
Scholarships
Amount: Up to $6,000. About: Offered by the California Teachers Association (CTA), the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scholarship helps minority students become educators, school nurses, school counselors, or school therapists. Each applicant must be pursuing a degree, credential, or certification for a teaching-related career in public education at an accredited higher education institution, be
Amount: $4,000. About: The Margaret Jerome Sampson Scholarship is an award for members pursuing bachelor’s degrees in family and consumer sciences. Applicants need to be Phi Upsilon Omicron (Phi U) members. They must be full-time students who are enrolled in a dietetics or food and nutrition degree program at the baccalaureate level. Preference is given
Amount: $2,000-$6,000. About: Learning Ally, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving literacy, offers scholarships for educators and outstanding students with print and learning disabilities. The Marion Huber Learning Through Listening (LTL) Awards are offered to high school seniors with learning disabilities. All applicants for this award must be Learning Ally members. Applicants must submit a
Amount: $2,500. About: Offered by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the Madeline Pickett (Halbert) Cogswell Nursing Scholarship is annually awarded to students pursuing careers in nursing. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who are accepted or enrolled in accredited schools of nursing. Additionally, applicants must be NSDAR members, descendents of members, or be eligible
Amount: $2,000-$10,000. About: MALDEF, a Latinx legal civil rights organization, offers an annual scholarship. The scholarship is open to all students who are enrolled full-time in an accredited U.S. law school. Applicants are evaluated for their academic and extracurricular achievements, for their background and financial need, and, most important, for their demonstrated commitment to advancing
Amount: $5,000. About: Lockheed Martin’s Vocational Scholarship helps students of all ages afford skills-based training in cutting-edge technology and advanced manufacturing fields. It provides funding for students pursuing associate degrees, credit-bearing certificates, or industry-recognized credentials at an accredited vocational technical school, trade school, or two-year community college. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, high school graduates