
Scholarships
Amount: $5,000. About: Lockheed Martin’s Vocational Scholarship helps students of all ages afford skills-based training in cutting-edge technology and advanced manufacturing fields. It provides funding for students pursuing associate degrees, credit-bearing certificates, or industry-recognized credentials at an accredited vocational technical school, trade school, or two-year community college. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, high school graduates…
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…
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,…
Amount: $1,500. About: The Minnesota Masonic Charities Heritage Scholarship is meant for trade, technical, and two-year college students. Each year, the organization awards 10 scholarships to qualified students. The scholarship is renewable for at least one additional year, but it could be extended if the program is longer. Applicants must have graduated from a Minnesota…
Amount: Up to $2,500 per year (renewable for up to 5 years). About: The Jeannette Rankin National Scholar Grant awards unrestricted non-tuition funding and support to women and nonbinary students across the country. In order to qualify, applicants must be 35+ years of age, demonstrate financial need, and must be pursuing a technical or vocational…
Amount: Up to $7,500. About: The American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) have now partnered together to offer educational scholarships ranging from $2,000 to $7,500 to students attending technical colleges and to students pursuing both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Applicants must be legally blind, maintain a 3.0…