Collegiate Inventors Competition

All Finalists of the Collegiate Inventors Competition will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. Winners will be awarded cash prizes: – Undergraduate and Graduate Winners receive $15,000 – Undergraduate and Graduate Runners-Up receive $5,000 – People’s Choice Award Winner receives $1,500.

Naomi Mildred Nicoll Scholarship Fund

This award is available for U.S. female undergraduate students who graduate from Litchfield or Wamogo high schools in Litchfield, Connecticut, and reside in Litchfield, Warren, Morris, or Goshen, Connecticut. Each applicant must be the daughter of a single, working mother who cannot otherwise afford college, and must have a grade point average of B- (2.75) or higher.

Joseph Stein Scholarship Fund

This award is available for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who are residents of the Connecticut Community Foundation’s 21-town service area. Students must pursue a career in architecture and have a grade point average of B- or higher.

Richard and Frances Guerrera Scholarship Fund

This award is available for U.S. high school seniors and adult students entering their freshman year who are residents of the Connecticut Community Foundation’s 21-town service area. Students must have a documented learning disability and a grade point average of B- or higher.

Michael A. Hunter Memorial Scholarship

This award is available for U.S. undergraduate students who are leukemia patients and/or the child of a non-surviving leukemia patient. Students must also have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and enroll full time at an accredited college or university.

Chicana/Latina Foundation Scholarship

This award is available for female students in Northern California who are of Chicana/Latina heritage. Applicant must have completed 12 or more credit hours as an undergraduate or be accepted or enrolled in a graduate program, and must have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher (3.0 or higher if a graduate student) at the time of application.

NEHA/AAS Scholarship

This award is for U.S. students majoring in environmental health who are enrolled in an approved college/university that is accredited by the Environmental Health Accreditation Council or is a NEHA Educational or Sustaining Member School. For a current list of accredited environmental health programs, please visit www.ehacoffice.org.

New Leader Scholarship

This award is available for current juniors and seniors attending one of the following universities: California State University, East Bay; San Francisco State University; San Jose State University; Sonoma State University or University of California, Berkeley. The applicant must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be majoring in social sciences, human services, health-related fields or public service.

Lois Livingston McMillen Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is open to incoming and current female undergraduate students who reside in the Connecticut Community Foundation’s 21-town service area. Students must have a grade point average of B- (2.75) or higher, and must pursue an artistic career (preference to those pursuing painting and design).

National Society of Accountants Scholarship Program

U.S. and Canadian citizens who are current undergraduate students with grade point averages of 3.0 or higher are eligible for this award. Students must major in accounting.