Scholarships
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…
Amount: $2,500-$5,000 per year (for up to 4 years). About: The Peters Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are interested in pursuing studies in the field of environment, conservation, and forestry at any accredited college or studies in primary or secondary education at a Christian college. Applicants…
Amount: Up to $16,000 (over 4 years). About: The Educational Foundation for Women In Accounting (EFWA) offers the Women in Transition Scholarship to a woman who is the primary source of support for her family and is enrolling as an incoming freshman to earn a bachelor’s degree in accounting. The award amount is up to…