
Scholarships
Amount: $10,000. About: Each year, the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes Scholarship recognizes students who have organized and led an “extraordinary service activity” that benefited people or the environment. Applicants, on the deadline date, must be between the ages of 8 and 18, be permanent residents living in the United States or Canada, be…
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: Offered by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, the Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship is annually awarded to the children of deceased or permanently disabled highway workers. Each applicant’s parent must have been the employee of a transportation construction firm or a transportation public agency and have suffered…
Amount: Up to $5,000. About: Delmar Foundation Scholarships are open to students who live within the Franklin Regional School District in western Pennsylvania and need financial assistance to attend an accredited college, university, junior college, technical college, or trade school. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, meet a minimum GPA requirement of 2.5…
Amount: Up to $5,000. About: Beyond Scholars is a scholarship program that offers scholarships of up to $5,000 to students living with diabetes as they pursue their educational dreams. Those interested fill out one application and are automatically considered for multiple awards. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and incoming freshmen seeking higher education at a…
Amount: Up to $11,500. About: The Hoover Presidential Foundation offers the Herbert Hoover Uncommon Student Award. Each year, up to 15 Iowa high school juniors are awarded a $10,000 scholarship. Applicants must propose and then accomplish a project of their own design. The application is based solely on the accomplishment of the project; grades, test…
Amount: $2,000. About: Named in honor of the late Agnes Jones Jackson who was a long-time NAACP member from the San Francisco branch, the Agnes Jones Jackson Scholarship is one of many awards available to Black students through NAACP’s Inspire Initiatives. Each year, $2,000 is awarded to 22 outstanding students pursuing undergraduate degrees. Applicants must…