Scholarships

Washington HECB State Need Grant

Funding is provided from state appropriations and federal matching monies through the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) program - FAFSA assures consideration.
www.hecb.wa.gov

Drug & Alcohol Abuse Prevention Essay Contest Scholarship

A $500 scholarship essay contest that requires applicants to compose a 600-1,000 word essay. Minimum GPA of 2.5 required. http://www.alertmagazine.org

Excellence Through Ethics Essay Contest

$5,000 scholarship essay contest that requires applicants to compose a 500 word essay. Multiple Junior Achievement scholarship opportunities available at this site.
http://studentcenter.ja.org

Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation

Multiple $250 scholarships available. Online quizes required.
www.cksf.org

NNEMS Undergraduate and Graduate Student Fellowship Program

The NNEMS Fellowship program provides undergraduate and graduate students with scholarships in the form of research opportunities at EPA facilities nationwide.
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/students.html

Coca Cola Scholarship Foundation

Coca-Cola Two-Year Scholarship Program offers 350 $1,000 scholarships to applicants with a minimum 2.5 GPA. Coca-Cola Scholars Program offers 250 four-year merit-based scholarships for applicants with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
www.coca-colascholars.org

Marine Technology Society Student Scholarship

The Marine Technology Society (MTS) offers thousands of dollars in scholarships to students interested in the study of marine engineering or technology. Multiple scholarship sources are available here.
www.mtsociety.org

US Bank Internet Scholarship Program

U.S. Bank awards thirty $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors. Winners are selected at random.
http://usbank.com/studentbanking

Willie Stewart Community Service Scholarship

The Willie Stewart Community Service Scholarship program celebrates and recognizes Pierce County high school seniors who have given back to their community through volunteer service. Scholarships in the amount of $250-$500 are awared in a competitive process to graduating seniors who are going on to further education and who have spent a minimum of 50 hours in the past year serving their community.
http://www.uwpc.org/Volunteer/Youth_United_Willie_Stewart_Scholarship.htm

AJ Andy Spielman Scholarships

Multiple travel and tourism scholarships available, ranging from international internship opportunities, professional development scholarships, research grants, non-travel major scholarships and the traditional travel and tourism degree scholarships. Minimum 2.5 GPA required.
www.astanet.com/education/edu_scholarships.asp

Alice L. Haltom Educational Fund

The maximum award for students in an Associate degree program is $1,000. The maximum award for a Bachelors or Advanced Degree is $2,000. Requires an education towards a career in information and records management.
www.alhef.org

Conservation Internships - Nationwide

Maximum scholarship awarded is $4,725 in work and service opportunities. Conservation project internship of 3 to 10 months with salary and expenses paid.
www.thesca.org

CosmoGIRL! $10,000 Scholarship

One $10,000 scholarship - essay based.
www.cosmogirl.com/cgoftheyear

NPG Population Scholarship Essay Contest

$4,000 available in scholarships - essay based.
www.npg.org

AES Engineers Scholarship

One $500 award - essay based, not required to be enrolled in an engineering field.
www.aesengineers.com/scholarships.htm

A Patrick Charnon Scholarship

One award of up to $1,500 per academic year (not to exceed a total of $6,000 over four years) - community service and personal character based.
www.cesresources.org

American College of Medical Practice Executives

Scholarships from $1,000 to $5,000. Application requires enrollment in an undergraduate or graduate degree course that is relevant to medical practice management.
www.mgma.com/academics/scholar

American Planning Association High School Essay Contest

One scholarship up to $5,000 - essay based.
www.planning.org/institutions/hsessay.htm

AXA Achievement Scholarships

Multiple scholarships of up to $2,000 - character based.
www.axa-achievement.com

Ashley Marie Easterbrook Scholarship

One scholarship of $1,500 - Academic achievement (3.5 to 3.74 GPA) and essay required.
www.ashleysdream.org

Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Program

Multiple scholarships valued over $8,000 to spend the coming academic year living and studying in Germany. 3.0 GPA required.
www.USAGermanyScholarship.org

EDSF Worldwide Document Communication Scholarships

Multiple scholarships - education towards document communications required.
www.edsf.org

Calgon Scholarships

Gender based (female) - Multiple scholarships from $500 to $5,000 based on responses to short-answer questions. 3.0 GPA required.
www.takemeaway.com

Sound Credit Union Scholarships

Four $1,000 scholarships for graduating high school seniors who have a Sound Credit Union account and plan to attend a two or four year college. 3.00 G.P.A. throughout high school is required.
www.soundcu.com

USDA Public Service Leaders Scholarship

Ten combined full tuition scholarship/paid internship opportunities.
www.usdascholarships.com

Scholarships.com Resolve to Evolve Essay Contest

Seven scholarships from $1,000 to $3,000 - essay and membership in scholarships.com required.
www.scholarships.com/R2E

The Elks National Foundation Scholarships

Multiple scholarship opportunities from $1,000 to $15,000 based on financial need, leadership, and scholarship.
www.elks.org/enf/scholars/mvs.cfm

The Guardian Girls Going Places Award

15 scholarships from $1,000 to $30,000 - gender (female) and community service based.
www.guardianlife.com

The Toyota Community Scholars Award

Scholarships of $10,000 to $20,000 based on community service. Nominations required.
www.toyota.com/about/community/education/

William Randolph Hearst Foundation U.S. Senate Youth Program

Multiple scholarships of $5,000 combined with one week in Washington, D.C. Nomination required.
www.hearstfdn.org/ussyp/

Washington HECB Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE)

Three grants per legislative district not to exceed annual tuition. Based on outstanding achievement in vocational/technical education. Nomination required.
www.hecb.wa.gov

AFSA National Scholarship Contest

Ten awards of up to $2,000 - online contest for reading comprehension. Winners randomly selected.
www.afsascholarship.org

A. Bannister Scholarship

One scholarship of $1,200 - essay based.
www.surrey-lawyers.com/philanthropy.htm

AAA High School Travel Challenge

Eight awards of up to $25,000 - online test, written exam, then national contest.
www.aaa.com/travelchallenge/

Dollar Times Scholarship

One $1,000 scholarship award.
www.dollartimes.com/scholarship

Tacoma Athletic Commission Scholarship

Variable scholarship available to applicants who have participated in athletics, be graduating from a Pierce County high school and be enrolled in a vocational, 2 or 4 year college.
www.tacomafoundation.org

West Coast Athletics Scholarship

$500.00 scholarship open to graduating seniors who have participated in high school athletics and plan to participate in college athletics. Essay question required.
westcoastathletics.com/scholarships.html

SportsToSchool.com Scholarship

$500.00 scholarship available to high school students who participate in athletics and will continue to pursue athletics in college.
www.sportstoschool.com/scholarship.html

Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year Scholarship

Scholarship for 25 winners of $7,500 each requires performance in academics, athletics, leadership and community service.
bodybymilk.com

AGI Minority Geoscience Scholarships

Awards of up to $3,000 for underrepresented ethnic-minority students in the geosciences.
www.agiweb.org/mpp/index.html

The Sallie Mae Fund Scholarships

Multiple minority scholarship opportunities offered by various funds and foundations are administered through this site.
www.thesalliemaefund.org/projectaccess/need.html

Gates Millennium Scholars Awards

Gates Millennium Scholars are awarded varying amounts based on need and receive continuing leadership development.
www.gmsp.org

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