
Scholarships
Amount: $5,000. About: Offered by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the Leslie Andree Hanna Medical Scholarship is annually awarded to women pursuing careers in medicine. Applicants must be female U.S. citizens who are attending medical school. Applicants must also meet a GPA requirement of 3.25 or above. Eligible Grade Levels: Medical Student Eligible
Amount: Varies. About: The LeRoy W. Homer Jr. Scholarship is an annual award offered to students working towards their private pilot licenses. The scholarship applies to obtaining a private license only. The foundation will not provide loans for any college or university tuition, even if applicants are in an aviation program. Applicants must be U.S.
Amount: $4,000 (for up to 4 years). About: Offered by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the Leo W. and Alberta V. Thomas Utz Scholarship is annually awarded to undergraduate students pursuing English. The scholarship is renewable for up to four years of study. Applicants must pursue undergraduate or graduate degrees in English and
Amount: Varies. About: Offered by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Lawrence W. and Francis W. Cox Scholarship is annually awarded to an undergraduate civil engineering student. Each applicant must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited program in civil engineering or a related field and be a student member of the ASCE. Additionally, applicants
Amount: $20,000. About: Established by Yoko Ono and the BMI Foundation, the John Lennon Scholarship is an annual songwriting contest for emerging songwriters. Applicants must be current undergraduate students attending a U.S. college or university and be between the ages of 17 and 24. The rights to the submitted work must not be assigned to
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