Scholarship Programs
Scholarships: Provide funds to an individual who has
demonstrated high academic achievement and the desire to
further their education in a field of study. Scholarships may
be awarded up to 4 years to an individual.
Air Force Enlisted
Scholarship:
Air Force ROTC provides several programs in nearly a
thousand schools to encourage the best of the best to pursue
a commission. These programs and their requirements are
frequently changing to meet officer production and
scholarship budget requirements.
Air Force Enhanced Historically Black
Colleges or Universities Scholarship Program:
The program is a noncompetitive scholarship for students
attending Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCU)
with an Air Force ROTC detachment that meets the
qualifications. This program is only open to select colleges
and universities.
Air Force High School
Scholarship:
The program provides high school students with an
opportunity to attend over 900 colleges and universities
within the continental United States, Puerto Rico, and
Hawaii.
Air Force In-College
Scholarship:
The In-College Scholarship Program (ICSP) is open to college
freshmen and sophomores in any major. The program is divided
into two selection phases and awards Type 2 (tuition capped
at $15,000 per year), Type 3 (tuition capped at $9,000 per
year) or Type 6 (tuition capped at $3,000 per year)
scholarships for 2 or 3 years.
Army Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC)
4-Year Scholarship Program:
This program offers 4-year scholarships at more than 600
colleges and universities throughout the nation. The program
accepts qualified young men and women from all academic areas
of study.
Army Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC)
Scholarship Program for the Historically Black
Colleges/Universities (HBCUs):
This program provides 2-, 3-, and 4-year scholarships to
qualifying students regardless of their major. Students are
required to attend an HBCU.
Benjamin A. Gilman International
Scholarship Program:
This program makes competitive awards for study outside the
United States for financially disadvantaged U.S. citizen
students who are receiving Federal Pell financial assistance
grant funding at a 2- or 4-year college or university. Awards
are made for a semester or academic year.
Central Intelligence Agency Undergraduate
Scholar Program:
This program is designed to attract high school graduates
interested in attending a 4- or 5-year college/university
program majoring in computer science or electrical
engineering. The program also seeks to attract minorities and
students with disabilities. The program provides the
opportunity to work at the forefront of our nation's foreign
intelligence effort.
DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management HBCU Undergraduate Scholarship
Program:
This program provides scholarships and practicum experiences
for juniors and seniors from Historically Black Colleges and
Universities pursuing degrees in areas related to the Office
of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair in Foreign
Policy and International Relations Program at Library of
Congress:
This program offers a Scholar position a distinguished
senior researcher in residence at the Library for a period of
ten months. The Scholar may be of any nationality. A stipend
of $135,000 during the term of appointment supports the
Scholar. The Scholar will be able to use research facilities
and services at the Library of Congress.
Multicultural Scholars
Programs:
The purpose of this competitive undergraduate scholarship
grant program is to increase the multicultural diversity of
the food and agricultural scientific and professional
workforce, and advance the educational achievement of all
Americans by providing competitive grants to colleges and
universities.
National Health Service Corps
Scholarships:
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarship program
is a competitive scholarship program, which awards
scholarships to students pursuing primary care health
professions training.
National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Undergraduate Scholarship Program:
This program offers scholarship opportunities to
disadvantaged high school and undergraduate students.
Applicants should be committed to careers in biomedical,
behavioral, and social science health-related research. The
program is designed to improve access to education leading to
research careers for those who have had fewer opportunities
than others. The program is primarily designed to provide an
incentive for exceptional scholars to pursue research careers
at the NIH.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Educational Partnership Program with Minority
Serving Institutions Undergraduate Scholarship
Program:
This program provides scholarships and internship
experiences for junior and senior year students attending
minority serving institutions pursuing degrees in areas
related to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. This program seeks students with atmospheric
science, biology, cartography, chemistry, computer science,
engineering, environmental science, geodesy, geography,
marine science, mathematics, meteorology, photogrammetry,
physical science, physics, remote sensing, and related
disciplines.
National Security Education Program "David
L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships":
The program provides U.S. undergraduates with an opportunity
and the resources to live abroad for a semester or year to
acquire skills and experience in countries and areas of the
world critical to the future security of our nation.
Nursing Scholarship, Dept. of Health and
Human Service:
This program provides you with at least 2 years service
experience at a health care facility. Qualified applicants
who have the greatest financial need and are enrolled
full-time in an undergraduate program receive funding
preference.
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
Program:
This program recognizes exceptionally able high school
seniors who show promise of continued excellence in
postsecondary education.
Scholarship for Programs in
China:
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Council on
International Educational Exchange (CIEE) funding under the
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program to provide
financial assistance to students. For junior, senior, or
graduate student enrolled in an institution of higher
learning.
Scholarship For Service
(SFS):
The program provides grants (funding) to colleges and
universities and scholarships (undergraduate, graduate and
doctoral level) to students. The objective of the project is
to increase the number of qualified students entering the
fields of information assurance and computer security and to
increase the capacity of the United States higher education
enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these
fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological
society.
Undergraduate Scholarship
Program:
The program provides scholarships to students from
disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in
biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related
research. The program is designed to provide an incentive for
exceptional scholars to pursue research careers while
improving access to education leading to research careers for
those who have had fewer opportunities than others.
Undergraduate Scholarship Program,
National Institute of Health:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate
Scholarship Program (UGSP) offers competitive scholarships to
students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to
careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science
health-related research. The NIH UGSP will pay up to $20,000
per academic year in tuition, educational expenses, and
reasonable living expenses to scholarship recipients.
Scholarships are awarded for 1 year, and can be renewed up to
4 years.
USDA/1890 National Scholars
Program:
This program offers 36 full 4-year scholarships to U.S.
citizens who are seeking a bachelor's degree at one of the
eighteen 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Institutions in
any field of study in agriculture, food, natural resource
sciences or other related disciplines. Contact the program
manager at (202) 205-5692 for additional information.
