Scholarships
Amount: Full Cost of Attendance. About: The Gates Scholarship is annually awarded to minority, college-bound high school seniors from low-income households. This is a “last dollar” scholarship so Gates Scholars will receive funding for the full cost of attendance (includes tuition, fees, room, board, books, and transportation, and may include other personal costs) that is…
Amount: Up to $33,000 per year (renewable of each year). About: Dream.US refers to its National Scholarship as a “Pell Grant for highly motivated DREAMers with significant, unmet financial need.” The organization works with more than 70 partner colleges to help immigrant students pay for and succeed in higher education. The program is open to…
Amount: $500-$2,000. About: The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) offers up to 100 awards under its TCA Study Abroad Scholarship Program for American Minority Students. Under the program, TCA provides up to 100 scholarships per year to eligible American undergraduate and graduate students of African American, Armenian American, Bosnian American, Filipino American, Hispanic American, Macedonian…
Amount: $25,000. About: Offered by the fast food chain Taco Bell, the Live Más Scholarship is annually awarded to passionate high school and college students throughout the United States. Applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 24 and be U.S. citizens. Applicants must be enrolled in or on track to enroll in an…
Amount: Up to $7,500. About: Offered by Sub Pop Records, the Sub Pop Loser Scholarship is annually awarded to three high school seniors who are “art-enthused misfits from the Northwest.” Applicants must be graduating seniors and residents of Oregon or Washington who are on track to full-time enrollment at an accredited university or college. Eligible…
Amount: $18,000. About: Administered by the Stonewall Foundation, the Little Bird Scholarship provides a total of $18,000 for up to two years of school to undergraduate students who are both LGBTQ or intersex and undocumented immigrants, including refugees and individuals seeking or granted asylum. Applicants must not hold U.S. citizenship, a green card, or an…