Scholarships
Amount: $5,000. About: The annual ConnectHER film festival challenges young women from around the world to create short videos that highlight or propose solutions to critical challenges. Applicants must be women under the age of 25 who are enrolled in high school or undergraduate programs. However, special circumstances may be considered for applicants who are…
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: $25,085. About: Bold.org, a website that helps pair students with scholarship opportunities, offers a no-essay scholarship to students who have profiles on the Bold.org platform. Students of all majors may apply. Applications are judged based on the “boldness” of each student’s profile, defined as bearing the following qualities: “earnest”, “determined,” and “moving.” Applicants must…