Scholarships
Amount: $1,000-$5,000. About: The Graydon & Myrth Fox Scholarship is offered to U.S. Armed Services veterans, their surviving spouses, and their dependent children and grandchildren. Preference for the award is given to wounded personnel, or the dependent children and grandchildren of personnel killed or wounded while on active duty. The award is offered through the…
Amount: 4-Year Institutions: $1,000 for freshmen, $4,000 or sophomores & juniors, $5,000 for seniors. 2-Year Institutions: $1,000 for freshmen, $3,000 for sophomores. About: The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery funds the Arkansas Academic Challenge Program, which provides scholarships to Arkansas residents pursuing higher education. The Academic Challenge Scholarship is open to high school seniors and students enrolled…
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: The Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship is a merit scholarship awarded by Arkansas to graduating high school seniors. Scholarship recipients will be awarded up to $10,000 per academic year for tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board and an annual stipend of $1,000 to use for textbooks and other academic expenses. Applicants…
Amount: $1,000. About: Student loan servicer Sallie Mae offers a monthly $1,000 scholarship to students who simply apply for their Scholarship Search and College Planning Calculator, a tool that connects students with scholarships and provides automated college finance planning advice. This is a monthly sweepstakes. One winner is selected on the first day of every…
Amount: Full tuition, room and board. About: Created by Julian and Josie Robertson in partnership with Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program is aimed at “unlocking the potential of promising young leaders to transform themselves, their communities and the world.” The program is open to…
Amount: Up to $2,500 per year (renewable for up to 5 years). About: The Jeannette Rankin National Scholar Grant awards unrestricted non-tuition funding and support to women and nonbinary students across the country. In order to qualify, applicants must be 35+ years of age, demonstrate financial need, and must be pursuing a technical or vocational…