HGST offers the following information on outside scholarships as a service to its students, but cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided here.
Please contact the organization directly for the latest information regarding qualifications, application, and deadlines for the scholarships in which you have interest.
Deadline: June 1
Amount: $500 - $800
Description: Scholarships for students with Native American Heritage with clear educational goals.
Qualifications:
Proof of Native American heritage (at least 25%)
Based on financial aid and merit
Renewable up to four years toward one degree
Application:
Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc.
Adolph Van Pelt Scholarships
Box 268
Sisseton, SD 57262
Sponsor: Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc.
Deadline: March 1
Amount: $500 to more than $2,000
Description: Scholarships for students who are members of Alpha Gamma Delta
Qualifications:
Scholastic attainment
Chapter contributions
Campus honors and activities
Volunteer experiences
Financial need
Alpha Gamma Delta involvement
Application: www.alphagammadelta.org/content/foundation/applications.htmSponsor: Alpha Gamma Delta
Deadline: February 15
Amount: $1,000 for merit scholarships
$500 - $1,500 for financial need
Description: Educational Advancement Foundation provides merit and financial need scholarships.
Qualifications:
Completed one year of study
Exceptional academic achievement or demonstrated financial need
Preference to African-American students
Application: Request application at http://www.akaeaf.org/
Sponsor: Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
Deadline: April 15 (Request application only January 1 - April 1)
Amount: $500 - $2,500
Description: A scholarship for women seeking the education necessary for re-entry into the work force, or advancement within a career field.
Qualifications:
Woman age 25 or older and a citizen of the U.S.
Must demonstrate critical need for financial assistance
Must be graduating in 12 to 24 months
Must have definite career plan utilizing desired educational training
Application: Request application at http://www.bpwusa.org/ or
Send a double-stamped, self-addressed #10 business size envelope (10” x 4”)
Scholarships/Loans
Business and Professional Women's Foundation
Attn: Scholarships
2012 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Scholarship Hotline: 202.293.1100 ext 169
Sponsor: Business and Professional Women's Foundation
Deadline: January 2 (Application available August 1 - December 1)
Amount: $2,000 - $8,000
Description: Scholarship for women preparing to re-enter the work force, change careers or advance current career. Special consideration is given to AAUW members, women of color, and those pursuing degrees in nontraditional fields.
Qualifications:
Must hold a Bachelors degree conferred prior to June 30, 1997
Citizen of the U.S. or permanent resident
Must be in early stages of academic program
Application: AAUW Educational Foundation
2201 N. Dodge St.
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
Sponsor: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation
Deadline: July 1
Amount: $900 (Minimum)
Description: A scholarship fund established in memory of Chaplain Samuel Grover Powell for students who anticipate serving in the United States Military Chaplaincy upon completion of the seminary degree. This fund was established to help perpetuate Chaplain Powell's belief: “Military people deserve the best qualified chaplains for they are not only serving God, but their country.”
Qualifications:
Must be a senior or middler at an accredited theological seminary and involved in the Chaplain Candidate (Seminarian) Program or serving in the reserves after having completed an active tour of military duty.
Preference will be given to students in their senior year who plan to serve in the United States Air Force; however, persons preparing for service in any branch of the military will be given consideration.
Students from all religious denominations may apply
Application: The United Methodist Higher Education Foundation
Chaplain Powell Fund
P.O. Box 340005
Nashville, TN 37203-0005
800.811.8110
Sponsor: The United Methodist Foundation
Deadline: April 30
Amount: $1,000
Description: A scholarship provided for worthy and deserving young men and women who wish to study to become ministers or to study other phases of religious education of the Protestant faith.
Qualifications:
Must attend school in the state of Texas
Must show financial need
Above average grades
Demonstrate worthiness
Member of Protestant denomination
Application: Available in the Financial Aid Office or click here to download
Sponsor: Ed E. and Gladys Hurley Foundation
Deadline: Varies
Amount: Varies
Description: Awards for student preparing for leadership in a field of religious service, such as ministry, missionary work, religious education, and/or youth work.
Qualifications:
Need not be a member of Masonic or Eastern Star organizations
Requirements vary from state to state. Application may be made through the Grand Secretary of the state of residence or through the national office listed below
Application: Eastern Star
Training Awards for Religious Leadership
1618 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
Sponsor: Eastern Star
Deadline: June 1st (by 5 p.m.)
Amount: $1,000 - $2,000 (maximum per year)
Description: ELA Scholarships are available only to women graduate students with physical disabilities who are enrolled in a college or university in the United States. These scholarships are awarded on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis.
Qualifications:
The student must be a woman with a physical disability.
The student must be currently enrolled or actively applying to a graduate program in an accredited college or university in the United States.
The student must be active in a local, state, or national disability organization - either in person or electronically - which is providing services and/or advocacy for people with disabilities.
The student must be willing, as a ELA Scholar, to network with the ELA Board of Directors and the current and alumni scholarship recipients on our listserv. This will enhance the ELA Scholar's support base in professional and political arenas.
The student must be willing to update ELA with an annual letter on her progress in her academic and working career.
Application: Deborah Lewis, Executive Director
Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc.
2469 North Lake Ave., PMB #128
Altadena, CA 91001
626.398.8840
Deadline: January 31 (Request application by October 31)
Amount: $4,000 (Maximum)
Description: Fund established to help train promising Christian students from China and other developing countries in Southeast Asia so they can effectively work towards improving the welfare of needy persons in their native countries and promoting the Christian faith to their own people.
Qualifications:
Satisfactory completion of one or more years of study in higher education
Excellent character with strong Christian witness
Academic achievement at least 3.0 GPA or equivalent, TOEFL score of 500
Financial need
Ability to express self clearly and to personally complete the application in English
Students from Southeast Asian countries only
Application: Grace Foundation
P. O. Box 924
Menlo Park, CA 94026-0924
Sponsor: Grace Foundation
Deadline: October 15
Amount: $500 - $1,000
Description: Scholarship for full-time undergraduate or graduate students of Mexican, American/Chicano, Hispanic or Puerto Rican heritage (at least of parent of Hispanic heritage).
Qualifications:
Be of Hispanic background (at least one parent must be fully Hispanic or both parents must be half Hispanic)
Citizen of the U.S. or permanent resident
Financial need
Full-time student
Academic achievement, must have completed 15 undergraduate credits with a minimum 2.7 GPA
Leadership, character, seriousness of purpose and service/commitment to others
Request application at http://www.hsf.net/ or send self-addressed stamped envelope to:
General Application Request
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Executive Director
One Sansome St. Ste. 1000
San Francisco, CA 94104-4429
Sponsor: Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Deadline: April 30 (postmarked)
Amount: $1,000 (Maximum for Tuition ONLY)
Description: The International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons is an international and interdenominational organization of Christian men and women. Through its Student Ministry Department, the Order promotes Christian love, the highest ideals of Christian living and encourages religious service through this scholarship.
Qualifications:
Full-time M.Div. student at a school accredited by the Association of Theological Schools
Citizen of the U.S. or Canada
Intention to become a minister of an organized congregation
Must have a “B” average or better for all graduate and undergraduate work
Not given to students in doctorate programs or music majors
Application: Application requests are accepted between January 1 and March 31 ONLY and must include: a) stamped self-addressed business envelope; b) name of the institution where you will be enrolled; c) anticipated graduation date; and d) how you found out about the scholarship. For an application write to:
Mrs. Melrose T. Rich (Mrs. Thomas A.)
3520 Wilmot Avenue
Columbia, SC 29205
Sponsor: Student Ministry Dept. of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
Deadline: February 15
Amount: $8,000 (Maximum)
Description: Established to provide financial assistance to seminarians seeking to strengthen their theological education through participation in social movements concerned with important human needs, especially anti-racism work. The Fellowships, awarded annually, are intended to set students in accredited theological schools free from their academic life and commitments to be engaged directly in some area of social concern, such as civil rights, fair housing, community organization or environmental issues. They are not intended to support research, supervised field education, existing non-profit organizations or any activity that is primarily based in the school curriculum itself. There is no restriction as to the location of the project.
Qualifications:
Must be a student in an ATS accredited school
Prepare Project Statement and Budget
Requires application form and references
Application: Request Information & application:
Executive Assistant to the President and Dean
Episcopal Divinity School
617-868-3450 x311
Sponsor: Episcopal Divinity School of Cambridge, MA
Deadline: January 31 & August 31
Amount: Unspecified
Description: Limited scholarships for students in all fields of ministry, including sacred music and theological research.
Qualifications:
Texas residents only. Preference given first to residents of Washington County, TX and then all other Texas residents
Application: Julie Ann Jones Memorial Theological Scholarship
Ms. Sally M. Jones
P.O. Box 382
Brenham, TX 77833
403.836.4679
Sponsor: Julie Ann Jones Memorial Theological Scholarship Foundation
Deadline: April 30
Amount: $500
Description: Scholarships for M.Div. students preparing for pastoral ministry in the black church of any denomination.
Qualifications:
Financial need
Limited to tuition for full-time seminary students
Application: Margaret & Charles E. Stewart Scholarship Fund
1234 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Sponsor: The Philadelphia Foundation
Deadline: March 31
Amount: $3,000 - $21,000
Description: The National Federation of the Blind is an organization dedicated to creating opportunity for all blind person. Each year at its National Convention in July, the National Federation of the Blind gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars.
Qualifications:
Legally blind
Pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time post-secondary course of study
Academic excellence, service to the community
Financial need
Application: Request application at http://www.nfb.org/services/schlprg02.htm
Sponsor: National Federation of the Blind
Deadline: December 15 and January 31 (two-step application process)
Amount: $6,000
Description: A scholarship designated for women from countries other than the U.S. or Canada who must complete graduate study in the United States or Canada.
Qualifications:
Recipient must return to her own country to pursue her professional career
Financial need – must need additional funding adequate to meet estimated expenses
First time applicants must have a full year of coursework remaining
Application: P.E.O. Executive Offices
P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship
3700 Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50312
Sponsor: P.E.O.
Deadline: June 30 (Applications must be requested by May 30)
Amount: $500 - $1,500
Description: The Foundation's objective is to provide assistance to African American students.
Qualifications:
Financial need
Statement of educational and career objectives
Application: Lyda S. Peters, President
The Ruth M. Batson Educational Foundation
250 Cambridge Street, Suite 701
Boston, MA 02114
Sponsor: Ruth M. Batson Educational Foundation
Deadline: April 1
Amount: $6,000 (Maximum)
Description: Scholarship for students studying for degrees in fields perceived as “benefiting the human race”.
Qualifications: None specified
Application: Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Shepherd Scholarship
1733 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009-3199
Sponsor: Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Deadline: April 1
Amount: $5,000
Description: A stipend is provided for self-designed ministerial work during summer 2005. The Fund for Theological Education exists to promote excellence in the profession of ministry by inspiring, recruiting, and supporting women and men from diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
Qualifications:
For students age 35 or younger.
Entering seminary in Fall 2004 to pursue ministry as a career
For students with excellent capacity for ministry and superior academic ability
Application: Request at http://www.thefund.org/ or contact 404-727-1450 or email fte@thefund.org
Sponsor: The Fund for Theological Education, Inc.
Deadline: Unspecified
Amount: $3,500
Description: Seminary students who enter the U.S. Army Reserve Chaplain Candidate program are eligible for tuition assistance.
Qualifications:
Must be a Chaplain Candidate
For students age 34 or younger
Must be a full-time student in a graduate religion/theology program preparing for certification as religious professionals (ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, etc.) in their faith communities
Enrolled in an accredited academic institution
For students with excellent capacity for ministry and superior academic ability
Application: Request more information at http://www.usarmychaplain.com/ or contact Chaplain John E. Armitstead at 1-800-223-3735 (ext 6-0585) or email: John.Arminstead@usarec.army.mil
Sponsor: Department of the Army
Deadline: February 1
Amount: $500 - 3,500
Description: Fellowships for graduate students working on a Professional, Masters, or Doctoral Degree or engaged in post-Doctoral study.
Qualifications:
For full-time study for one academic year only
Application: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority (send a self-addressed stamped envelope)
National Education Foundation
1734 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20009
Sponsor: Zeta Phi Beta