Minority Nurse Magazine Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Minority Nurse Magazine
Amount: Up to $3,000
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to minority students enrolled (as of September 2016) in either the third or fourth year of an accredited BSN program in the United States or an accelerated program leading to a BSN degree) or an accelerated master’s entry program in nursing.

MyProjectorLamps Scholarship
Sponsor: MyProjectorLamps
Amount: $500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who are at least 16 years of age. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to the use of multimedia and data visualization in K-12 classrooms.

National JCDA Scholarship
Sponsor: Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA)
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students of the Catholic faith who is a member of the JCDA for at least two years and entering college in the fall of 2016.

NCJW/LA Scholarship Program
Sponsor: National Council of Jewish Women | Los Angeles
Amount: Up to $2,000
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarships are open to students who live and attend school in the Greater Los Angeles area, including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and Ventura Counties. Applicant must be trying to better their lives through education the aftermath of trauma, loss and other setbacks.

Orchid Care Scholarship
Sponsor: Orchids Made Easy
Amount: $500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a program in Botany, Horticulture, Environmental Science, Conservation, or related field, with a focus on orchids.

Paradigm Challenge
Sponsor: Project Paradigm
Amount: Up to $100,000
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Challenge is open to students aged 7 to 18 years of age (as of May 1, 2016). Applicants may work in a team or alone in creating an original and creative way to generate new ideas in preventing injuries and fatalities from home fires.

Phi Chi Theta Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Phi Chi Theta Educational Foundation
Amount: Varies
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description:  Scholarship is open to college students who are members of Phi Chi Theta in good standing.

Project Yellow Light Billboard Design Contest
Sponsor: Advertising Council
Amount: Up to $2,000
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description:  Competition is open to high school juniors and seniors and college students.Applicant must create a design for a billboard advertisement to encourage safe driving.

Raymond W. Sarber Awards
Sponsor: American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Amount: Varies
Deadline: May 1, 2016 – extended to May 14, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students at the undergraduate or predoctoral level, attending an accredited institution in the United States, in an academic program involving microbiology.

Seth Okin Good Deeds Scholarship
Sponsor: Seth Okin, Maryland Criminal Lawyer
Amount: $500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to any student pursing a post-secondary education who is both interested and engaged in serving their community.

Steve Duckett Local Conservation Scholarship and Essay Contest
Sponsor: Steve Duckett, Virginia Criminal Attorney
Amount: $500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students in good academic standing who can demonstrate a commitment to environmental conservation using past and present volunteer, professional, and education experiences.

Steve Heisler Community Involvement Award
Sponsor: Offices of Steven H. Heisler
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students entering their first year of law school at the beginning of the next academic year (August 2016).

Stop Texting & Driving Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: Hollins, Raybin, Weissman PC
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, as well as current full-time college students. Applicant must create a 30 to 60 second video on YouTube that convinces people not to text and drive.

Swim with Mike Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship
Sponsor: Swim with Mike
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to athletes who participated in organized competitive youth, high school or collegiate athletics and subsequently have sustained a life changing accident or illness (e.g. paralysis, blindness, cancer, amputation, head injuries).

The Tatiana Mendez Future Resources Scholarship
Sponsor: Tatiana Mendez Attorney at Law
Amount: $500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current students enrolled in an accredited post-secondary educational institution who has a continued interest in environmental stewardship and the protection of natural resources, based on volunteer, professional, and academic experience.

Thomas Soldan Healthy Communities Scholarship
Sponsor: Thomas Soldan Attorney at Law
Amount: $500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in an accredited community college, undergraduate, or graduate program in the United States. Applicant must possess a proven record of interest in healthy communities through past and present volunteer, professional, or educational experiences.

Turner Pest Control Scholarship
Sponsor: Turner Pest Control
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming or current college students. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to how advancing technology will change how local businesses run their businesses.

Welsh Society Scholarship
Sponsor: The Welsh Society of Philadelphia
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students of Welsh ancestry who live or attend school within 150 miles of Philadelphia.

WyzAnt College Scholarship
Sponsor: WyzAnt Tutoring
Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current, legal U.S. residents who are at least 16 years old and are enrolled in or expect to attend within the next two years, a two-year or four-year college or university within the United States during the Promotion Period.

Yes! Grace Rocks, Inc. Scholarship
Sponsor: Yes! Grace Rocks, Inc.
Amount: Up to $500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and undergraduate and graduate students. Applicant be accepted or enrolled in a program of study that aids in the rehabilitation process.

Youth Forward Scholarship
Sponsor: National Driving and Traffic School
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Description:  Scholarship is open to current high school and college students. Applicant must submit an essay on a topic related to volunteerism.

Actuarial Diversity Scholarship
Sponsor: The Actuarial Foundation
Amount: Up to $4,000
Deadline: May 2, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current undergraduate students who have an intent on pursing a career in the actuarial profession. Applicant must also have at least one birth parent who is a member of one of the following minority groups: Black/African American, Hispanic, Native North American, or Pacific Islander.

Chandler Contest
Sponsor: Religion Newswriters Association
Amount: Up to $600
Deadline: May 2, 2016
Description: Contest is open to full-time and part-time students who have never been employed as reporters or editors at general circulation newspapers (internships do not affect eligibility). Applicant must submit three religion stories published in the 2015-16 academic year in campus newspapers and magazines or in general circulation newspapers during a student internship.

Demas Law Group Scholarship
Sponsor: Demas Law Group
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: May 2, 2016
Description: Scholarships is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students. Applicant must submit an application, a short introduction and a personal essay.

JASC Scholarships
Sponsor: Japanese American Service Committee
Amount: Varies
Deadline: May 2, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students who have a current JASC Family member or their own Student/Individual membership. Applicant must also be a resident of the State of Illinois for at least one year prior to graduate or graduate from an accredited Illinois high school.

Katy Pace Technology Scholarship
Sponsor: Centre Technologies
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: May 2, 2016
Description:  Scholarship is open to incoming freshmen and current college students who are pursuing a technology related degree at an accredited college in Texas or Louisiana.

Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship
Sponsor: National AIDS Memorial Grove
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: May 2, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors, and college freshman, sophomores and juniors (ages 27 and younger) who demonstrate an active commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS and taking on roles of public service and leadership.

Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: The Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund
Amount: Up to $18,000
Deadline: May 2, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to entering or returning students at an accredited undergraduate institution in the United States. Applicant must be a resident of a New England state: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont.

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