
Scholarships
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: The MissionSquare Retirement Memorial Scholarship Fund (formerly, the Public Employee Memorial Scholarship) is annually awarded to the children and spouses of deceased employees who worked in education, health care, not-for-profit, public safety, local or state government who died while in service to their community. Applicants must be high school seniors
Amount: Up to $4,000 (undergraduate), up to $6,000 (graduate). About: The state of Minnesota offers the Minnesota Indian Scholarship. This scholarship is offered to American Indian Minnesota residents who are enrolled in a Minnesota college, university, or vocational school. Applicants may be enrolled in undergraduate or graduate school and must be at least one-fourth American
Amount: Varies. About: The Middle Class Scholarship (MCS) is for undergraduate students, including students pursuing a teaching credential, whose family income and assets do not exceed $201,000 and who attend a campus in the University of California (UC) or California State University (CSU) system. To qualify, applicants must be a California resident attending a UC
Amount: $2,500. About: The Mensa Foundation runs an annual scholarship program that challenges students to write an essay describing their career, academic, or vocational goals. Applicants must be enrolled in a degree program at an accredited U.S. higher education institution. Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, Graduate Student Eligible Majors:
Amount: Up to $5,000. About: The Washington Media Scholars Foundation runs the Media Fellows Scholarship program. This program is open to students studying at the intersection of advertising and public policy in majors such as marketing, communications, business, political science, and strategic media. Juniors and seniors in college are highly encouraged to apply, but awards