Top 36 Private Scholarship Opportunities for April 30th – May 13th, 2025
CAP’s Weekly Private Scholarship List April 30th – May 13th, 2025
Looking for scholarships to help fund your education? College Aid Pro presents its latest weekly selection of private scholarships, tailored to meet a wide array of student needs. From high school graduates to current undergraduates and those considering studying abroad, you’ll find potential opportunities here. Act fast, as deadlines are near! Take a look at the list and keep in mind that increasing your application submissions directly increases your likelihood of receiving financial support.
Here’s a look at CAP’s curated private scholarship list with scholarship opportunities that have deadlines closing within the next week.
Top 36 Private Scholarships for the weeks of April 30th – May 13th, 2025:
Kathern F. Gruber Scholarship:
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School & In-College Students
Description: The Kathern F. Gruber Scholarship Program was established to support and assist spouses, children, and grandchildren of blind and low vision veterans, and those of active-duty blind and low vision service members of the U.S. Armed Forces. The blind or low vision veteran family member is not required to be a BVA member for the spouse, child, or grandchild to receive a scholarship. Additionally, to be eligible for one of the scholarships, an applicant must have been accepted for admission, or already be enrolled, as a student in an accredited institution of higher education, or business, secretarial, or vocational training school. Successful applicants for the scholarships must have demonstrated excellence in their past academic work and promising potential for achievement in higher education pursuits. The Gruber scholarships for veterans’ dependents are for one year only but recipients can re-apply and receive the award up to four times during their academic careers. Three letters of reference must be submitted. Please visit the scholarship’s website or contact the Blinded Veterans Association for more information.
Arizona Nursery Association Foundation Scholarships:
Amount: $500 – $5,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Arizona Nursery Association Foundation awards scholarships to worthy students each year. Applicants must be currently or planning to be enrolled in a horticultural-related curriculum at a university, community college, or continuing education program. Applicants must be currently employed in or have an interest in the nursery industry as a career; have an above average scholastic achievement or at least two years work experience in the industry; and, display involvement in extracurricular activities related to the industry. Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation from any of the following: ornamental horticulture instructor, counselor, employer, club/activity advisory, or community or church leader. Applications may be sent through mail or email. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
James B. Carey Scholarship Award:
Amount: $4,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: Children and grandchildren of all IUE-CWA members and IUE-CWA employees (including retired or deceased IUE-CWA members or employees) may apply.
Northern Pacific Member Chapter Scholarship:
Amount: $500 – $1,500
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School & In-College Students
Description: The objectives of the AIST Northern Pacific Scholarships are to reward and encourage area high school seniors or currently enrolled undergraduate students by providing a grant of financial support during attendance at any accredited North American college or university. Up to four one-year university scholarships and up to four one-year college or technical school scholarships will be awarded to students. Applicants must be accepted into, planning to attend, or currently enrolled in an eligible curriculum at an accredited university or college. For the University Scholarship, applicants must be the child (including step-children, adopted children or wards), grandchild, niece, nephew, or the spouse of an active AIST Northern Pacific Chapter member in good standing, or a member of the Material Advantage Student Program living in or attending a university located in the AIST Northern Pacific Member Chapter area. For the College or Technical Scholarships, applicants need not be related to an active AIST Chapter Member in good standing, but, the applicant must include a letter of recommendation from an Active AIST Chapter member in good standing. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Elevate Mental Health Awareness Scholarship:
Amount: $500
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School & In-College Students
Description: The Elevate Mental Health Awareness Scholarship is dedicated to Sherise Rosser, a wonderful woman who taught her daughter the power of authenticity, belief, and compassion. To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must be a current high school, undergraduate, or graduate school student attending school in the United States. . They must have personally experienced challenges with mental health or have had people close to them who have experienced mental health challenges. All GPAs will be considered. All majors are encouraged to apply. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Women’s Jewelry Association Student Scholarships:
Amount: $1,000 – $7,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School & In-College Students
Description: The WJA Foundation provides scholarships to female-identifying students enrolled in jewelry, metalsmithing or watch programs at an accredited college, university, or training school between August 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025. Scholarships are awarded in three categories: (1) Designer/Creator: based on images of finished pieces that are designed and created by the student; (2) Designer: based on designs by the student, includes CAD and drawings; (3) Non-Designer: essay-based for those studying to be a gemologist, appraiser, watchmaker, bench jeweler, or retailer. Student applicants are not required to be members of WJA but are encouraged to join for free. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Dr. Sydell Perlmutter Gold Memorial Scholarship:
Amount: $5,000 – $20,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Dr. Sydell Perlmutter Gold Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to daughters of Air Force members pursuing a bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Education, or Mathematics (STEM) field. Applicants must be graduating high school seniors who have excelled in mathematics. Preference will be given to applicants who are first-generation college students and have demonstrated financial need based on the most recently submitted FAFSA. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Mike and Gail Donley Spouse Scholarship:
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School & In-College Students
Description: The Mike and Gail Donley Spouse Scholarships provides a scholarship annually to encourage Air Force or Space Force spouses worldwide to pursue higher education. The applicant must be a spouse of Air Force Active Duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, Space Force, or Department of the Air Force Civilian employee to be eligible. Spouses who are themselves Air or Space Force personnel, or in ROTC, are not eligible. If you are not currently enrolled, then in addition to an official transcript, include a letter from your college or university that confirms your intent to carry the required hours next semester. If you have no prior college or university course work, include proof of acceptance to an accredited college or university. A letter of recommendation should be character references and descriptions of your performance and potential as a student, employee or volunteer. The letter may be from a professor, employer, or volunteer organization. Recipients must provide AFA with a W-9 form in order to receive their award. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
D.W. Simpson Actuarial Science Scholarship:
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: In-College Students
Description: The D.W. Simpson Actuarial Science Scholarships are awarded to students entering their senior year of undergraduate study in actuarial science. Applicants must have maintained a GPA of 3.2 or higher in their major and an overall GPA of 3.0 or better. They must have passed at least 1 actuarial examination and are eligible to work in the United States full-time for any employer without requiring employer sponsorship. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School & In-College Students
Description: The International Bowling Media Association (IBMA) may annually award the Chuck Pezzano Scholarships to students attending college or graduating high school seniors planning on attending college. To be eligible, applicants must be interested in writing about bowling either as a volunteer, part- or full-time media; and participate in the sport of bowling, although bowling skills are not a requisite. The first step to apply is to fill out the online pre-application survey. Once this is received and the information you have provided meets the application qualifications as listed above, you will receive a full application to fill out and submit. The full application must be accompanied by at least one reference letter and a short essay. Finalists will be asked to provide a copy of their school transcripts. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Excellence in Accounting Scholarship:
Amount: $1,000 – $7,500
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: In-College Students
Description: Excellence in Accounting Scholarship is targeted at students who have participated in a variety of activities and display leadership potential while pursuing a degree in accountancy. Applicants must complete 90 credit hours by April 1st.
Amount: $15,000 – $60,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Tang Scholarship is for Asian/Pacific Islander youth, self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender who have demonstrated involvement in the LGBT community. Applicants must self-identify as Asian or Pacific Islander (at least 25 percent Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry), lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender and involved in the LGBT community. Applicants must be graduates of a high school in one of the nine Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Napa, Sonoma or Solano, and they must be between the age of 17 and 25 on 30 April 2023. Two letters of reference from a teacher or academic advisor, and from a work or volunteer supervisor, a youth leader or personal acquaintance are required. These scholarships are renewable for a maximum of three additional years (for a total of four years), provided each student annually meets the renewal requirements. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Upakar Foundation Scholarship:
Amount: $1,000 – $10,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Upakar Foundation Scholarship is for students who have either been born or have one parent born in the Republic of India. Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen or a U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card) holder. They must have a prior year Family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) on the IRS form 1040 of less than $90,000. Applicants must currently be a graduating high school senior living in the USA. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Bob Marley: One Love Social Impact Scholarship:
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2025
Open To: In-College Students
Description: The Bob Marley: One Love Social Impact Scholarships will support rising sophomore, junior, and senior students pursuing degrees in community organizing, nonprofit management, public policy, or social justice related degree programs. Applicants must attend one of the eligible Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Applicants must also submit two letters of recommendation. Please visit the scholarship’s website or contact the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. for more information.
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: May 1, 2025
Open To: College Students
Description: Members of Pi Gamma Mu are qualified to be the recipient of a scholarship award to attend graduate school. Scholarships are intended for first time graduate students. Students who have already earned an advanced degree are not eligible to apply. The degree program must be in one of the following areas of study: anthropology, criminal justice, economics, geography-human, gerontology, history, history of education, human services, international relations, political science, psychology, social philosophy, sociology, social work, as well as related interdisciplinary programs anchored in the Social Sciences, particularly those that focus on age, environment, ethnicity, gender, race, and regional studies. Other interdisciplinary fields will be considered on an individual basis based upon the degree to which the social sciences are an integral component of the overall course of study. In such cases, applicants should submit a program description outlining requirements and coursework. Previous recipients of Pi Gamma Mu scholarships are not eligible to apply again. Applicants must submit the names of at least three people who will be providing them with recommendations using the online form. The recommendations should be made by individuals qualified to assess your academic merit within the social sciences. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
American Legion Department of Maine Children and Youth Scholarships:
Amount: $500
Closing Date: May 1, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The American Legion Department of Maine Children and Youth Scholarships will be awarded to students who must demonstrate financial need. Please enclose three letters with this application: one from yourself stating why you wish a scholarship and what field you want to work in after college; one from your principal or guidance counselor (other source if you are no longer in high school; and one from an outside person, other than family. Applicants must also include a transcript of their high school record or current college transcript. Please visit the scholarship’s website or contact the American Legion Department of Maine for more information.
Montana Life Members Scholarship:
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: May 1, 2025
Open To: High School & College Students
Description: The Montana Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. awards the Montana Life Members Scholarship to a student who majors in Conservation, Horticulture, Parks or Forestry, Floriculture, Greenhouse Management, Land Management or related subjects. Aside from the application and other required materials, applicants must submit letters of reference from two instructors. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Montana Life Members Scholarship:
Amount: $3,000
Closing Date: May 1, 2025
Open To: College Students
Description: The Ralph W. Shrader Graduate Diversity Scholarship will be awarded to students (women and minority students), enrolled in at least their second semester and at least two semester-equivalent courses, currently pursuing a graduate degree at any accredited academic institution in the United States and living in the United States in an eligible major that supports the mission of AFCEA Educational Foundation. The complete list of the qualified stem majors are on the scholarship’s website. The expected graduation date cannot be in the year the scholarship is awarded. AFCEA’s focus is on STEM or hard sciences such as information technology, cybersecurity, telecommunications electronics supporting defense, homeland security and intelligence communities. The student’s current official transcript issued by the school Registrar’s Office is required. They must also submit their undergraduate transcript, either official or unofficial. A minimum two letters of recommendation from the faculty in the student’s major of study are required. Please visit the scholarship’s website or contact the AFCEA Educational Foundation for more information.
Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarship:
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: May 1, 2025
Open To: College Students
Description: Applicants for the Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarship must be an AWRA member and must be enrolled for the full 2022-2023 academic year. The scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate student working toward their first undergraduate degree, and will also be awarded to a graduate student enrolled in a program relating to water resources. The undergraduate scholarship will be awarded to the student member most qualified by academic performance. Measures of academic performance include the cumulative grade point average, relevance of the student’s curriculum to water resources, and leadership in extracurricular activities related to water resources. The graduate scholarship will be awarded to the student member most qualified by academic and/or research performance. Three signed letters of recommendation from professors and/or advisors are required. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Amount: $15,000 – $45,000
Closing Date: May 1, 2025
Open To: College Students
Description: The Earl Warren Scholarship is awarded annually to rising law students whose commitment to racial justice reveals outstanding potential for training as civil rights and public interest attorneys. Eligible law students include those entering their first or second year of legal study at an accredited law school in the United States. The scholarship will be awarded for three years. There is no minimum test score or GPA requirement. Candidates are judged holistically and by the full sum of their achievements and contributions. Any application review will take into account a candidate’s GPA, standardized test scores, letters of recommendation, volunteer activities and personal essays; however, no single component of an application will determine a scholarship award. Two letters of recommendation and a copy of the applicant’s LSAT score or GRE Score must be submitted. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Douglas J.J. Peters Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship Program:
Amount: $29,600
Closing Date: May 1, 2025
Open To: High School & College Students
Description: The Douglas J.J. Peters Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship Program is designed to provide financial assistance to United States armed forces personnel who served in the Afghanistan or Iraq Conflicts, and their son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, or spouse. Current deployments are not eligible for the scholarship. Applicants must have been accepted for admission or enrolled in a regular undergraduate program at an eligible institution, or be accepted for admission or enrolled in a 2-year terminal certificate program in which the course work is acceptable for transfer credit for an accredited baccalaureate program at an eligible institution. If a spouse of a veteran, a marriage certificate must be submitted. The DD214 military orders or other official documentation must clearly indicate service in Afghanistan or Iraq or contiguous waters or air space and include the dates of service. While the FAFSA is not required, if the applicant chooses to file the FAFSA it must be completed by March 1 priority deadline or before June 1, 2024. Awards are made annually, with renewal applicants given first priority. Eligible applicants who are veterans shall be given priority over dependent biological sons or daughters; or spouses. Awards may be held for up to five years if a full-time student or eight years if a part-time student. Please visit the scholarship’s website or contact the Maryland Higher Education Commission for more information.
Associated General Contractors NYS Scholarship Program:
Amount: $2,500 – $5,000
Closing Date: May 3, 2025
Open To: High School & College Students
Description: The Associated General Contractors NYS Scholarship Program will award scholarships to students who must be New York State residents. They may be attending a school outside of New York. Applicants must be seriously intent upon a career in the building, highway or utility construction industry. Applicants must pursue a Bachelor or Associate degree in construction or construction-related engineering. Students must reapply each year for up to three years of undergraduate study. Graduate students (Master’s) are also eligible for a one-year scholarship if they are studying full-time for an advanced construction-related field and are intent upon a career in the industry. Three evaluation forms must be submitted: any combination of college faculty or college academic advisors, employers or adults not related to the applicant and preferably in the industry. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Christopher Mark Pitkin Memorial Scholarship:
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 3, 2025
Open To: High School & College Students
Description: The Christopher Mark Pitkin Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to individuals who demonstrate Pitkin’s principles of goal-orientation and motivation. Awards of the scholarship will be based primarily upon the applicant’s statements of goals and intentions as well as extracurricular involvement within his or her community. Applicants must be planning to pursue post-secondary education or are pursuing a graduate degree or continuing education program. Applicants must be a person with a bleeding disorder or must have an immediate family member with a bleeding disorder (such as a sibling of, child of, or spouse of someone with a bleeding disorder). Applicants must be a resident of, or have permanent address in, one of the eligible Southern California counties. Priority will be given to applicants who are actively involved with HFSC as a community member participant or volunteer. Priority will also be given to those with a bleeding disorder diagnosis and to first-time applicants. A perfect GPA or extensive extracurricular activities are not necessary for applicants to be considered for the scholarship as we acknowledge that living with a bleeding disorder can be challenging. Two letters of recommendation are required, they may be from the applicant’s teacher, guidance counselor, employer, etc. Please visit the scholarship’s website or contact the Hemophilia Foundation of Southern California for more information.
Sacramento County Black Midwives Scholarship:
Amount: $25,000 – $50,000
Closing Date: May 6, 2025
Open To: High School & College Students
Description: Sacramento County is providing financial assistance to Black students studying to be midwives through the Sacramento County Black Midwives Scholarship Program. Applicants may be high school seniors, high school graduates (with a high school diploma or GED), or current undergraduate or graduate students. They must plan to enroll in one the following midwifery licensing programs for the entire upcoming academic year: Mercy In Action College of Midwifery, University of California San Francisco, Nurse Midwifery, Cal State Fullerton Nurse Midwifery, Florida School of Traditional Midwifery, National College of Midwifery, Bastyr University, Midwives College of Utah, and National Midwifery Institute. Current nurses and non-traditional students are encouraged to apply. Awards are not renewable; however, students may reapply to the program once per academic year provided they meet eligibility requirements. The recommendation form must be submitted on the applicant’s behalf no later than May 9, 2024. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
The Salix Gastrointestinal Health Scholars Award:
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: May 6, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Salix Gastrointestinal Health Scholars Award will be awarded to those who, at the time of application, have applied to, have been accepted to, or are currently attending an accredited college, university, or advanced (post-high school) vocational or technical school for academic year 2024-2025. Applicants must have been diagnosed with and treated for a gastrointestinal condition and have been treated by a licensed healthcare provider. Two letters of recommendation and information about the applicant’s school and community activities must be submitted. Signed 2024 Medical Statement Form confirming the applicant’s gastrointestinal condition is also required. Four awards are available to undergraduate students; four awards are available to graduate students; one award is available to working parent pursuing undergraduate, vocational or technical, or graduate degrees; and one award is available to single parent pursuing undergraduate, vocational or technical, or graduate degrees. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Amount: $15,000
Closing Date: May 8, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship will be awarded to a law student for the 2023-2024 academic year. The scholarship is awarded each academic year to an Asian American law student who demonstrates leadership potential, maturity and responsibility, a commitment to making a contribution to the Asian American community, an interest in pursuing public interest positions and other indicators of excellence, whether personal, professional or academic. Priority consideration will be given to law students who have secured a public interest position for the summer, but it is not necessary to have a position lined up in advance of submitting an application. Applicants must be enrolled at a law school in Massachusetts or neighboring states, graduating in 2024 or 2025. They must also be a current and active member of AALAM. The application and required materials must be submitted to all members of the AALAM/Dow Scholarship Committee: Tiffany Ko, Garrett Lee, Emily Yu, and Alan Wong through email. Please provide all materials in a single PDF file. Please visit the scholarship’s website for the emails of the scholarship committee and more information about the required materials and the submission format.
Ambassadors of NSHSS Scholarship:
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 9, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: NSHSS Ambassadors are student leaders within their high schools who exhibit academic excellence and a strong commitment to community service. As role models, Ambassadors are encouraged to inspire their peers to explore new initiatives within their high schools and communities by organizing community service projects and gatherings with fellow members to support the vision of NSHSS. Ambassadors are responsible for playing a vital role in communicating with current and prospective members about how to make the most of membership in the Society through social media and their school network. NSHSS honors our high school members with this scholarship. Applicants must submit an educator recommendation letter and pictures, videos, or media showing their leadership in action. Please visit the scholarship’s website or contact the National Society of High School Scholars for more information.
AbleLight and Bethesda Auxiliary Scholarships:
Amount: $3,000
Closing Date: May 10, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Auxiliary Scholarship Committee is offering scholarships to students pursuing undergraduate degrees and seminarian and post-graduate students that will prepare them for ministry (such as pastor, pre-seminary and deaconess studies, deaconess, director of Christian education, or special-needs teacher), so they will have an opportunity to share Jesus’ love and the Gospel message with people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Applicants must be an active, communicant member of a Lutheran congregation. Undergraduate students must have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 and have a career objective in the field of ministry with people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Seminarians and post-graduate students must be a current college senior, a person accepted to begin seminary or post-graduate studies in the fall, or currently classified as a first-year or second-year student at any Lutheran seminary. Students going on to their internship or vicarage year do not qualify. They must have a commitment to include people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities within the local parish, giving them the opportunity to study God’s Word and serve. Applicants must submit documentation of 100 hours of service to people living with developmental disabilities. Four letters of recommendation, from a pastor, professor, and two non-family members, are also required. Pictures of applicants volunteering or interacting with people with developmental disabilities must also be submitted. Permission to use pictures will be required of each person in the picture. Applicants may also submit any other material that will assist the committee to better know the applicant. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Edmund F. Maxwell Foundation Scholarship:
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: May 10, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Edmund F. Maxwell Foundation Scholarship was established to assist high school seniors from Western Washington in obtaining a higher education. Applicants must have attended the last two years of high school (or homeschool) and lived in a location west of the Cascade Mountains. This award has the potential to be renewed for up to an additional three years of undergraduate education based on reasonable progress toward graduation. A simple renewal application is required each year. Applicants must be pursuing post-secondary education at a private college or university. Applicants must submit their transcript on May 24, 2024. It is optional for 2024 but highly recommended for students to also provide their Standardized Test Scores with their transcript. Scholarships will generally be limited to entering freshmen, with combined math and reading or writing SAT scores of 1200 or higher (or ACT composite scores of over 26). The Trustees of the Foundation, at their discretion, may consider students with lower scores. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
ARFORA Undergraduate Scholarship for Women:
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 10, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: Scholarships are awarded based on scholastic achievement, character, worthiness, and participation in religious life, to women of The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America who have completed their first year of a baccalaureate program at an accredited college or university. Applicants must be a communicant member, or daughter of a communicant member, of a parish or mission of The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America for at least one year prior to application. Three letters of recommendation must be submitted. They must be from: 1) the applicant’s Parish Priest, if applicant is the wife or daughter of the priest, then from another priest; 2) an official high school representative who can attest to the applicant’s education accomplishments, abilities and goals; and 3) another non-clergy individual, not related to the applicant, who can attest to her character. The application and required materials must be submitted to the address of Joanna Tatomir. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
ARFORA/Martha Gavrila Scholarship for Women:
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 10, 2025
Open To: College Students
Description: The ARFORA/Martha Gavrila Scholarship for Women is offered to women in post-graduate studies. Scholarships are awarded based on scholastic achievement, character, worthiness, and participation in religious life, to women of The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America who have completed a baccalaureate degree and have been accepted for post-graduate studies at an accredited college or university. Applicants must be a voting communicant member of a parish or mission of The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America for at least one year prior to application. Three letters of recommendation must be submitted. They must be from: 1) the applicant’s Parish Priest, if applicant is the wife or daughter of the priest, then from another priest; 2) an official college or university representative who can attest to the applicant’s education accomplishments, abilities and goals; and 3) another non-clergy individual, not related to the applicant, who can attest to the applicant’s character. The application and the required materials must be submitted to the address of Joanna Tatomir. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Kaufman & Stigger, PLLC, Alberta C. Kaufman Scholarship:
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 10, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Alberta C. Kaufman Scholarship is for graduating high school seniors and current college students. Applicants must plan to pursue a post secondary degree after high school graduation. Please contact Kaufman and Stigger, PLLC for more information.
MJSA Education Foundation Jewelry Scholarship:
Amount: $500 – $2,500
Closing Date: May 13, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The MJSA Education Foundation Jewelry Scholarship is a national scholarship program for students pursuing a jewelry-related curriculum. Applicants need not be Rhode Island residents. Past recipients of the scholarship are eligible to reapply. Please visit the scholarship’s website or contact the Rhode Island Foundation for more information.
Patricia W. Edwards Memorial Art Scholarship:
Amount: $500
Closing Date: May 13, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Patricia W. Edwards Memorial Art Scholarship will be awarded to high school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Young Rhode Island artists seeking to take an art class at a Rhode Island institution are eligible to apply. Please visit the scholarship’s website or contact the Rhode Island Foundation for more information.
Walter A. Hunt, Jr. Scholarship:
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: May 13, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: The Walter A. Hunt, Jr. Scholarship aims to promote and encourage the study of architecture by New York City public high school students through a two-year scholarship to supplement tuition and related costs during their freshman and sophomore years at a NAAB-accredited school of architecture in the U.S. Applicants must be current New York City public high school seniors who have been accepted to a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture program at a NAAB-accredited School of Architecture in the U.S. Students at NYC Charter High Schools are eligible. Students at private, parochial or other schools where tuition is charged are not eligible. Applicants are encouraged to submit the portfolio which had been previously submitted to the Bachelor of Architecture program they are pursuing, if applicable. The digital portfolio must consist of at least 3-4 pieces of the student’s own visual art, design, or architecture work, though applicants may submit additional work if they feel it is relevant to their application. Projects may be 2-D or 3-D, and can be both finished and/or in-process projects. If a group project is submitted, the student must indicate their role in the project. Two letters of recommendation are required. Applicants are encouraged to submit the recommendation letters previously submitted to the Bachelor of Architecture program they are pursuing. One recommendation letter must be from a teacher in their high school; the second may be from an employer, person in the field of architecture or other adult. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information.
Third Marine Division Association Memorial Scholarship Fund:
Amount: $1,500 – $2,500
Closing Date: May 13, 2025
Open To: High School Students
Description: Established in 1969, to honor the loss in The Republic of Vietnam of Division Commander General Bruno A. Hochmuth, the MSF has been providing need-based financial assistance to qualified applicants who have consistently demonstrated excellence in colleges and universities across the United States. The mission in 1969 was to provide assistance to dependents of Third Marine Division members who lost their lives in Vietnam or whose post service death had been certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be the result of hostile enemy action or other disabilities incurred. Applicants for the Third Marine Division Association Memorial Scholarship Fund must be children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of those Association members who have held Association membership for at least two consecutive years immediately prior to the eligible dependent child’s first application for scholarship assistance. Any personnel who has been recently honorably discharged having been a member of or attached to a unit of the Third Marine Division (Reinf) provided the person has held Association membership for a period of at least two consecutive years immediately prior to the date of the first application, be current on all annual dues payments and who continues his or her membership for the entire period of their financial assistance is eligible. Awards may be awarded for any approved course of study in an accredited college or university, or for any approved course of study in an accredited and approved post-high school trade school institution. Applicants must be enrolled in each semester for not less than 12 credit hours. Awards will not be given in excess of four years of undergraduate study except for some special circumstances. First time applicants must submit a copy of their birth certificate; their transcript for Spring 2023; copy of 2024 school acceptance or enrollment letter; copy of a marriage license for married applicants; and a copy of Form DD-214 (and DD-215 if applicable). All applicants must submit a copy of their school’s financial award letter; copy of their school’s annual cost of attendance letter; their FAFSA; and essay. Please visit the scholarship’s website for more information about the eligibility and the required materials.
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