Current Scholarships

Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship

Deadline: 
September 30, 2014
Maximum Award: 
$500
Eligibility: 
High school seniors and college students
Comments: 
You must be between the ages of 16 and 25

To apply for the Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship you need to write two essays, each 500 words or less. The two essay topics are:

America’s Best Blogging Scholarship

Deadline: 
June 30, 2012
Maximum Award: 
$1,000
Eligibility: 
High school seniors and college students

To compete in America's Best Blogging Scholarship you have to pick your favorite presidential candidate, and in 300 words or more, indicate why that candidate has your vote.

Then post the entry on your blog and include the embed code from the sponsor for validation. You can post it on any blogging platform except Facebook.
 

Eligibility:

Exposure Film Scholarship

Deadline: 
Not being offered this year
Maximum Award: 
$500 and one-on-one industry guidance and mentorship
Eligibility: 
All high school students

If your video camera is always by your side and you aspire to learn more about the video industry, you should consider the Exposure Film Scholarship. The competition is sponsored by Valiant Pictures a production company that focuses on compelling, memorable storytelling, creating content across all forms of media including commercials, music videos, digital content and feature films.  

Independence Day Scholarship Contest

Deadline: 
Not being offered this year
Maximum Award: 
$5,000
Eligibility: 
High school and college students (see comments)
Comments: 
You must be in the 9th grade through 12th grade or out of high school less than 12 months.

In 2013 The Joe Foss Institute is offering the Donna “didi” Foss Essay Scholarship Contest.

 

Dream Deferred Essay Contest

Deadline: 
February 28, 2014
Maximum Award: 
$2,000
Eligibility: 
Other, see comments
Comments: 
You must be 25 years old or younger on May 27

The Dream Deferred Essay Contest was inspired by a 1951 Langston Hughes poem, What happens to a dream deferred? Just as the Langston Hughes poem helped inspire the civil rights movement, the contest sponsors feel that essay contest will also be regarded as an opportunity for American and Middle Eastern youth to unite over the issue of advancing civil liberties in the Middle East.

Avar Press Literary Essay Scholarship Competition

Deadline: 
Usually in May, not scheduled this year
Maximum Award: 
$1,000
Eligibility: 
All high school students

Currently this competition is not scheduled.

ACE Foundation Scholarship

Deadline: 
April 20, 2014
Maximum Award: 
$1,250
Eligibility: 
High school and college students
Comments: 
High school seniors and college students

The ACE Foundation Scholarship is offered to high school seniors and college students who have financial need, academic ability and have given back to their community.

There is a $10 fee to apply online.

They will be giving out 4 to 6 scholarships and the decision will be based on a short 3 page application.

2014 Holocaust Remembrance Project Essay Contest

Deadline: 
Usually in April, see note
Maximum Award: 
$5,000
Eligibility: 
Other, see comments
Comments: 
This contest is open to all students age 19

This essay contest is not being held this year. Instead, the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation is sponsoring along with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum a 20th Anniversary National Tour and Tribute.