Scholarships
Amount: $1,500. About: The Upper Midwest Emmy Foundation offers annual $1,500 Emmy Student Scholarships to students studying journalism, broadcasting, or electronic media. Applicants must be accepted to or currently enrolled at an accredited post-secondary school and living or attending school in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, or Wisconsin. Applicants can be rising undergraduate freshmen,…
Amount: Varies. About: Offered by the nonprofit organization Life Happens, the Life Lessons Scholarship Program annually helps students who have lost a parent afford higher education. Applicants must be 17-24 years old, have experienced the death of a parent or legal guardian, be attending college, university, or trade school in the United States or Puerto…
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: Lighthouse Guild, a charity devoted to vision rehabilitation, awards scholarships to high school and college students with vision loss. Each year, up to 20 scholarships go to incoming freshmen, and at least one scholarship goes to a current or aspiring graduate student. The scholarships are unrestricted, so they can be…
Amount: $3,000-$6,000. About: Learning Ally, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving literacy, offers scholarships for educators and outstanding students with print and learning disabilities. The Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards are offered to Learning Ally members who are completing undergraduate and graduate degrees and are blind or visually impaired. Applicants must submit a personal…
Amount: $2,500. About: The Kitchen Cabinet Kings Entrepreneur Scholarship is designed to help young entrepreneurs afford the rising costs of education. Kitchen Cabinet Kings will award one $2,500 scholarship for the best submitted entry. Applicants must be a current college student or incoming freshman enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited…
Amount: $5,000. About: The Khyentse Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting Buddhist study and practice, offers the Khyentse Foundation PhD Scholarships. This scholarship is designed to support students studying in advanced degree programs in translation studies or Buddhist philosophy. Applicants should have some translation experience and should be enrolled in an MA, MPhil, or PhD…