
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. 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: $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: $2,500. About: Each year, the National Pork Producers Council offers the Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship to students who are pursuing a career in the pork industry. Applicants must be undergraduate students enrolled in a four-year agriculture program or a two-year swine program. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens. Eligible Grade Levels: College
Amount: $5,000. About: The Licensed Site Professionals Association (LSPA) annually awards scholarships to LSPA members and their family members in New England who are pursuing environmental careers. Applicants must be members or immediate family members of LSPA members, be enrolled in a degree program at an accredited New England college or university, and/or be Massachusetts