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HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" A.E. Robert Friedman PDCA ScholarshipSponsor: Painting and Decorating Contractors of AmericaAmount: VariesClosing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students who are no more than 26 years of age. Applicant must be nominated by an active PDCA member in good standing. There is no major requirement. Selection will be based on character, financial need, letters of recommendation, and an essay.Berrien Fragos Thorn Arts Scholarships for Migrant FarmworkersSponsor: Geneseo Migrant CenterAmount: Up to $2,500Closing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Scholarships are open to individuals 16 years of age or older who have a history of movement to obtain work in agriculture. Applicant must demonstrate an interest in pursuing further development of their talents.Camp Network Blog Scholarship ProgramSponsor: Camp Network BlogAmount: $1,000Closing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors attending school in the United States and are U.S. citizens. Applicant must create a short, exciting video (3-5 minutes max) that explains their experience as a camp counselor.Champions for Christ ScholarshipSponsor: Champion for Christ FoundationAmount: VariesClosing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to students who have surrendered their lives to full-time Christian service and are preparing for full-time Christian ministry.Future Innovator Scholarship ProgramSponsor: StudySoupAmount: $2,000Closing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students. Applicant must submit three short personal essays.Kids’ Chance of Washington ScholarshipSponsor: Kids’ Chance of WashingtonAmount: VariesClosing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to spouses or children of injured Washington workers whose injury, while at work in Washington State, resulted in a permanent inability to work or death. Scholarship is available for college undergraduates, technical school students, high school students participating in a Running Start program, or other accredited school.PlasticPlace Young Entrepreneurs Scholarship AwardSponsor: PlasticPlaceAmount: $1,500Closing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to incoming students for the 2017 semester (high school seniors), who are U.S. citizens. Preference will be given to applicants who are female, or belong to any minority group, including African-American, Asian American, Native American, Hispanic, etc. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to designing and marketing a new product.Ron Brown Scholar ProgramSponsor: Ron Brown Scholar ProgramAmount: $10,000Closing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Scholars program is open to African-American/Black high school seniors who excel academically and demonstrate a keen interest in public service, community engagement, business entrepreneurship and global citizenship.Voice of Democracy Scholarship CompetitionSponsor: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesAmount: Up to $30,000Closing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Program is open to students in grades 9-12 who are enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the United States, its territories and possessions. Applicant must submit a 3-5 minute essay on this year’s theme; “MY Responsibility to America.”Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society ScholarshipSponsor: Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyAmount: $2,000Closing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Scholarships is open to students seeking education in wound, ostomy and continence nursing care.Young Writers AwardsSponsor: Bennington CollegeAmount: Up to $500Closing Date: November 1, 2016Description: Students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades can enter in one of the following categories: poetry (a group of three poems), fiction (a short story or one-act play), or nonfiction (a personal or academic essay). All entries must be original work and sponsored by a high school teacher.Autism ScholarshipSponsor: Feldman & Royle, Attorneys at LawAmount: $1,000Closing Date: November 7, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to students who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as they appear in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Applicant must submit an essay on how having ASD has affected their education. Scholarship can be used to defray the cost of tuition for a secondary school, community college, trade school, or college.NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC)Sponsor: National Center for Women & Information TechnologyAmount: $500Closing Date: November 7, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. high school and college women. College students must attend an NCWIT Academic Alliance institution and major or minor in computing.Prudential Spirit of Community AwardSponsor: Prudential Financial, Inc.Amount: $5,000Closing Date: November 8, 2016Description: Award is open to all young people in grades 5-12 who live in the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., and have conducted a volunteer service activity within the past year.Maryknoll Student Essay ContestSponsor: Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersAmount: Up to $1,000Closing Date: November 11, 2016Description: Contest is open to students enrolled in grades 6-12 for the 2016-2017 school year who are residents of one of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, or a province of Canada (except Quebec). Applicant must submit an essay explaining why it is so important to heed the Pope’s call.Allegra Ford Thomas ScholarshipSponsor: National Center for Learning DisabilitiesAmount: $2,500Closing Date: November 13, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to students with learning disabilities who are graduating high school seniors and will be attending a two-year community college, a vocational/technical training program, or specialized program for students with LD in the fall. Applicant must also demonstrate financial need.Anne Ford ScholarshipSponsor: National Center for Learning DisabilitiesAmount: $10,000 ($2,500 /year over four years)Closing Date: November 13, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors with a documented learning disability who will be enrolled in a full-time bachelor’s degree program in the fall.Wpromote Digital Marketing ScholarshipSponsor: WpromoteAmount: Up to $1,500Closing Date: November 14, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 13 years of age or older and are currently enrolled (or have been accepted to enroll) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher learning. Applicant must create a blog post about digital marketing.Concerto CompetitionSponsor: United States Marine BandAmount: Up to $2,500Closing Date: November 15, 2016Description: Competition is open to high school musicians (grades 9-12) enrolled during the 2016-2017 academic year. Performers of woodwind, brass, or percussion instructions may apply. Applicant must select one of the works listed on the application for their instrument and submit an audio recording of their performance of the selection accompanied by piano, band, or orchestra.Jeanne E. Bray Memorial Scholarship Awards ProgramSponsor: National Rifle Association (NRA)Amount: Up to $5,000 for a maximum of four yearsClosing Date: November 15, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to dependent children of any public law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty who was an NRA member at the time of death, and to dependent children of any current or retired law enforcement officers who are living and have current NRA membership.Liaise Divorce Solutions Scholarship ProgramSponsor: Liaise Divorce SolutionsAmount: $500Closing Date: November 15, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to dynamic, passionate, hard-working students in high school, college, university, or trade school. Applicant must create a 2-4 minute video explaining why they think education and excellent communication is the key to a brighter future, and how they can shape society.Prompt Scholarship Essay ContestSponsor: Amount: Up to $10,000Closing Date: November 15, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to students 16 years of age or older who are currently applying for an undergraduate degree at an accredited institution within the United States or Canada in 2017 (or 2018 if taking a gap year). Applicant can use any essay they have written as part of a college application. Scholarship is open every month until December 15. Each monthly winner will then have a chance for a $10,000 scholarship.Start Standing ScholarshipSponsor: Start StandingAmount: $1,000Closing Date: November 15, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students. Applicant must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to health and being tal STEM Scholarships for WomenSponsor: ToptalAmount: $5,000Closing Date: November 15, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to female students throughout the world who are 13 years of age and interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).Right Click ScholarshipSponsor: Right ClickAmount: $1,000Closing Date: November 21, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to augmented reality.SOY ScholarshipSponsor: American Soybean AssociationAmount: $5,000Closing Date: November 21, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors with at least a 3.0 GPA who are children or grandchildren of current state affiliates and ASA members. Applicant must plan to declare agriculture (or a discipline in the school of Agriculture) as an area of study at an accredited college or university of their choosing. ScholarshipSponsor: Amount: $500Closing Date: November 21, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current, full-time undergraduate and graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Applicant must create an infographic or compose a 400-600 word essay describing how life would be different if the internet did not exist.Youth Noise Scholarship ProgramSponsor: Youth NoiseAmount: $1,000Closing Date: November 21, 2016Description: Program is open to students currently enrolled in a high school, college, university, or trade school. The contest will require applicants to create a 2-5 minute video in which the applicant explains how new ideas will shape the world around us, and why education is the key to creating a brighter future.Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contest ScholarshipsSponsor: Stuttgart Chamber of CommerceAmount: Up to $2,000Closing Date: November 25, 2016Description: Scholarship competition is open to graduating high school seniors. Applicant must participate in a duck calling contest in Stuttgart, Arkansas to be considered for the award.Chief Manuelito Scholarship for High School StudentsSponsor: Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance (ONNSFA)Amount: $7,000Closing Date: November 25, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high achieving high school and undergraduate Navajo students.Fix Your Skin ScholarshipSponsor: Fix Your SkinAmount: $1,000Closing Date: November 25, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to current high school and college students. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to skincare.Youth Volunteer Scholarship AwardSponsor: BBG CommunicationsAmount: $500Closing Date: November 29, 2016Description: Scholarship award is open to students under the age of 21 years of age who, over the past two years, have completed a minimum of 50 hours of volunteer work. Applicant must also have maintained a GPA of 3.5 or greater over the past two years.AED Superstore $1,000 College ScholarshipSponsor: AED SuperstoreAmount: $1,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and currently enrolled college students. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).Andrew Flusche Scholarship ContestSponsor: Andrew Flusche, PLCAmount: $500Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors who have been accepted into a college, university, or trade school and students who are currently enrolled in a college, university, or trade school. Applicant must create a public service advertisement video (PSA) which addresses the severity of texting and driving.Bachus & Schanker, LLC ScholarshipSponsor: Bachus & Schanker, LLCAmount: $2,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to any high school senior accepted to attend a four-year university or students currently enrolled at a four-year university in the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to the 7th Amendment.Baker & Gilchrist Annual Scholarship ContestSponsor: Baker & GilchristAmount: Up to $1,250Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students who are U.S. citizens. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to medical errors.Education Matters ScholarshipSponsor: UnigoAmount: $5,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to students 13 years of age or older who are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are currently enrolled (or will enroll no later than the fall of 2022) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education. Applicant will need to submit a short response to a given prompt.Good360 Sustainability ScholarshipSponsor: Good360Amount: $1,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors applying to college or current college students with a minimum GPA of 3.8. Applicant must have an interest in environmentalism or sustainability.Insureon ScholarshipSponsor: InsureonAmount: $2,500Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to any citizen and resident of the United States, District of Columbia and its territories and possessions who are high school seniors or current undergraduate students. Applicant must submit an essay about their favorite small business and why they love it.Jack Kent Cooke Foundation College Scholarship ProgramSponsor: Jack Kent Cooke FoundationAmount: Up to $40,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high-achieving high school seniors with financial need who seek to attend and graduate from the nation’s best four-year colleges and universities. Scholars are selected based on exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, service to others, and leadership.Mark Ramsey Curiosity ScholarshipSponsor: EZ Smart Gutter CleanerAmount: $500Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students who are U.S. or Canadian citizens. Applicant must submit an essay on their favorite inventor and a recent program the applicant has solved in a creative way.Most Valuable Student CompetitionSponsor: Elks National FoundationAmount: Up to $50,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Competition is open to high school seniors who are citizens of the United States. Applicant must submit completed application and materials to the closest Elks Lodge. Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need.One-Time $600 Educational AwardSponsor: Catholic Order of ForestersAmount: $600Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Award is open to insured members of the Catholic Order of Foresters who are attending or planning to attend an accredited college, university, technical or trade school.RemoveWartFast’s ScholarshipSponsor: RemoveWartFastAmount: $1,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and college students who are at least 18 years of age. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to cures for warts.Scholarship for Military FamiliesSponsor: Orent Law OfficesAmount: $2,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to high school students graduating in 2017 or actively enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university (graduate students are welcome to apply) who have a biological or step parent who has served (previously or actively) in any military branch.Sixt Scholars ProgramSponsor: Sixt Rent a CarAmount: $5,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who have at least a 3.7 GPA. Only the first 500 valid applications will be considered.Sleeping Expert Scientific & Medical ScholarshipSponsor: Sleeping ExpertAmount: $1,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students. Students of all majors and interested majors are welcome to participate, however preference will be given to those studying in medical, scientific or other field that relates to human sleep.The Fountain Essay Contest 2016Sponsor: The Foundation MagazineAmount: UP to $1,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: There is no age limit or a condition to fulfill for entry. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to immigrants.Use Your Phone to Unlock a Donation to a Classroom in Need!Sponsor: DoSomethingAmount: $5,000Closing Date: November 30, 2016Description: The U.S. has fallen behind the world in terms of science and math. One big reason is that many of our classrooms don’t have the money for books and equipment. By playing and sharing the game on your phone, you’ll help fund a classroom by unlocking a real donation by The 3M Company. Plus, you’ll automatically be entered to win the scholarship. ................
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