
Scholarships
Amount: $5,000. About: Offered by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), the Joel Polsky Academic Achievement Award annually recognizes a student’s outstanding interior design research or thesis project. Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students. Their projects must be related to wellness and design, and their research or thesis papers should touch on topics
Amount: $3,500. About: The American Welding Society (AWS) offers the John C. Lincoln Memorial Scholarship to undergraduate students pursuing a minimum four-year bachelor’s degree in Welding Engineering (WE) or Welding Engineering Technology (WET). Priority is given to students who are residing or attending school in Ohio or Arizona. Applications open on December 1, annually. Eligible
Amount: Up to $2,500 per year (renewable for up to 5 years). About: The Jeannette Rankin National Scholar Grant awards unrestricted non-tuition funding and support to women and nonbinary students across the country. In order to qualify, applicants must be 35+ years of age, demonstrate financial need, and must be pursuing a technical or vocational
Amount: $5,000-$15,000. About: Offered by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), the Jeffrey L. Esser Career Development Scholarship is meant to advance the public finance careers of those employed for at least three years by one or more state or local governments. Applicants must be U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents, be part-time students
Amount: $1,500. About: Named in honor of the late James Weldon Johnson, who was a long-time NAACP member and served as the Executive Director of the NAACP from 1920-1930, the James Weldon Johnson Scholarship is one of many awards available to Black students through NAACP’s Inspire Initiatives. Each year, $1,500 is awarded to 15 outstanding