Additional Scholarships

Scholarship Award: $2,500
Deadline:  January 9, 2024, at 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA)/Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI).

ABOUT THE APIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The APIA Scholarship is our largest scholarship program, open to AANHPI undergraduate students attending any U.S. accredited university or college. Scholarship amounts range from $2,500 one-year awards to $20,000 multi-year awards. APIA Scholars has a special focus on supporting AANHPI students who live at or below the poverty line; are in the first generation of their family to attend college; are representative of the APIA community’s diversity, (geographically and ethnically}, especially those ethnicities that have been underrepresented on college campuses due to limited access and opportunity. Strong applicants would also have an emphasis on community service and leadership.

APIA SCHOLARS MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR:

• Be able to describe your ethnicity, heritage, or ancestry in relation to the countries, territories, or lands in Asia or the Pacific Islands
• Be a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States. Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau are also eligible to apply
• Be enrolling or continuing as a degree-seeking undergraduate student in a U.S. accredited college or university in Fall 2024
• Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale (unweighted), or equivalent, or have earned a GED
• Must apply for federal financial aid for the 2024-2025 academic year using the Free Application for the Federal Student Aid (FASFA) by early April 2024

HOW TO APPLY:

The APIA Scholarship Program application must be completed online and submitted electronically once all the required questions have been answered. You do not have to complete the online application in one sitting. However, once an application is submitted, you are not able to edit it.

The application will be available for the 2024-2025 academic year from September 13, 2023, until January 9, 2024, at 5:00 PM Eastern.

The Recommender deadline is one month earlier: December 6, 2023, at 5PM Eastern.

If you need some tips on helping you prepare to apply, please check out our Applicant Resources.

Applicants may access the scholarship application website: https://apiascholars.org/scholarship/apia-scholarship/

Award: up to $4,000 top prize, and second and third place $1,000 depending on award level
Deadline: December 15, 2024

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be bona fide students of an accredited college or university in the United States of America.
• All submitted work must be solely the original work of the applicant.
• Applicants may apply once per year. Entering more than once will result in disqualification.
• Only online submissions as Word or PDF documents will be accepted.

Access: 
Applications are available at the Kaua‘i Community College Financial Aid office or online at https://www.foreclosure.com/scholarship

Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers

The AAPT Executive Board offers scholarships for future high school physics teachers. These scholarships, supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze, are available only to U.S. citizens attending U.S. schools.

Applications will be accepted at any time and will be considered for recommendation to the Executive Board at each AAPT Winter Meeting. All applications in which all materials, including letters of recommendation, are received by December 1 will be considered for recommendation at the winter meeting of the AAPT Executive Board.
Applications can be submitted online or with the PDF. You should enter a unique ID at the bottom of the online application page so that you can edit your application if you need to return to it. Emails will automatically be sent to your references requesting letters of support for your online application.

Scholarship Award: $1000
Deadline:  Applications are accepted year-round
Description: This scholarship is offered during the Spring and Fall semesters

Where to apply: Go to website

• Be sons or daughters of regular active duty, active duty Reserve, or active duty National Guard U.S. Army members in good standing, OR
• Be spouses of serving enlisted regular active duty, active duty Reserve, or active duty National Guard U.S. Army members in good standing, OR
• Be sons or daughters of former U.S. Army members who received an honorable discharge or medical discharge, or who were killed while serving in the U.S. Army.
• Be high school seniors, high school graduates, or registered as undergraduate students at an accredited college or post-high school vocational/technical institution.
• Have a 2.0 grade point average on a 4 point system.
• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Not have reached their 24th birthday by the application deadline date in the year they apply if they are a child of an Army member.
• Not have previously earned a bachelor's degree from a college or university.

Where to apply: Eligibility for ASF Undergraduate Scholarships

Active duty or reserve U.S. Marine

• Active duty or reserve U.S. Marine
• Veteran U.S. Marine who has received an honorable discharge, or who was killed while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps
• Active duty or reserve U.S. Navy Corpsman who is serving, or has served, with a U.S. Marine unit
• Veteran U.S. Navy Corpsman who served with a U.S. Marine unit and has received an honorable discharge, or was killed while serving in the U.S. Navy as a Corpsman attached to a Marine unit