United States Scholarships

CarDonors.com now awards one $500 scholarship every three months! The deadlines for our scholarships are as follows: May 31, August 31, December 31 and March 15th. When the winner is chosen, we email all applicants with a winner notification, so if you apply, you're agreeing to let us email you the winner information (the anti-spam people make us tell you that up-front). For more information on the scholarship, check out the Scholarship FAQs, which are expanding all the time. We're new to the business of giving scholarships, so bear with us. Here are the criteria for this year's CarDonors.com scholarships. Each applicant must: 1) Have at least a 3.0 grade point average. If you're a high school student, this obviously refers to your high school GPA, weighted or unweighted. If you're a college student, please use your college GPA, not your high school GPA -- unless you are a first-semester freshman and do not yet have a college GPA. In that case, use your high school GPA. 2) Be a student in good standing at his/her current institution. This simply means that you're not on academic probation or, of course, suspended from school for any reason. 3) Be attending or planning to attend an accredited U.S. college in the 2005-2006 or 2006-2007 school year. So if you're a current college student, that's fine. If you've just graduated from high school and are headed to college, that's also fine. If you just finished your junior year of high school and are getting an early start on scholarship applications, that's fine, too. But if you're entering your junior year of high school or below, you are not eligible.

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is the administrator of the GMS initiative. To reach, coordinate, and support the constituent groups, UNCF has partnered with the American Indian Graduate Center Scholars (AIGCS), the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) and the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) to assist in implementing the initiative. You must complete all required fields on each page before the system will allow you to save, submit, or move to the next page. The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Nomination Forms may also be downloaded for submission by mail by clicking on Nomination Forms . Eligibility: Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they: * Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American, * Are a citizen/legal permanent resident or national of the United States, * Have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.00 scale (unweighted) at the time of nomination, * Will be entering a U.S. accredited college or university as full-time, degree seeking freshmen in the Fall of 2007, * Have demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular or other activities, and * Meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria. * Have all three required forms (Nominee Personal Information Form, Nominator Form, and Recommender Form) completed and submitted by the deadline. We expect that Nominees who meet all of the eligibility requirements and who are selected as GMS candidates will have a federal Pell Grant as part of their financial aid package for the 2007-2008 academic year in order to be confirmed as a Scholar. Eligibility for Federal Pell Grant can only be determined through the submission of a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid Programs. Nominees are urged to file a 2007-2008 FAFSA at the earliest opportunity and no later than February 1, 2007. Federal Pell Grants typically are awarded to families demonstrating the greatest need. Eligibility for a Federal Pell Grant is a function of many factors, including dependency status, family income, family size and the number of students in the family.

Description, Prizes & Deadline: Scholarships are being awarded to law students who submit articles on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The article must be received by the Fund on or before June 1, 2007. The prizes are as follows: First place: $12,500 toward tuition; Second place: $5,000; Third Place: $2,500. Eligibility: The contest is open to all individuals who are law students at the date of submission and who have not been previously admitted to practice law in the United States; such students shall be in good standing in an accredited law school as a 3rd year law school student as of Fall, 2006. Admission to practice after submission of the paper is not disqualifying. Format and Contents: Papers must be of quality suitable for publication in a law review or journal, and cannot have been previously published. The author's full name, address, and phone numbers, as well as a brief discourse on the author's legal education, should accompany entries. Publication subsequent to submission is encouraged. Citations should conform with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, current edition.

As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to award 200 new three-year graduate fellowships in April 2006, subject to the availability of funds. The DoD will offer these fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree in, or closely related to, an area of DoD interest within one of the following disciplines: * * Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering * Biosciences * Chemical Engineering * Chemistry * Civil Engineering * Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences * Computer and Computational Sciences * Electrical Engineering * Geosciences * Materials Science and Engineering * Mathematics * Mechanical Engineering * Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering * Oceanography * Physics The DoD is also interested in supporting the education of future scientists and engineers in a number of interdisciplinary areas. Applicants interested in pursuing study in interdisciplinary areas should apply under one of the disciplines listed above and indicate their specific areas of interest in the Summary of Educational and Professional Goals statement in Part 2 of the application. Applicants who are interested in interdisciplinary fields should apply under the discipline that most closely matches the course of study they are proposing to pursue in graduate school. As an example, an applicant interested in studying acoustics could apply under a number of disciplines, such as oceanography, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or physics depending upon the graduate school programs or departments to which he or she is applying. Applicants should consult their academic or research advisor if they are not sure which discipline is appropriate for their course of study. In addition, applicants can learn more about the areas of interest to the DoD by consulting the Broad Area Announcements for the Army Research Office (http://www.aro.army.mil/), Office of Naval Research (http://www.onr.navy.mil/), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (http://www.afosr.af.mil/). **NDSEG Fellows do not incur any military or other service obligation.** Eligibility The NDSEG Fellowship Program is open only to applicants who are citizens or nationals of the United States. The term "nationals" refers to native residents of a possession of the United States such as American Samoa. It does not refer to a citizen of another country who has applied for U.S. citizenship. Persons who hold permanent resident status are not eligible. Proof of citizenship will be required upon formal offer. Applications are encouraged from women, persons with disabilities, and members of ethnic and racial minority groups (including African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, and Hispanic or Latino persons) that historically have been underrepresented in science and engineering fields. NDSEG Fellowships are intended for students at or near the beginning of their graduate studies in science or engineering. Applicants must have received or be on track to receive their bachelor's degrees by Fall 2006. Fellows selected in Spring 2006 must begin their fellowship tenure in Fall 2006. The NDSEG program is currently administered by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). ASEE and the DoD use guidelines to determine the eligibility of an applicant. These guidelines relate to the academic status of applicants and are designed to ensure that students at or near the beginning of their graduate studies receive fellowships. Applicants must meet one of the following conditions for eligibility: * be enrolled in their final year of undergraduate studies * have completed no more than the equivalent of one academic year of full-time graduate study as a part-time or full-time student Exceptional circumstances may qualify other applicants as being at the early stages of their graduate studies, therefore making the applicant eligible for consideration. For example, graduate students who have changed fields and are essentially starting over in a new field of study may qualify for the fellowship. In these special cases, applicants are required to describe these exceptional circumstances in the Academic Status Explanation section located in Part 2 of the application. These explanations will be reviewed and eligibility determined on a case by case basis. Applicants who have received a medical degree or a Ph.D. in science or engineering are not eligible for the NDSEG Fellowship. Location of Enrollment Fellowships are tenable only at U.S. institutions of higher education offering doctoral degrees in scientific disciplines specified in this website. Applicants may apply before being accepted into a graduate program. If an applicant has not been accepted into a graduate program, the information provided should reflect the applicant's preferred graduate program and institution. The award will be contingent upon the applicant's admission to a suitable program. During part of the fellowship tenure, a fellow may study or engage in research or fieldwork away from his or her academic institution if, in the judgment of the faculty, such arrangements further the fellow's education and contribute directly to the attainment of an advanced degree. The fellow must be officially enrolled and earning academic credit while engaged in research or fieldwork away from the academic institution. Tenure The tenure of an NDSEG Fellowship is 36 months cumulatively starting Fall 2006. Alternate tenure may be granted under exceptional circumstances with the prior approval of ASEE. Exceptional circumstances include the following circumstances: * the fellow is invited to do research at a DoD laboratory or test center for one or more summer periods * the fellow's graduate institution does not offer an appropriate program during the summer months The availability of funds for the second and third years of each three-year award is contingent upon certification to ASEE by the fellow's institution that the fellow has made satisfactory academic progress toward an advanced degree in one of the specified science or engineering disciplines. Evaluation and Selection NDSEG Fellowships will be awarded on the basis of academic ability in the areas of interest to the DoD. The evaluation of applicants is based on review of their academic records, personal statements, recommendations, and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. Each application is evaluated by a panel having expertise in the science or engineering discipline of the applicant's proposed advanced degree program. Selection of awardees, which also considers DoD relevance of the proposed area of specialization of study, is made by the Army Research Office (http://www.aro.army.mil/), Office of Naval Research (http://www.onr.navy.mil/), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (http://www.afosr.af.mil/), and the High Performance Computing Modernization Program. Each agency directly monitors the awards conferred to fellows in discipline areas closely related to its mission. Award notification is sent via email and followed up by official notification on or about March 31, 2006. Award winners are expected to accept or reject the offer within one week of receipt of official notification. Conditions of Appointment Fellows are required to enroll in full-time programs leading to graduate degrees in disciplines specified in this announcement. According to the policy of an academic institution, such programs may include a reasonable amount of teaching or similar activities that contribute to the fellow's academic progress. The scholarly development of fellows, and not the service to academic institutions, will govern the assignment of these activities. A fellow may not accept simultaneous remuneration from another major fellowship. Fellows must be eligible to accept both the tuition benefit and the full stipend amount. Fellows are required to furnish complete information to the awarding agency regarding any invention first conceived or reduced to practice while a NDSEG Fellow and for which a patent application is filed. Generally, fellows have the right to retain title to inventions that arise as a consequence of, or in direct relation to, the NDSEG Fellowship. For each invention to which a fellow retains title, the federal government will obtain - at a minimum - a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable, paid-up license to practice on behalf of the U.S. government. Stipends and Allowances The DoD will pay the fellow's full tuition and required fees (not to include room and board). In addition, fellows receive a stipend for 12-month tenures. The stipend levels for each of the 12-month tenures are as follows: Period First Year Second Year Third Year Amount $30,500 $ 31,000 $ 31,500 The above amounts are prorated monthly based on a 12-month academic year. If the fellow is not enrolled in an institutionally approved academic study and/or research activity during the summer months, financial support will not be provided. There are no dependency allowances. Persons with disabilities may be considered for additional allowances to offset special educational expenses. Since most graduate institutions require their students to carry a health insurance policy, the NDSEG Fellowship Program will pay for the minimum health insurance coverage offered through the institution, up to a total value of $1,000. Any excess insurance costs will be the responsibility of the fellow.

This year, the Pension Real Estate Association will again award scholarships to promising students studying real estate at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Financial need will be considered in determining the amount of each award. Potential recipients who demonstrate no need will be eligible to receive the minimum award. This year the program has been increased to $60,000 with the following distribution. 1. $30,000 will be awarded to graduate students majoring or concentrating in real estate. 2. $10,000 will be awarded to undergraduate students majoring in real estate. 3. $20,000 will be awarded to the Robert A. Toigo Foundation to create a PREA/Toigo scholarship for minority students planning to pursue a career in investment real estate. Please APPLY HERE for a PREA Scholarship for undergraduate and graduate students. The authorized distribution will range from $500 to $5,000.. In addition, PREA will once again collaborate with the Robert Toigo Foundation in its effort to support the education and professional development of minority students pursuing careers in real estate. The Robert Toigo Foundation will select Fellows from the Class of 2007 who will share in the $20,000 award. For more information about the Robert A. Toigo Foundation, its partnerships and its programs, and to apply for the PREA/Toigo scholarship, please visit www.toigofoundation.org. The Pension Real Estate Association was founded in 1979 with a mission to serve its members through the sponsorship of objective forums for education, research initiatives, membership interaction, and the exchange of information. In keeping with this mission, PREA established a scholarship program in 1994 to promote the understanding of institutional investment in real estate. To date, PREA has awarded $240,000 in scholarships to 72 graduate students concentrating in real estate studies at 29 academic institutions in the United States and Canada.

Winners! Q2 and Q3 Winners have been announced. Visit the Recent Winners page for more info. More and more people worldwide are finding it harder to afford to go to college because they're in debt. Many students work full-time, get financial aid and if they are lucky, grants. Even so, they're still in debt, and they can't seem to get out of debt regardless of how hard they try. That's why we created the Get Out of Debt Scholarship. We give four $500 annual awards to help students hampered by debt to continue their studies, and you can apply online now. We created the award in 2003 as a once-a-year award, but based on the number of great applications we've received, we now grant four awards. To be eligible for the scholarship, you must be attending or planning to attend a college, trade school, technical institute, vocational program or other post-secondary education program in the 2006-2007 academic year. If today's date is between: The current deadline is: April 15 - July 15 July 15 July 16 - October 15 October 15 October 16 - January 15 January 15 January 16 - April 14 April 14 The $500 Get Out of Debt Scholarships are being offered in honor of all the people who simply need a little help with their higher education bill due to credit card and other debt. $500 may or may not keep you out of debt consolidation or credit counseling, but it certainly can't hurt. Good luck to all applicants!

If you are in grades 5–12 and are conducting a volunteer-service activity, you are eligible for the next annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. During the application period, which takes place at the beginning of every school year, you may download and complete the program application (or call 1-888-450-9961). Following all instructions carefully, please submit the form no later than the last weekday in October to your school principal or to the head of a Girl Scout council, county 4-H organization, American Red Cross chapter, YMCA, or member volunteer center of the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network. Applications must be certified by a participating school or organization to be eligible. If your school or officially designated local organization does not have a program implementation kit or needs additional information about the program, ask its officials to visit this website.

Since 1989, the NASE Scholarship Program has awarded more than $1 million to members’ dependents – your son or daughter may qualify. NASE Future Entrepreneur Scholarship – up to $24,000 Award This prestigious award is the largest scholarship of its kind in the U.S. and the only program that promotes the entrepreneurial philosophy. This unique opportunity is awarded each spring to a single ambitious and driven individual who demonstrates the characteristics of a future micro-business owner. This entrepreneurial award is granted in the form of a $12,000 scholarship for the first year and $4,000 for additional scholarships in the next three years as eligible. Have your young entrepreneur apply today! Application Deadline is April 25th. NASE Scholarships - $4,000 Awards This award-winning program is open to legal dependents of NASE Members, ages 16-24. To apply, students need to be high school students or college undergraduates planning to enroll in college in the fall semester. Application deadline is May 15.

The Jerry Clark Memorial Scholarship Program is an ongoing program available to children of AFSCME members. Under the program, one scholarship in the amount of $10,000 will be awarded annually to one student majoring in political science for his/her junior and senior years of study. The chosen student will also be given the opportunity to intern at the International Union headquarters in the Political Action department during the summer between his/her junior and senior year or for one semester during his/her junior or senior year. Once awarded, the scholarship will be renewed for the senior year of study, provided the student remains enrolled in a full-time course of study as a political science major. Any student in his/her sophomore year of study who is enrolled in a full-time four-year degree program in any accredited college or university, and whose parent, legal guardian, or financially responsible grandparent is an AFSCME member and who meets the following requirements is eligible to apply for the scholarship: 1. The student must have a Grade Point Average of 3.0 or above. 2. The student must be a political science major. Selection Process All students who apply by the deadline--July 1 of each year--and who meet the minimum requirements stated above will be eligible for the scholarship. The name of each qualified student will be placed in a blank, sealed envelope and placed in a box. The winner will be selected by lottery at a specially called meeting of the AFSCME Scholarship Committee on or before July 15th. The announcement of the winner will be made by August 1st. Application Instructions 1. Complete the Applicant's section on the Application Form. 2. Provide an official copy of your transcripts for your freshman and sophomore years and proof of your political science major. 3. Have your parent, legal guardian, or financially responsible grandparent complete the AFSCME Parent's section on the Application Form. 4. Attach proof of parent, legal guardian, or financially responsible grandparent's AFSCME membership such as a COPY of the membership card. 5. Make sure your complete application, with all support documentation, is mailed to AFSCME POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN JULY 1.

Scholarships & Research Grants The Vesalius Trust awards various scholarships and research grants on an annual basis, including those based on scholastic achievement and project merit. At this time, funds are not awarded based on financial need. Under the purview of the Trust, the applications are forwarded to the Association of Medical Illustrators Scholarship Committee for evaluation and ranking. The Scholarship Committee's recommendations are forwarded to the Board for approval and release of funding.