $2,500 scholarship to a graduating high school senior from our service area of Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Beaver, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.

Delmar Foundation Scholarships

Sponsor: The Delmar Foundation

Amount: $5,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Provides scholarships to individuals who reside within the Franklin Regional School District (in western Pennsylvania) and need financial help to be able to attend an accredited college, university, junior college, technical college, or trade school (full-time or part-time).

Eaton County Democratic Party Student Scholarship

Sponsor: The Eaton County Democratic Party

Amount: $500

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Offer a $500 non-renewable scholarship this year to a current Eaton County student in high school, college or trade school. We wish to honor a student’s past school performance, current positive contributions to community, as well as their understanding of The Importance of Voting in a Democracy as determined in an essay written by the student on this topic.

Florence Smith Powers Memorial Scholarship

Sponsor: The Florence Smith Powers Memorial

Amount: $5,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: awarded to an undergraduate student attending a four-year college or university. Eligible applicants must: be sophomores, juniors, and seniors pursuing an approved program in Animal Science, Meat Science, Food Science or related discipline (freshmen who apply must be sophomores at the time the scholarship becomes effective); have a 2.75 GPA; and, must remain enrolled in the approved major and educational institution.

Furman University Furman Scholars Program

Sponsor: The Furman Scholars program

Amount: $20,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Seeks to honor high school juniors who exhibit strong academic potential, demonstrate leadership potential, and show significant involvement in extracurricular activities and community service. High school guidance counselors nominate current juniors to participate in the program. Nominees must meet all of the following criteria: a genuine interest in an education in the liberal arts and sciences with a high school weighted grade-point average of 3.5 or higher; involvement in extracurricular activities and community service with demonstrated leadership potential; and, at least a 1360 on the SAT or PSATor a 29 on the ACT or Aspire.

Jacob Smaus SuperHero Scholarship

Sponsor: Jacob Smaus SuperHero

Amount: $1,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Awarded to one currently enrolled college student who actively donates their time or resources to help those in need. This scholarship is available to Nebraska residents enrolled in a college located anywhere in the United States or U.S. residents attending a college located in the state of Nebraska. Applicants may be involved in community service on a volunteer-basis, non-profit organizational support, or simply demonstrate acts of selflessness on a regular basis.

Jane Austen Society of North America Essay Contest

Sponsor: JASNA

Amount: $1,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Conducts an annual student essay contest. Students interested in the life and works of Jane Austen are encouraged to enter. The essay contest is open to students worldwide at the high school, college/university, and graduate school levels of study. Entrants do not need to be members of JASNA.

Law Enforcement Officers’ (LEO) Dependents Scholarship

Sponsor: The Law Enforcement Officers’ (LEO) Dependents Scholarship Program

Amount: $10,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Provides an eight-semester scholarship to any state-supported college, university, or technical institute in Arkansas to dependents of Arkansas residents who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.

M. Hildred Blewett Fellowship

Sponsor: The M. Hildred Blewett Fellowship

Amount: $45,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Offered to female students who are pursuing careers in physics. To be eligible, applicants must: have completed work toward a Ph.D.; provide written proof from a U.S. or Canadian institution that the applicant will have institutional affiliation during the tenure of the grant.

NVM Scholarships

Sponsor: The National Videogame Museum

Amount: $1,500

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: High school graduates pursuing careers in gaming or technology-based fields. Three of the four are limited to Texas residents but the fourth is open to women across the country.

Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship

Sponsor: Quatrefoil Library Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Open to all high school seniors or college students who are/will be attending college within the State of Minnesota. Quatrefoil is one of the country’s oldest and largest LGBTQ lending libraries and also serves as a community center.

Raytheon Intelligence & Space Women's Scholarship

Sponsor: Raytheon Intelligence & Space Women's Cybersecurity Scholarship

Amount: $10,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Recipients will receive a $10,000 Scholarship to be applied to tuition, fees, books, and required electronics. The recipient will also receive a (ISC)2 Certification Education Package upon graduation. Applicants must be a female pursuing, or planning to pursue, a degree with a focus on cybersecurity, information assurance, or similar field.

Ted Rollins Eco Scholarship

Sponsor: Ted Rollins and Valeo Partners

Amount: $1,000

Closing Date: June 1, 2021

Description: Award a $1,000 scholarship twice each year to one talented student who is majoring in a field related to sustainability. High school seniors and college undergraduate students who major/plan to major in a field related to sustainability and plan to take at least 10 credit hours in the fall semester of the current year are eligible to apply.

US Deputy Sheriff's Association Scholarship

Sponsor: USDSA

Amount: $2,000

Closing Date: June 01, 2021

Description: For dependent children of current, full-time commissioned law enforcement officers. Applicants must be high school seniors or college students attending or planning to attend an accredited community college or four-year college or university in the United States for a minimum of 12 credit hours.

ACF American Advertising Federation-NM Scholarship

Sponsor: The American Advertising Federation-New Mexico (AAF-NM)

Amount: $1,400

Closing Date: June 4, 2021

Description: Provide scholarships to deserving men and women who intend to enter the advertising profession. In order to apply, you must be a New Mexico resident enrolled full-time at a four-year New Mexico public or non-profit college/university as a junior or senior in one of the following majors: Business (with a marketing emphasis), Journalism (with an advertising emphasis), Strategic Communications, Advertising and Marketing, Graphic Design, Fine Art, Photography, or Illustration with a focus in advertising or public relations.

VWEA Undergraduate Scholarship

Sponsor: VWEA Undergraduate Scholarship

Amount: $2,500

Closing Date: June 5, 2021

Description: Annually by the Virginia Water Environment Association (VWEA) to students enrolled at Virginia universities or community college in a civil or environmental engineering or physical/environmental science undergraduate program.

KASF Scholarship for Descendants of American Korean War Veterans

Sponsor: The Law Enforcement Officers’ (LEO) Dependents Scholarship Program

Amount: $5,000

Closing Date: June 8, 2021

Description:Offers a scholarship program that recognizes outstanding students who have demonstrated outstanding talents and the potential for success. Applicants must be a descendant of an American Korean War Veteran in the state of Georgia (or Georgia connections) who served in the Korean War during the periods of June 25, 1950 to January 31, 1955.

The Collegiate Inventors Competition

Sponsor: The Collegiate Inventors Competition

Amount: $100,000

Closing Date: June 14, 2021

Description: Students frequently come from science, engineering, mathematics, and technology studies, but creative invention can emerge from any course of study. Applicants must be enrolled as full-time students for at least part of the 12-month period prior to entry. Teams must include at least one member who meets this requirement, and all remaining members must be enrolled at least part-time at some point during the 12-month period prior to entry.

Ocean Awareness Student Contest

Sponsor: The National Videogame Museum

Amount: $1,500

Closing Date: June 14, 2021

Description: For young people to learn about environmental issues through art-making and creative communication, and become advocates for positive change. Students are invited to create Visual Art (any medium), Creative Writing, Film, Interactive & Multimedia, Performing Arts: Music & Dance, and Poetry & Spoken Word that explores their connection to water and creatively communicates the need to protect this vital resource. Open to middle and high school students ages 11-18 worldwide. Students can submit as individuals or as a class/group/club.

Rheumatoid Patient Foundation Scholarship Program

Sponsor: The Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

Amount: $1,000

Closing Date: June 15, 2021

Description: Provides financial support to students whose lives have been affected by rheumatoid disease (RD), as they advance their education. Applicants must be U.S. residents applying to a post-secondary/vocational institution or already enrolled at a college or vocational school. Applicant has a confirmed diagnosis of RA or JRA/JIA, or has a parent with such a diagnosis and will be required to submit an application form and a written paper in response to an essay prompt.

Scholarship Program for Young Pianists

Sponsor: Chopin Foundation Scholarship Program

Amount: $1,000

Closing Date: June 15, 2021

Description: Support and encourage young, talented American pianists through up to four years of preparation for the National Chopin Piano Competition of the United States, which is held in Miami, Florida, every five years.

Autism Can Do Scholarship

Sponsor: Doug Flutie. Jr Foundation for Autism

Amount: $5,000

Closing Date: June 15, 2021

Description: The program will present a $5,000 scholarship to a person on the autism spectrum in the United States to use at a college or trade school.

CACP Scholarship

Sponsor: The Chinese American Construction Professionals (CACP)

Amount: $3,000

Closing Date: June 15, 2021

Description: Established to provide aid to students who are pursuing their career in architecture, engineering, design, or construction-related fields. Applicants must be juniors, seniors, or graduate students.

Diversity STEM Scholarships

Sponsor: Massport's Office of Diversity & Inclusion/Compliance

Amount: $2,000

Closing Date: June 15, 2021

Description: Offers a scholarship program to foster diversity in the transportation industry, and connect the best and brightest graduating minority high school seniors to college scholarships to support the Commonwealth’s STEM Initiative. All graduating minority high school seniors from the city of Boston or Massport's Neighboring Communities interested in pursuing a degree in areas of study including aviation, business administration, accounting, architecture, engineering, finance, and human resources are eligible to apply.

The Women in Aerospace Foundation Scholarship

Sponsor: Women in Aerospace Foundation, Inc

Amount: $2,000

Closing Date: June 16, 2021

Description: Encourages young women interested in a career in the aerospace field to pursue higher education degrees in engineering or science or math. One or more awards will be given to rising juniors and seniors in college, to be applied to the coming academic year. Applicant must be a female undergraduate college student.

BOTH Scholarship

Sponsor: Scholarship Committee

Amount: $1,000

Closing Date: June 20, 2021

Description: Geared towards college students from the African Diaspora majoring in a business-related field, who would like to continue their pursuit of the creative arts.

Young Community Leaders Scholarship

Sponsor: Young Community Leaders Scholarship

Amount: $2,000

Closing Date: June 25, 2021

Description: Must be a family member within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity of a person who is an employee of the federal government or United States Postal Service who is living, working or have retired in the state of Michigan.

Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship

Sponsor: The Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship

Amount: $5,000

Closing Date: June 29, 2021

Description: Open to all current high school seniors, and college freshman, sophomores and juniors (ages 27 and younger) who demonstrate an active commitment to end HIV/AIDS and taking on roles of public service and leadership. All applicants must describe their current leadership efforts/experience, its significance to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and how their future career plans or public service will be an extension of their current efforts in the form of an essay.

AlaskAdvantage® Education Grant

Sponsor: The Alaska Education Grant (AEG) program

Amount: $4,000

Closing Date: June 30, 2021

Description: Provides need-based financial assistance to eligible Alaska students attending qualifying post-secondary educational institutions in Alaska. Grant awards typically range from $500 to $4,000 per academic year.

Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award

Sponsor: The Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award

Amount: $500

Closing Date: June 30, 2021

Description: Promotes creative writing, encourages local writers and provides a unique opportunity for recognizing new literary talent in the state. The award is open to Illinois residents age 18 and over.

Women in Defense Michigan - STEM Scholarship

Sponsor: Women in Defense Michigan

Amount: $2,500

Closing Date: June 30, 2021

Description: Applicants must be a female citizen of the United States and be a resident of Michigan. To apply, you must be a high school senior (grade 12) currently enrolled full time and demonstrate achievements in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) as well as demonstrating an interest in pursuing a career related to national security or defense.

You First Foundation Scholarship

Sponsor: The You First Foundation Scholarship

Amount: $3,000

Closing Date: June 30, 2021

Description: Awarded to a student seeking higher education where they or a family member was affected by a traumatic medical event that impacted their ability to pursue further education. Applicants must be Texas residents, a high school graduate or GED recipient, have a minimum 2.7 GPA, and be enrolled or plan to enroll in an accredited two or four-year college, university or vocational school.