Private Scholarships: Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
BHESC members, AFC and EFSI, offer $50,000 in scholarships, two $5,000 awards
and sixteen $2,500 awards, to first-year students who will be enrolled in an
accredited college or trade school for the Fall 2007 semester. Winners will
be selected by random drawing. One entry per person.
Offers a scholarship to the son or daughter of a current employee of a FFELP
participating Texas college, university, or proprietary school's Financial Aid
office. For additional eligibility requirements and information, download the
application (PDF).
Offers a $1,000 scholarship to the essay contest winner who best explains how
Google's evolution will affect the Internet and those in the Search Engine
Marketing industry.
Offers 50 four-year $20,000 scholarships ($5,000 per year for four years) and
200 four-year $4,000 scholarships ($1,000 per year for four years) to high school
or home-school seniors maintaining a minimum 3.00 G.P.A., who are planning to pursue
a degree at an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution.
Offers a $10,000 scholarship award to a high school senior with an identified learning
disability (LD) who is pursuing a four-year undergraduate degree.
Offers four-year scholarships to University of Texas at Austin students who demonstrate
academic excellence, financial need and strong leadership skills.
Offers fifty scholarships of up to $30,000 per year to students attending community
colleges or two-year institutions in the US and planning to transfer to four-year
institutions, and thirty scholarships of up to $50,000 per year to graduate students.
Applicants must be outstanding individuals demonstrating financial need.
Offers scholarships based entirely on essays written by applicants. Consideration
is not given to grades, academic program or financial need.
Offers numerous scholarships to undergraduate and graduate student leaders and associate members.
Offers 10 $3,000 scholarships to students under the age of 25, who are survivors of,
or who are currently battling cancer or a critical or life threatening disease.
Offers scholarships of up to $7,200 annually to underserved high school students
showing leadership potential and demonstrating financial need to attend an accredited
4-year college or university of their choice.
Offers approximately $2.5 million each year in college scholarships to low-income and
minority students. The Sallie Mae Fund is committed to addressing the three barriers
to college access that low-income and minority students face today; lack of information
regarding higher education and financial aid, financial need, and academic preparedness.
Offers a $5,000 stipend (to cover eight weeks of employment and living expenses)
to at least two award recipients. The Preservation Fellows Program was created to
build interest in and awareness of historic preservation among college-aged young
adults, specifically those from diverse cultural backgrounds. The program targets
Undergraduate and Graduate students, encouraging interest in pursuing study in the
fields of history, preservation, architecture, archaeology, landscape architecture,
downtown revitalization and heritage tourism.
Offers grants ranging from $1,000 to $4,245 to students who have difficulties pursuing
their higher education dreams because of financial need. Grants are awarded for one
year only; however, recipients are encouraged to reapply in subsequent years provided
eligibility requirements are met.
Offers scholarships of up to $30,000 to students pursuing graduate degrees in public
service fields and are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy
sectors, education or elsewhere in public service.
Offers one two-year scholarship to a Univeristy of Texas at Austin Junior. At time of
application submission, applicant must be a fully admitted, full-time Sophomore
who will attain Junior-level status in the following semester.
Disclaimer
Students in search of scholarships to pay for college may find some of
the links here useful. This information is provided for informational
purposes only. Inclusion does not constitute endorsement. Neither the
Office of Student Financial Services nor The University of Texas at
Austin can guarantee the accuracy or the timeliness of information found
at any of the links above. It is critical that students verify information,
particularly where deadlines are concerned.
