Sallie Mae Fund American Dream Scholarship
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston, VA 20190
www.thesalliesmaefund.org
Award Amount: $500 - $5000
Deadline: 2010-2011 TBD
Scholarship Detail/ Requirements: The Sallie Mae Fund is partnering with the United Negro College Fund to offer scholarships to African American citizens, legal permanent residents or nationals of the United States who are enrolling full-time at an approved institution as defined as Title IV eligible, accredited, post-secondary two- or four-year college or university, vocational, or technical school in the United States or Puerto Rico for the 2010-2011 academic year. Applicants must meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria and have a financial need as verified by the attending college or university financial aid office.
Gates Millennium Scholars
P.O. Box 10500
Fairfax, VA 22031-8044
877-690-4677
www.gmsp.org
Award Amount: $3,000
Deadline: Opens Aug 1,2009
Closes Jan 11, 2010
Requirements/ Detail:
Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they:
• Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander American, or Hispanic American;
• Are a citizen/legal permanent resident or nationals of the United States;
• Have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (un-weighted);
• Will be enrolling for the first-time at a U.S. accredited* college or university as a full-time, degree-seeking, first-year student in the fall of 2010; or GED
Please visit the website for more information.
RMHC/ African American Future Achievers
Award Amount: varies
Deadline: 2010-2011 TBD
Requirements/ Detail: Currently enrolled high school seniors who have at least one parent of African American or Black Caribbean heritage and who are eligible to attend a two- or four-year college, university or vocational/technical school with a complete course of study. Please visit the website for more information.
RMHC/ Asia Scholarship Program
Award Amount: varies
Deadline: 2010- 2011 TBD
Requirements/ Detail: Currently enrolled high school seniors who have at least
one parent of Asian-Pacific heritage and who are eligible to
attend a two- or four-year college, university or Vocational/ technical school with a complete course of study. Please visit the website for more information.
RMHC/ HACER
Award Amount: varies
Deadline: 2010-2011 TBD
Requirements/ Detail: Currently enrolled high school seniors who have at least
one parent of Hispanic heritage and who are eligible to
attend a two- or four-year college, university or Vocational/ technical school with a complete course of study. Please visit the website for more information.
HSF/ Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Scholarship
Award Amout: varies
Deadline: 2010-2011 TBD
Award Amount:
Please visit the website for more information.
Verizon Foundation Scholarship
Award Amount: $2,500- $5,000
Deadline: July 15, 2009
Award Amount:
Be of Hispanic heritage
Be a U.S. Citizen or a legal permanent resident with permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551 (not expired)
Be a Sophomore, Junior or Senior enrolled full-time in a degree-seeking program at an accredited U.S. college or university in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Guam
Please visit the website for more information.
Markowski-Leach Scholarship Fund
PO Box 13315 - PMB #206
Oakland, CA 94661-0315
www.mlscholarships.org/application.html
Award Amount: $1,250
Deadline: 2010-2011 TBD
Requirements/ Detail: Applicants must be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer persons. Applicants shall, by their completion of and signature on the scholarship application, certify that they are LGBTQ. Recipients must be enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students at San Francisco State University, Stanford University, or University of California at Berkeley during the academic year in which the award will be disbursed. Applicants need not be enrolled at the time of application, however, which will occur in the spring preceding the award year.
Please visit the website for more information.
Gail Benjamin Fellowship
GBF flyer
GBF Nomination Form
Award Amount: $2,700
Deadline: 2010-2011 TBD
For details and requirements please visit the links provided.
