Applicants have until Jan. 15 to write an essay of not more than 550 words explaining their career, academic and/or vocational goals and how they plan to achieve those goals. For more information, read our scholarship FAQ at https://www.mensafoundation.org/what-we-do/scholarships/us-scholarships/us-scholarship-faq.
Category Archives: scholarships-for-college-students
Clean Catalog Scholarship
The Clean Catalog offers course catalog software, curriculum management software, and student handbook software to colleges and universities. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited 2- or 4-year institution in the United States.
Black Medical Students Scholarship
The Black Medical Students Scholarship will be awarded to a current or future Black medical student across any medical specialty based on the strength of a 500-1000 word essay.
NAACP James Weldon Johnson Scholarship
The NAACP James Weldon Johnson scholarship was set up by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. to honor its namesake with up to seven awards ranging from $1,500 or $3,000 per student.
TMCF / COVID-19 Emergency Award
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund and varying partners unite to offer the COVID-19 Emergency Award to students attending one of TMCF’s publicly supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) or Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs).
Behind the Wheel Scholarship
This scholarship requires students to discuss the importance of being a responsible driver and detail new tools and techniques that could be used to help educate young drivers and encourage them to be safe while behind the wheel. Visit our website for more information on how to apply.
Upromise $529 Scholarship
The Upromise 529 Scholarship Program is open only to legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia who are over the age of 13 years old and are members of the Upromise Rewards Service as of the end of the calendar month prior to the date of the applicable drawing (each an “Entrant” and an “Entry”).
Hard Work Pays Off Scholarship
The scholarship is open to any student presently enrolled in an accredited community college, undergraduate, or graduate program in the United States. This includes incoming first-year college students who are either high school graduates or in possession of a GED.
Apple HBCU Scholars Program
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund partners with Apple to provide eligible outstanding students who attend a Historically Black College or University with a $15K merit based scholarship and 12 week internship opportunity.
The Adam Ferrari Health Science Scholarship
Applicants must be high school senior that has already been accepted into an accredited college or university, or a current student enrolled at an accredited college or university full-time. Students must be pursuing a degree in health science and be interested in providing care for patients with physical disabilities in the future and have a minimum GPA of 3.5.