August Due Dates
North Star Dreamers Memorial Scholarship
Due Date: August 15, 2024
Amount: $5,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/north-star-dreamers-memorial-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- High school junior or senior
- Science, Invention, Entrepreneurship
- Please tell us how this scholarship will help you with your career goals. 400–600 words
Heal Our World Software Scholarship
Due Date: August 17, 2024
Amount: $500
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/north-star-dreamers-memorial-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- High school senior, undergraduate, or graduate
- Information technology, computer science, and related majors
- How do you think innovative software can help address some of societal challenges mentioned above, promote inclusivity, and contribute to the overall growth and resilience of communities? Additionally, if you have worked on or plan to work on any relevant projects, describe them here. 400–600 words
Carlos F. Garcia Muentes Scholarship
Due Date: August 22, 2024
Amount: $500
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/carlos-garcia-muentes-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Current undergraduate students
- International undergraduate students attending school in the US
- All immigrants, including first- and second-generation immigrants
- DACA recipients
- To apply, please write or create a video about how your family and their story have shaped your beliefs about the world and your own career aspirations.
Sallie Rowland Bright Futures Scholarship
Due Date: August 25, 2024
Amount: $2500
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/sallie-rowland-bright-futures-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Any BIPOC high school senior, undergraduate, or graduate student
- Pursuing a degree in architecture or interior design
- To apply, tell us who you are and how you will embody the Luminaut values—humble yet hungry, focused yet fun, super yet human—as an interior designer or architect. Portfolios are accepted but not required.
Powering Up.org: Empowering Pathways Into Energy Scholarship
Due Date: August 30, 2024
Amount: $1,500
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/powering-up-org-empowering-pathways-into-energy-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Energy field
- Any high school student who plans to pursue a technical or two-year degree or current trade school student pursuing a career in the energy field may apply for this scholarship; underrepresented minorities are highly encouraged to apply. Veterans and those who are switching careers are also encouraged to apply.
- To apply, tell us about yourself and why you’re interested in the energy workforce. (400-600 words)
September Due Dates
Joanne Pransky Celebration of Women in Robotics
Due Date: September 1, 2024
Amount: $1,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/joanne-pransky-celebration-of-women-in-robotics/
Eligibility:
- Any female-identifying high school, two or four-year undergraduate or graduate student who is interested in working in robotics may apply for this scholarship.
- To apply, write a short science fiction story about the challenges or opportunities of robotics in the near future
Willie Louis Pegues Science Scholarship
Due Date: September 7, 2024
Amount: $500
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/willie-louis-pegues-science-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Any undergraduate student
- Financial need
- 3.0 GPA
- Majoring in science (biology, physics, engineering, data science, etc.) may apply for this scholarship.
- Qualified applicants with leadership experience and community service experience are preferred.
- Essay or personal statement telling us about yourself and sharing when (or why) you became interested in the sciences, your career goals, and how receiving this scholarship would influence your educational journey towards becoming a scientist.
- 400–600 words
Henry Bynum, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Due Date: September 10, 2024
Amount: $500
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/henry-bynum-jr-memorial-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Low-income
- Black or African American
- High school, undergraduate or graduate
- Volunteering Experience
- Essay: How have you overcome adversity? How do you wish to help your community in the future? 400–600 words
Harry B. Anderson Scholarship
Due Date: September 15, 2024
Amount: $5,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/harry-b-anderson-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Any female student
- 3.5 GPA
- Pursuing STEM
- To apply, tell us about yourself and why you’re passionate about pursuing STEM and what your planned field of study will be and what you plan to do with it. (400 – 600 words)
Barreir Opportunity Scholarship
Due Date: September 20, 2024
Amount: $1,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/barreir-opportunity-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- High school senior, undergraduate, or trade school student
- Hispanic
- From a single-family, low-income household
- Please share about your journey — the struggles you’ve faced, the triumphs you’ve celebrated, and the community that has shaped you. Your narrative is powerful, and it deserves to be heard.
- Please share a glimpse into your world: pictures of you, your loved ones, and the neighborhood that has been the backdrop to your life’s story. Let these images speak of your resilience and hope.
Kim Moon Bae Underrepresented Students Scholarship
Due Date: September 22, 2024
Amount: $1,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/kim-moon-bae-underrepresented-students-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Any BIPOC student pursuing an undergraduate degree may apply for this scholarship opportunity.
- Essay: Please write about your identity as a member of an underrepresented minority population and how it has and will have an impact on your path. 400–600 words
Clarice Kanouse Memorial Scholarship (Nursing)
Due Date: September 28, 2024
Amount: $1,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/clarice-kanouse-memorial-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Any low-income high school or undergraduate student pursuing nursing in Michigan may apply for this scholarship, but first-generation students, those from single-parent households, and non-traditional students are preferred.
- To apply, tell us about your background, what challenges you’ve overcome to pursue nursing, what your goals are, and how this scholarship would help you achieve them.
B.A.B.Y. L.O.V.E. Scholarship
Due Date: September 30, 2024
Amount: $1,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/baby-love-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- African American
- Female
- High school seniors or undergraduates
- Must embody the B.A.B.Y. L.O.V.E. spirit
- Essay: Please tell us how you embody the B.A.B.Y. L.O.V.E. spirit. – 400–600 words
Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize
Due Date: September 2024
Amount: $3,000
URL:
Eligibility:
- One letter of nomination (at most three pages) highlighting the exceptional qualities of the candidate to be recognized. The letter of nomination may include (but is not limited to) an evaluation of the nominee on the following criteria:
- A copy of the student’s transcripts that indicates their expected graduation date.
- Additional supporting materials should be included with the nomination, if applicable. Example supporting materials include: reports from summer work using math, copies of talks given, recommendation letters from professors, colleagues, etc.
- The name, position, institution, address, phone, and e-mail address of the nominee and the nominator should be included in then MathPrograms.orgcover sheet.
- All submitted materials become the property of the AWM.
October Due Dates
Golden Door Scholarship
Due Date: October 1
Amount: Tuition + Room & Board
URL: https://www.goldendoorscholars.org/apply
Eligibility:
- High School Seniors & College Students
- DACA
- 3.0
- Majors: Computer Science, Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Engineering/Management, Math, Statistics, Insurance/Actuarial Science, Cybersecurity, Advertising/Public Relations, Library and Information Sciences, Economics, Industrial Design, Graphic Design/Printing, Nursing, Business, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship
- University: Agnes Scott Collegte, Bard College, Belmont Abbey College, Davidson College, Duke University, Elon University, Emory University, Franklin & Marshall College, Guilford College, Hamilton College, Meredith College, Oberlin College, Queens University of Charlotte, Rhodes College, Smith College, Tufts University, Wake Forest Univ – Undergraduate, Wingate University, Case Western Reserve University, Georgetown University, Wofford College
Other Materials Required:
- A 500-word essay explaining the following:
- A 2-minute video answering the following questions:
- Unofficial transcripts from your high school
NSHSS Foundation STEM Scholarship
Due Date: October 3, 2024
Amount: $1,000
URL: https://www.nshss.org/scholarships/s/nshss-foundation-stem-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Educator recommendation
- Personal Statement of 500-800 words or less that answers this prompt:
- List of STEM Activities
- Color headshot suitable for website posting
- Transcript
- Recently graduated seniors (Grad Year 2023)
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 and demonstrated desire to major in or pursue a degree one of the following (or closely related) STEM disciplines:
HBCU STEM Scholarship
Due Date: October 6, 2024
Amount: $7,500
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/hbcu-stem-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Any first-generation, low-income student who has at least a 3.0 GPA and is pursuing STEM at an HBCU may apply for this scholarship.
- To apply, tell us why going to college is important to you and what you hope to get out of your college experience. (400–600 words)
Chadwick D. McNab Memorial Scholarship
Due Date: October 14, 2024
Amount: $1,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/chadwick-d-mcnab-memorial-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Undergraduate students
- Majoring in or planning to major in computer science and related technology fields.
- To apply, write about a project you worked on that you were passionate about, and share how working in technology inspires you (400 – 600 words)
Chris Jackson Computer Science Education Scholarship
Due Date: October 15, 2024
Amount: $5,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/chris-jackson-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Essay: 300 – 500 words
BIPOC Scholars in STEM
Due Date: October 20, 2024
Amount: $5,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/chris-jackson-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Any BIPOC high school or undergraduate student who is from a financially disadvantaged community may apply for this scholarship if they’re pursuing computer science, mathematics, or other STEM fields.
- Essay: 400 – 600 words
AROC AI/ML Scholarship
Due Date: October 31, 2024
Amount: $5,000
URL: https://bold.org/scholarships/chris-jackson-scholarship/
Eligibility:
- Any BIPOC high school or undergraduate student who is from a financially disadvantaged community may apply for this scholarship if they’re pursuing computer science, mathematics, or other STEM fields.
- Essay: 400 – 600 words
