Scholarships
Amount: Varies. About: Awarded since the academic year 2015-16, the Tennessee Promise Scholarship is meant for high school seniors who graduate from an eligible Tennessee high school, complete a homeschool program, or earn a GED or HISET diploma prior to their 19th birthday. Students must be U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens, apply by the November…
Amount: $10,000 (1 Award), $5,000 (5 Awards). About: The Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody Scholarship is awarded to students pursuing life science degrees. Applicants must be legal residents of the United States, be 18 or older, be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited U.S. college or university, and have a declared major…
Amount: Full Cost of Attendance. About: The Gates Scholarship is annually awarded to minority, college-bound high school seniors from low-income households. This is a “last dollar” scholarship so Gates Scholars will receive funding for the full cost of attendance (includes tuition, fees, room, board, books, and transportation, and may include other personal costs) that is…
Amount: Up to $33,000 per year (renewable of each year). About: Dream.US refers to its National Scholarship as a “Pell Grant for highly motivated DREAMers with significant, unmet financial need.” The organization works with more than 70 partner colleges to help immigrant students pay for and succeed in higher education. The program is open to…
Amount: Up to $80,000 maximum over 4 years. About: Dream.US, a nonprofit organization, created its Opportunity Scholarship to help undocumented students who live in “locked-out states,” meaning states where students “effectively have no access to college – either because they face paying out-of-state tuition or because their state will simply not admit them into its…
Amount: $12,000. About: Victoria Soto Memorial Scholarship is a four-year renewable scholarship offered to four students per year. Two scholarships are awarded to students at high schools in Stratford, Connecticut, one scholarship is awarded to a student from anywhere in the state of Connecticut, and one scholarship is awarded to a student from anywhere in…