January 20th, 2009
Upromise has just announced that it’s accepting applications for the next school year’s round of scholarship awards. Their fund is estimated at about $500,000 in total – double what they had last year – to be given away to be given away to 200 students at $2,500 each. While it’s not the biggest in terms [...]
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December 26th, 2008
Competition for scholarships can be fierce, so it’s sometimes ideal to try to find ones that are offered exclusively to certain groups – for example, minorities. The Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) gives away 4 types of grants every year, the first is open to everyone, and the other three are for those of Asian, [...]
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November 24th, 2008
Here’s the unintended second part of my entrepreneur scholarship blog post series which was made known to me through a Google Ad recently. Following up my post on the upcoming and not-terribly-hard-to-get NFIB scholarship, I present to you the McKelvey Foundation Entrepreneur scholarship. While it’s a scholarship for entrepreneurs, it is of a different breed [...]
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November 10th, 2008
The recent informative College-Startup post regarding the blogging scholarship application deadline that has since passed reminded me of the NFIB scholarship that I have alluded to numerous times while blogging here. NFIB is a national small business association that offers an annual YEA award (Young Entrepreneur Award) that can provide $1,000 to $10,000 in tuition [...]
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October 25th, 2008
This must be a dream come true for some of you out there. CollegeScholarships.org will be giving away $10,000 worth of scholarship money to a worthy student who blogs and does it passionately. It was apparently a brainchild of people who also make a living through blogging, and wanted a way to give back. Interested? [...]
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