The Top Black Scholarships and Grants
Actuarial Scholarships
for Minority Students
Provide scholarships at the undergraduate or graduate level for certain minority students who are interested in pursuing actuarial careers.
www.beanactuary.org/minority/
Provide scholarships at the undergraduate or graduate level for certain minority students who are interested in pursuing actuarial careers.
www.beanactuary.org/minority/
AICPA Scholarship for
Minority Accounting Students
Provides awards to outstanding minority students to encourage their selection of accounting as a major and their ultimate entry into the profession.
www.aicpa.org
Provides awards to outstanding minority students to encourage their selection of accounting as a major and their ultimate entry into the profession.
www.aicpa.org
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Educational Advancement Scholarship
Created to fill a void in education funding. Its mission is to provide financial support to individuals and organizations engaged in lifelong learning.
www.akaeaf.org
Created to fill a void in education funding. Its mission is to provide financial support to individuals and organizations engaged in lifelong learning.
www.akaeaf.org
American Political
Science Assoc. Minority Fellows Program
Assists minority students in completing their doctorates by concentrating not only on the recruitment of minorities, but also on the retention of these groups within the profession.
www.apsanet.org/section_427.cfm
Assists minority students in completing their doctorates by concentrating not only on the recruitment of minorities, but also on the retention of these groups within the profession.
www.apsanet.org/section_427.cfm
Caribbean Tourism
Organization Scholarship
Provides opportunities forCaribbean nationals to
pursue studies in the areas of tourism, hospitality and language training.
www.onecaribbean.org
Provides opportunities for
www.onecaribbean.org
Development Fund for
Black Students in Science/Tech
An endowment fund which provides scholarships to African-American undergraduate students enrolled in scientific or technical fields of study at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
http://dfbsst.dlhjr.com
An endowment fund which provides scholarships to African-American undergraduate students enrolled in scientific or technical fields of study at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
http://dfbsst.dlhjr.com
“Dream Deferred” Essay
Contest on Civil Rights
This essay contest takes its title from a 1951 poem by Langston Hughes: What Happens to a Dream Deferred? The poem helped propel the civil rights movement in theUnited States
www.hamsaweb.org/essay/
This essay contest takes its title from a 1951 poem by Langston Hughes: What Happens to a Dream Deferred? The poem helped propel the civil rights movement in the
www.hamsaweb.org/essay/
Education is Freedom
National Scholarship
Provides college scholarships in the amount of $2,000 to high school seniors that have high GPAs, are active in the community, and have a financial need.
www.educationisfreedom.com
Provides college scholarships in the amount of $2,000 to high school seniors that have high GPAs, are active in the community, and have a financial need.
www.educationisfreedom.com
Emma L. Bowen Foundation
For Minority Interests In Media
A non-profit organization whose mission is to create career opportunities in the media industry for minority youth through a program that focuses on scholastic achievement, direct work experience and professional development.
www.emmabowenfoundation.com
A non-profit organization whose mission is to create career opportunities in the media industry for minority youth through a program that focuses on scholastic achievement, direct work experience and professional development.
www.emmabowenfoundation.com
Ethnic Minority and
Women's Enhancement Scholarship
The goal of the enhancement programs is to increase the pool of and opportunities for qualified minority and female candidates in intercollegiate athletics through postgraduate scholarships.
www1.ncaa.org
The goal of the enhancement programs is to increase the pool of and opportunities for qualified minority and female candidates in intercollegiate athletics through postgraduate scholarships.
www1.ncaa.org
Girls Going Places
Entrepreneurship Scholarship Program
Girls Going Places® Entrepreneurship Award Program is Guardian's annual initiative designed to reward the enterprising spirits of girls ages 12 to 18.
www.guardianlife.com
Girls Going Places® Entrepreneurship Award Program is Guardian's annual initiative designed to reward the enterprising spirits of girls ages 12 to 18.
www.guardianlife.com
Go On Girl Book Club
Scholarships
$500 scholarship available to women and girls who have a passion for writing. Offers two scholarship including the Unpublished Writer's Award and Aspiring Writers Educational Scholarship.
www.goongirl.org/Events/scholarship
$500 scholarship available to women and girls who have a passion for writing. Offers two scholarship including the Unpublished Writer's Award and Aspiring Writers Educational Scholarship.
www.goongirl.org/Events/scholarship
HBCU Study Abroad
Scholarships
$2,000 award for a student who attends a black college who's interested in studying in another country through an exchange program.
www.iesabroad.org
$2,000 award for a student who attends a black college who's interested in studying in another country through an exchange program.
www.iesabroad.org
Helen T. Carr Fellowship
Program
Supports and strengthens Black colleges as a major resource of African-American engineering graduates.
www.asee.org
Supports and strengthens Black colleges as a major resource of African-American engineering graduates.
www.asee.org
HIV/AIDS Story Writing
Contest
A contest open to all youth between the ages of 14 and 22. Must write a story featuring a character with HIV.
www.hearmeproject.org
A contest open to all youth between the ages of 14 and 22. Must write a story featuring a character with HIV.
www.hearmeproject.org
Hurston/Wright Award for
College Writers
Established by novelist Marita Golden to honor excellence in fiction writing by students of African descent enrolled full time as an undergraduate or graduate student in any college or university in the United States.
www.hurston-wright.org
Established by novelist Marita Golden to honor excellence in fiction writing by students of African descent enrolled full time as an undergraduate or graduate student in any college or university in the United States.
www.hurston-wright.org
Jack and Jill of America Foundation Scholarship
This scholarship is for African American high school seniors with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 who will be pursuing a Bachelor's degree at any accredited post-secondary institution in theUnited States
www.jackandjillfoundation.org
This scholarship is for African American high school seniors with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 who will be pursuing a Bachelor's degree at any accredited post-secondary institution in the
www.jackandjillfoundation.org
Jeanette Rankin
Foundation Grants For Low-Income Women
A non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for, and awarding scholarships to, low-income women, ages 35 and older.
www.rankinfoundation.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for, and awarding scholarships to, low-income women, ages 35 and older.
www.rankinfoundation.org
Luster Products
Cosmetology Scholarship
Awards scholarships to cosmetology students and college-bound high school students. Dedicated to providing scholarships and promoting entrepreneurship among the best and brightest African-American college students.
www.lusterproducts.com/scholarships.htm
Awards scholarships to cosmetology students and college-bound high school students. Dedicated to providing scholarships and promoting entrepreneurship among the best and brightest African-American college students.
www.lusterproducts.com/scholarships.htm
Mercer’s Diversity
Scholarship Program
The purpose of the scholarship is to recognize achievement in scholastics, leadership potential and initiative among minority students.
www.mercerhr.com/diversityscholarship
The purpose of the scholarship is to recognize achievement in scholastics, leadership potential and initiative among minority students.
www.mercerhr.com/diversityscholarship
Miller Urban
Entrepreneurs Series Business Plan Competition
The award-winning Miller Urban Entrepreneurs Series was launched to respond to the needs of adults ages 21 and older seeking to achieve economic empowerment through entrepreneurship.
www.millerurbanentrepreneurs.com
The award-winning Miller Urban Entrepreneurs Series was launched to respond to the needs of adults ages 21 and older seeking to achieve economic empowerment through entrepreneurship.
www.millerurbanentrepreneurs.com
Minority Dental Student
Scholarship
Award for minority students who areU.S.
www.ada.org
Award for minority students who are
www.ada.org
NAFEO "Writers of
Passage" Essay Competition
The Sallie Mae Fund and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) have created the "Writers of Passage" Essay Competition.
www.nafeo.org/wop_2008.php
The Sallie Mae Fund and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) have created the "Writers of Passage" Essay Competition.
www.nafeo.org/wop_2008.php
National Association of
Black Accountants Scholarship
Has provided more than $7.1 million in scholarship funds to deserving students preparing to enter various business professions.
www.nabainc.org
Has provided more than $7.1 million in scholarship funds to deserving students preparing to enter various business professions.
www.nabainc.org
National Fellowship of Black College
Strengthens and supports Black student leaders at historically black colleges and universities by fostering and preserving positive relationships through scholarships and mentoring opportunities.
www.nfbcl.org
Strengthens and supports Black student leaders at historically black colleges and universities by fostering and preserving positive relationships through scholarships and mentoring opportunities.
www.nfbcl.org
Nelly's P.I.M.P
Scholarship Contest
Scholarship essay contest presented by rapper and Hip-Hop artist Nelly, who owns an energy drink called Pimp Juice.
www.letitloose.com
Scholarship essay contest presented by rapper and Hip-Hop artist Nelly, who owns an energy drink called Pimp Juice.
www.letitloose.com
Paul Zindel First Novel
Award
Students must submit an original work of fiction that is between 100 and 240 typewritten pages and is appropriate for an audience of children ages 8 to 12.
www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com
Students must submit an original work of fiction that is between 100 and 240 typewritten pages and is appropriate for an audience of children ages 8 to 12.
www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com
Porter Physiology
Fellowships for Minorities
Designed to support the training of talented students entering careers in physiology by providing predoctoral fellowships for underrepresented students.
www.the-aps.org/awards/student.htm
Designed to support the training of talented students entering careers in physiology by providing predoctoral fellowships for underrepresented students.
www.the-aps.org/awards/student.htm
Ron Brown Scholar
Program
Administers more than 300 scholarship, fellowship and institutional grants that support students at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.
www.uncf.org
Administers more than 300 scholarship, fellowship and institutional grants that support students at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.
www.uncf.org
The scholarships are designed to alleviate the financial burdens associated with higher education, permitting the winners to devote more time both to pursuing their academic goals and advancing their leadership initiatives.
www.thephillipsfoundation.org
Royce Osborn Minority
Student Scholarship
The ASRT Education and Research Foundation Royce Osborn Minority Student Scholarship program provides scholarships for academically out-standing, minority students attending an entry-level radiologic sciences program.
www.asrt.org
The ASRT Education and Research Foundation Royce Osborn Minority Student Scholarship program provides scholarships for academically out-standing, minority students attending an entry-level radiologic sciences program.
www.asrt.org
Sir John M. Templeton
Fellowships Essay Contest
Encourages college students and young college professors around the world to study the meaning and significance of economic and personal liberty.
www.independent.org/students/essay
Encourages college students and young college professors around the world to study the meaning and significance of economic and personal liberty.
www.independent.org/students/essay
Special Libraries
Association Affirmative Action Scholarship
For graduate study in librarianship leading to a master's degree at a recognized school of library or information science.
www.sla.org
For graduate study in librarianship leading to a master's degree at a recognized school of library or information science.
www.sla.org
Talbots Women's
Scholarship Fund
Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund, a program of the Talbots Charitable Foundation, will award $100,000 in scholarships to women determined to finally get that college degree.
www1.talbots.com/about/scholar/
Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund, a program of the Talbots Charitable Foundation, will award $100,000 in scholarships to women determined to finally get that college degree.
www1.talbots.com/about/scholar/
Thurgood Marshall
Scholarship Fund
The premier organization in Black Higher Education that develops and prepares a new generation of leaders by providing resources, opportunities and advocacy to Public Historically Black Colleges & Universities, students and alumni.
www.thurgoodmarshallfund.org
The premier organization in Black Higher Education that develops and prepares a new generation of leaders by providing resources, opportunities and advocacy to Public Historically Black Colleges & Universities, students and alumni.
www.thurgoodmarshallfund.org
Tri-Delta Undergraduate
and Graduate Scholarships
The Tri Delta Foundation offers undergraduate and graduate scholarships to collegians and alumnae each year.
www.tridelta.org
The Tri Delta Foundation offers undergraduate and graduate scholarships to collegians and alumnae each year.
www.tridelta.org
William Randolph Hearst
Endowed Fellowship For Minorities
Based on academic excellence and need, is open to both undergraduate and graduate students who are members of minority groups.
www.apsanet.org/content_11389.cfm
Based on academic excellence and need, is open to both undergraduate and graduate students who are members of minority groups.
www.apsanet.org/content_11389.cfm
Xerox Technical Minority
Scholarship Program
Commitment to the academic success of minority students and to the cultivation and recruitment of qualified minority employees in technical fields.
Commitment to the academic success of minority students and to the cultivation and recruitment of qualified minority employees in technical fields.
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