
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: 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: $100,000. About: The McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship awards scholarships to up to 30 outstanding students from across the country. There are three tiers of awards: Tier 1 recipients are awarded up to $100,000; Tier 2 recipients receive $20,000 or $10,000; and Tier 3 recipients receive $5,000. Recipients are selected based on their academic achievement,
Amount: Up to $5,000. About: The Washington Media Scholars Foundation runs the Media Fellows Scholarship program. This program is open to students studying at the intersection of advertising and public policy in majors such as marketing, communications, business, political science, and strategic media. Juniors and seniors in college are highly encouraged to apply, but awards
Amount: $1,500-$6,000. About: The Material Handling Education Foundation offers annual scholarships to students who are pursuing logistics-related careers. Applicants must be undergraduate students enrolled full-time in a material handling, logistics, or supply chain program at an accredited non-profit college or university in the United States, be enrolled for the entire academic year, and maintain a