
Scholarships
Amount: Up to $15,000. About: Offered by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the Costas Sivyllis ALPA Education Scholarship is annually awarded to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a flight training course at select U.S. colleges and universities. Additionally, applicants must be active in the ALPA education programs at their universities and meet a
Amount: Most of the costs. About: Offered by the U.S. government, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a summer study abroad program that provides an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Under the program, students of diverse disciplines and majors study one of 15 languages
Amount: $12,000. About: Together, Comcast NBCUniversal and the Student Veterans of America offer scholarships to student veterans interested in the entertainment field. Applicants must be pursuing a bachelor’s or graduate degree from an accredited two-year or four-year institution in the United States, show proof of military service, and meet a minimum GPA requirement of 3.0
Amount: $1,500. About: The COL Kathleen Swacina Scholarship Fund awards one female college student a $1,500 scholarship to be applied toward the student’s ongoing higher-level academic education at an accredited four-year school. Community college students in their first two years are eligible if they will continue on to an accredited four-year college or university. Applicants
Amount: Varies. About: Established as the result of the Cobell v. Salazar settlement, the Cobell Scholarship program offers annual, merit-based, and nonrenewable scholarships to students who are enrolled members of a U.S. Federally-recognized Tribe (or can prove ¼ descent from multiple tribes). To qualify, applicants must be enrolled in or plan to enroll in full-time
Amount: $10,000. About: Offered by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), Clark Burrus Public Service Academic Scholarship (formerly, Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship) recognizes minority students pursuing careers in government finance. Applicants must be U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents and must be a member of one of the following ethnic groups: African-American, Asian/Pacific