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2012 Profile in Courage Essay Contest  Essay  Essay January 7th $500-$10,000  Open to 9th-12th (7) graders

For more information please visit: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education/Profile-in-Courage-Essay-Contest.aspx

Ron Brown Scholarships  Race/Ethnic  African-American high January 9th $10,000 (10) ity school seniors  Civic/Com munity Service For more information please visit: http://www.RonBrown.org

BURGER KING® Scholars Program  Graduating High January 10th $1,000 - School Senior $25,000  2.5 GPA or above (Multiple)

For more information please visit: http://www.haveityourwayfoundation.org/burger_king_scholars_program.html

Army ROTC Scholarships  Other  US Citizen January 10th Varies (Multiple) Affiliation  2.5 GPA or above  8 year service commitment

For more information please visit: http://www.goarmy.com/rotc/high-school-students/four-year-scholarship.html

Gates Millennium Scholars  Race/Ethnic  African American, January 11th Varies (1,000) ity American Indian/Alaska Native,  Academic Asian Pacific Islander American Merit or Hispanic American  3.3 GPA or above  Financial Need

For more information please visit: http://www.gmsp.org

Carson Scholars  Academic  3.75 GPA or higher January 13th $1,000 (Multiple) Merit  Community Service  4th-11th grade only

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For more information please visit: http://carsonscholars.org/scholarships/about-our-scholarships

Dell Scholars Program  Other  Participating in a January 15th $20,000 (300) Affiliation Michael & Susan Dell Foundation approved college readiness program for a min. of two years  2.4 GPA or above  Graduating Senior

For more information please visit: http://www.dellscholars.org

National Honor Society Scholarship  Member  Must be nominated January 20h Varies (Multiple) Program Affiliation through their high school (NHS) National Honor Society chapter

For more information please visit: http://www.nhs.us/scholarshipsandawards/nhsscholarshipprogram.aspx

DECA Scholarships  Member  Member of DECA January 20h $1,000 and up Affiliation (Multiple) (DECA) For more information please visit: http://www.deca.org/scholarships

Golden Torch Awards Scholarship  Member  NSBE Member January 20h $500-$6,500 Program Affiliation  Academic Merit (Multiple)  Field of Study (Engineering) For more information please visit: http://www.nsbe.org/Programs/Scholarships/Scholarship-Repository/Golden-Torch-Awards-2011-2012-Scholarship- Program.aspx

Atlanta Ronald McDonald House  Academic  Academic Merit January 27th $1,500 (Multiple) Charities Scholarship Merit  Financial Need  Financial  Community Service Need

For more information please visit: http://www.armhc.org/scholarships.html

RMHC Scholars  Academic  2.7 GPA or higher January 27th Min. of $1,000 Merit (Multiple)

For more information please visit: http://rmhc.org/what-we-do/rmhc-u-s-scholarships

RMHC/Asia  Academic  2.7 GPA or higher January 27th Min. of $1,000 Merit  At least one parent of (Multiple)  Race/Ethnic Asian/Pacific-Islander heritage ity (Asia-American)

RMHC/African-American Future  Academic  2.7 GPA or higher January 27th Min. of $1,000 Achievers Merit  At least one parent of (Multiple)  Race/Ethnic African American or Black ity Caribbean heritage (African-American)

RMHC/HACER  Academic  2.7 GPA or higher January 27th Min. of $1,000 Merit  At least one parent of (Multiple)  Race/Ethnic Hispanic/Latino heritage ity (Hispanic)

2012 Student of Integrity Scholarship  Community  Leadership January 31st $1,000 (6) Service  Contributions to their communities and schools  Academic accomplishments  Essay

For more information please visit: http://atlanta.bbb.org/2012-requirements-for-student-of-integrity-scholarship

The Discover ® Card Tribute Award®  High  High School Junior January 31st $25,000 (up to Scholarship School Juniors  Community Service 10)  Community  2.75 GPA or higher Service

For more information please visi: http://www.discoverfinancial.com/community/scholarship.shtml

Union Plus Scholarship  Member  Current and retired January 31st $500 - $4,00 Affiliation members of unions and (Multiple) (Union Plus Union dependents Member)  Financial need.

For more information please visit: http://www.unionplus.org/college-education-financing/union-plus-scholarship

The Princeton Prize in Race Relations  Community  Involved in an activity January 31st $1,000 (Multiple) Service that is helping to improve race relations in your school or community  Grades 9-12

For more information please visit: http://www.princeton.edu/pprize/overview

Alice Dodd Scholarship for  Civic/Com  Community Service January 31st Up to $1,200 (2) Outstanding Community Service munity Service

For more information please visit: http://www.georgiacivitan.org/html/foundation.html

Bobby Dodd Scholarship for  Other  Physically Challenged January 31st Up to $1,200 (2) Outstanding Community Service Affiliation  Community Service (Physically Challenged)  Civic/Com munity Service

For more information please visit: http://www.georgiacivitan.org/html/foundation.html

Patty Foell Scholarship  Athletics  Female Track Athlete February 1st $2,500 (1) (Track)  Must be nominated by

 Gender track coach (Female) For more information please visit: http://www.atlantatrackclub.org/community/atc-foundation

The AXA Achievements Community  Civic/Com  Ambition and drive February 1st $2,000 (12) Scholarship Program munity Service  Determination to set/reach goals  Respect for self, family and community For more information please visit: http://www.axa-equitable.com/axa-foundation/community-scholarships.html

Elks Legacy Awards  Member  Any child or February 1st $4,000 (250) Affiliation grandchild of a living Elk  Graduating high school senior

For more information please visit: http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/legacy.cfm

NIH Undergraduate Scholarship  Field of  3.5 GPA or higher February 1st Up to $20,000 Program Study  Disadvantaged (Multiple) (Biomedical, health- background related research)  Careers in  Financial biomedical, behavioral, and Need social science health-related research

For more information please visit: https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/ugsp

Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program  Financial  Financial Need February 3rd $2,000 - $5,000 Need  2.5 GPA or higher (Multiple)

For more information please visit: http://www.magicjohnson.com/foundation/tmsp-about.php

KFC Colonel's Scholars Program  Other  Plan to attend a February 8th Up to $20,000 Affiliation public in-state college/university (Multiple)

For more information please visit: http://www.kfcscholars.org

Georgia HOSA Scholarships  Member  Member of Georgia February 15th $1,000 (3) Affiliation HOSA  Field of  Interested in career in Study Healthcare (Healthcare) For more information please visit: http://www.georgiahosa.org/Scholarships

Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program  Member  Member of Georgia February 15th $1,000 (3) Affiliation HOSA  Field of  Interested in career in Study Healthcare (Healthcare)

For more information please visit: http://www.georgiahosa.org/Scholarships

@15 Best Buy Scholarship  Academic  Academic Merit February 15th $1,000(Multiple) Merit  Civic/Community

For more information please visit: https://www.at15.com

AT&T Foundation Scholarships  Employee  Child/Step-child of February 15th Up to $2,500 Affiliation current AT&T Employee (Multiple) (AT&T)  3.0 GPA or higher

For more information please visit: https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/attfoundation

American Welding Society National  Field of  Interested in career in February 15th $2,500 and up Scholarships Study Welding or Civil Engineering (Multiple) (Welding)

For more information please visit: http://www.aws.org/w/a/foundation/national_scholarships.html

Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship  Field of  High School Juniors February 15th Varies (Multiple) Study  Journalism (Journalism)

For more information please visit: http://www.freedomforum.org/freespirit

FFA Scholarships  Member  Some scholarships February 15th Varies (Multiple) Affiliation are available for non-FFA members  Various Fields of Study

For more information please visit: https://scholarshipapp.ffa.org/OnlineApps/Welcome.aspx

Atlanta Chapter NBCFAE Annual  Field of  Interested in career in February 17th Varies (Multiple) Scholarship Study Aviation (Aviation)  2.5 GPA or higher

For more information please visit: http://www.nbcfaeso.org/atlantachapter/scholarships.html

Delta Sigma Theta - Atlanta Suburban  Essay  Essay February 22nd Varies (Multiple) Alumnae High School Scholarships  2.75 GPA or higher  Financial Need

For more information please visit: http://www.asacdst.org/docs/2012_Scholarship_Application.pdf

Georgia Farm Bureau Scholarships  Field of  Interested in career in February 24th 10 ($750- Study agriculture or related field $3,000) (Agriculture)  Must attend school within University of Georgia system or Berry College

For more information please visit: http://www.gfb.org/programs/aic/documents/2012%20Scholarship%20Application.pdf

The Georgia Association of Water  Other  GAWP Affiliation February 28th $2,000 (Multiple) Professionals Scholarships Affiliation

For more information please visit: http://www.gawp.org/pdf/ScholarshipInformation.pdf

The Georgia Association of Water  Field of  Interested in career February 28th $2,000 (1) Professionals H2Opportunity Study with Water Scholarship (Water)  Not Affiliated with GAWP

For more information please visit: http://www.gawp.org/pdf/ScholarshipInformation.pdf

Hadden Scholarships  Academic  3.5 GPA or higher February 29th $2,500 - $4,000 Merit  Financial Need (Multiple)

For more information please visit: http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/youthfdn/about.html

Univision 34 Liga de Campeones  Race/Ethnic  Hispanic descent February 28th $1,000 (16) (League of Champions) ity  Bilingual (Hispanic)  3.0 GPA or higher

For more information please visit: http://m0.uvnimg.com/contentroot/uol/10portada/sp/pdf/local/NOMETA_2011_2012_Liga_Campeones_Scholarship.pdf

Lowe’s Scholarship  Academic  3.25 GPA or higher February 28th $2,500 (140) Merit  High School Senior

For more information please visit: http://www.lowes.com/scholarships

Carl Buchan Scholarship  Employee  Employee or February 28th $5,000 (50) Affiliation dependent of a Lowe’s employee  Financial Need

For more information please visit: http://www.lowes.com/scholarships

Atlanta Postal Credit Union  Other  Member account with February 29th $1,000 (3) Scholarships Affiliation Atlanta Postal Credit Union (Credit Union)  Essay

For more information please visit: https://www.apcu.com/site/youth_succeed_scholarship.html

* For more detailed information on any of the above mentioned scholarships, contact your School Counselor or Project GRAD College Access Coordinator.

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