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Accounting Degree Scholarships from DiscoverBusiness.us

Accounting Degree Scholarships from DiscoverBusiness.us

It provides up-to-date information on 100+ privately funded awards available to college students. It contains detailed information on the awards that are available from private sources such as foundations, corporations, and religious and civic organizations.

All Nursing Schools – Nursing Scholarship Resource

All Nursing Schools – Nursing Scholarship Resource

Allnursingschools.com provides information on available scholarships for students going into nursing.

Best Colleges: Scholarships for Asian American and Pacific Islander Students

Best Colleges Scholarship

Check out these scholarships, grants, and financial resources for Asian American and Pacific Islander students attending college.

Best Colleges: Scholarships for Black and African American Students

Best Colleges Scholarship

Many organizations and schools offer college scholarships for Black and African American students. Click the link above to learn about the top scholarships available for these learners.

Business Degree Scholarships from DiscoverBusiness.us

Business Degree Scholarships from DiscoverBusiness.us

Provides up-to-date information on 100+ privately funded awards available to college students. It contains detailed information on the awards that are available from private sources such as foundations, corporations, and religious and civic organizations.

Cobell Scholarships

Cobell Scholarships

Indigenous Education, Inc. promotes The Cobell Scholarship’s goal to provide applicants and inquirers with the most beneficial information regarding this carefully established scholarship opportunity. Please visit the link above to learn more.

CU Hawaii Federal Credit Union

CU Hawaii Federal Credit Union Scholarship

CU Hawai'i is celebrating Hawai'i Island's 2024 graduating high school seniors and undergraduate college students with MORE POSSIBILITIES for their futures with $25,000 worth of scholarships! They will be awarding six (6) scholarships for Hawai'i Island Class of 2024 public or private high school graduates. They are also awarding five (5) scholarships to undergraduate college students who graduated from a Hawai'i Island public or private High School or are residing on Hawai'i Island and attending a 2-year, 4-year, college, university, trade, or vocational school on Hawai'i Island.

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Daniel Moriarty Memorial Scholarships

Daniel Moriarty Memorial Scholarships

Friends of Kauaʻi Wildlife Refuges is now accepting applications for annual scholarships in honor of Daniel Moriarty, an environmental educator and conservationist who played a major role in developing Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. Students studying botany, zoology, natural history and related subjects are encouraged to apply, and must have been a resident of Hawaiʻi within the last five years, been accepted or enrolled in a four-year college or university or a two-year program provided by a Community College, and have a minimum GPA of 3.0. Applications are due April 30th and are available online or by calling 808-828-0384.

Dr. Arthur A. Kezian DDS Science Scholarship

Dr. Arthur A. Kezian DDS Science Scholarship

The Dr. Arthur A. Kezian DDS Science Scholarship will be awarding $1,200 to help deserving science students. Applicants are required to be high school seniors to graduate students in university, majoring in a science field and pursuing advanced education.

Early Childhood Education Scholarships

Early Childhood Education Scholarships

This website provides multiple scholarship opportunities for students interested in early childhood education.

Future Educator Scholarship

Future Educator Scholarship

Mrs Prindables is offering a scholarship opportunity for incoming or current college students majoring in education. We believe that educators have the power to spark positive development in student’s lives and their futures.Whether you are an incoming freshman or current student majoring in education, we want to encourage you to apply for this $1,000 scholarship.

Gilman Scholarship

Gilman Scholarship

The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to our national security and economic prosperity. To be eligible for the Gilman Program, applicants must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving a Pell Grant during the term of their study abroad program or internship. For more information on this scholarship, please visit the website by clicking the link above.

Gilman-McCain Scholarship

Gilman-McCain Scholarship

The Gilman-McCain Scholarship is a congressionally funded initiative of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and named after the late senator John S. McCain from Arizona. The U.S. Department of State’s Gilman-McCain Scholarship provides awards of $5,000 for undergraduate child dependents of active duty service members to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs. For more information on this scholarship, please visit the website by clicking the link above.

Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation is honored to provide a wealth of financial support to qualified students and nonprofit organizations throughout Hawaiʻi. Please visit the link above to learn more and to apply.

Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union

Hawaiʻi Community Federal Credit Union

Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union is proud to offer ten $3,000 scholarships. For 38 years we have awarded these scholarships to well deserving students who are ready to go out into the world and continue their education. Our online application streamlines the process and allows the applicants to save their work and complete it when they are ready.

Hawaii Education Association

Hawaii Education Association

The mission of the Hawaii Education Association Scholarship Fund is to support the educational endeavors of Hawaii educators, HEA members, and their dependents to shape their future to reach their full potential.

HEA offers a slate of scholarships for public school teachers, administrators, educational assistants, student teachers, college students, and graduating high school seniors. These scholarships assist current and future teachers with professional development and achieving college degrees. HEA has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars to hundreds of scholarship recipients in the teaching profession. Their goal is to help you become the best that you can be.

Hawaii Emergency Physicians Associated (HEPA)

2024 HEPA Education Foundation Scholarship Application

The Foundation’s goal is to encourage certain high school students, from specific geographic areas in the State of Hawaii, to obtain a college education. The specific geographic areas where Hawaii Emergency Physicians Associated, Inc (HEPA) practices Emergency Medicine are: Adventist Health Castle (Kailua), Wahiawa General Hospital (Wahiawa), Kahuku Medical Center (Kahuku), Hilo Medical Center (Hilo), North Hawaii Community Hospital (Kamuela), Hale Ho’ola Hamakua Hospital (Honokaa), Molokai General Hospital (Molokai), Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital (Waimea, Kauai), Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital (Kapaa, Kauai), Ka’u Hospital (Pahala), Kona Community Hospital (Kealakekua), Kohala Hospital (Kapaau)

HFS Federal Credit Union Scholarship Program

HFS Federal Credit Union Scholarship Program

Over the past 10 years, the HFS FCU Scholarship Program has helped over 70 members with their college expenses. The Credit Union has awarded over $175,000 in scholarships to help local students achieve their dreams. Visit the link above for more information.

Hilo Orchid Society Scholarship

Hilo Orchid Society Scholarship

The Hilo Orchid Society strives to extend the knowledge, production, and appreciation of orchids. This goal is evident in HOS support of students in Agriculture and Natural Science major programs at University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo who hold academic goals that will promote and foster future development of the Hawaiʻi orchid industry. This scholarship was established to honor Yasuji Takasaki, a pioneer in orchid culture on Hawaiʻi Island, who strongly believed in the power of a college education and made many valuable contributions to the Hilo Orchid Society.

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Japanese Community Association of Hawaiʻi

Japanese Community Association of Hawaiʻi

The Japanese Community Association of Hawaiʻi (UCAH) traces its origins to 1971, when a committee was formed by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Hawaiʻi with the purpose of perpetuating the Japanese culture and maintaining good relationships with Japan through the Consul-General's office in Honolulu. The organization received its official charter in 1974 as the Hawaiʻi Island Japanese Community Association. In 1999, the corporation formally changed its name to Japanese Community Association of Hawaiʻi.

Kamehameha Schools

Kamehameha Schools

Recipients must be a Hawaiʻi resident at the time of application submission; enrolled as a full-time student; be a classified, degree-seeking student at an accredited educational institution in the U.S. as recognized by KS; have financial need as demonstrated by a completed College Scholarship Services CSS/PROFILE online application and KS recognized cost of attendance of your school; meet maximum funding guidelines.

Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association

The Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association

Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association (KSAA) is a private nonprofit organization that exists to organize and participate in educational, social, and cultural programs that reach, connect, and engage the Kamehameha Alumni ‘ohana while supporting the core mission of Kamehameha Schools and the Pauahi Foundation. Visit the link above to learn more about scholarship opportunities.

Ka'u Hospital Foundation

The Ka'u Hospital Foundation has scholarships available for students seeking to pursue a career in the medical field. Scholarships are also available to Ka'u Hospital staff who wish to further their medical education. Scholarships are $1,000 per year per recipient. Any student who resides in the Ka'u District or any staff employee of the Ka'u Hospital are eligible to apply. Email the Ka'u Hospital Foundation at kauhospitalfoundation@gmail.com to receive an application. There is no application deadline. Scholarships are available as funding permits.

Lucille Hodgins Selective Recruitment Grant

Lucille Hodgins Selective Recruitment Grant

The Hawaiʻi State Organization of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International is pleased to announce its 2024 Selective Recruitment Grant Program, which is open to any college student pursuing a career in education. Two Lucille Hodgins Selective Recruitment Grants of $1,000 per grant will be awarded for the 2024-2025 academic year. The criteria for selection and deadline are noted on the application.

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O Ka'u Kakou

O Ka'u Kakaou

O Ka'u Kakou is proud to offer annual scholarship to qualified high school seniors and under-graduates from Ka'u whether in high school, home schooled or currently attending secondary education institutions

Pauahi Foundation

Pauahi Foundation

The Pauahi Foundation administers scholarships that have been created by private donors. The Foundation awards scholarships supporting college level areas of study, as well as trade and vocational courses. Many awards may be determined based on merit, while some are restricted for those students who demonstrate a financial need or for students applying from specific geographic regions.

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Sallie Mae Fund's Completing the Dream Scholarship

Sallie Mae Fund's Completing the Dream Scholarship

The Sallie Mae Fund’s Completing the Dream Scholarship Program helps students from under-resourced, underrepresented, and underserved communities complete their post-secondary education. Students on-track to complete their degree or continuous education program who are facing financial challenges may apply to receive a one-time scholarship of up to $2,500 to help complete their post-secondary education program.

Scholarship applications for AY 2024-25 are being accepted now through 12/6/24 or until all scholarship dollars have been awarded.

Sallie Mae Scholarship Opportunities

Sallie Mae Scholarship Opportunities

Sallie Mae believe opportunities to advance through higher learning should be open to everyone.

Starting in 2021, The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable foundation, will launch scholarship programs to further promote diversity in higher education among minority students and other historically underserved communities. Working in partnership with The Thurgood Marshall College Fund, they’ll award $3 million in scholarships over the next three years to help students achieve their dream of a post-secondary education.

S-STEM Program

S-STEM Program

The "Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics", (S-STEM) is a new program at UH Hilo sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The S-STEM Program is designed to support academically talented and highly motivated students from economically disadvantaged families to complete STEM degrees in: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Geology, Marine Science, Mathematics, Natural Science or Physics. Application Information.

Supplemental Relief Scholarship

Supplemental Relief Scholarship

SupplementRelief.com is offering an annual Health & Wellness Scholarship Program for hard-working students. This $500 scholarship award will go to one deserving post-secondary (university or community college) student who desires a career that emphasizes a healthier living lifestyle.

US Pacific Territories Fishery Capacity-Building Scholarship

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and its Education Committee members are pleased to announce the availability of scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year. These scholarships support the aspiration of American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to build their capacity to effectively manage their fisheries and related resources by employing people from the local communities.

Students with strong ties to these territories are eligible for scholarships that cover the cost of tuition and fees and some living expenses. The amount will be based on the University’s estimated cost of attendance. While the Committee has a strong preference for graduate students, applications for undergraduate students with two years or less until graduation are also being accepted. Click here for more information and a complete scholarship application. Funding for the scholarships comes in part from the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund, NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office and Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center.

Zonta Club of Hilo

Zonta Club of Hilo

The Zonta Club of Hilo envisions our island community as a place where women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. Zonta Club of Hilo offers scholarships and grants to help women achieve their education goals.