This scholarship is available for Georgia high school seniors who have a father, mother or natural guardian who is a member of the police or fire department, or a full-time paid or volunteer member of the police department, located in Georgia AND is a full-time active employee, not on disability. Students must be 15 to 20 years old.
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Carolyn Smith Ivey Scholarship
This scholarship is available for high school seniors who are 4-H members and residents of the West or North Central districts in North Carolina. Students must plan to attend an institution of higher education in North Carolina in the fall of the year that they apply for the scholarship.
Mitchell County 4-H ‘Discovery’ Scholarship
This scholarship is available for residents of Mitchell County, North Carolina who are 4-H members or staff members and plan to attend an institution in North Carolina as a freshman. If no freshman is eligible, then an upperclassman may be awarded the scholarship.
Texas Bordering States Waiver
This award provides a waiver of non-resident tuition for students from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico or Oklahoma enrolled in certain public institutions in Texas.
Swackhamer Disarmament Video Contest
This award is available for current high school and college students. To apply, each student must submit a short video of approximately 2-3 minutes on the topic of nuclear disarmament.
Northeastern University International Merit Scholars Award
This award is available for international graduating high school seniors or transfer students planning to attend Northeastern University.
SPIE Student Scholarship
International and U.S. students who are high school seniors or older are eligible for this award. Students must be studying full time in the field of optics, photonics, imaging or optoelectronics or other related program.
National Honor Society Scholarship
High school seniors who are members of the National Honor Society and have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher are eligible for this award. Students must be nominated by active chapter advisers.
Foreign Service High School Essay Contest
Students whose parents are not in the Foreign Service are eligible to participate if they are in grades nine through twelve in any of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. territories, or if they are U.S. citizens/lawful permanent residents attending high school overseas. Students may be attending a public, private, or parochial school. Entries from home-schooled students are also accepted.
University of Maine Mid Coast Alumni Textbook Scholarship
This scholarship is available to help pay for the textbooks of U.S. high school seniors who plan to attend the University of Maine at Orono. Students must be graduates of a Mid Coast Maine high school, and must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.