Scholarships
Amount: $1,000. About: The American Indian College Fund Full Circle Scholarship awards American Indian and Alaska Native college students seeking undergraduate and graduate degrees at tribal colleges and other nonprofit accredited schools. Applicants will need to provide proof of tribal enrollment or a Certificate of Indian Blood (CIB), or their parent/grandparents enrollment with their birth…
Amount: Most of the costs. About: Offered by the U.S. government, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a summer study abroad program that provides an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Under the program, students of diverse disciplines and majors study one of 15 languages…
Amount: Varies. About: Established as the result of the Cobell v. Salazar settlement, the Cobell Scholarship program offers annual, merit-based, and nonrenewable scholarships to students who are enrolled members of a U.S. Federally-recognized Tribe (or can prove ¼ descent from multiple tribes). To qualify, applicants must be enrolled in or plan to enroll in full-time…
Amount: $1,000-$5,000. About: The Chi Am Circle Club, a nonprofit Asian American women’s community service organization in the Bay Area, offers the Chi Am Circle High School Scholarship for Asian American high school seniors in Santa Clara County. Students are awarded based on academic achievement and extracurricular work. Applicants must be a high school senior…
Amount: Typically $5,000. About: Each year, the foundation for Cancer for College offers a range of scholarships to students who’ve dealt with cancer. Applicants must have been personally diagnosed with cancer, be attending or planning to attend an accredited U.S. college or university as a full-time, degree-seeking student, and come from a family with a…
Amount: $10,000, $5,000. About: The Jonathan Lax Scholarship Fund for Gay Men is open to gay men in the Philadelphia region. Applicants must reside in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Camden, and Philadelphia counties and be enrolled in a degree program at an accredited college, graduate, or professional school. Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore,…