Scholarships
Amount: $5,625. About: NBCUniversal and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) offers the Tony Coelho Media Scholarship. Named in honor of former U.S. representative and the primary author of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this scholarship is awarded to eight undergraduate and graduate students who are pursuing a career in the communications, media,…
Amount: Up to $4,500. About: The United States-Japan Bridging Foundation offers scholarships of each year to help undergraduate students from the United States study abroad in Japan for either a semester or an academic year. There are few eligibility requirements, and Japanese language study is not required. Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore, College…
Amount: $1,000. About: Offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), the Maxine Williams Scholarship is an annual prize awarded to students pursuing degrees in medical assisting. Applicants must be enrolled in a post-secondary program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) for at least one term and meet…
Amount: $5,000. About: Offered by the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), the CIC/Anna Chennault Scholarship is annually awarded to young aspiring journalists. Applicants must be either graduating high school seniors who have been accepted to a U.S. college or university or current undergraduate students attending a U.S. college or university. Additionally, all applicants must be…
Amount: $5,000. About: Each year, the American Association of Candy Technologists (AACT) awards the John Kitt Memorial Scholarship to undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers in candy-making technology. Applicants must be current sophomores, juniors, or seniors at an accredited four-year college or university in North America and major in a food science, chemical science, biological…
Amount: $5,000. About: The Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) and AAJA are offering two $5,000 scholarships to help offset the cost of internships, tuition, student loans, or journalism training. The IJA-AAJA Pacific Islander Journalism Scholarship Fund, created in 2022, is intended to grow the number of Pacific Islander journalists and support their success. Scholarships are intended…