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SCHOLARSHIP SOURCES Scholarship due dates change yearly. Please check websites for current due dates. Log on to utah futures.org, StudentScholarships.org and fastweb.com for other great scholarship sources. SEPTEMBER AXA ACHIEVEMENT HORATIO ALGER SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA: Seniors with a strong CRITERIA: Senior students who commitment to completing a demonstrate ambition and self-drive bachelor’s degree at an accredited MAKE A MARK BOOMARK as evidenced by outstanding college.2.0 GPA, critical financial CONTEST achievement in an activity in school, need, perseverance in overcoming CRITERIA: Grades K-12. community or workplace. adversity, U.S. citizen. Design a bookmark in any art AMOUNT: $2000-$15000. Only first AMOUNT: $5000 medium. 9-12 grade entries judged 10,000 applications considered. DEADLINE: 3:00 PM October 26 separately from younger age DEADLINE: Dec 15 WEBSITE: groups. WEBSITE: www.axa- www.horatioalger.org/scholarship AMOUNT:$1000 UESP College achievement.com Savings Certificate DEADLINE: Sep 30 BE THE WHALE, HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.uesp.org SOMOS UTAH HISPANIC ART STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP BUSINESS LEADERSHIP CRITERIA:High school art students FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP create 2D original artwork. OCTOBER CRITERA: Senior students in good AMOUNT: $1000 academic standing. Must be of DEADLINE: Oct 30 Hispanic/ Latino descent. WEBSITE: www.bethewhale.com SONS OF UTAH PIONEERS Demonstrated leadership and/or SCHOLARSHIP community service. Must be CRITERIA: Seniors. New focus for planning to attend a Utah college, HAZ LA U SCHOLARSHIP students with financial need. Must university or vocational school. CRITERIA: Seniors write 3 short believe in God and exemplify the DEADLINE: Oct 12 essaysof 500 words or less on a qualities and characteristics of a APPLICATION: selection of topics. pioneer. Short essay questions. www.somosfoundationutah.org AMOUNT: One 1st place $15,000 AMOUNT: $750 Twenty 2nd place $2,500 DEADLINE: OCT 5 DEADLINE:Oct 31 REQUEST application by email to OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY WEBSITE: [email protected] AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE www.colgate.com/HazLaU COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION REAGAN FOUNDATION CRITERIA:Open to any high school LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SCHOLARSHIP Senior living in Utah in good SOCIETY STUDENT OF THE CRITERIA:Seniors with 3.0 GPA, academic standing. 700-750 word YEAR legal citizen, demonstrated financial essay on assigned topic required. CRITERIA:Grades 9-12. Students need. Must have demonstrated AMOUNT: $100-$5000 who are enthusiastic about leadership, integrity and citizenship. DEADLINE: Oct 30 volunteerism, philanthropy, AMOUNT: 10,000-$40,000 WEBSITE: www.Ques-TriIota.org community outreach and leadership. DEADLINE: Jan TBA Only first AMOUNT:$500-$2500 25,000 applications accepted. DEADLINE Oct 31 WEBSITE: WEBSITE: www.lls.org/ut www.reaganfoundation.org Contact Susan Henson at 801-281- 6618 for more information. 1 COCA-COLA SCHOLARSHIP JACK COOKE FREEDOMS FOUNDATION AT CRITERIA: For seniors with GPA of KENTFOUNDATION VALLEY FORGE 3.0 or better. Based on leadership, SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA: 11th grade students who character, and achievement both CRITERIA: Graduating high school demonstrate leadership qualities, inside and outside of the classroom. student with at least 3.5 GPA. High high academic achievement, and AMOUNT: $1000-20,000 ACT or SAT scores. Demonstrated exemplary citizenship. DEADLINE: October 31 financial need. Essay required. Scholarship is cost WEBSITE: www.coca- DEADLINE: Nov 3 less 300.00 of Spirit of Youth colascholars.org AMOUNT: up to $160,000 Conference held in Valley Forge, WEBSITE: PA. www.jkcf.org/scholarships DEADLINE: Nov 20 APPLICATION: Available in the Counseling Center. Also see NOVEMBER PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF Whitney Watchman in the Main COMMUNITY AWARDS Office CRITERIA: Grades 5-12 .School’s top community volunteer. Legal U.S. REAL LIFE 101 RON BROWN SCHOLAR residents. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AMOUNT: $1,000 and a trip to CRITERIA: Black/African CRITERIA: For African American Washington D.C. American seniors including seniors who excel academically, DEADLINE: Nov 3 refugees. Write a 1,000 word show leadership potential, and are WEBSITE: involved in community. www.principals.org/awards/prudenti essay on the topic of “What will AMOUNT: $10,000/year al.cfm you do personally to Improve the DEADLINE:Nov 1, and Jan 9 Image of Black Males in WEBSITE: www.ronbrown.org America?” The essay should DANIELS FUND SCHOLARSHIP include your plan to improve the CRITERIA: Senior, US citizen with image and maintain this status. demonstrated financial need. DEADLINE:Nove 30 VOICE OF DEMOCRACY VFW Students with strength of AMOUNT: $5000 ($1000 per SCHOLARSHIP character,leadership potential, year for up to 5 years) and a CRITERIA: 9- 12 grade. Essay and academic performance. recording of essay required. AMOUNT: Varies acccording to laptop. Mentor also provided. AMOUNT: Up to $30,000. need APPPLICATION: See Alisa DEADLINE: Nov 1 DEADLINE: Opens Sept 14. Due Kearl for more info WEBSITE: www.vfw.org Nov 13, 4:00 PM WEBSITE: www.DanielsFund.org. DECEMBER BENNINGTON YOUNG WRITERS DAR GOOD CITIZENS AWARD SHOLARSHIP CRITERIA: 10, 11 AND 12th grade CRITERIA: Senior who SOROPTIMIST - VIOLET students submit one of the following: demonstrates good citizenship, RICHARDSON AWARD poetry( a group of three poems), dependability, patriotism, leadership. HONORING YOUNG WOMEN FOR fiction (a short story or one-act One student nominated per year per VOLUNTEER ACTION play),or nonfiction (a personal or school. Submit 500 word essay to CRITERIA: An award given to young academic essay). Alisa Kearl. Topic :Our Amercan women between the ages of 14 and AMOUNT: $250 - $500. History and Our Responsibility for 17 for extra effort in service to the DEADLINE: Nov 1 Preserving it. community. WEBSITE: AMOUNT: $250.00 – 5,000.00 AMOUNT: $250 from the local club www.bennington.edu/go/news/youn DEADLINE: Nov 15 $1,000 from region club g-writers-competition $2,000 from international club DEADLINE: December 1 APPLICATION: www.vraaplication- writeable.pdf Send application to President Cathy Stevens P.O. Box 571021 Salt Lake City, UT 84157-1021 801-870-1222 Phone (English) 801-634-7203 Phone (Spanish) . 2 YOUNG ENTREPRENEURIAL ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LYNN JENSEN AWARD AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND MEMORIALSCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA: Senior who CRITERIA: Seniors of Asian or CRITERIA: Seniors with school demonstrates entrepreneurial spirit Pacific Islander ethnicity. Legal and/or community involvement. and initiative. permanent resident or US Essay about a school counselor that AMOUNT: $1,000 citizen.Must apply for FAFSA. has had a positive effect on you and DEADLINE: Dec 18 Minimum 2.7 GPA your school success. Submit WEBSITE: www.nfib.com/yef AMOUNT: $2500-10,000 transcript, ACT or SAT scores and DEADLINE: Jan 8 two letters of recommendation. WEBSITE: www.apiasf.org AMOUNT: $500.00 FITNESS LIFESTYLE DEADLINE: December 4 SCHOLARSHIP WEBSITE: CRITERIA: Seniors fill out survey SOCIETY OF MILITARY www.utschoolcounselor.org questions and 500 word essay on ENGINEERS SCHOLARSHIP given topic. CRITERIA: College bound seniors AMOUNT: $500 interested in Engineering. 250-500 ELKS MOST VALUABLE DEADLINE: DEC 31 word essay required. STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP WEBSITE: AMOUNT: $1,800 CRITERIA: Seniors with academic www.mysupplementstore.com/schol DEADLINE:Jan 8 excellence based on GPA, ACT, arship WEBSITE: courses taken, extra-curricular http://posts.same.org/great basin/ activities, and financial needs. Suggested top 5% of graduating class. GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLARS AMOUNT: $1,000-$15,000 JANUARY CRITERIA:Senior African DEADLINE: Dec 4 American, American Indian /Alaska WEBS ITE: www.elks.org/en Native, Asian Pacific Islander f/scholars JOHN F. KENNEDY PROFILE IN American or Hispanic American. COURAGE ESSAY CONTEST Students are nominated based upon CRITERIA: 9 -12 grades.1000 Word academic qualifications, particularly AXA ACHIEVEMENT essay that demonstrates an in math, science, engineering, SCHOLARSHIP understanding of political courage. education and library science. 3.3 CRITERIA: Seniors who AMOUNT: $500-5,000 GPA. Community service required. demonstrate ambition and self-drive DEADLINE: Jan 6 Application to FAFSA required. as evidenced by outstanding WEBSITE: www.jfklibrary.org AMOUNT: tuition, fees, books and achievement in an activity in school, living expenses. community or workplace. INFORMATIONAL MEETING for AMOUNT: $10,000 -$25,000:. Only REAGAN FOUNDATION students Nov 10, 12:30-1:30 in the first 10,000 applications considered. SCHOLARSHIP Career Center. DEADLINE: Dec15 CRITERIA:Seniors with 3.0 GPA, DEADLINE: Jan 13 WEBSITE: www.axa- legal citizen, demonstrated financial WEBSITE: www.gmsp.org achievement.com need. Must have demonstrated leadership, integrity and citizenship. AMOUNT: 10,000-$40,000 WASHINGTON CROSSING BURGER KING SCHOLARS DEADLINE: Jan 7 Only first 25,000 FOUNDATION PROGRAM application accepted SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA: High school seniors. WEBSITE: CRITERIA: Seniors planning on a Recipients are selected based on www.reaganfoundation.org career in government service. U.S. GPA, work experience, extra Citizen and possess qualities of curricular activities/and or leadership, sincerity, historical community service. RON BROWN SCHOLAR perspective AMOUNT: $1,000-50,000 PROGRAM AMOUNT: $500 – $5,000 DEADLINE: Dec 15 CRITERIA: For African American DEADLINE: must be received by WEBSITE: seniors who excel academically, January 15 www.bkmclamorefoundation.org show leadership potential, and are WEBSITE: www.gwcf.org involved in community.