
Scholarships
Amount: $2,500. About: The Mensa Foundation runs an annual scholarship program that challenges students to write an essay describing their career, academic, or vocational goals. Applicants must be enrolled in a degree program at an accredited U.S. higher education institution. Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, Graduate Student Eligible Majors:
Amount: Varies. About: The Middle Class Scholarship (MCS) is for undergraduate students, including students pursuing a teaching credential, whose family income and assets do not exceed $201,000 and who attend a campus in the University of California (UC) or California State University (CSU) system. To qualify, applicants must be a California resident attending a UC
Amount: Varies. About: Mike Rowe, who served as an apprentice on the TV series “Dirty Jobs,” created the Work Ethic Scholarship Program to promote skilled labor. Awarded through his mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the scholarships are intended to encourage students to learn a useful skill. In 2022, the foundation awarded a total of $1.5 million in work
Amount: $20,000. About: The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) — known best for its Emmy Awards — annually awards, through its Foundation, $20,000 to a student pursuing a career in any aspect of the television industry who demonstrates a financial need or hardship. The recipient must be enrolled in an accredited college
Amount: $3,000-$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 Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards are offered to Learning Ally members who are completing undergraduate and graduate degrees and are blind or visually impaired. Applicants must submit a personal
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