
Scholarships
Amount: Up to $80,000 maximum over 4 years. About: Dream.US, a nonprofit organization, created its Opportunity Scholarship to help undocumented students who live in “locked-out states,” meaning states where students “effectively have no access to college – either because they face paying out-of-state tuition or because their state will simply not admit them into its
Amount: $3,000-$17,000 (renewable for up to 4 years). About: Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarships are annually awarded to current and future undergraduate students from New England. Each applicant must be an entering or returning student at an accredited undergraduate institution in the United States, be enrolled full-time, be pursuing a bachelor’s degree, be a U.S. citizen
Amount: $5,000-$7,000. About: The Roothbert Fund offers annual scholarships to help those with financial need afford higher education. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and reside in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, or North Carolina. Preference is given to
Amount: $5,000 (renewable for up to 4 years). About: Offered by the Maine Education Services (MES) Foundation, the Richard H. Pierce Memorial Scholarship is annually awarded to a local student entering higher education. Applicants must be Maine residents, be entering the first year of a post-secondary program at an accredited two-or four-year degree-granting college or
Amount: $1,500-$5,000. About: Each year, the New England Water Works Association (NEWWA) awards many scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students. Those interested submit one application and are considered for each scholarship. Applicants must be NEWWA members and reside in New England or attend a college or university in New England. Eligible Grade Levels: High School
Amount: Up to $25,000 (over 4 years). About: The New England Society in the City of New York (NES) offers scholarships to incoming freshmen at a college or university in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont. All applicants must live in one of the five boroughs of New York City and be