Scholarships
Amount: $9,000. About: Linly Heflin is an organization that funds scholarships for women in Alabama who are attending Alabama colleges and universities. Scholarships are available only for undergraduate students. Applications open in October each year. Eligible Grade Levels: High School Freshman, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior Eligible Majors: All majors Residency Requirement:…
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: Administered by The American Legion, the Samsung American Legion Scholarship is meant for the direct descendants of a “wartime U.S. military veteran who served on active duty during at least one of the periods of war officially designated as eligibility dates for American Legion membership” (“Eligible Military Veteran”). Each year,…
Amount: $2,500-$5,000. About: Administered by the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA), the Spirit of Youth Scholarship for Junior Members is annually awarded to student members. Applicants must have held membership in the ALA for the immediate past three years, hold a membership card for the current year, and continue to maintain her membership throughout the four-year…
Amount: $5,000. About: The American Legion Auxiliary, an organization representing the spouses, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, and sisters of war veterans, offers the Spirit of Youth Scholarship for Junior Members, which provides $5,000 in financial aid to Junior American Legion Auxiliary members who have held a minimum three years of membership. Eligible Grade Levels: High School…
Amount: Up to $20,000. About: The American Legion, a U.S. veterans association, offers the Legacy Scholarship. This is a needs-based scholarship awarded to the children of U.S. military members who died while on active duty after September 11, 2001. Children of post-9/11 veterans who receive a combined disability rating of 50% or greater by the…
Amount: $500-$5,000. About: The Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) offers scholarships to qualified Korean American students, including foreign students from Korea. Applicants must be a student with a Korean heritage studying in the United States regardless of citizenship status (including Korean Nationals) – if extra funds are available, other students (non-Korean) may qualify for some…