May Scholarships

DOH Scholarships
Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Transportation
Amount: Up to $12,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to West Virginia residents who will be entering their junior year of college or second year of law school. Applicant must be enrolled in a Civil Engineering, General Engineering, Computer Sciences, or Accounting baccalaureate degree or Juris Doctorate degree at a state accredited college or university. Applicant must have at least a 2.5 GPA.

Encore Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Encore Protection
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently attending or have been accepted to an accredited college or university. Applicant must be the victim of a drunk driving accident or the child, dependent or spouse of a victim of a drunk driving accident.

Estelle Martin Cartledge Memorial Fund Scholarship
Sponsor: Poise Foundation
Amount: Up to $1,300
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to high school graduates who have a strong academic record and are accepted or currently enrolled in a four-year institution of higher education. Applicant must have a sustained (one year or more) involvement in humanitarian service projects. Applicant must live in the Mon Valley, Pennsylvania (Rankin, Turtle Creek, Braddock, North Braddock, Homestead, Duquesne, Monongahela, and West Mifflin). Preference will be given to students who are African American and attend Morning Star Baptist Church.

Evelyn Paige Parker Scholarship
Sponsor: Poise Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are currently enrolled in a nursing program (ADN, BSN, Diploma, Graduate or Advanced Practice Nursing education) and who live in the Pittsburgh area.

Fadel Educational Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Fadel Educational Foundation
Amount: Up to $3,500
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students are who Muslim and U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Fifth Month Scholarship
Sponsor: Unigo
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students 14 years of age or older who are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are currently enrolled (or will enroll in the future) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education. Applicant must “write a letter to the number five explaining why five is important.”

First Responders Children’s Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: First Responders Children’s Foundation
Amount: Up to $6,250
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to biological, adopted, or step-children of a police officers, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, or 911 dispatchers. Applicant must be an incoming or current full-time college student pursuing a bachelor’s associate’s, certificate, graduate, or law degree.

Fishing Heritage Scholarship
Sponsor: Central Coast Women for Fisheries, Inc.
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to descendants of a licensed California commercial fisherman, descendants of the current spouse of a licensed California commercial fisherman, or holder of a valid California commercial fishing license or worked on a vessel licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game for at least the past five years. San Luis Obispo County qualified applicants will have priority of the available scholarship funds.

Follansbee-Hansen Scholarship
Sponsor: PFLAG Sacramento
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and college freshman from the Sacramento area who self-identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning or intersex.

Fourth Circuit Essay Contest
Sponsor: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Contest is open to current students in grades 9 through 12 from Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Frank E. Bolden Scholarship
Sponsor: Poise Foundation
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a Special Education or Early Childhood teaching certificate in the state of Pennsylvania. Applicant must be attending a college or university within the 18 county Western Pennsylvania area.

Full Circle Scholarship
Sponsor: American Indian College Fund
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarships are open to any post-secondary (after high school) student who is an enrolled member of a U.S. Federal or state Recognized Tribe or who can prove being a descendant of an enrolled parent or grandparent. Recipients must be enrolled full-time in an accredited tribal, public or private (non-profit) institution.

Groundbreaker Leadership Scholarship
Sponsor: Against the Grain Productions
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to Asian American high school seniors and current college students who are citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the U.S. and have at least a 3.0 GPA. Applicant must have demonstrated visionary leadership abilities through innovative means.

Jayda Dionne Parker Scholarship
Sponsor: Jayda Dionne Parker Scholarship Fund, Inc.
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students who exemplifies Jayda’s attributes: hard work, benevolence and determination against all odds.

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