
Scholarships
Amount: $1,000. About: Student loan servicer Sallie Mae offers a monthly $1,000 scholarship to students who simply apply for their Scholarship Search and College Planning Calculator, a tool that connects students with scholarships and provides automated college finance planning advice. This is a monthly sweepstakes. One winner is selected on the first day of every
Amount: $1,000-$5,000. About: Offered by the San Francisco chapter of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), the Robert W. Thunen Memorial Scholarship is annually awarded to students pursuing careers in illumination. Applicants must be full-time rising juniors, seniors, or graduate students at an accredited college or university in Northern California, Nevada, Oregon, or Washington. All applicants
Amount: $5,000 (renewable for up to 4 years). About: Offered by the Maine Education Services (MES) Foundation, the Richard H. Pierce Memorial Scholarship is annually awarded to a local student entering higher education. Applicants must be Maine residents, be entering the first year of a post-secondary program at an accredited two-or four-year degree-granting college or
Amount: $10,000. About: The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ImpACT Social Responsibility Scholarship is an annual award for those entering a non-MBA master’s program who demonstrate “a strong level of environmental awareness and a sense of social responsibility.” Applicants must have accepted an offer to a program before the scholarship is awarded in June, and applicants must
Amount: $2,000-$5,000. About: Each year, Prospanica — the Association of Hispanic MBAs and Business Professionals — awards scholarships to entrepreneurial-minded Hispanic/Latinx students. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, or DACA recipients, be of Hispanic or Latinx heritage, be currently enrolled in or planning to enroll in an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program in
Amount: $1,000-$8,000. About: The Project Yellow Light/Hunter Garner Scholarship was created to commemorate the life of Hunter Garner, a teenage student who died in a car crash at age 16. The scholarship is intended to spread awareness about distracted driving. In order to apply, students must submit either a billboard design, video, radio spot, or