Little Rock Nine: Experience Civil Rights History Scholarship
Sponsor: Do Something
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: “In 1957, nine teenagers known as the Little Rock Nine were the first black students to integrate a US school. Their sacrifices sparked enormous progress, but American schools still struggle with segregation today.” Applicant must enter their cell phone number, as well as the numbers of three friends to to play a choose-your-own adventure that allows students to walk in the schools of the civil rights pioneers.” By participating, student will receive an entry for the scholarship.

MAES Scholarship Program
Sponsor: MAES Latinos in Science and Engineering
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students 18 years of age or older who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and a MAES Student Member in good standing. Applicant must be pursuing a STEM degree at an accredited U.S. university or community college.

Mattress Clarity Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Mattress Clarity
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students. Applicant must create a video sharing personal information about their education and goals.

Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity
Sponsor: Renee B. Fisher Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, as well as any person entering an undergraduate degree program in the fall after the application deadline. Applicant must be a Connecticut or New York City metropolitan area resident planning to attend or attending an institution of higher education anywhere in the United States, or a resident of any part of the U.S. planning to attend or attending an institution of higher education in Connecticut or New York City.

Mirror Messages: Post a Note to Brighten Someone’s Day!
Sponsor: Do Something
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: According to sources, by age 13, about 53% of American girls are unhappy with their bodies. By 17, it’s 78%. You could win this easy scholarship just by posting a sticky note to make someone smile. Post notes on bathroom mirrors and other places around your school. The notes will improve others’ self-esteem and automatically enter you to win the scholarship.

Nanor Krikorian Scholarship
Sponsor: Armenian Youth Federation: Western Region
Amount: Up to $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students of Armenian descent. Applicant should have a history of public service an extracurricular activities in the community.

National Hazing Prevention Week Essay Competition
Sponsor: HazingPrevention.org
Amount: Up to $500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Competition is open to high school students. Applicant must submit an essay on a given theme related to hazing.

National Hazing Prevention Week Poster Design Contest
Sponsor: HazingPrevention.org
Amount: Up to $500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description:  Competition is open to college and university undergraduates and groups/clubs. Applicant must create a poster on the theme, “Be Someone’s Hero – Stand Up to Hazing.”

OADP Accounting Degree Scholarship
Sponsor: Online Accounting Degree Programs
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description:  Scholarship is open to incoming college freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors with a declared major in accounting at an accredited four-year institution in the United States.

Ovid Scholarship
Sponsor: Ovid
Amount: Up to $1,500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current or incoming undergraduate or graduate students with at least a 3.0 GPA. Applicant must submit an essay on “why should someone follow you.”

PFLAG National Scholarship
Sponsor: PFLAG National
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors entering higher education for the first time this calendar year and self-identify as a member or ally of the LGBTQ community.

Pickett Law Firm Scholarship
Sponsor: Pickett Law Firm
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college and graduate students in the state of Washington. Applicant must create a personal video sharing what motivated them to go to college, how they service or help others, and how they plan to contribute to the world in the future.

Princess Grace Foundation-USA – Dance Performance Scholarship
Sponsor: Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is for students in their last year of professional training at a non-profit school located in the United States. Applicant must submit online application, resume, personal statement and work samples. Student must be nominated by a school department chair/dean or company artistic director.

Princess Grace Foundation-USA Choreography Scholarship
Sponsor: Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is for students in their last year of professional training at a non-profit school located in the United States. Applicant must submit online application, resume, personal statement and work samples. Student must be nominated by a school department chair/dean or company artistic director.

RentHop Apartment Scholarship
Sponsor: RentHop.com
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description:  Scholarship is open to undergraduate students in bachelors and associate degree programs in the U.S. who demonstrate the ambition, diligence, leadership, and entrepreneurial spirit that is central to RentHop.

Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship
Sponsor: The IEEE Computer Society
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduate students and those in their final two years of an undergraduate program in electrical or computer engineering, computer science, or a well-defined computer related field of engineering who are active members of a student branch or chapter.

Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. Scholarship Essay Contest
Sponsor: Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
Amount: Up to $1,500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors, college students, or law students enrolled in the state of Illinois. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to medical malpractice.

SBS Scholarships
Sponsor: Swiss Benevolent Society of San Francisco
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarships are open to incoming or current college students who are of Swiss descent and reside in a Northern California county.

Scholarship for Tomorrow’s Entrepreneur
Sponsor: GreenPal
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or currently enrolled in a college of business with a 3.0 GPA. Applicant must submit an essay related to their desire to be a business owner.

“Service on 11” Scholarship
Sponsor: eMaint
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college freshman and sophomores. Applicant must submit an essay, video or song that exemplifies “Service on 11.”

Shawn Carter Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Shawn Carter Foundation
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors, students with GED diplomas, undergraduate (two-year or four-year) college students, and students at trade or vocational schools. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents, 25 years of age or younger, and have a minimum GPA of 2.0.

ShipDig.com Scholarship
Sponsor: ShipDig.com
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and college students enrolled in an accredited academic institution. Applicant must submit an essay on the most interesting item they have received in the mail.

Snowdrop Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Snowdrop Foundation
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to college bound pediatric cancer patients.

The $1,000 SuperCollege Scholarship
Sponsor: SuperCollege.com
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description:  Scholarship is open to any student planning to go to college, as well as current college students.

The Slickdeals Student Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Slickdeals
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens, living in one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia. Applicant must be at least 18 years of age and be a current undergraduate student or accepted to an accredited university for the fall 2016 term. Applicant must submit an essay on their best money-saving tips for college.

Teachers Make Teachers Scholarship
Sponsor: School Furniture Depot
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description:  Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who are pursuing an undergraduate degree in education.

TMCF | Ford Blue Oval Scholarship
Sponsor: Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
Amount: $6,200
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to African American male high school seniors who will be enrolled as a full-time freshman student at one of TMCF’s 47 member schools for the 2016-2017 academic year.

TMCF | MillerCoors Scholarship
Sponsor: Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
Amount: $6,200
Amount: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled full-time at one of TMCF’s 47 member-schools for the 2016-2017. Applicant must be 21 years old, demonstrate financial need, and have a current GPA of 3.0 or higher.

TREA National Scholarship
Sponsor: The Enlisted Association
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to individuals who have dependent status who are a child, grandchild, or great-grandchild of a TREA or TREA Auxiliary member in good standing, or a deceased TREA or TREA Auxiliary member who was in good standing.

Valeant Dermatology Scholarship
Sponsor: Valeant Dermatology
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who have applied to, have been accepted to, or are currently attending an accredited, nonprofit, two- or four-year college, university, or advanced vocational or technical school in 2016. Applicant must have been diagnosed with and treated for a dermatologic condition.

William K. Schubert Minority Nursing Scholarship
Sponsor: Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Amount: Up to $2,750 per year
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are members of one of the underrepresented groups in the registered nursing profession. Applicant must be enrolled or accepted in a professional registered nurse program at an accredited school of nursing and seeking initial licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Ohio.

Young Native Writers Essay Contest
Sponsor: Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Amount: Up to $2,500
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Description: Contest is open to Native American high school students currently enrolled in grades 9-12.

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