
Scholarships
Amount: Up to $6,492. About: Administered by the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA), the Opportunity Scholarship is an income-based tuition assistance program for families making below a certain income threshold. It aims to help qualifying families pay tuition and fees at participating nonpublic or private schools. The scholarship amount will be the lesser
Amount: $20,000. About: The National Institute of Health (NIH) provides undergraduate scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are dedicated to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. Each applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, be enrolled or accepted as a full-time student at an accredited four-year undergraduate institution, be
Amount: $24,000. About: The Ned McWherter Scholars Program helps high-achieving high school seniors afford college in Tennessee. Applicants must be a resident of Tennessee, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, be on track to attend an eligible Tennessee college or university full-time, have a GPA of at least a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale,
Amount: $2,500-$10,000. About: Each year, the National Restaurant Association offers scholarships to support students interested in the culinary arts. Applicants must be enrolled or accepted as undergraduate students at an accredited post-secondary institution, college, or university, be majoring in an undergraduate level restaurant, food service, or hospitality-related field, plan to graduate or be enrolled for
Amount: $2,500-$12,000. About: The National Italian American Foundation (NAIF) awards many scholarships to students of Italian American descent. Students fill out one application for a chance to receive a wide variety of scholarships. All applicants must be enrolled in a higher education institution by the start of the upcoming academic year, meet a minimum GPA
Amount: $3,000-$12,000. About: The National Federation for the Blind (NFB) awards over $250,000 annually to blind students studying in the U.S. through several scholarships included in their annual scholarship program. Through one application, interested students can apply to all scholarships offered by NFB. In order to qualify, applicants must be legally blind in both eyes,