Scholarships
Amount: $2,500-$20,000. About: The Ascend Educational Fund (AEF) awards scholarships worth up to $20,000 of each year to immigrant students and children of immigrants graduating from New York City Schools. Applicants must be born outside of the United States or have two parents born outside of the United States, be a graduating high school senior…
Amount: $1,000. About: Arts For Life! supports Florida high school seniors who excel in the visual and performing arts, including creative writing, dance, drama, music, and visual art. The program was launched by former Florida first lady Columba Bush in 1999, and awards 25 graduating high school seniors of each year. To apply, interested students…
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;…
Amount: $8,000 (disbursed over 4 years). About: Offered by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), the E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship is annually awarded to the children and grandchildren of APWU members. Applicants must be college-bound high school seniors and be the child, grandchild, stepchild, or legally adopted child of an active, retired, or deceased, due-paying…
Amount: Up to $5,000. About: Offered by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, the Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship is annually awarded to the children of deceased or permanently disabled highway workers. Each applicant’s parent must have been the employee of a transportation construction firm or a transportation public agency and have suffered…
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…