High School Students - Are You Planning To Study Engineering In College?

Here is yet another scholarship prgram for high school students.

This is a $10,000 scholarship program for students who plan to major in engineering.

In order to be eligible for this program you must:

• a 3.5 GPA
  
  
• submit a 500 word essay on what type of career goals that you have
  
  
• you must also submit 3 letters of recommendation

The application for this scholarship program is available online.

High School Students - Would You Be Interested In A $40,000 Scholarship Program?

Here is yet another scholarship program for high school seniors!

Please bear in mind that this is a NEW scholarship program!

The purpose of this scholarship program is to reward college-bound students who demonstrate exemplary leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship with financial assistance to pursue higher education.

This scholarship program will reward up to 20 students a year with a renewable scholarship of $10,000 annually (potentially up to $40,000 per recipient)!

In order to be eligible to apply for this scholarship program you must:

• demonstrate exemplary leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship at school, at home, at the workplace, and within the community
  
  
• be nominated by an eligible community leader, such as a high school principal, elected official or executive director of a nonprofit organization
  
  
• be recommended by an authority figure, such as a student activity advisor, community service coordinator, coach, employer, teacher, counselor, or religious leader
  
  
• demonstrate strong academic performance (3.0 or greater GPA or equivalent)
  
  
• demonstrate financial need
  
  
• be a citizen of the United States of America
  
  
• use scholarship funds for student tuition, room, and board while pursuing a bachelor's degree at an accredited U.S. college or university.

To find out more about this scholarship program just click here for more information.

Did You Know That There Is A CIA Scholarship Program!!!!!!!

Of course the CIA stands for the "Central Intelligence Agency"!

This scholarship program was developed, in part, to assist minority and disabled students, but application is open to all students who meet the requirements.

The program offers unmatched experience. The winning applicants will complete work sessions during each summer break, increasing their knowledge and job responsibilities while assisting intelligence professionals and applying your academic skills.

Once selected, recipients will be given an annual salary; a benefits package that includes health insurance, life insurance, and retirement; and up to $18,000 per calendar year for tuition, mandatory fees, books and supplies. They will also be required to work at an Agency facility during summer breaks and to maintain full-time college status during the school year with a minimum cumulative 3.0/4.0 GPA.

This scholarship program will also pay the cost of transportation between the recipient's school and the Washington, DC area each summer and provide a housing allowance!

To find out more about this program you can click here.

$10,000 High School Student Essay Program

This is a contest competition for high school students that awards $10,000!

Eligibility:

• This contest is open to United States high school students in grades nine through twelve attending public, private, parochial, or home schools
  
  
• U.S. students under the age of twenty enrolled in a high school correspondence/GED program in any of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or the U.S. territories
  
  
• and U.S. citizens attending schools overseas.
  
  
• Past winners and finalists are not eligible to participate. Employees of the organization and members of their families are not eligible to participate.

Requirements:

• Essay submissions for the 2012 contest will be accepted starting September 1, 2011. The contest deadline is Saturday, January 7, 2012.
  
  
• Essays can be no more than 1,000 words. Citations and bibliography are not included in the word count.
  
  
• Essays must be the original work of the student.
  
  
• Essays must describe an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official that occurred during or after 1956, the publication date of Profiles in Courage. The official may have addressed an issue at the local, state, or national level. See Contest Information and Topic Guidelines and Writing Tips for more information
  
  
  • Source Material
    
    
  • Essays with fewer than five listed sources may be disqualified.
    
    
  • All participants must cite sources they used to research their topic throughout their essay. (Please use parenthetical citations within the text.) The organization will not accept citations in footnote form.)
    
    
  • Essays must include a bibliography. Accepted formats include APA, MLA, or Turabian. You must use a minimum of five selected sources. Please refer to Guidelines for Citations and Bibliographies.
    
    
  • Essays must include one non-internet source.

Essay Submission - Students have the choice of either submitting their essay online (preferred) or of mailing their essay. All students must complete and submit a registration form online for student and school information. For instructions on how to submit your essay, see Submit your Essay.


Mailed in essays must be postmarked by January 7, 2012.

The winner receives $10,000 which will consist of a $5,000 cash award and $5,000 to put in a college savings account. The winner will also be invited to an awards ceremony to accept his/her award.

A second place winner receives a $1,000 cash award.

Up to five finalists each receive a $500 cash award.

Winners and finalists will be notified by March 31. All participants will receive a letter announcing the winners and finalists by May 15.

Please read contest information and topic guidelines carefully before submitting your essay. Essays must meet contest requirements to qualify for evaluation.

Please read the following instructions carefully

• Submit your essay online (preferred method)
  
  
• Please complete the full registration/essay submission form online. Copy the text of your essay and bibliography from your original document and paste it into the designated boxes on the online submission form. To correctly format your essay and bibliography, make sure you insert an extra carriage return between paragraphs and after each entry on your bibliography (hit twice on your keyboard.) Citations must be in parenthetical form within the essay. Footnotes can not be submitted.
  
  
• You can also either submit your essay via mail - All students are required to complete the online registration form regardless of whether they submit their essay online or via regular mail. It is recommended that you register when you are ready to mail your essay.
  
  Submit your essay via regular mail by printing out the completed online registration form along with two hard copies of your essay. Your essay must be typed, double-spaced, and printed only on one side of the paper. Attach your registration form to only one copy of your essay. Your second copy should contain no personal identification information.

Please mail to the organization's mailing address.

Travel Grants For Writers And Reporters!

This grant program is open to all journalists, writers, photographers, radio producers or filmmakers; staff journalists as well as free-lancers of any nationality!

There is an organization that provides travel grants to cover hard costs associated with upcoming travel for an international reporting project.

According to the website, the "ideal" project offers print, photography, radio, and video.

Travel grants are also being offered to non-native, English-speaking journalists.

The organization is currently seeking proposals for projects on under-reported population issues.

The amount of individual travel grants will depend on the specific project and detailed budget planning. Most awards fall in the range of $2,000 to $10,000 but depending on project specifics may be as much as $20,000!

Once your project has been approved half of the grant amount is generally paid just before travel and the remainder on submission of the principal material for publication or broadcast. (Specific grant terms are negotiated during the application process.)

Proposed projects must include a credible plan for broad dissemination of the resulting work in U.S. media (print and/or broadcast). Applicants should be able to demonstrate interest from editors and/or producers working in wide-reaching U.S. media outlets. The credibility of a distribution plan is generally most evident in an applicant's track-record working with the listed outlets. Please do not have editors send letters simply stating they would consider the work. Letters from editors and/or producers who have worked with you in the past, and are interested in working with you again, are encouraged.

The organization is increasingly seeking multi-media projects that combine print/photography and video to explore the issues. Applicants are encouraged to create partnerships with others and propose a complementary suite of deliverables.

If you are only working in one medium, you may still apply.

Theology Grants

There is an organization that offers three different grants programs that involve theology and theology workers.

The first grant program offers up to five faculty members up to $25,000 each during a Sabbatical leave.

A second grant program offers ten grants of up to $10,000 each for research separate from a sabbatical leave.

A third grant program offers ten grants of up to $5,000 each for well-designed research projects.

Project proposals must be at least six consecutive months in length to be considered. You can contact this organization by going to their website for more information.

The Craziest Ways To Pay Your Tuition?

Found this article online called "The Craziest Ways To Pay Your Tuition?" that talks about the crazy ways that some students have paid for their college tuition.

It seems when scholarships and free money and government grants are not enough to help defray the cost of college, students (and their parents) have thought up different crazy ways to be able to pay for college costs.

Some of the ways that students have used to pay for their student loans have included begging on the streets, playing music for tips and there was even a special program where students could get part of their tuition paid by trading livestock?????

Some other students started their own business by offering cleaning services.

Other students have even done dumpster diving for food!

Are You A Struggling Musician That Needs Some Financial Help?

Are you a struggling musician that could use som financial help? Here is a place that may be able to help you!

There is a foundation whose mission is to assist aspiring musicians with the production of a recording, the purchase of a new instrument, the payment of insurance on or repair costs associated with a vehicle, and any other expense that is incurred in the process of performing.

You can contact them by mail, phone or you can visit their website for more information.

Do You Need Money To Train To Be A Professional Nurse?

There is actually free money / free government grant money to help you train to become a professional nurse.

The objective of this grant program is to prepare individuals who have completed basic nursing preparation as nurse educators, public health nurses, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners, or as other clinical nursing specialists.

This free grant money can be used to support a student while they complete the professional nurse traineeships.

Students must apply to those institutions that have received the program money.

For more information about this grant program you can either contact them by phone or visit their website for more information.