Amount: $2,500 $5,000. About: Offered by American Meteorological Society, the AMS Freshman Undergraduate Scholarship is a $2,500 $5,000 award to encourage high school students to study in the atmospheric and related sciences. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or hold permanent resident status; applicants must be entering their freshman year of college in the fall of current year as a full-time student and plan to pursue a degree in the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences; marine biology does not meet this requirement; applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; open to all high school student.
Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, High School Senior
Eligible Majors: Meteorology [new-major?]
Residency Requirement: No residency requirement
Minimum GPA: 3
Deadline: March 14. Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.