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CCP Money Mondays: Scholarships for Students in Grades 9-11

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It’s CCP Money Monday!

Many students think that they have to wait until their senior year in high school to begin applying for scholarships, but there are a number of college funding opportunities available to students as early as the 9th grade! This Money Monday, we’re exploring scholarships that are open to high schoolers in Grades 9-11 (some of which are available to ALL students (seniors and college students). Take a look at the opportunities below!

 

 

You can also visit our website for additional scholarship opportunities:

Davis Scholarship

  • Deadline: May 22
  • Target Applicant: High school juniors and seniors and all undergraduate students
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Award: $1,000
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Courage to Grow Scholarship

  • Deadline: May 31
  • Target Applicant: High school juniors and seniors
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 2.5 GPA
  • Award(s): $500
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a U.S. citizen

Slam What You Will Poetry Contest

  • Deadline: May 31
  • Target Applicant: Students between the ages of 13 and 25 who attend high school or college in the U.S.
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Award: $1,000
  • Residency Requirements: None

Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship

  • Deadline: May 31
  • Target Applicant: High school athletes in their junior year
  • Award(s): Multiple scholarships ranging from $1,000-2,000
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Abbott and Fenner Business Consultants Annual Scholarship Award

  • Deadline: June 14
  • Target Applicant: High school juniors and seniors and all undergraduate students
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Award(s): $1,000
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

BBG Communications Award

  • Deadline: June 30
  • Target Applicant: Students between the ages of 16 and 21
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 2.5 GPA
  • Award(s): $1,000
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a citizen of the U.S. or Canada

Gene and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship

  • Deadline: July 31
  • Target Applicant: High school students in Grades 9-12
  • Academic Requirements: None
  • Award(s): $1,000
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a legal resident of the U.S.

Humanity Rising Scholarship

  • Deadline: September 30
  • Target Applicant: High school students in Grades 9-12
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Award(s): Multiple $2,000 scholarships
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a US citizen or permanent resident

Gear Up Your Future Annual Scholarship

  • Deadline: October 15
  • Target Applicant: All students
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Award(s): Scholarships range from $1,000-2,000
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

CCP Money Mondays: Scholarships for Fashion Design and Merchandising

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It’s CCP Money Monday again! And today, as always, College and Career Pathways explores the many ways that students can pay for college. This week, we are focusing on scholarships for students pursuing careers in FASHION (which includes a wide variety of majors). Please see the opportunities below!

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Krylon Clear Choice Art Scholarship Program

  • Deadline: May 31st
  • Target Applicants: High school seniors and college freshmen and sophomores
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Award(s): Multiple scholarships that range from $250-1,000
  • Career Field(s): Fine Arts
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

 Aspiring Fashion Professionals Scholarship Program

  • Deadline: June 1st
  • Target Applicant: High school seniors
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Award(s): $1,000
  • Career Field(s): Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Management, Fashion Retailing
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Fashion Umbrella Scholarship

  • Deadline: June 15th
  • Target Applicant: College freshmen and sophomores
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Award(s): Scholarships range from $200-1,000
  • Career Field(s): Arts, Business, Communications, Education, Math
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Fashion Foundation Case Study Scholarship Competition

  • Deadline: October
  • Target Applicant: Undergraduate students attending one of the program’s member schools
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Award(s): Scholarships range from $5,000-35,000
  • Career Field(s): Fashion Design and Product Development, Fashion Merchandising and Marketing, Analytics and Technology, or Supply Chain disciplines
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Make it with Wool Design Competition

  • Deadline: November 15th  
  • Target Applicant: Preteens, High school students, and undergraduate and graduate students
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Award(s): Scholarships range from $1,000-2,000
  • Career Field(s): Fashion or Apparel Design
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

HugMe.fashion Annual Scholarship

  • Deadline: November 20th    
  • Target Applicant: All students anywhere in the world who have enrolled in a fashion design course
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Award(s): $500
  • Career Field(s): Fashion or Apparel Design
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

 Charlene E. McCue Memorial Scholarship

  • Deadline: February 1st   
  • Target Applicant: Undergraduate and graduate students
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Award(s): $500
  • Career Field(s): Culinary Arts, Dance, Fashion, Music, Theatre, Writing
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

 Geoffrey Beane Design Scholarship

  • Deadline: March 26th    
  • Target Applicant: Full-time graduate students
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Award(s): $25,000
  • Career Field(s): Fashion Design
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

 FIDM National Scholarship Competition

  • Deadline: April 7th
  • Target Applicant: High school seniors seeking to attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
  • Academic Requirements: Not specified
  • Award(s): 100% of tuition!
  • Career Field(s): Merchandising, Marketing, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Social Media, Visual Communications, Product Development, Apparel Industry Management, Digital Media
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Visual Arts Scholarship

  • Deadline: April 20, 2018
  • Award: $3,000
  • Target Applicants: Students who are currently enrolled (or planning to be enrolled in the upcoming academic year) as a full-time undergraduate student (students pursuing a graduate degree in the fall are ineligible)
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 2.5/4.0 GPA
  • Career Field(s): Architecture, Ceramics, Drawing, Fashion, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Painting, Photography, Sketching, Video Production
  • Residency Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents

CCP Money Mondays: Scholarships for Journalism, Photography, and Communications Majors (5-7-2018)

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College Decision Day (May 1st) has come and gone; and now that the “Where will I attend college?” question has been answered, students around the country are turning their FULL attention to the issue of paying for college. Don’t fear, Money Mondays is here! Each Monday, College and Career Pathways explores the many ways that students can pay for college. This week, we’re exploring scholarships for Journalism, Photography, and Communications Majors. Please see the opportunities below!

 

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Radio, Television, Digital News Foundation (RTDNF) Carole Simpson Scholarship

  • Deadline: January 15th
  • Target Applicants: College sophomore, juniors, and seniors who are pursuing careers in radio, television, or digital journalism
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Awards: $2,000
  • Career Field(s): None specified
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

National Association for Hispanic Journalists Scholarship

  • Deadline: February 12th  
  • Target Applicants: College-bound high school seniors, college undergraduates and graduate students pursuing careers in English or Spanish-language print, broadcast, digital or photojournalism
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Awards: Multiple scholarship programs available with scholarships ranging from $1,500-5,000
  • Career Field(s): Print, Broadcast, Digital, or Photo-Journalism
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

National Press Club Diversity Scholarship for Studies in Journalism

  • Deadline: March 1st
  • Target Applicants: High school seniors
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Awards: $2500
  • Career Field(s): Journalism
  • Residency Requirements: None

 Nikon Storytellers Scholarship

  • Deadline: March 1st  
  • Target Applicants: Undergraduate students attending a college, university, or vocational/technical school in the U.S. or Canada
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 2.5 GPA
  • Awards: Multiple scholarships of up to $2,500 and/or a digital camera
  • Career Field(s): Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Journalism, Film, Photography, or Multimedia content creation
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Richard G. Zimmerman Scholarship

  • Deadline: March 1st
  • Target Applicants: High school seniors
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Awards: $5,000
  • Career Field(s): Journalism
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

 Leonard M. Perryman Scholarship

  • Deadline: March 15th
  • Target Applicants: Ethnic minority students who are a part of the United Methodist Church and are enrolled at the junior or senior level in the journalism or communications department of an accredited college or university in the United States
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Awards: $2,500
  • Career Field(s): Journalism
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

BECA Inc. Edna R. Anthony Memorial Scholarship

  • Deadline: April 15th
  • Target Applicants: High school seniors who plan to attend a Historically Black College or University
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 2.5 GPA
  • Awards: Not specified
  • Career Field(s): Criminal Justice, Journalism, or Nursing
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

National Association of Black Journalist Scholarships

  • Deadline: April 15th
  • Target Applicants: High school seniors and undergraduate students who are members of NABJ enrolled in school in the U.S.
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Awards: Multiple scholarships for varying amounts
  • Career Field(s): Journalism and Communications
  • Residency Requirements: None

Feldman Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Journalism

  • Deadline: May 1st
  • Target Applicants: Graduate students
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Awards: $5,000
  • Career Field(s): Journalism
  • Residency Requirements: None

Chips Quinn Scholars Program for Diversity in Journalism

  • Deadline: October 1st
  • Target Applicants: College sophomores, juniors, and seniors; recent graduates; and graduate students (preference given to undergraduate upperclassmen)
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Awards: $1,000
  • Career Field(s): Journalism
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation Advancement of Women in Sports and Entertainment Scholarship

  • Deadline: November 15th
  • Target Applicants: Female undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 2.75 GPA
  • Awards: $1,000
  • Career Field(s): Communication Studies, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Studies, or Journalism
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

James Allan Cox Foundation Scholarship for Student Photojournalists

  • Deadline: November 15th
  • Target Applicants: High school sophomores, juniors, and seniors; undergraduate and graduate students (preference given to undergraduate upperclassmen)
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Awards: Multiple scholarships of up to $2,500 and/or a digital camera
  • Career Field(s): Photography and Photojournalism
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

CCP Money Mondays: Scholarships for Female Students

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It’s College and Career Pathways’ Money Monday! Each Monday, we explore the many ways that students can pay for college. This week, we’re exploring scholarships for female students. Please see the opportunities below!

You can also visit our website for additional scholarship opportunities:

 

 

 

Dr. Anita Young Boswell Scholarship

  • Deadline: March 1st
  • Target Applicants: African American females who are graduating high school seniors
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 2.75 GPA
  • Awards: $1,000
  • Career Field(s): None specified
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Dr. Wynetta A. Frazier “Sister to Sister” Scholarship

  • Deadline: March 1st
  • Target Applicants: African American women over the age of 21 whose education was interrupted by family responsibilities or other personal demands and who are now ready to complete college or one who is entering college for the first time because of these factors.
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Awards: $500
  • Career Field(s): None specified
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Dr. Julianne Malveaux Scholarship for African American Women

  • Deadline: March 1st
  • Target Applicants: African American women who are sophomores or juniors in college
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Awards: $1,000
  • Career Field(s): Economics, English, Journalism, Public Policy, or related fields
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a U.S. citizen

The Future is Female Scholarship

  • Deadline: March 31st
  • Target Applicants: Female students
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Awards: $3,000
  • Career Field(s): None specified
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Women in International Trade Scholarship

  • Deadline: April 13th
  • Target Applicants: Female undergraduate and graduate students
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Awards: $1,500
  • Career Field(s): International development, international relations, international trade, international economics, or international business
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Entertainment Software Association Foundation Scholarship

  • Deadline: April 26
  • Target Applicants: Minority females who are high school seniors or undergraduate students
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 2.75 GPA
  • Award(s): 30 scholarships of $3,000 each
  • Career Field(s): Computer and video game arts
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a U.S. citizen

The Sara Scholarship

  • Deadline: April 30
  • Target Applicants: Female high school seniors who plan to pursue a college degree and who demonstrate academic achievement, excellence of character, financial need, and active engagement with the sport of golf. Skill in playing golf is not a criterion.
  • Award(s): Renewable $2,000 scholarship
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.2/4.0 GPA
  • Career Field(s): None noted
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Six Star Pro Nutrition Scholarship Award

  • Deadline: November 15th
  • Target Applicants: Female student athletes who exemplify leadership in athletics, academics, and community service
  • Award(s): ): 2 $15,000 scholarships
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Career Field(s): None noted
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Stephen Bufton Memorial Education Fund

  • Deadline: May 15th
  • Target Applicants: Female students
  • Award(s): Multiple programs with scholarships ranging from $2,500-10,000
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Career Field(s): None specified
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Helen Lansdowne Resor Scholarship

  • Deadline: June 15
  • Target Applicants: Female undergraduate students
  • Award(s): $10,000
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Career Field(s): Advertising, media, and the creative arts
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Houzz Women in Architecture Scholarship

  • Deadline: June 30 and December 15
  • Target Applicants: Female undergraduate and graduate students
  • Award(s): $2,500
  • Academic Requirements: None noted
  • Career Field(s): Architecture, Architectural Engineering
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Asian Women in Business Scholarship

  • Deadline: August 1
  • Target Applicants: Females of Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry
  • Academic Requirements: Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Awards: Multiple awards of $2,500
  • Career Field(s): Business
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident

NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

  • Deadline: November 6
  • Target Applicants: Female students interested in computing and technology
  • Awards: Multiple $500 scholarships
  • Residency Requirements: Must be a U.S. citizen

UPS Scholarship for Female Students

  • Deadline: November 15th
  • Target Applicants: Female undergraduate students
  • Award(s): $4,000
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.4 GPA
  • Career Field(s): Engineering and Technology
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Girls Who Illustrate Awesomeness

  • Deadline: December 1st
  • Target Applicants: Female high school seniors or undergraduate students
  • Academic Requirements: A minimum 3.0GPA
  • Awards: Two awards of $750
  • Career Field(s): None noted
  • Residency Requirements: None noted

Google Women Techmakers Scholarship

  • Deadline: December 1
  • Target Applicants: Female undergraduates who are rising seniors
  • Award: Multiple scholarships ranging from $1,000-10,000
  • Academic Requirement: Minimum 3.5 GPA
  • Career Field(s): Computer Science and Computer Engineering
  • Notes: Must be a female and a rising senior in college

Google Anita Borg Scholarship

  • Deadline: January 6
  • Target Applicants: Female undergraduate and graduate students
  • Award: Multiple $10,000 scholarships
  • Academic Requirements: None specified
  • Career Field(s): Computer Science or Computer Engineering
  • Residency Requirements: None noted