United States Scholarships

Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, The Vegetarian Resource Group each year will award $10,000 in college scholarship money to graduating U.S. high school students who have promoted vegetarianism in their schools and/or communities. Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, or fowl. Two awards of $5,000 each will be given. Entries may only be sent by students graduating from high school in spring 2011. Deadline is February 20, 2011. We will accept applications postmarked on or before February 20, 2011. Early submission is encouraged. Applicants will be judged on having shown compassion, courage, and a strong commitment to promoting a peaceful world through a vegetarian diet/lifestyle. Payment will be made to the student's college (U.S. based only). Winners of the scholarships give permission to release their names to the media. Applications and essays become property of The Vegetarian Resource Group. We may ask finalists for more information. Scholarship winners are contacted by telephone.

Awarded annually to legally blind or partially sighted residents of the Northeast who are enrolled at accredited institutions throughout the region. Applicants must be registered with their state's Commission for the Blind, and submit an essay and proof of vision impairment.

Helps working Maine residents learn new skills and succeed in a changing economy. Pays for education and training for jobs demanded in the state.

Students can win monthly scholarship drawings worth up to $10,000. Last year ScholarshipPoints gave away $123,550 in scholarships! ScholarshipPoints is free to join, fun to participate in, and provides you with the opportunity to win thousands of dollars in scholarships each month.

Today I am very excited to announce that the college admissions scholarship I originally outlined and later updated is finally off the ground: myUsearch has stepped up to the plate and is offering $1000 to the best student essay answering the following questions: What has been the most frustrating part of your college admissions process? Why is it important for colleges and universities to change this? What suggestions do you have for colleges and universities to try to relieve your frustration and the frustration of your fellow students? The program I originally envisioned would be specifically linked to an effort to promote the development of new resources for students in the college admissions / higher ed marketing spaces. I remember how frustrating and painful college admissions was. That's why I started this blog, and why I continue to work to try to make things better. With my younger sister (now 15) just gearing up to apply to college, and the demographics and admissions figures ever-worsening, there is no better time for a scholarship like this one which will hopefully bring us all some really great new ideas. I am going to work to make sure that the best of these suggestions received get heard by schools. The scholarship is open to fall '08 freshman and those students applying for 2009 (important update as of 5/22!). pursuing an associate or bachelor degree at an accredited U.S. postsecondary institution with a combined household income of $100,000 or less. If that describes you, apply today! If it doesn't, tell a friend for whom it might be applicable.

Air Force ROTC offers a variety of ways to get the money you need for school. But the benefits extend well beyond graduation starting with a career as an officer in the Air Force straight out of school. General Scholarship Information: In Air Force ROTC courses you normally receive academic credit as part of your electives. You'll be taught by a world-class military faculty supplemented with distinguished speakers that bring policy and history to life through first-hand experience. Each instructor is an active-duty Air Force officer usually accorded the academic rank of assistant professor. The unit commander has an academic rank of full professor. What's Covered: Air Force ROTC scholarships cover tuition, an annual textbook allowance, most lab fees and $250-$400 spending cash per academic month. The application deadline for high school students is December 1st of your senior year. Programs: There are primarily two routes you can take to an Air Force officer commission through Air Force ROTC the four-year program and the two-year program. And you can enroll in Air Force ROTC classes at the same time and in the same manner as you do for other college courses. The Four-Year Program: General Military Course The first two years of the Air Force ROTC four-year program, the General Military Course, consist of one hour of classroom work and one to two hours of leadership laboratory each week. The General Military Course is an opportunity for students not on an Air Force ROTC scholarship to try out the program with no obligation. After completing General Military Course requirements, if you wish to compete for entry into the last two years of the program, the Professional Officer Course, you must do so under the requirements of the Professional Officer Course selection system. This system uses qualitative factors, such as grade point average, unit commander evaluation and aptitude test scores to determine if you have officer potential. After selection, you must successfully complete a summer four-week field-training unit at an assigned Air Force base before entering the Professional Officer Course. And once you're enrolled in the Professional Officer Course you must attend class three hours a week and participate in a weekly leadership laboratory (lasting from one to two hours). Professional Officer Course: In the Professional Officer Course, you apply what you have learned in the General Military Course and at field-training units. And in Professional Officer Corps you actually conduct the leadership laboratories and manage the unit's cadet corps. Each unit has a cadet corps based on the Air Force organizational pattern of flight, squadron, group and wing. Professional Officer Course classes are small. Emphasis is placed on group discussions and cadet presentations. Classroom topics include management, communication skills and national defense policy. And once you've enrolled in the Professional Officer Course, you're enlisted in the Air Force Reserve and assigned to the Obligated Reserve Section. This entitles you to a monthly $350-$400 nontaxable subsistence allowance during the academic year. The Two-Year Program: The Air Force ROTC two-year program and the last two years of the four-year program are the same at the Professional Officer Course level. However, the entry procedure differs. Entrance into the Professional Officer Course is highly competitive and you must successfully complete a six-week extended field training unit. The additional two weeks of field training prepares you for entry into the Professional Officer Course. But you are not committed to the Air Force until you return to school in the fall and make a decision to enroll in Air Force ROTC. If you are a transfer student, sophomore or prospective POC cadet you need to apply early in the fall in order to complete all necessary actions for the POC and field training selection process.

This program, which is federally funded and state-administered, is designed to recognize exceptionally able high school seniors who show promise of continued excellence in postsecondary education. The Department awards funds to state education agencies (SEAs), which make scholarship awards to eligible applicants. Students receive scholarships for college expenses.

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship awards approximately 900 to 1,000 new three-year fellowships each year to graduate students in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences. The award consists of a cost-of-education allowance of $10,500 in lieu of tuition and fees and a stipend of $27,500. College seniors and first year graduate students are eligible to apply.

The Daylon "Spring Break" scholarship is awarded annually to the student who submits a scholarship essay on the topic featured below. The scholarship was designed to further the education of a deserving student. Daylon's "Spring Break" scholarship program has been successfully awarding scholarships for 2 years.

The Elks National Foundation will award 500 four-year scholarships to the highest-rated boys and girls in the 2007 competition. Any high school senior who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to apply. Applicants need not be related to a member of the Elks. College students are not eligible to apply. Applicants must be citizens of the United States on the date their applications are signed; resident alien status does not qualify. Applicants will be judged on financial need, leadership and scholarship. All scholarships are in the form of certificates of award conditional upon the enrollment of the winner in an accredited US college or university. Ranging from $1,000 per year to $15,000 per year, Most Valuable Student scholarships are for students pursuing a four-year degree, on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 semester hours), in a US American college or university. Male and female students compete separately.