
Scholarships
Amount: Up to $60,000. About: Administered by the Maine Community Foundation, the Guy P. Gannett Scholarship is annually awarded to students from Maine pursuing degrees in journalism and related fields. Applicants must be graduates of Maine high schools or homeschooled in a Maine community during their last year of secondary education. Winners will be decided…
Amount: $60,000. About: The Burger King Foundation offers the James W. McLamore WHOPPER Scholarship to graduating high school seniors in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Guam. It is also open to Burger King employees and their spouses, domestic, partners, and children in these same geographic areas. Applicants must be a U.S. or Canadian…
Amount: $1,000-$60,000. About: A flagship program of the Burger King Foundation, the BK Scholars Program offers scholarships to high school seniors and Burger King employees and their families in their pursuit of a college or post-secondary vocational/technical school education. The scholarships fall into three categories: the BURGER KING® General High School Senior Track, the BURGER…
Amount: $20,000. About: Each year, the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation offers dozens of scholarships to high school seniors in the Houston area. Applicants must be seniors who attend a high school or are homeschooled in Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, or Waller counties and be U.S. citizens. Scholarships are awarded…
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: Every year, the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum runs the Profile in Courage Essay Contest, in which U.S. high school students compete for a share of nearly $20,000. Students are asked to submit a 700- to 1,000-word essay that describes and analyzes an act of political courage by an…