Scholarships
Amount: $5,000. About: Funded by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hoʻonaʻauao Scholarship Program annually awards scholarships to students at any of the University of Hawaiʻi’s 10 campuses. Each applicant must be a resident of Hawaii or the continental United States who is of Hawaiian ancestry and be a student at an accredited two- or…
Amount: $300-$3,000. About: Offered by the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS), the NMCRS Education Assistance Program provides need-based scholarships of $300 to $3,000 and interest-free loans (up to $4,000) to eligible Navy and Marine Corps families to help them in their pursuit of a post-secondary education. Applicants must be either (a) children of active duty,…
Amount: $3,000-$12,000. About: The National Federation for the Blind (NFB) awards $120,000 annually to blind students studying in the U.S. through several scholarships included in their annual scholarship program. Through one application, interested students can apply to all scholarships offered by NFB. In order to qualify, applicants must be legally blind in both eyes, live…
Amount: $2,500-$12,000. About: The National Italian American Foundation (NAIF) awards many scholarships to students of Italian American descent. Students fill out one application for a chance to receive a wide variety of scholarships. All applicants must be enrolled in a higher education institution by the start of the upcoming academic year, meet a minimum GPA…
Amount: $2,500 (graduate student), $2,250 (undergrad). About: Each year, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the American Academy of Sanitarians (AAS) offer scholarships to students pursuing degrees in environmental health sciences. Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students studying in the environmental health sciences and have at least one year of academic studies remaining.…
Amount: $24,000 per year (renewable for a second year). About: Each year, through the Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship program, the NCAA awards $24,000 scholarships to one male and one female student-athlete for their outstanding academic achievements and potential to excel in graduate studies. Applicants must have competed in varsity intercollegiate athletics at an NCAA institution,…