
Scholarships
Amount: $10,000. About: Administered by UNCF, The CVS Health Foundation Health Care Careers Scholarship is a five-year program launched in 2021 to help minority students pursuing health care careers pay for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study. Applicants must be second-semester sophomores at the time of application and be juniors at the time
Amount: Up to $18,000 (Up to $25,000 for STEM). About: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offers one of the most unique scholarships available. The CIA Undergraduate Scholarship is a merit and needs-based scholarship that offers students an award up to $18,000 per calendar year (STEM recipients receive $25,000) plus a full starting salary in return
Amount: $10,000. About: Offered by Dark & Lovely, the Building Beautiful Futures Scholarship is one of many awards available to Black female students and female students of color through NAACP’s Inspire Initiatives. Each year, $10,000 is awarded to two outstanding students. The award is renewable for four years, provided that a GPA of 2.7 or
Amount: $2,500-$5,000. About: Each year, Microsoft awards scholarships to Black and African American students to help them attend college and pursue careers in technology. Each applicant must be a U.S.-based high school senior of African descent; plan to attend a four-year college or university immediately following high school graduation; plan to pursue a bachelor’s degree