Scholarships
Amount: $3,000. About: Offered by the Idaho State Board of Education, the Idaho Governor’s Cup Scholarship helps local students pursue higher education. Students may apply for either an Academic Scholarship or a CTE Scholarship. Applicants must be a resident of Idaho, be a senior graduating from an Idaho high school or home school, enroll as…
Amount: $10,000. About: Each year, the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes Scholarship recognizes students who have organized and led an “extraordinary service activity” that benefited people or the environment. Applicants must be between the ages of 8 and 18, be permanent residents living in the United States or Canada, be currently working on a…
Amount: Up to $5,000. About: Offered by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, the Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship is annually awarded to the children of deceased or permanently disabled highway workers. Each applicant’s parent must have been the employee of a transportation construction firm or a transportation public agency and have suffered…
Amount: $500-$5,000. About: The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America holds an annual college scholarship essay contest for high school seniors, for which the grand prize winner is granted a $5,000 scholarship. Entrants must write a 1,200 to 1,500-word essay describing the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on themselves, their families, or their communities, and what they have…
Amount: $2,000. About: The Sara Scholarship is a private scholarship funded through the Henry & Sara Sheehan foundation. This scholarship is awarded annually to female high school seniors who plan to pursue a college degree and who demonstrate academic achievement, excellence of character, financial need and active engagement with the sport of golf. Skill in…