High School Senior
Scholarships
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APIA Scholarship
Amount: $2,500-$20,000. About: The APIA Scholarship supports AANHPI undergraduate students attending any U.S. accredited university or college. Awards range from $2,500 one-year awards to $20,000 multi-year awards. To be eligible, applicants must be able to describe their ethnicity, heritage, or ancestry in relation to the countries, territories, or lands in Asia or the Pacific Islands;…
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AFA Teens for Alzheimer’s Awareness College Scholarship
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…
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Lily Pabilona Emerging Entrepreneur Scholarship
Amount: $1,000-$5,000. About: Against the Grain Productions (ATG) is a nonprofit organization that promotes artistry, ingenuity, and creative projects in the Asian American community. The ATG Lily Pabolina Emerging Entrepreneur Scholarship is offered to Asian American high school senior or college student currently enrolled full-time at an accredited U.S. vocational, junior college, or four-year college/university…
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Adoption STAR Academic Scholarship Program
Amount: Varies. About: Offered by Adoption STAR, the Academic Scholarship Program annually provides scholarships to high-achieving high school seniors who were adopted or live in foster care. Applicants must possess good character, demonstrate high academic achievement and progress, have been adopted or in foster care, and be a high school senior with plans to attend…
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Vincent Bennett, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $20,000 (over 4 years). About: The First Responders Children’s Foundation offers the Vincent Bennett Jr. Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to an incoming freshman who is the child of a law enforcement officer or firefighter, who was killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Students who are majoring in engineering are…
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Family Fellowship Scholarship Program
Amount: Up to $12,000 per year (for up to 5 years). About: Offered by nonprofit Together We Rise, in partnership with the Fund II Foundation, the Family Fellowship Scholarship s intended to help propel foster care youth into higher education. Applicants need to be U.S. citizens between the ages of 17 and 23 and been…