
Scholarships
Amount: $6,000 (disbursed over 4 years). About: The Unico National Foundation annually awards four scholarships — Major Don S. Gentile Scholarship, Alphonse A. Miele Scholarship, William C. Davini Scholarship, and Theodore Mazza Scholarship — to Italian American college-bound high school seniors. Those interested fill out one application and are automatically considered for all four scholarships.
Amount: $5,000. About: The Society of Women Engineers offers an annual scholarship for female high school seniors from Lehigh Valley who are interested in engineering. Applicants must live in one of the 20 Pennsylvania counties with zip codes beginning 177-187 and 195-196, be college-bound seniors enrolling in an ABET-accredited engineering program, and identify as female.
Amount: $3,000. About: Offered by the Unico National Foundation, the Sergeant John Basilone Memorial Graduate Scholarship is annually awarded to Italian American college seniors who plan to pursue graduate degrees. Applicants must reside in the home state of an active UNICO Chapter, be a U.S. citizen of Italian descent, be a college senior attending full-tme
Amount: $5,000-$7,000. About: The Roothbert Fund offers annual scholarships to help those with financial need afford higher education. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and reside in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, or North Carolina. Preference is given to
Amount: $1,000-$5,000 (renewable). About: Offered by the Philadelphia Foundation, the Richard A. Ash Scholarship is annually awarded to high school seniors and undergraduate students from Philadelphia. Applicants must demonstrate financial need, be residents of Philadelphia, and be accepted or enrolled at an accredited college or trade school. Eligible Grade Levels: High School Senior, Trade School
Amount: $2,500. About: Offered by the Unico National Foundation, the Ralph J. Torraco Scholarship is a $2,500 award for current college students. Applicants must reside in the home state of an active UNICO Chapter; be a U.S. citizen; be attending, full-time, an accredited campus-based college or university program in the United States; meet a minimum