City Year, Inc.
Award Amount
Minimum: $4725 Deadline Date
Apr 15 Awards Available
N/A
Description
City Year & AmeriCorps offer a national program in cities across the United States for young people to promote leadership and development of children through teaching, running after school programs and many other out-of-school initiatives. You must be between the ages of 17 and 24, a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident status, and be a high school graduate or GED recipient. In return for serving 10 months of community service and professional development, City Year members earn a weekly stipend, health insurance and an education award in the amount of $4725. You may receive a weekly living stipend in addition to health insurance coverage if you are a full-time corps member.
Friday, 9 March 2012
Patricia M. McNamara Memorial Scholarship 2012-2013
Award Amount
$5000 Deadline Date
May 31 Awards Available
N/A
Description
The Patricia M. McNamara Memorial Scholarship is available to students who are attending college or will be attending college within a year of the award deadline. You must submit an essay on the following topic: "In 1000 words or less write about the best trait or traits of someone whom you have looked up to in your life."
$5000 Deadline Date
May 31 Awards Available
N/A
Description
The Patricia M. McNamara Memorial Scholarship is available to students who are attending college or will be attending college within a year of the award deadline. You must submit an essay on the following topic: "In 1000 words or less write about the best trait or traits of someone whom you have looked up to in your life."
Be Smart Scholarship Competition 2012-2013
Award Amount
Max $5000 Deadline Date
Varies Awards Available
N/A
Description
The Be Smart Scholarship Competition is open to ninth through twelfth graders and undergraduate students in Southeastern Wisconsin. The competition rewards students who identify wasteful practices at school, work, business or in the community and successfully implement projects that reduce waste. Selection will be based on your project's adherence to the purpose of waste reduction, the level of quality and sophistication and the project's approach to real situations and implementation.
Max $5000 Deadline Date
Varies Awards Available
N/A
Description
The Be Smart Scholarship Competition is open to ninth through twelfth graders and undergraduate students in Southeastern Wisconsin. The competition rewards students who identify wasteful practices at school, work, business or in the community and successfully implement projects that reduce waste. Selection will be based on your project's adherence to the purpose of waste reduction, the level of quality and sophistication and the project's approach to real situations and implementation.
Helping Hands Book Scholarship 2012-2013
Award Amount
$1,000 Deadline Date
Varies Awards Available
50
Title Helping Hands Book Scholarship
Contact Scholarship Director
Address P.O. Box 720379
Atlanta, GA 30358
Website http://helpinghandsbookscholarship.com
Due Date Varies
Awards Available 50
Description The program was created in 1994 to assist students with the extraordinary high cost of textbooks and student materials.
Awards are open to individuals age 16 and higher who are planning to attend or are curently a 2-year, 4-year, or voc/tech institution within the U.S. 15 awards are made each semester. Award amounts vary from $100-$1000. The deadline for the upcoming fall semester is July and for the upcoming spring is December 15.
Scholarship recipients are selected according to merit on a competitive basis. In addition, applicants must demonstrate career and academic potential measured by a combination of factors, including past perfomance and career objectives. Every complete applicaion will be given a fair and carful evaluation. Awards are given without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, dusability or national origin.
$1,000 Deadline Date
Varies Awards Available
50
Title Helping Hands Book Scholarship
Contact Scholarship Director
Address P.O. Box 720379
Atlanta, GA 30358
Website http://helpinghandsbookscholarship.com
Due Date Varies
Awards Available 50
Description The program was created in 1994 to assist students with the extraordinary high cost of textbooks and student materials.
Awards are open to individuals age 16 and higher who are planning to attend or are curently a 2-year, 4-year, or voc/tech institution within the U.S. 15 awards are made each semester. Award amounts vary from $100-$1000. The deadline for the upcoming fall semester is July and for the upcoming spring is December 15.
Scholarship recipients are selected according to merit on a competitive basis. In addition, applicants must demonstrate career and academic potential measured by a combination of factors, including past perfomance and career objectives. Every complete applicaion will be given a fair and carful evaluation. Awards are given without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, dusability or national origin.
"Free Will and Personal Responsibility" Essay Contest 2012-2013
INTOTHEBEST, Inc.
Award Amount
Minimum: $500 Deadline Date
May 01
Description
The "Free Will and Personal Responsibility" Essay Contest is available to students who are legal residents of the U.S. and are 13 years or older as of 1/20/04. You must submit an essay of no more than 100 words answering the survey question on the website.
Award Amount
Minimum: $500 Deadline Date
May 01
Description
The "Free Will and Personal Responsibility" Essay Contest is available to students who are legal residents of the U.S. and are 13 years or older as of 1/20/04. You must submit an essay of no more than 100 words answering the survey question on the website.
ProStart National Certificate of Achievement Scholarship 2012-2013
Award Amount
$1,000 Deadline Date
Dec 01 Awards Available
6
Title The Humanist Essay Contest
Contact Contest Director
Address
Email humanism@juno.com
Website http://www.americanhumanist.org/events/essaycontest.html
Due Date December 1
Awards Available 6
Description If you are under the age of twenty-five and have thoughts on humanity and the future, you are invited to share your perception and vision.
Prizes
First, Second, and Third place prizes will be awarded in two age categories: thirteen through seventeen and eighteen through twenty-four (ages determined as of the entry deadline of December 1 of each contest year.
First Prize: $1,000
Second Prize: $400
Third Prize: $100
Honorable Mention winners will receive special certificates. If you cite a teacher, librarian, dean, or other educational adviser (with mailing address) as instrumental to your having entered an essay, and if you are a winner, that individual will be recognized with a special award of $50.
Procedures
Manuscripts should be under 2,500 words and must be word-processed or typed double-spaced. We regret that only hard copy will be accepted—no email or computer diskettes.
Each applicant may only submit one manuscript each year.
Provide your name, age, date of birth, address, phone number, e-mail address, and other contact information on the title page of your essay so that we can easily determine your age category and contact you if you are declared a winner.
Entries must be postmarked before December 1st of a given contest year and mailed to: The Humanist Essay Contest, 1777 T St, NW, Washington, DC 20009-7125
Unfortunately, no essays will be returned. The Humanist reserves the option of first publication of all entries until the contest winners have been announced in the spring of the next year. Winning essays will then become the sole property of the American Humanist Association, publisher of the Humanist, while all rights to non-winning essays will revert back to their authors.
Quality and freshness of content or approach will be among the criteria, and all decisions by the panel of judges will be final.
$1,000 Deadline Date
Dec 01 Awards Available
6
Title The Humanist Essay Contest
Contact Contest Director
Address
Email humanism@juno.com
Website http://www.americanhumanist.org/events/essaycontest.html
Due Date December 1
Awards Available 6
Description If you are under the age of twenty-five and have thoughts on humanity and the future, you are invited to share your perception and vision.
Prizes
First, Second, and Third place prizes will be awarded in two age categories: thirteen through seventeen and eighteen through twenty-four (ages determined as of the entry deadline of December 1 of each contest year.
First Prize: $1,000
Second Prize: $400
Third Prize: $100
Honorable Mention winners will receive special certificates. If you cite a teacher, librarian, dean, or other educational adviser (with mailing address) as instrumental to your having entered an essay, and if you are a winner, that individual will be recognized with a special award of $50.
Procedures
Manuscripts should be under 2,500 words and must be word-processed or typed double-spaced. We regret that only hard copy will be accepted—no email or computer diskettes.
Each applicant may only submit one manuscript each year.
Provide your name, age, date of birth, address, phone number, e-mail address, and other contact information on the title page of your essay so that we can easily determine your age category and contact you if you are declared a winner.
Entries must be postmarked before December 1st of a given contest year and mailed to: The Humanist Essay Contest, 1777 T St, NW, Washington, DC 20009-7125
Unfortunately, no essays will be returned. The Humanist reserves the option of first publication of all entries until the contest winners have been announced in the spring of the next year. Winning essays will then become the sole property of the American Humanist Association, publisher of the Humanist, while all rights to non-winning essays will revert back to their authors.
Quality and freshness of content or approach will be among the criteria, and all decisions by the panel of judges will be final.
COLAGE Lee Dubin Scholarship 2012-2013
Award Amount
$1,000 Deadline Date
April 16 Awards Available
N/A
Title COLAGE Lee Dubin Scholarship
Contact Ember Cook
Address 3543 18th st #1
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone 415-861-5497
Email ember@colage.org
Website http://www.colage.org/scholarship.html
Due Date April 16
Awards Available See Description
Description COLAGE and the Family Pride Coalition are pleased to announce the Eleventh Annual Lee Dubin Scholarship Fund for people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents.
For the eleventh year, COLAGE and Family Pride Coalition will be offering four to five $1000 scholarships to support the undergraduate studies of students with LGBT parents. The application deadline is April 16th.
COLAGE (Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere) and the Family Pride Coalition will be awarding at least four scholarships to children of LGBT parents through their collaborative Lee Dubin Scholarship Fund. Each scholarship will provide up to $1000 of funding for undergraduate college students who have demonstrated ability and commitment to affecting change in the LGBT community and the community at large.
Some of the most powerful members of the LGBT community are the children of LGBT parents who have grown up being nurtured and supported by this community and are now part of a whole generation of people who have the power to create dramatic change in the world. Through college scholarships we aim to honor this power and celebrate the unique experiences and achievements of our families.
The Lee Dubin Scholarship is named in honor of a gay father and founder of the Family Pride Coalition. To date over $20,000 in funds have been distributed. We are especially seeking to honor students who are actively working to combat homophobia and increase positive awareness of LGBT families to apply. We also strongly encourage applications from individuals with demonstrated financial need.
Guidelines
* 4-5 grants of $1000 each will be awarded.
* Awards will be granted by the Scholarship Committee which is made up of volunteers who are LGBT parents and children of LGBT parents.
* The sponsoring organizations would like to encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. COLAGE and the Family Pride Coalition do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, physical ability, class, sexual orientation, age, gender, or type of LGBT family.
* People who are active community participants are encouraged to apply.
* Board or staff members, and their family members are not eligible.
* Applicants are encouraged to be willing to be named publicly in association with the Family Pride Coalition, COLAGE and the Lee Dubin Scholarship.
* Applicants with demonstrated economic need are encouraged to apply.
Applicants must:
*Have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender parent(s).
*Be enrolled in an accredited postsecondary institution. No graduate level or higher applicants please.
*Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0.
The application is available online at http://www.colage.org/scholarship.html
Questions?
Contact COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere) via phone: 415-861-KIDS (5437) or email: colage@colage.org. This application is also available at http://www.colage.org/scholarship.html
$1,000 Deadline Date
April 16 Awards Available
N/A
Title COLAGE Lee Dubin Scholarship
Contact Ember Cook
Address 3543 18th st #1
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone 415-861-5497
Email ember@colage.org
Website http://www.colage.org/scholarship.html
Due Date April 16
Awards Available See Description
Description COLAGE and the Family Pride Coalition are pleased to announce the Eleventh Annual Lee Dubin Scholarship Fund for people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents.
For the eleventh year, COLAGE and Family Pride Coalition will be offering four to five $1000 scholarships to support the undergraduate studies of students with LGBT parents. The application deadline is April 16th.
COLAGE (Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere) and the Family Pride Coalition will be awarding at least four scholarships to children of LGBT parents through their collaborative Lee Dubin Scholarship Fund. Each scholarship will provide up to $1000 of funding for undergraduate college students who have demonstrated ability and commitment to affecting change in the LGBT community and the community at large.
Some of the most powerful members of the LGBT community are the children of LGBT parents who have grown up being nurtured and supported by this community and are now part of a whole generation of people who have the power to create dramatic change in the world. Through college scholarships we aim to honor this power and celebrate the unique experiences and achievements of our families.
The Lee Dubin Scholarship is named in honor of a gay father and founder of the Family Pride Coalition. To date over $20,000 in funds have been distributed. We are especially seeking to honor students who are actively working to combat homophobia and increase positive awareness of LGBT families to apply. We also strongly encourage applications from individuals with demonstrated financial need.
Guidelines
* 4-5 grants of $1000 each will be awarded.
* Awards will be granted by the Scholarship Committee which is made up of volunteers who are LGBT parents and children of LGBT parents.
* The sponsoring organizations would like to encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. COLAGE and the Family Pride Coalition do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, physical ability, class, sexual orientation, age, gender, or type of LGBT family.
* People who are active community participants are encouraged to apply.
* Board or staff members, and their family members are not eligible.
* Applicants are encouraged to be willing to be named publicly in association with the Family Pride Coalition, COLAGE and the Lee Dubin Scholarship.
* Applicants with demonstrated economic need are encouraged to apply.
Applicants must:
*Have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender parent(s).
*Be enrolled in an accredited postsecondary institution. No graduate level or higher applicants please.
*Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0.
The application is available online at http://www.colage.org/scholarship.html
Questions?
Contact COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere) via phone: 415-861-KIDS (5437) or email: colage@colage.org. This application is also available at http://www.colage.org/scholarship.html
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