2019 SCHOLARSHIPS
Due Date Scholarship Link Description Feb. 28, 2019 Sigma Rho Zeta https://ascendfundny.awardspring.com/Home Annual High School /ScholarshipDetails/84032 Scholarship
March 1, 2019 Cisco High School Eligible students must be a current high school junior or senior STEM Externship (Class of 2019 or Class or 2020). Students can apply using this link: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/082bfd05d9774937ac8c44007c338e2b?fbclid=IwAR3l1mjIYwM10aind1a64VLXCpnimD1xo u8TxmwDLAkjTe_Dflvp4pnj5JM
March 31, LOCAL School LOCAL School Calendar Coalition Scholarship AWARDS: 2019 Calendar Coalition Checks ranging from $500 to $1,000 in value will be made payable by June Scholarship Online Application Deadline: 9pm on Sunday, March 31, 2019 2019 to both the scholarship recipient and the recipient’s post-secondary school. Scholarship recipients will need to work with the Bursar’s office at Awards range from $500 to $1,000 their post-secondary school to ensure that the funds are appropriately applied to the student’s account. Disclaimer: submissions are no guarantee of awarded Only online submissions accepted. No paper applications will be scholarships. reviewed.
Thank you for your interest in applying for scholarship funds through this LOCAL School Calendar Coalition Scholarship. This one-time scholarship is being offered to North Carolina public high school seniors graduating in June 2019, whose essays or videos (1-5 minutes) about the effect of statewide public school calendar laws on their educational pursuits and interests are selected by the coalition scholarship committee. The committee may elect to follow up with a phone interview.
By submitting an application for this scholarship competition, you give permission to the LOCAL Coalition http://www.nclocalcalendars.net/coalition- organizations.html to share your essay and/or video with government officials and the general public.
To learn more about the coalition & the history of North Carolina’s school calendar law, please visit http://www.nclocalcalendars.net/ & https://www.ncleg.net/PED/R eports/2017/SchoolCalendar.html.
AWARDS: Checks ranging from $500 to $1,000 in value will be made payable by June 2019 to both the scholarship recipient and the recipient’s post- secondary school. Scholarship recipients will need to work with the Bursar’s office at their post-secondary school to ensure that the funds are appropriately applied to the student’s account. Disclaimer: submissions are no guarantee of awarded scholarships.
This scholarship application must be completed online at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/localscholarship
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Responses to the following questions are required along with the essay/video. These same questions will be on the actual application.
• Applicant name/nickname • Applicant address & telephone number • Applicant email address • Applicant’s NC Public High School (please type full name, no abbreviations) • NC Public High School Address and phone number • Applicant’s expected graduation date • Applicant’s age as of May 1, 2019 • Gender • Parent/Guardian name • Parent/Guardian address (if different from student) & telephone number • Parent/Guardian email address • Intended post-secondary school of attendance (college or university name) • Address of post-secondary school of attendance Bursar Office • Date of acceptance letter from post-secondary school offering admission to applicant • Date of student’s acceptance of admission, or expected date of
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We recommend that applicants initially work on the essay and background questions outside of the SurveyMonkey software, as only one application submission is allowed, and you cannot save your progress and come back to it. Therefore, it’s suggested that you write, edit, and review the essay and responses in a Word document and then copy and paste into SurveyMonkey.
For videos: Upload to a private YouTube link and paste it in SurveyMonkey.
TIME FRAME: The application tool will close at 11pm on Sunday, March 31, 2019. No late applications will be accepted. Applicants will be informed of scholarship decisions via email no later than close of business on Friday, May 3rd, 2019. All decisions of the scholarship awards by the LOCAL Coalition will be final and not open to further review or discussion.
PERSONAL ESSAY/VIDEO: We encourage you to use personal experiences as you describe the impact of North Carolina’s school calendar law. Issues to consider:
• Should local school calendars be controlled by officials on the state or local level, why? • Are students positively or negatively impacted by the current law? If yes, how so? • Did the current law impact your educational opportunities or outcomes? • Did it affect your ability to adequately prepare for exams (1st semester finals, AP, etc.)? • Did the calendar impact a vacation or time with family? • What proposed changes to the calendar law could improve academic achievement, quality of life, or extracurricular involvement for North Carolina’s public students?
2019 SCHOLARSHIPS – GAP MINISTRY_2_19_2019 Revised: 2/21/19 1:08 PM The essay/video does not have to address each of the above-mentioned issues.
*Applicants 17 years of age or younger will be asked to 1) confirm that a parent/guardian granted permission to apply for a LOCAL School Calendar Coalition Scholarship and
2) certify that by applying for this scholarship, the information provided is true and accurate.
If you have questions about this scholarship application, please do not hesitate to contact the LOCAL Coalition at [email protected].
If you send an email and do not receive a response within 24 hours, please resend your email and note “Second Request.” All correspondence will be via email.
Only online submissions accepted. No paper applications will be reviewed
April 1, 2019 Sigma Tau Omega http://bit.ly/AKASigmaTauOmegaScholarshipApplicationhttp://bit.ly/ Shirley Franklin Tyree Memorial Scholarship Scholarship AKASigmaTauOmegaScholarshipApplication
2019 SCHOLARSHIPS – GAP MINISTRY_2_19_2019 Revised: 2/21/19 1:08 PM April 23, 2019 Baptist Grove Church The Baptist Grove Book Scholarship is a book scholarship in the amount
Book Scholarship 1 of $500. This scholarship is awarded to a High School Student at Baptist Grove Church.
BGC GAP MINISTRY GUIDELINES FOR SCHOLARSHIP SUBMISSION
The mission of the Baptist Grove Church GAP Ministry Book Scholarship is to recognize our High School students with a monetary gift who have demonstrated academic achievement, community service and discipleship by Living in Fellowship, Living by Faith and Living to Serve.
Scholarship Eligibility:
High school graduates are eligible for consideration for a one-time Baptist Grove Church book scholarship. Applicants must meet the following criteria:
· Membership/family membership or active participation at Baptist Grove Church by January 31, 2019. · Be a high school senior, receiving a diploma, GED or equivalent · Have a minimum GPA of 2.75 (weighted). · Submit the Baptist Grove Book Scholarship Application by April 23, 2019. · Provide proof of enrollment in a 2 or 4-year college, university, trade or technical school for the 2019 school year.. · Must consistently participate in at least one ministry, service project or Life Group at Baptist Grove Church and/or demonstrate growth through completion of at least three (3) Growth Guide Lessons by April 23, 2019. · Proof of participation should be submitted with the package and should signed by the ministry leader (i.e. Deacon Sylvia, Deacon Ross, Sister Elvira or the ministry leader) as proof. · Submit a one-page essay (A min. of 300 words with no more than 500 words, typed, double-spaced with name on the top right hand) – Due April 23, 2019. · Submit an official copy of your high school transcript. (It must be sealed and sent to the following address: Dr. Tanya Ayscue c/o-Baptist Grove GAP Ministry Scholarship Committee 7716 Astoria Place Raleigh, NC 27612
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2019 Oliver Timothy Willis “Spirit of Excellence” Scholarship Form
Date: ______
A. Applicant Profile Data (please print or type)
Name ______
Address ______
City______State ______Zip Code ______
Date of Birth ______Gender: Male ______Female ______
Parent or Legal Guardian’s Name(s) ______
Address (if different from applicant)______
City ______S tate ______Zip Code ______
Phone ______Mobile ______E-mail ______
Check one: I attended high school ______I received a GED______
Name of High School______
City ______S tate ______
Date of Graduation______GPA ______
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Other Scholarships
Deadline Name of Scholarship Link to Scholarship Description
Feb. 2, 2019 Ascend https://ascendfundny.awardspring.com/Home The program provides two and four-year college scholarships for immigrant Educational Fund /ScholarshipDetails/84032 students and students born to immigrant parents in NYC.
Feb. 17, 2019 NYRR Run for https://www.nyrr.org/youth-and- schools/series-and-events/nyrr- A seven-week scholarship program that teaches 11th-grade girls how to run and the Future run-for-the- future awards them a $2,000 college scholarship at the end of the program.
Feb. 25, 2019 The Banyan College https://www.banyanscholarship.org/ Open to high school seniors who identify as South Asian Americans and live in Scholarship NYC. Scholarship recipients will be selected based on financial and academic eligibility.
Feb. 28, 2019 TheDream.US https://www.thedream.us/scholarships/ Open to students with DACA and TPS. The National Scholarship is for high school or community college graduates. The Opportunity Scholarship is for students who live in locked-out states where they cannot get in-state tuition.
March 2, 2019 CORE Que Llueva http://www.cacore.org/yahoo_site_admin/ass ets/docs/CORE_Q $500 to help undocumented students continue on their academic path. Café Scholarship LC_Y11_Application.35062204.pdf
March 3, 2019 Princeton Prize in https://princetonprize.smapply.io/prog/princet on_prize_in_race_r Open to 9th-12th grade students who have been actively involved in a volunteer Race Relations elations/ effort that has positively impacted race relations in his or her school or community in the past year.
March 3, 2019 UNCF Stem https://scholarships.uncf.org/Program/Details/ 1e6735b6-3cb8- Enabling highly capable young people to pursue undergraduate STEM majors at Scholars Program 44ee-bca7-ee106e1fd6ff historically black colleges and universities.
2019 SCHOLARSHIPS – GAP MINISTRY_2_19_2019 Revised: 2/21/19 1:08 PM March 31, $4,000 merit- https://scholarships.uncf.org/Program/Details/ 2223f997-615e- Through the Boule’ Foundation in conjunction with the United Negro College 2019 based scholarship 4e1e-bdfe-3df90c6ff746 Fund for students of African American descent.
April 14, 2019 Betancourt- https://www.undocuscholars.com/scholarships Founded to support the educational endeavors of undocumented people. Macias Family Scholarship Foundation April 15, 2019 MPOWER https://www.mpowerfinancing.com/scholarshi ps/?utm_source=fa Awarding $5,000 scholarships to international students at partnering universities. Global Citizen cebook&utm_medium=soci al&utm_campaign=lulf&utm_term=sc Scholarship holarship s&utm_content=01%2F15%2F2019-- scholarship&fbclid=IwAR29TZd72HfkpUyeK_grI tPAMplbgaCJn 8IeEn38CkeGRPm1_IUtJzHOYy4
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On-Going Scholarships Helps undocumented find scholarships and other resources.
Scholarship: Link: DREAMer’s Roadmap App https://www.kqed.org/news/10914421/new-app-helps-undocumented-immigrants-find-college- scholarships Scholarships for Undocumented Students https://mydocumentedlife.org/2016/09/12/scholarships-open-to-undocumented-students/
Scholarship databases where students can search based on criteria such as grade level, location, and academics.
Scholarship: Link: Fastweb Scholarship Search https://www.fastweb.com/ Scholarships.com https://www.scholarships.com/ College Board Scholarship Search https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search College GreenLight (video) https://www.collegegreenlight.com/ finaid.org http://www.finaid.org/
Contains scholarships for undergraduate studies that don’t require proof of citizenship or legal permanent residency.
Scholarship : Link: Immigrant Rising’s List of Undergraduate Scholarships https://immigrantsrising.org/resource/list-of-undergraduate-scholarships/
2019 SCHOLARSHIPS – GAP MINISTRY_2_19_2019 Revised: 2/21/19 1:08 PM Here are the top scholarships programs for African-American students to apply for in 2019:
#1 – Spike Lee’s Malcolm X Scholarship For Exceptional Courage: The Malcolm X Scholarship for “Exceptional Courage” is directed towards undergraduate students, who are enrolled at one of the UNCF Institutions. The scholarship was developed by Spike Lee to increase the awareness about the life and contributions of Malcolm X within society. Learn more at
#2 – Derrick Rose Scholars Program: Passionate about embodying a legacy that will empower the next generation to pursue greatness; NBA star Derrick Rose has launched a scholarship program called the Rose Scholars. The program is open to high school sophomore, junior + senior students who are civically minded and have an instinct to lead. Learn more at
#3 – Scholarships From Beyonce’s BeyGOOD Foundation and Jay-Z’s Shawn Carter Foundation: While on their OTR II Tour, Beyoncé and Jay-Z (through BeyGOOD and the Shawn Carter Foundation) announced a new scholarship program to award exceptional senior high school students with financial needs. Each recipient will receive a scholarship award of $100K to put toward their college enrollment, and the award will serve as a dedicated university-based fund for each selected student throughout the duration of their enrollment.
#4 – National Hook-up of Black Women Scholarships: National Hook-up of Black Women (NHBW) Scholarships are available to graduating high school seniors who plan to enroll in an accredited college or university in the fall after graduation. Two different scholarships are available.
#5 – Ron Brown Scholarship Program: The Ron Brown Scholarship honors the legacy of Ronald H. Brown through a selective scholarship program that advances higher education for community-minded and intellectually gifted African-Americans. The program competitively awards scholars four-year $40,000 scholarships ($10,000 each year).
#6 – Kia Motors America/ United Negro College Fund Scholarship: United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has partnered with Kia Motors America to provide need-based scholarship opportunities. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, must be a Junior or Senior enrolled full-time at a UNCF member institution, and have completed a FAFSA and demonstrate an unmet financial need as verified by your college/university.
#7 – NBNA Scholarship Program For Black Nurses: National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) is committed to excellence in education and conducts continuing education programs for nurses and allied health professionals throughout the year. The association provides annual scholarships for students. Scholarships provide funding for continuing education.
#8 – Jesse Jackson’s PUSH Excel Scholarship Program: The PUSH Excel Scholarship Program was created to assist young people who are qualified but lack the financial resources to attend college. The goal of the program is to develop servant leadership potential in the scholarship students and encourage a spirit of social justice and social change.
#9 – Jill Scott’s Blues Babe Foundation Scholarship Program: Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and poet Jill Scott has an organization called the Blues Babe Foundation. Based in North Philadelphia, the program offers financial support and mentoring for students
2019 SCHOLARSHIPS – GAP MINISTRY_2_19_2019 Revised: 2/21/19 1:08 PM across the country that have shown the aptitude and commitment to their education, but whose families may not have the resources to ensure completion of their undergraduate degrees.
#10 – Boeing/ Thurgood Marshall College Fund HBCU Scholarship Program: This program provides an unparalleled career opportunity and scholarship for outstanding students attending Boeing HBCU priority schools. High performing students currently in their sophomore year, with a minimum GPA of 3.3 are encouraged to apply.
#11 – Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Program: The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) Scholarship program addresses the financial needs of college students and provides extensive, hands-on mentoring and support services. Once chosen from a national, selective application process, Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholars receive a generous four-year grant to attend the undergraduate school of their choice and enroll in JRF’s celebrated “42 Strategies for Success Curriculum”.
#12 – Apple’s HBCU Scholarship Program: The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) in partnership with Apple is proud to present the Apple HBCU Scholars Program. Applications are open to outstanding students attending HBCUs with a minimum 3.0 GPA, and are currently working towards a degree in an undergraduate, Masters, or Ph.D. program.
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