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Scholarships
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Optimal Scholarship
Amount: $2,000. About: Launched in 2010, the Optimal Scholarships program helps students with high financial need and strong career aspirations. The program offers three scholarship awards: Community College Scholarship, Undergraduate Scholarship, and Online Degree Scholarship. Each scholarship is a $2,000 award. The program is open to legal residents of the United States (excluding Rhode Island,…
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Completing the Dream Scholarship Program
Amount: $2,500. About: Launched in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the Sallie Mae Fund’s Completing the Dream Scholarship Program awards a one-time scholarship of up to $2,500 to help diverse students from historically underserved communities complete their post-secondary education. By 2024, the program will award nearly 800 scholarships totaling $1.95 million. Applicants must…
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Ron Brown Scholar Program
Amount: $40,000 (over 4 years). About: The Ron Brown Scholar Program awards community minded and intellectually gifted African Americans who come from economically challenged families with four-year $40,000 scholarships ($10,000 of each year). Applicants must be high school seniors, be Black/African American, excel academically, show exceptional leadership potential, participate in community service activities, demonstrate financial…
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ANS John & Muriel Landis Scholarship
Amount: $5,000. About: The American Nuclear Society (ANS) offers scholarships to students who are planning a career in nuclear science, nuclear engineering, or a nuclear-related field, who also demonstrate greater-than-average financial need. Consideration is given to students whose academics have been disadvantaged by poverty. Up to nine awards of $5,000 are granted of each year.…
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ANS Undergraduate Scholarships
Amount: $2,000. About: The American Nuclear Society (ANS) offers various scholarships to undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are studying toward careers in nuclear science, nuclear engineering, or a nuclear-related field. Interested students must submit an ANS General Application. Four scholarships are awarded to incoming sophomores, and four scholarships are awarded to juniors and seniors.…
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Duane Buckley Scholarship
Amount: $1,000. About: The American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) have now partnered together to offer several scholarships to students attending technical colleges and to students pursuing both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Applicants for all ACB scholarships must be legally blind. The funds from the awards may…