10 Scholarships Due NOW – FREE Cash For College:
- May 5 – STOP The Bleed Scholarship Program ($3,000)
- May 14 – Beans For Brains Scholarship (2,500)
- May 14 – BOWER Youth AWards ($3,000)
- May 15 – White Rose Scholarship ($2,500)
- May 20 – VSA Emerging Young Artist Program ($20,000)
- May 26 – JP Morgan Chase Scholarship ($2,000)
- May 28 – EQuity Scholarship Essay Competition ($5,000)
- May 31 – Crown and Caliber Scholarship ($2,500)
- May 31 – Answer Three Quick Questions Get FREE Cash for College
- Deadline Varies – Optimist Oratoracle Contest ($2,500)
Three BONUS Scholarships:
- Deadline Varies – Gold Medal Portfolio Awards ($510,000),
- June 15 – ScholarshipPoints will award a $10,000 scholarship to one lucky member
- June 30 – The Ernest Scholarship ($5,000):
(1) DUE May 5 – STOP The Blled Scholarship ($3,000)
Are you a high school student? You can help yourself and help your school by a) making a 1 to 2-minute video or b) writing an essay from 250 to 500 words addressing one of the topic areas below.
Winning students will receive scholarship money towards post-secondary education. The schools of the winning students will receive free STOP THE BLEED® Kits.
This year’s program consists of National Scholarships and Frontline Family Scholarships. Please note that these scholarships have separate applications. Eligible students can apply for both scholarships. Students are limited to one scholarship award.
Eligibility is limited to high school age students in the US and its territories.
CONTACT INFO: theteam@nationalstopthebleedday.org
(2) DUE MAY 14 – Beans For Brains Scholarship ($2,500)
For this money, you need to have a few skills in the creative department, like you must know how to crochet, knit, or weave and hold at least a 3.5 GPA!
(3) DUE May 14 – Brower Youth Award ($3,000)
The Brower Youth Award is about Environmental Leadership. It was established in 2000 to honor renowned environmental advocate David Brower.
Six recipients of the Brower Youth Awards will each win a $3,000 cash prize, a professionally produced short film about them from an Emmy award-winning film crew, along with flight and lodging accommodations for a week-long trip to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Youth environmental change leaders ages 13 to 22 (as of July 1) living in North America (including Mexico, Canada, some Caribbean Islands) and U.S. territories are encouraged to apply. During their stay in California, the recipients will participate in a camping trip, leadership activities, speaking and media engagements, training sessions, and environmental conferences, giving them a chance to meet with mentors and peers.
APPLY HERE
(4) DUE May 15 – White Rose Scholarship ($2,500)
The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation established in 1946. The membership consists of more than 16,000 professional women of color in 288 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom.
It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring African Americans’ culture and economic survival and other persons of African ancestry.
An applicant for the White Rose Scholarship Award must be a Massachusetts resident who is an African American male or female and a high school senior applying for fall admission into an accredited four-year college/university. Minimum GPA of 3.0 required. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
APPLY HERE
CONTACT INFO: Angela Motley, 22 Palisades Circle, Stoughton, MA 02072, linksmiddlesexcounty@gmail.co 617-827-8574
(5) DUE May 20 – VSA Emerging Young Artist Program ($20,000)
The VSA Emerging Young Artists Program, a Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability Program, recognizes and showcases the work of emerging young artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, living in the United States.
A jury will select fifteen artists. Winning artists will receive an all-expenses-paid professional development workshop at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Recipients are notified by July 15.
CONTACT INFO: Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 101510, Arlington, VA 22210, kmead@kennedy-center.org
(6) DUE May 26 – JP Morgan Chase Scholarship ($2,000)
Eligibility Requirements
- Be African American/ Black.
- Have a required minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Be a citizen, national, or permanently reside in the U.S.
- Be enrolled as a full-time college sophomore in the 2021-2022 academic year, attending one of the following HBCUs:
- Alabama A&M University
- Central State University
- Clark Atlanta University
- Delaware State University
- Howard University
- North Carolina A&T State University
- Paul Quinn College
- Prairie View A&M University
- South Carolina State University
- Tennessee State University
- Winston-Salem State University
Application Requirements
- A one-page essay of no more than 500 words outlining the student’s future career goals related to the field of financial planning or his/her major.
- Current academic transcript
- One letter of recommendation from a non-relative.
MORE INFO: (angela.mobley@uncf.org)
(7) DUE May 28 – EQuity Scholarship Essay Competition ($5,000)
EQuity is a Black-owned learning and development venture working to advance racial justice by developing emotional intelligence.
They’ve launched a scholarship essay competition to amplify their work at the intersection of emotional intelligence and racial justice. This fall, they will award one $5,000 scholarship to the winner. Any degree-seeking student is eligible to apply.
Complete an interest form to receive all information about the scholarship moving forward for more information or to apply.
Scholarship Winner Will Be Announced This Fall
Contact Info: Scholarship Committee, 615 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-35 jwoods@equitysv.com – 202-670-6017
(8) DUE MAY 31 – CROWN and CALIBUR SCHOLARSHIP ($2,500)
The scholarship is open to US-based high school and university students who embody at least THREE of their company’s core values : (1) seize opportunities, cultivate relations, magnify moments, pursue excellence, and promoting good stewardship).
How To Apply – Send the folllowing here: scholarships@crownandcaliber.com
- An essay talking about how you embody the values and the impact it has had on others and you
- Documented Volunteer Hours
- 2-3 References
- A Recommendation Letter
Winner Notified August 1, 2021
For complete Details and FAQs, click here.
More Info: https://www.crownandcaliber.com/pages/scholarship | scholarships@crownandcaliber.com
(9) DUE May 31 – Answer 3 Quick Questions to Improve Education on Race, Racism, and History ($3,000)
You could win an easy $2,500 scholarship by answering 3 quick questions to share ideas on how your school, district, or textbook could improve its curriculum on race, racism, and US history. We’ll use your feedback and work with experts to create guides for students and educators to improve race and history education nationwide. Answer the 3 quick questions, and you’ll automatically enter to win the $2,500 scholarship.
(10) Deadline Varies – Optimist Oratoracle Contest ($2,500)
Open to students under 19 who can prepare a 4-5 minute s on “How My Passions Impact The World.”
THREE BONUS Scholarships
Deadline Varies – Gold Medal Portfolio Awards ($510,000) , Open to graduating high school seniors who has or can create a portfolio of eight pieces of creative and original works of art.
June 15 – ScholarshipPoints will award a $10,000 scholarship to one lucky member. All you have to do to become eligible is become a ScholarshipPoints member and log in. It’s simple, fun, and completely free!
June 30 The Ernest Scholarship ($5,000):
