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Outside Scholarships

  •  AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program, $500- $800.
    Scholarship is open to low-income women 50+. Priority given to women who are in one of three categories:
    • 1. Raising the children of another family member
    • 2. Those in dead end jobs
    • 3. Those who have been out of the paid workforce for an extended period
    • Visit: www.aarpfoundationwlc.org
    • Deadline: March 30,2012
  • Abbott and Fenner Scholarship Program  - up to $1000 per winner
    Write and submit an essay on one of the two topics that appear on the web site.
    Link to Website
    Deadline: June 15, 2012
  • AES Engineers - Link to Website
    Students must submit essay of no more than 100 words to one of the two questions posted on the website.
    Deadline October 05, 2012

 

  • American Indian Services - Link to Website -
    Deadlines vary
  • Association on American Indian Affairs
    Link to Website - See website for application.
    Open to American Indian and Alaska Native students who are 1/4 Indian blood or more and are enrolled members of their tribe.
    Applications can be mailed to:
    Lisa Wyzlic
    Director of Scholarship Programs
    Association on American Indian Affairs
    966 Hungerford Dr, Ste 12-B
    Rockville, MD 20850

  • Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) - Link to Website -
    Deadline: April 1 each year


  • BigSun Scholarship - $500,  Link to Website
    Deadline: June 22, 2012
    The successful candidate will be currently involved in athletics in some capacity either for their school or for their community.
  • BIOCOM Scholarship - Link to Website
    Deadlines vary

 

  • California Strawberry Commission Scholarship - For children of strawberry farm workers,  Link to Website
    Deadline: March 1, 2012

  • California Transportation Foundation Scholarships - Link to Website
    Deadlines vary
  • Camp Pendleton Officer's Wives Club - Link to Website
    Available for Marine Corps and Navy family members who are graduating high school seniors, current full or
    part-time undergraduate college students, or future full or part-time undergraduate students. Deadline: February 29,2012 Scholarship Application

 
  • Direct Marketing Educational Foundation Scholarship Program Awards for Transfer Students
    Link to Website
    Deadline: April 30, 2012
  •  Dos Valles Garden Club Scholarship Application
    Applicant must be a Valley Center , Pauma Valley, or Rincon high school student. Must also be graduated in the year the scholarship is awarded or a college student carrying 12 or more units.
    Career plans related to botany, conservation, entomology, floriculture, forestry, agriculture, landscape architecture, plant biology/genetics, urban planning, or research in allied fields.
    Deadline: April 15, 2012 Application
    Applications available in the Financial Aid/Scholarship Office
  • Education-Portal.com   -  Computer Science and Computer Engineering Scholarship Link to Website  
    Deadline April 1st of each year.

  • Farm Bureau of San Diego - Link to Website
    Scholarships for 2012-2013
    Eligibility requirements:
    Students entering/attending two or four year college or university.
    Student needs to be pursuing course of study in agriculture or closely related field AND
    Student has permanent residence in San Diego county.
    Deadline: April 09,2012

 

  • Folds of Honor Scholarship - Link to Website
    Deadline: Please check website for deadline.
  • Healthy Lifestyles Scholarship
    This $5000 scholarship is open to students currently enrolled as high school students or first-year college students.
    To be eligible for this award you must be under 25 years of age and answer both of the essay questions.
    Website Deadline: May 30, 2012

  • Hispanic Scholarship Fund
    Be of Hispanic heritage (most programs)
    Have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
    Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
    Have plans to enroll as a FULL-TIME student.
    Deadline: various
    Visit Link to Website

  • ICBC Scholarship, $1,000
    This $1000 scholarship is open to students that are between the ages of 17-21 that are residents of the US or Canada.
    A student can be enrolled or intending on enrolling in any course of study in the fall semester of 2011.

    Link to Website
    Deadline: various

  • InfoComm International, $1,200 - $1,500
    Criteria: Majoring in AV or related fields, including audio, video, telecommunications, electronics, technical theater,
    data networking, software development and information technology.
    Visit Link to Website for scholarship applications and more information.
  • Latino College Dollars - Link to Website -
    Deadlines vary
  • Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE) $1000-$5,000
    Life Lessons Scholarship Program to benefit students who have suffered the death of a parent or guardian.
    For more information, visit:
    www.lifehappens.org/scholarship
  • Emma Nylen Scholarship Link to Website
    Applications available on Web. Deadline to turn in the application is April 30, 2012! The application must be postmarked by or before deadline!

    If you have any further questions please call Maggie Briones at (805) 641-5585 or email maggieb@bgclubventura.org

  • Real Estate Scholarship: Download 2011-12 information Link to Website  
    Require enrollment in at least 6 real estate units for both fall 2011 and spring 2012.
    Additional eligibility requirements apply.

    Deadline: March 15, 2012 Application
  • San Diego Chinese Women's Assoc.
    Awards are open to both male and female students of at least one-quarter Chinese descent, who have a minimum 2.5 GPA.
    Link to Website
    Deadline: March 31, 2012
  • San Diego Foundation Common Scholarship 2012-2013
    Scholarships are available for graduating high school seniors, current college students, graduate students, and adult re-entry students.
    Students can attend an accredited two-year or four-year university, graduate school, or licensed trade/vocational school.
    Applications available at Web site: http://www.sdfoundation.org/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Deadline #1: Thursday, February 09,2012 5:00p.m. Deadline to register as a new user in The San Diego Foundation's online application database.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Deadline #2: Monday, February 13,2012 5:00p.m. Deadline for application and required documents to be submitted online and official transcript(s)                                                       to be postmarked and mailed to The San Diego Foundation                                                                                                                                                                                      
  • San Diego Legal Secretaries Association
    Scholarships available for Fall 2012 students enrolled in a course of study in legal field.
    Please fill out the application, and return the application to:
    Linda Gubba-Reiner
    c/o Law Offices of Kenneth N. Greenfield,
    16516 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 210
    San Diego, California 92128
    For further information, please visit this web site:  http://sdlsa.org/                              

    Deadline: February 29, 2012


  • San Diego Mensa Scholarship
    Link to Website
    Deadline: The Scholarship application process opens Sept. 15 and closes Jan. 15.
  • SchoolSoup has more scholarships than any other source in existence - and millions of scholarships are still available.
    Hurry - some scholarships have application
    deadlines. Remember:
    • SchoolSoup has the largest scholarship database in existence ($32 BILLION in scholarships - 10 times larger than Fastweb)
    • SchoolSoup has information on thousands of colleges and universities
    • Every $1,000 in scholarship funds can save students tens of thousands of dollars in student loan interest
    • Link to Website, www.schoolsoup.com  - And remember - SchoolSoup.com has scholarships for ALL students -
      for 2012 incoming freshmen, for working people trying to finish their college degree, and scholarships for graduate students.

                               

  • Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute, Inc - Link to Website
    Second year college students or technical degree programs.

  • Water Law & Policy Scholarship Link to Website     Link to Application
    Deadline: April 1, 2012

  • Dorothy C Wisner Link to Website
    Female, high school graduates, currently enrolled in field of medicine. Please send written or email request for application to ruthgwhite@peocalifornia.org
    Philanthropic Educational Organization
    644 Los Altos Ave Redlands, CA 92373

  • Welding for the strength of America- 2012/2013                                                                                                                                                                                   Please refer the following page and website for additional information. www.aws.org/foundation/

 

  • Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Link to Website
    Available for college level juniors only.
    Deadline: January 10, 2012 for Pickering Undergraduate Fellowship Program.