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: $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: $5,000. About: The American Nuclear Society (ANS) offers scholarships to students who are planning a career in nuclear science, nuclear engineering, or a nuclear-related field, who also demonstrate greater-than-average financial need. Consideration is given to students whose academics have been disadvantaged by poverty. Up to nine awards of $5,000 are granted of each year.…
Amount: $2,000-$3,000. About: The American Nuclear Society (ANS) offers various scholarships to undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are studying toward careers in nuclear science, nuclear engineering, or a nuclear-related field. Interested students must submit an ANS General Application. Four scholarships are awarded to incoming sophomores, and four scholarships are awarded to juniors and seniors.…
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: $500-$5,000. About: The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America holds an annual college scholarship essay contest for high school seniors, for which the grand prize winner is granted a $5,000 scholarship. Entrants must write a 1,200 to 1,500-word essay describing the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on themselves, their families, or their communities, and what they have…