Outside Scholarships

Sorted — Scholarships for Minorities


American Anthropological Association

AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship

Amount: $10,000, one time

Eligibility Criteria:An applicant must be:

  • a US citizen;
  • a member of an historically underrepresented ethnic minority group, including, but not limited to: African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians or Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latino/as, Chicano/as, and Pacific Islanders;
  • enrolled in a full-time academic program leading to a doctoral degree in anthropology at the time of application;
  • admitted to degree candidacy before the dissertation fellowship is awarded;
  • a member of the American Anthropological Association. The dissertation proposal must be approved by the applicant's committee prior to application. Students of any subfield or specialty in anthropology will receive equal consideration.

American Anthropological Association

www.aaanet.org
Kathleen Terry-Sharp
2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201-3357
(703) 528-1902
academic@aaanet.org


American Chemical Society

ACS Scholars Program

Amount: up to $3,000

Eligibility Criteria:

  • African-American, Hispanic/Latino, or American Indian;
  • U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.;
  • full-time student at an accredited college, university, or community college;
  • high academic achievers in chemistry or science (Grade Point Average 3.0, "B" or better);
  • able to demonstrate evidence of financial need according to FAFSA form (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the Student Aid Report (SAR) form;
  • a graduating high school senior, college freshman, sophomore or junior intending to or already majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or a chemically-related science and planning a career in the chemical sciences or chemical technology;
  • Please note that students intending to enter Pre-Med programs or pursing a degree in Pharmacy are not eligible for this scholarship.

American Chemical Society

www.acs.org
Robert Hughes
(800) 227-5558
r_hughes@acs.org


COLAGE and Horizons Foundation

COLAGE Scholarship Program

Amount: $1,000

Eligibility Criteria:Have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parent(s) or guardian(s). Be enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution. No graduate level or higher applicants please. Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0. Board of staff members of COLAGE, and their immediate family members, are not eligible to apply.

Print the PDF application

COLAGE and Horizons Foundation

www.colage.org
1550 Bryant Street
Suite 830
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 861-5437


Ford Foundation

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Amount: $40,000

Eligibility Criteria:

  • All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation (must have become a U.S. citizen by November 30, 2006)
  • Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations)
  • Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
  • Individuals awarded a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree no earlier than December 1, 1999 and no later than November 30, 2006 in an eligible research-based field from a U.S. educational institution.

Ford Foundation

national-academies.org/fellowships
Fellowships Office, GR 346A
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 334-2872


Government Finance Officers Association

Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship

Amount: $5,000

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Currently a full- or part-time upper-division undergraduate or graduate student in public administration, (governmental) accounting, finance, political science, economics or business administration (with a specific focus on government or nonprofit management).
  • Belong to one of the following groups (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau): Black or African American, American Indian or Alaskan native, Asian native, Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino.
  • Citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada.
  • Recommendation by academic advisor, department chair (undergraduate students), or dean of the graduate program (graduate students).
  • Student has not been a past winner of a scholarship administered by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada are not eligible to apply.

Government Finance Officers Association

www.gfoa.org


Jackie Robinson Foundation

Education and Leadership Development Program

Amount: up to $7,200

Eligibility Criteria:* The Jackie Robinson Foundation provides scholarships of up to $7,200 annually to underserved high school students showing leadership potential and demonstrating financial need to attend an accredited 4-year college or university of their choice. * You must be a U.S. citizen in order to qualify for the Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Award. * The application package must include a letter of recommendation and an official transcript (with raised seal). * In addition, all applicants are required to take either the Standardized Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) and submit their scores.

Jackie Robinson Foundation

www.jackierobinson.org/apply/


PFLAG--Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

PFLAG National Scholarship Program

Amount: PFLAG offers two levels of one-time awards: $2,500 and $1,000.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Be a graduating high school senior entering higher education for the first time
  • Self identify as either a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender person, or as a supporter of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people
  • Demonstrate an interest in service to the GLBT community

PFLAG--Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

www.pflag.org/scholarship_programs.scholarships.0.html
1726 M Street, #400
Washington, DC 20036
202-467-8180 ext 219


SchoolSoup.com

Free Scholarship Search

Amount: varies

Eligibility Criteria:

  • varies by award
  • completion of advertising forms not required
  • includes $32 billion of available scholarships
  • claims to be the largest scholarship search engine in the world

SchoolSoup.com

www.schoolsoup.com


Wal-Mart

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Wal-Mart

www.ahorramasvivemejor.com


World Bank Family Network

Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund

Amount: up to $11,000

Eligibility Criteria:

  • women from developing countries who are currently enrolled in studies for a degree in the United States or Canada
  • demonstrate a commitment to working for the benefit of women and children in the developing world and plan to return to their countries within approximately two years of receiving the grant

World Bank Family Network

www.wbfn.org
Click On Outreach 
(202) 473-8751
mmmf@worldbank.org