CEO of Tomorrow Scholarship

Deadline: June 1, 2013

Award Amount: $2,500

Eligibility:

• To be eligible for this opportunity. students must be interested in studying business leadership and/or entrepreneurship.  Students should be planning to be enrolled in a four-year university or college between August 1, 2013 and June 1, 2014.

Requirements:

• The application for the CEO of Tomorrow Scholarship includes two parts:
• Online survey
• A 500-1000 word essay
• The topic of the essay is The American Education System.  Possible (NOT required) topics to expand upon may include the following:
• Education System Structure (organization, standardized tests, classroom size, online courses, etc.)
• Learning Style (study groups, internships, study abroad programs, etc.)
• Teaching Style (online assignments, hands-on experiences, lectures, grading criteria, etc.)
• Class Credit (more/less general education classes, more/less specified emphasis classes, internship hours toward graduation credit, etc.)
• Overall, the essay should answer the question, "If you could change anything about the American education system what would it be?"

Website:http://www.ceo.com/ceo-of-tomorrow-scholarship/

Undergraduate Merit and Financial Need Scholarships

Deadline: April 1, 2014

Award Amount: $1,000

Eligibility:

• Must be a full-time, sophomore or beyond
• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting institution
• Must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 ("C+" average) for financial needs scholarship, OR a minimum GPA of 3.0 ("B" average) for merit scholarship
• Must demonstrate community service and involvement

Requirements:

•  Completed application form
• Three letters of recommendation from persons who can attest to your character, interpersonal relationships, and academic achievements, but should not come from family members or peers
• Official unopened transcript(s) from all colleges that you have attended with cumulative GPA listed
• Personal Goal Statement describing your personal and career plans, including how this scholarship will enhance your ability to attain these goals
• Financial Needs Analysis (if applying for a financial needs award)

Website:http://www.akaeaf.org/undergraduate_scholarships.htm

Savvy Saver Scholarship

Deadline: December 15, 2013

Award: $2500

Eligibility:

• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Must be at least 18 years old

Requirements:

• Must be attending a 2-year or 4-year college or university in the United States
• Submit a 400 to 750 words essay on the following question: 
• How can college students use the Internet as a method of saving money on school expenses?

Website: www.offers.com/scholarship

Domo Scholarship for Business Management

Deadline: August 31, 2013

Award Amount: $2,500

Eligibility:

• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States
• This scholarship is for college students who are studying business management and show an interest in analytics.

Requirements:

• Complete a survey
• Write a 500-word essay
• The survey questions will focus on attitudes around data, big data, social media and analytics, and decision making for leaders.

Website: http://www.domo.com/company/scholarship

The Home Security Scholarship

Deadline: June 30, 2013

Award Amount: $1,000

Eligibility:

•  Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Legal Resident of the United States and may not be an associate (employee) of any division of YourLocalSecurity.com
•  Incoming freshman must have a cumulative high school grade point average of at least 2.5 on a 4-point scale, have taken either the ACT or SAT test and must be a high school or home school senior graduating or earning a GED between August 1 of the previous year and July 31 of the current year, who will enroll for fall as a freshman at a two-year or four-year college or university
•  Current College Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors must have a cumulative college grade point average of at least 2.5 on a 4-point scale, and be enrolled full-time at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university between the August 01 of the previous year and July 31 of the current year
•  The recipient must be actively enrolled full-time as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in the fall and for the entire academic year without interruption, barring illness, emergency, or military service
•  Applicants attending military academies are ineligible for this scholarship

Requirements:

• Pick a city from the list on the provider website and write a 300 to 500 word essay that addresses the following:
• 1) Explore the underlying reasons of why this city made the list of most dangerous cities in America.
• 2) Tell us what you would do to improve the safety of this city if you had unlimited resources.

Website: http://yourlocalsecurity.com/scholarship

Eli-Lilly Scholarship

Deadline: July 1, 2013

Award Amount: $2,500

Eligibility:

• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States
• Be a graduating high school senior or current college student in good standing at the time of their application. 
• Be a member of BDPA (if required, reference www.bdpa.org for membership information)
• Demonstrate academic achievement (minimum GPA of 3.0)
• Applicantshould be pursuing a degree in information systems, computer science, computer engineering, or a computer science related discipline
• Exhibit leadership ability through academic or civic involvement and participate in community service activities

Requirements:

• Completed application form
• Current transcript
• 500 word essay on "Why Information Technology is Important"
• Two letters of recommendation

Website:http://www.betf.org/scholarships/eli-lilly.shtml

John Gyles Education Awards

Deadline: June 1, 2013

Award Amount: $500

Eligibility:

•  Enrolled full-time at (or accepted to) a college or university program as an undergraduate or graduate student. (High school seniors, and others, may apply pending acceptance.) 
•  Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 on a scale of 4.0 (or similar grade assessment).
•  Must also have citizenship in either the United States or Canada. No preference is given to students from either

Requirements:

•  Please provide a summary of your educational status including your GPA, accomplishments, and any extra-curricular activities. Also include a copy of your latest academic record and list three references.
•  Submit a 1500 word book report (1.5 spacing), using one of the books on our Book List (attached) or a non fiction book or your choice. Reports will be evaluated according to normally accepted academic standards.
•  Describe your career plans, goals and personal ambitions.
•  Give an outline of your financial circumstances. Include the cost of tuition and board, travel, other associated costs and any contributions by you and/or your parents, etc.
•  Attach all information together putting this form first. Do not staple 

Website: http://johngyleseducationcenter.com/scholarship.html

Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships

Deadline: December 5, 2013

Award Amount: $5,000

Eligibility:

• Must be enrolled in an accredited educational institution (kindergarten through graduate school) in the United States
• Must have demonstrated on-going commitment to their community by performing unpaid volunteer services impacting hunger in the United States at least within the last 12 months (added consideration is given to students working to fight childhood hunger)
• Must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States
• Volunteer services must be helping non-family members
• Recommenders must be at least 21 years of age, and may NOT be your parent, guardian or family member
• Employees of Sodexo are not eligible to apply, but they may refer family members who are not employees of Sodexo
• Previous national STOP Hunger Scholarship recipients are not eligible to apply
• Previous regional STOP Hunger Honorees are eligible to apply

Requirements:

• Register with an email address and complete an online application through ISTS
• Provide information on volunteer activities that you have completed within the past twelve months, demonstrating on-going commitment to your community in a meaningful way
• Written essay or video essay regarding the most outstanding of your unpaid volunteer service activities
• Up to two supplemental materials (for example, photographs, awards, or publications) related to your unpaid community service (OPTIONAL)
• Community Service Recommendation

Website: http://www.sodexofoundation.org/hunger_us/scholarships/scholarships.asp

Fuel Your Dreams Scholarship Competition

Deadline: September 4, 2013

Award Amount: $1,000

Eligibility:

• Available to all high school and college students (including graduate students and adults) who are legal residents of the U.S.

Requirements:

•  Simply fill out the form and tell 24Seven Energy about your big dreams and how a scholarship will help you get there. (Do your best to keep it to 250 words or less)

Website:http://24sevenenergy.com/scholarship/

Collegiate Inventors Competition

Deadline: June 14, 2013

Award Amount: $15,000

Eligibility:

• Students must be enrolled (or have been enrolled) full-time in any U.S. or Canadian college or university at least part of the 12-month period prior to the date the entry is submitted. In the case of a team (maximum of four students), at least one member of the team must meet the full-time eligibility criteria. The other team members must have been enrolled on a part-time basis (at a minimum) sometime during the 24-month period prior to the date the entry is submitted.

Requirements:

•  Completed application form
•  Student Essay, including supplementary material
•  Literature/Patent Research
•  Advisor Information
•  Advisor Letter
•  Statement of Student Enrollment Status
•  Student/Advisor Release Form

Website: http://www.invent.org/collegiate/enter.html

The Journyx Excellence In Project Accounting Philosophy Essay Scholarship

Deadline: November 2, 2013

Award Amount: $500

Eligibility:

• The contest is offered to any person of any nationality, older than 18 years of age as of the date of entry, who is a resident of the United States. Entrants must be enrolled as a full-time student at an university in the United States.

Requirements:

• Submit an essay of 1,000 words or fewer, on one of these two topics:
•  Describe a real situation that you've encountered where project oriented time tracking has made a positive difference in the world.
• Discuss how better resource management processes can improve a company's bottom line.

Website: http://www.journyx.com/company

Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship

Deadline: July 31st, 2013

Award Amount: $1,000

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be 9th-12th grade high school students, college students or graduate school students who are legal U.S. residents. Students may study any major and attend any college in the U.S.

Requirements:

• Complete the online application form and submit an essay on one of the following in 250 words or less:
•  Why do you deserve to win this scholarship?
•  Describe your academic or career goals.
•  Any topic of your choice.

Website: http://www.genkellyscholarship.com/

Abbott and Fenner Scholarship

Deadline: June 14th, 2013

Award Amount: $1,000

Requirements: 

• Student must be a high school junior or senior enrolled in an accredited post secondary institution
• Application must have 500-1000 word essay on the topic: What have you done outside the classroom that demonstrates qualities sought after by the post secondary institution that you are hoping to attend? Also, which of these qualities means the most to you? 
• Student must demonstrate that they have the desire and ambition to succeed.

Website: http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm

The American Legion Baseball Scholarship

Deadline: July 15th, 2013

Award Amount: $500-5,000

Eligibility:

• Must have graduated from high school
• Must be on 2013 roster (American Legion National Baseball Electronic registration form filed with National Headquarters)
• Be part of a team affiliated with an American Legion post

Requirements:

• Letter of recommendation from coach or team manager
• Attach a copy of official high school transcript
• Have three letters of testimony attached to application

Website: http://www.legion.org/scholarships/baseball

Create a Greeting Card Scholarship

Deadline: January 15th, 2014

Award Amount: $10,000

Eligibility:

• Must be a U.S. citizen 
• Open to any high school, college, or university student 
• Student must be 14 years of age or older 

Requirements: 

• Submit an appropriate photo, artwork or computer graphic for the front of a greeting card 
• Submitted work must be original 
• Limit one submission per person 

Website: http://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-scholarship.htm

Vincent Chin Memorial Scholarship

Deadline: June 28th, 2013

Award Amount: $500

Eligibility:

• Applicants must demonstrate journalistic excellence, a strong interest in pursuing journalism as a career, and a commitment to community involvement
• Applicants must be a graduating high school senior, undergraduate, or graduate student enrolled full time with at least 12 credit units each semester for the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 school year 
• Applicants must be currently taking or planning to take journalism courses and/or pursuing journalism as a career

Requirements:

• Completed Vincent Chin Scholarship Online Application form
• A 500-word essay addressing one of the discussion questions listed on the website
• Typed, double-spaced, 12 point font, and entries exceeding the word limit will be disqualified

Website: http://www.aaja.org/vincent-chin-scholarship/

Future Counselors of America Scholarship

Deadline: June 30th, 2013

Award Amount: $1,000

Eligibility:

• Applicant must be a graduate or undergraduate student majoring in psychology, who seeks a career in counseling or a related field
• Applicant must have a minimum of a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale

Requirements:

• Applicant must submit a 500 to 900 word essay entitled " The Psychology of Online Dating", addressing the psychological issues and challenges facing singles given the growing popularity of online dating

Website: http://www.datingadvice.com/scholarship

Walmart Associate Scholarship

Deadline: June 3rd, 2013

Award Amount: $1,000

Eligibility: 

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident of the U.S. 
• Must be employed part-time or full-time with any division of Walmart for at least six consecutive months prior to the appropriate application due date 
• Must have graduated high school/home school or obtained a GED before applying or be a graduating high school senior 
• If applying as a graduating high school senior, you must wait to apply until you are within 6 months of starting your college courses 
• Must have financial need and be able to demonstrate the need with required documents (Note: Students with other funds that pay entirely for tuition, books, fees, and on-campus room and board are ineligible) 

Website: http://foundation.walmart.com/our-focus/associate-scholarships

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship

Deadline: November 1st, 2013

Award Amount: Up to $30,000 per year to attend a 4-year accredited undergraduate school

Eligibility: 

• Student must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher, on a 4.0 scale 
• Must plan on graduating from a U.S. high school in the Spring of 2014 
• Receive standardized test scores in the top 15%: SAT combined critical reading and math score of 1200 or above (must test by October 5, 2013) or ACT composite score of 26 or above (must test by September 21, 2013) 
• Must demonstrate financial need 

Website: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/college-scholarship-program/

American Mathematical Society Centennial Fellowship Program

Deadline: December 1st, 2013

Award Amount: Stipend up to $82,000

Eligibility:

• Preference will be given to candidates who have not had extensive fellowship support in the past
• Recipients may not hold the Centennial Fellowship concurrently with another major research award such as a Sloan fellowship, NSF Postdoctoral fellowship, or CAREER award
• Under normal circumstances, the fellowship cannot be deferred
• Applications will be accepted from those currently holding a tenured, tenure track, post-doctoral, or comparable (at the discretion of the selection committee) position at an institution in North America

Requirements:

• Complete application online
• A recipient of the fellowship shall have held his or her doctoral degree for at least three years and not more than twelve years at the inception of the award (that is, received between September 1, 2002 and September 1, 2011)

Website: http://www.ams.org/programs/ams-fellowships/centennial-fellow/emp-centflyer