This award is available for U.S. high school seniors who are residents of Orange County, California, graduating from a high school in the Newport Mesa Unified School District. Student must attend the University of California at Berkeley and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
Category Archives: merit-scholarships
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
This award is for U.S. sophomores or juniors in college who are majoring in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. The applicant must have a 3.37 grade point average or higher to be eligible.
Thelma Fisher Dewitty Scholarship
This scholarship is available for African American undergraduate and graduate students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ). Applicants must reside in of one of the following states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana or Alaska.
Manuel Lujan Excellence in Education Scholarship Program
This award is available for U.S. high school seniors who are residents of New Mexico and plan to attend a four-year college or university in New Mexico. Students must attend one of the designated central New Mexico high schools and have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher.
Charlie and Kathy Barnhart and Ken Haynes, Jr. Manufactured Housing Association Scholarship Program
This award is available for U.S. graduating high school seniors who have been residents of New Mexico for one year or more and attend a New Mexico high school. Students must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and live in a mobile or manufactured home.
Trythall Family Scholarship for Excellence in Continuing Education
This award is available for U.S. undergraduate or graduate part-time students who are residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico and plan to attend an accredited postsecondary, not-for-profit educational institution in New Mexico. Students must be 21 years of age or older, work 20 hours per week or more, and have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Cole Family Scholarship
This award is available to U.S. citizens who are Washington residents under age 25 and raised by one or more lesbian or gay parents. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a postsecondary program or be planning to enroll during the academic year following the deadline date.
Notah Begay III Scholarship Program
This award is available for U.S. graduating high school seniors who have been residents of New Mexico for one year or more and attend a New Mexico high school. Students must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher, be Native American with a blood quantum of 25 percent or more, and participate in high school varsity-level sports.
Brian M. Day Scholarship
This award is for Puget Sound area gay men of color who are U.S. citizens and have significant financial need and demonstrate activism in the gay/lesbian community and communities of color.
Phoenix Two-Spirit Native & First Nations Scholarship
This scholarship is available for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students of Native American or First Nations heritage who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). Applicants must demonstrate leadership and a commitment to community service and LGBT advocacy.