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Sampler of Scholarships Unrelated to Military Service

The following few links are just examples of the thousands of scholarships available to anyone willing to dig for them. This list is NOT definitive.

Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers

The Hurston/Richard Wright Award™ for College Writers honors excellence in fiction writing by students of African descent enrolled full time as undergraduate or graduate students in any college or university in the United States.

The Gates Millennium Scholarship Program

This program, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, provides outstanding low income minority students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline area of interest. Continuing scholars may request funding for a graduate degree program in one of the following discipline areas: education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health or science.

The Do Something Awards

Five winners will receive a minimum of $10,000 in community grants and scholarships (if applicable). Of those five winners, 1 will be selected as the grand prize Do Something Award winner. That grand prize Do Something Award winner receives a total of $100,000 in community grants.

Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship Program

These scholarships (in amounts of $5,000 and more) are awarded to any volunteer who is age 21 or younger and has volunteered for a minimum of 100 hours at a VA medical center during the previous calendar year. All volunteer hours must be credited to the Disabled American Veterans.

Truman Scholarship Program

The purpose of Truman Scholarships is to recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education, or elsewhere in the public service and to provide them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.

Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

This award of $10,000 is for pursuing public service anywhere in the world for a period of one year before going on to graduate school or a career.

FEEA Scholarship Programs

FEEA scholarships of $500 to $5,000 are available only to civilian federal and postal employees and their families.

Fulbright Grant Program

Sponsored by the US Department of State, the Fulbright Program is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. Grants are valued at between $40,000 and $60,000.

Boren Scholarships and Fellowships

Boren Scholarships offer unique opportunities for U.S. undergraduates to study abroad in world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.

Boren Fellowships enable U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency. The Boren Fellowship supports students studying languages, cultures, and world regions other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Youth Action Net

Each year, YouthActionNet selects 20 young social entrepreneurs to participate in its Global Fellowship Program. These accomplished young leaders are distinguished by their records for success in achieving positive change in their communities, by their innovative approaches, and by their ability to mobilize their peers and community members in support of their social change visions. Awards are for $500 and more.

Scholarship Search Engines

To find scholarships other than these, you can thumb through the books and booklets available through your ESO or local public and college libraries, or you can use any of the many scholarship search engines available on-line. Here are some official and semi-official government sites:

There are also many commercial web sites for scholarship search engines to make finding scholarships you qualify for easier. Although you have to pay no money to use these search engines, you will often have to register (i.e., provide your name and contact information) before you can use the site. Providing this information is a form of payment, though, so think about your privacy before providing it. Some of these, in no particular order, are:

If you're looking for scholarships offered by specific colleges or universities, check out "Guaranteed Scholarships". The scholarships list starts after the heading The Colleges (listed alphabetically). You can ignore the text at the top of the page and scroll down past the little College-Scholarships.com seach engine window and a bunch of ads!!!

Also, many private organizations which sponsor scholarships have their own web sites, such as:

Other sites list scholarships according to various criteria, such as individual schools' names or the applicant's ethnicity or race.

A few of these sites, produced by individuals, don't even have names.

And some are combination sites, providing information, links to search engines, and links to sites of specific scholarships sorted by eligibility criteria.

FinAid.org's scholarship pages
Making College Count

Finally, the Coast Guard Institute has a web page that includes some of the scholarships and scholarship finders listed above, as well as many others.