Financial Aid Office

Yvorra Leadership Development Foundation, Inc.
Award Amount: varies
Application Deadline: September 15, 2008

The Yvorra Leadership Development (YLD) is a non-profit private foundation designed to promote leadership development among members of the fire and emergency medical service communities. The Foundation was created to continue the efforts of James G. Yvorra who dedicated his life's work to the fire and emergency medical services.

For Eligibility Requirement and Application Information:

Mike Hildebrand
P.O. Box 408
Port Republic, MD  20676-0408
410-586-0500
Fax: 410-586-3047
YLD@chesapeake.net    
Or
http://www.yld.org

Posted: 08/21/08

AES Engineers
Award Amount: $500
Application Deadline: September 15, 2008

Eligibility Requirement:

• Scholarships are intended for our future leaders across a wide spectrum of field of study. This award is available to high school seniors and all students attending a post secondary educational facility.
• Students must submit an essay in less than 1000 words on one of the two topics listed below:
  1. What do you consider to be the single most important problem that is facing society today? Why?
     Or
  2. Why are you a good candidate to receive this award?

Application and Contact Information:

To obtain an application, please visit www.aesengineers.com/scholarships.htm

Posted: 01/31/08

AES Engineers
Award Amount: $500
Application Deadline: September 21, 2008

Eligibility Requirement:

• Scholarships are intended for our future leaders across a wide spectrum of field of study. This award is available to high school seniors and all students attending a post secondary educational facility.

• Students must submit an essay in less than 1000 words on one of the two topics listed below:

1. What do you consider to be the single most important problem that is facing society today? Why?
   Or
2. Why are you a good candidate to receive this award?

Application and Contact Information:

To obtain an application, please visit www.aesengineers.com/scholarships.htm

Posted: 08/18/08

The Fund for Veterans’ Education Scholarships Funding
Award amount: varies
Application Deadline: October 15, 2008

The Fund for Veterans’ Education was established to provide scholarships to veterans from all branches of the United States Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001 and who are now enrolled in college or vocational-technical school.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be a veteran of any branch of the Armed Forces.
• Have served and been deployed for a total of at least 60 days in Afghanistan or Iraq after September 11, 2001 (or served in the surrounding area and have documented service in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom), or be a veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq after September 11, 2001, but did not meet the 60-day active service period as a result of a service-related injury or condition incurred while serving in Afghanistan or Iraq.
• Must be enrolled full-time or part-time in an undergraduate program of study at any accredited two-year or four-year institution, public or private, including technical schools for the fall 2008 term.

Must have applied for federal, state and institutional need-based grants and all available military educational benefits.

Application and Contact Information:

The Fund for Veterans’ Education
Scholarship America – Julie Wilkins
One Scholarship Way, P.O. Box 297
Saint Peter, MN  56082
Phone: 507-931-1682
www.veteransfund.org/about.php

Posted: 08/15/08

The Gates Millennium Scholars
Award amount: varies
Application Deadline: January 12, 2009

The goal of The Gates Millennium Scholars is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be an African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
• Has attained a cumulative high school GPA of 3.3 on an unweighted 4.0 scale or has earned a GED
• Will be enrolling for the first time at a U.S. accredited college or university as a full-time, degree-seeking, first-year student in the fall 2009
• Has demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular, or other activities
• Meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria

Application and Contact Information:

Gates Millennium Scholars
P.O. Box  10500
Fairfax, VA  22031-8044
Toll-Free: 1-877-690-4677
www.gmsp.org/publicweb/AboutUs.aspx

Posted: 08/15/08

Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Award Amount: $1,000 to $2,500
Application Deadline: varies

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Be of Hispanic descent
• Must be a high school senior, undergraduate or graduate college student
• Must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, obtained passport stamped I-55I
• Must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
• Must plan to enroll FULL-TIME in a degree seeking program at a U.S. accredited institution in the 2008-2009 academic year
• Must have applied for federal financial aid

Application and Contact Information:

For more information and applications visit www.hsf.net.

Or

E-mail: info@hsf.net

Posted: 01/31/08

Kids' Chance of Maryland
Award amount: contact sponsor
Application Deadline: varies

Kids' Chance provides an opportunity for children to pursue their education, reach their goals, and fulfill their dreams for the future.

Eligibility Requirement:

• Current high school seniors, and degree-seeking undergraduates and graduate students
• Children who have had a parent permanently or catastrophically injured or killed in an employment-related accident compensable under the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act.
• Children must be a Maryland resident between the ages of 16 and 25.
• All majors are welcome

Application and Contact Information:

To obtain an application, please visit www.kidschance-md.org

Posted: 01/31/08

NAACP (National Association For The Advancement of Colored People)
Various Scholarships
Award Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Application Deadline: varies

United Negro College Fund Scholarships and Grants Administration office has awarded in scholarship assistance over $105 million to over 28,000 students enrolled in its 39 member colleges and universities.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Merit and need requirements vary, please visit www.uncf.org for applications and specific eligibility requirements
• Please note that a separate application is required for each scholarship for which you are applying.

Application and Contact Information:

The United Negro College Fund
Scholarships & Grants Administration
8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive
Fairfax, VA 22031
Attn: Kimberly Hall

Phone: 703-205-3400

Or

E-mail: info@hsf.net

Posted: 01/31/08

P.E.O. PROGRAM FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION
Award Amount: $1,500 to $2,000
Application Deadline: varies

A woman is eligible to apply for a grant from the P.E.O. program for continuing education provided she:

• Is sponsored by a P.E.O. Chapter
• Is a citizen of the United States or Canada
• Has had at least 24 consecutive months as a non-student sometime in her adult life
• Is within 24 consecutive months of completing her educational goal
• Is not enrolled in a doctoral degree program, e.g., educational, law, medical or clinical

Application and Contact Information:

Donna Boetig
(H) 410-266-5675
(C) 410-294-4611

Or

E-mail: donnaboetig@verizon.net

Posted: 01/31/08

The Hispanic College Fund Scholarship Program
Award Amount: $500 to $10,000
Application Deadline: varies

The Hispanic College Fund provides talented and underprivileged Hispanic youth with vision, mentors, resources and scholarships.

Eligibility Requirement:

• Be of Hispanic descent
• Maintain a 3.0 GPA
• Be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Reside in the U.S. or Puerto Rico
• Must be a current undergraduate student enrolling at a college or university in the U. S. or Puerto Rico
• Demonstrate financial need

Application and Contact Information:

Web Site: www.hispanicfund.org

Posted: 01/31/08