Here are the top 10 scholarships with
upcoming deadlines for African American and other minority students:
#1 – The Coca-Cola Scholars Program is a very competitive program for high school seniors
throughout the United States. Sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company, the largest
soft drink company in the world, the program awards millions every year in
college funding. The deadline is in October. For more details, visit www.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/04/coca-cola-scholars-program.html
#2 – The Xerox Technical Minority
Scholarship Program is designed to help cultivate
minority students for potential recruitment in the field of technology. The
scholarship amount award depends on the student’s tuition balance, academic
excellence and classification. The deadline is in September. For more details,
visitwww.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/03/xerox-technical-minority-scholarship.html
#3 – The “From Failure to Promise”
Essay Scholarship Contest offers an opportunity for high
school seniors, undergraduate, and graduate students to earn scholarship money
by writing a 1,000 word essay. Students will be asked to describe the
challenges they have faced in achieving academic success. For more details,
visitwww.scholarshipsonline.org/2013/02/from-failure-to-promise-essay.html
#4 – The Gates Millennium Scholars
Program (also known as the Bill Gates Scholarship) awards scholarships each year to African American, American
Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American
students who plan to enroll full-time in a two-year or four-year college or
university program. The deadline is in January. For more details, visit www.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/08/the-gates-millennium-scholars-program.html
#5 – The CIA Minority Undergraduate Scholarship
Program was developed, in part, to assist
minority and disabled students, but the opportunity is available to all
students who meet the requirements. Sponsored by the U.S. government’s Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), the program consists of an actual scholarship award
and a full-time paid summer job in Washington, DC. For more details, visitwww.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/05/cia-undergraduate-scholarship-program.html
#6 – LAGRANT Foundation Scholarships are targeted toward minority undergraduate and graduate
students, offering scholarships for students interested in careers in
advertising, marketing, public relations, anthropology, or art. Students must
be American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black (non-Hispanic)
or Hispanic. For more details, visit www.scholarshipsonline.org/2013/02/lagrant-foundation-scholarships.html
#7 – The Go Red Multicultural
Scholarship Program champions greater inclusion of
multicultural women in the nursing and medical industries, address important
gaps in treatment, and ensure that all Americans have an opportunity to work
with their healthcare providers to make the best choices that lead to good
health. For more details, visit www.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/09/go-red-multicultural-scholarship-fund.html
#8 – The First Freedom Student
Competition is a national essay and video
contest open to high school students in the U.S. and U.S. territories. Students
in grades 9-12 may participate. Two awards will be given, one essay award and
one video award. For more details, visit www.scholarshipsonline.org/2014/08/first-freedom-student-competition.html
#9 – The Foot Locker Foundation/ United
Negro College Fund (UNCF) Scholarship is funding a
scholarship program for students attending or planning to attend a UNCF member
college or university during the fall of 2014. All undergraduate
classifications (freshman, sophomore, juniors and seniors) will be considered.
For more details, visit www.scholarshipsonline.org/2014/08/foot-locker-foundation-uncf-scholarship.html
#10 – The Wendy’s High School Heisman
Award Program recognizes male and female high
school seniors who excel not only in sports but also academics and leadership
capabilities. Every student who applies has a chance to win at the school,
state and national level. For more details, visitwww.scholarshipsonline.org/2013/05/wendys-high-school-heisman-award-program.html
BONUS – The Center for Alcohol Policy
Essay Contest is open to all persons over the
age of 18. Applicants may enter the competition by submitting an essay on a
topic related to prohibition. Applicants can include students over the age of
18, as well as members of the general public. The topic changes every year but
is always related to the subject of prohibition. For more details, visitwww.scholarshipsonline.org/2014/07/center-for-alcohol-policy-essay-contest.html
Thousands of scholarship programs give
away billions of dollars every year to deserving students. To search hundreds
of other 2014-2015 scholarships, visitwww.ScholarshipsOnline.org
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