
Scholarships
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: The Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship is a merit scholarship awarded by Arkansas to graduating high school seniors. Scholarship recipients will be awarded up to $10,000 per academic year for tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board and an annual stipend of $1,000 to use for textbooks and other academic expenses. Applicants…
Amount: $24,000. About: The Ned McWherter Scholars Program helps high-achieving high school seniors afford college in Tennessee. Applicants must be a resident of Tennessee, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, be on track to attend an eligible Tennessee college or university full-time, have a GPA of at least a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale,…
Amount: $2,500-$12,000. About: The National Italian American Foundation (NAIF) awards many scholarships to students of Italian American descent. Students fill out one application for a chance to receive a wide variety of scholarships. All applicants must be enrolled in a higher education institution by the start of the upcoming academic year, meet a minimum GPA…
Amount: Up to $100,000 (over 4 years). About: Each year, the Rezvan Foundation awards scholarships to students who have spent time in foster care, lost a parent, or been removed from their parents. Applicants must be U.S. residents, currently enrolled in an accredited high school, meet a minimum GPA requirement of 3.5, have submitted application(s)…
Amount: $6,000 (disbursed over 4 years). About: The Unico National Foundation annually awards four scholarships — Major Don S. Gentile Scholarship, Alphonse A. Miele Scholarship, William C. Davini Scholarship, and Theodore Mazza Scholarship — to Italian American college-bound high school seniors. Those interested fill out one application and are automatically considered for all four scholarships.…
Amount: $3,000. About: Offered by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), the Ralph W. Shrader Graduate Scholarship in Communications and Electronics is annually awarded to full-time students enrolled in at least their second semester and at least two semester-equivalent courses, currently pursuing a graduate degree at any accredited academic institution in the United…