Outside Agency Scholarships

ODS Scholarship Sponsored by Vast Horizon Media

Award:            $2,000

Deadline:        June 15, 2009

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be permanent residents of the United States and age 18 or older.

• Students may be high school, college, graduate or adult students.

• Must be part-time or full-time student who is attending a traditional or an online program.

• Awards are given four times a year.

Register at www.online-degree-scholarships.com/index.php?

Back to Top

Collegiate Inventors Competition 

Award:            $2000 to $2,500

Deadline:        June 16, 2009

Eligibility:

• The Collegiate Inventors Competition is open to students who have been enrolled full time in any U.S. or Canadian college or university over the past 12 months. You must submit an original idea, process, or technology that will be judged on originality and inventiveness, as well as on its potential value to society (socially, environmentally, and economically), and on its range or scope of use. Up to four students may work together as a team. However, only one prize will be awarded per entry.

Apply online at www.invent.org/collegiate/application.asp

Back to Top

Blade Your Ride Scholarship

Award:            (4) $5,000 and (1) $10,000

Deadline:        June 30, 2009

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be a college freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student

• Must be enrolled full-time in a Bachelor's degree program or Master's degree program

• Must be attending an accredited United States college or university in one of the 50 United States

• Pursuing a degree of study

• Maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.0 cumulative out of a 4.0 (4.0 cumulative out of a 5.0)

• US citizenship is not required

• Passionate about the global climate crisis

Applications available at http://www.bladeyourride.com/byr-scholarship-How-To-Apply.html

Back to Top

University Writing Scholarship

Award:            up to $10,000

Deadline:        July 1, 2009

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be high school seniors or current undergraduate students in North America  

• Must submit an essay up to 500 words on one of the provided topics

• Applicants must attend or plan to attend a college/university in either Canada or the United States 

Applications available at http://www.elpublishers.com/content/scholarship-challengetheexperts.php

Back to Top

Scholarships.com College Design Scholarship

Award:            $1,000

Deadline:        July 31, 2009

Students who apply for the Scholarships.com Design Scholarship will have the chance to earn $1,000 towards their college education--and it couldn't be easier. Just respond to the following question in a 250 to 350 word essay (entries that fall outside this range will be disqualified):

                 :what has influenced your decision to pursue a career in design?" 

Eligibility:

• U.S. citizen

• Registered user of Scholarship.com

• Undergraduate student or a high school senior who plans to enroll in a college or university in the coming fall

Applications available on-line at: http://www.scholarships.com/design-scholarship/college-design-scholarship.aspx

Back to Top

SCMAF Student Scholarship Program

Award:            Varies

Deadline:        September 15, 2009

Eligibility:

• The SCMAF Student Scholarship Program is open to all college or university students attending campuses within the Southern California Municipal Athletic Federation (SCMAF) boundaries, with a sports or recreation background. Selection will be based on education, references, professional involvement, contribution to the profession (either paid or volunteer), and future plans.

Applications are available in the Financial Aid Office, Room 107 and online at http://www.scmaf.org

Back to Top

Scholarships.com College History Scholarship

Award:             $1,000

Deadline:         December 31, 2009

Eligibility:

• Must be a U.S. citizen

• Registered user of Scholarships.com

• Undergraduate student currently enrolled or a high school senior who plans to enroll in a college or university in the coming academic year

• Applicant must have indicated an interest in one of the following: Art History, History, and Natural History

Apply on-line at http://www.scholarships.com/history-scholarship

Back to Top

CNRSW Fleet and Family Support Center

Award:             up to $3,000

Deadline:         Open

Eligibility:

Candidates must be married to an Active Duty Member that:

• Is assigned to a Navy command in the San Diego area.

• Has two years or more estimated time of separation.

• And has a minimum of 12 months remaining at a Navy installation in the San Diego area.                                                                    

For more information and to pre-register for an eligibility interview please call (619) 556-9866

Back to Top

Gloria and Joseph Mattera National Scholarship Fund For Migrant Children

Award:             $150 to $500

Deadline:         Open

Eligibility:

• Have a recent history of movement for agriculture employment- Priority given to currently interstate migrant youth

• Show scholastic potential

• Show financial need

• Be enrolled in or accepted at an accredited college

• Have a copy of a current or most recent Migrant Education Program Certificate of Eligibility

Application Available in the Financial Aid Office, Room 107 or online at www.migrant.net

Back to Top

The GoCollege Lucky Draw Scholarship

Award:            $250

Deadline:        Monthly Drawings

Eligibility:

To enter, all the sponsor ask is that you use the GOCOLLEGE.COM website and tell them how they can improve it for you.

Register at http://www.gocollege.com/

Back to Top

$1,000 Scholarship Sponsored by Sallie Mae

Award:            $1,000

Deadline:        Monthly Drawing

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be high school, undergraduate or graduate students and must register on the CollegeAnswer website.

• Each month one registered user is selected in a random drawing to receive the scholarship.

• When you are registered for the website or the Sallie Mae Scholarship Search, you are automatically entered into the scholarship drawing.

Register at www.salliemae.com

Enter the scholarship drawing by registering on the website. If you have already registered on the website or have a screen name and password, you are already entered for the scholarship

Back to Top

College Prowler "No Essay" Scholarship

Award:            $2,000

Deadline:        Monthly

Eligibility:

• We know you re busy and we know that times are tough. That s why we decided to create the easiest possible scholarship to give something back to students. Students can use the money to help cover tuition, housing, meal plans, books, computers, or any education- related expenses. The scholarship is open to all high school and college students and those planning to enroll in the next 12 months.

Apply on-line at http://collegeprowler.com/scholarship/apply.aspx

Back to Top

Grants for Minorities (Blacks, Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics)

Many grants and scholarships are offered at this site according to many different groups such as population groups, academic level, and subject (majors).

For more information and applications please go to their website at http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3specpop.htm.

Back to Top

El Cajon Elks Lodge Scholarship in Voc/Tech

Award:             Up to $2,000.00

Deadline:         Year Round

El Cajon Elks Lodge offers scholarship to qualified students and older students who require training and retraining. Applicants must be citizens of the United States and reside within the jurisdictional limits of the El Cajon Elks Lodge. Applicants must plan to pursue a two-year or less vocational/technical program. Applicants must plan to carry a minimum of 12 units each semester.   Applicants are asked to summarize the cost of their planned educational program and to summarize their financial ability to pay these costs.

Applications are available in the Financial Aid Office Room 107.

Back to Top

L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest

Award:            Varies

Deadline:        Open

Eligibility:

This contest is open only to those who have not professionally published a novel or short novel, or more then one novelette or more then three short stories, in any medium.

For more information go to their website at http://www.writersofthefuture.com/rules.htm

Back to Top

L. Ron Hubbard's Illustrators of the Future Contest

Award:            Varies

Deadline:        Open

Eligibility:

The contest is open to new and amateur artists who have not been professionally published and paid for more then three black-and-white story illustrations, or more than one process-color painting, in media distributed broadly to the general public

For more information go to their website at http://www.writersofthefuture.com/rules.htm#illus

Back to Top

Owen Locke Endowed Foundation Scholarship

Award:             Varies

Deadline:         Open

Eligibility:

• Must be a high school graduate (or GED) of California

• Must have limited financial resources available for school but who are NOT eligible for any funds from public or government agencies

• Must be accepted to or attending an accredited college or University

Application Available in the Financial Aid Office, Room 107 or online at www.owenlocke.org, click scholarships

Back to Top

Back to Scholarships