Scholarships with March Deadlines taken from http://jlvcollegecounseling.com/2016/03/12/scholarship-saturday-march-12-2016/
King Family Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation
Amount: $3,500
Deadline: March 15, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate juniors and seniors majoring in television and film at an accredited four-year, degree-granting U.S. college or university.
DCU Memorial Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU)
Amount: Up to $2,500
Deadline: March 25, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who will be attending college in Fall 2016. Applicant must submit two references and an essay on why they should receive the scholarship.
“Stop Cell Phone Robocalls” $1,000 Scholarship
Sponsor: Lemberg Law
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students. Applicant must submit a 140-character statement that completes this sentence: “Cell phone robocalls need to be regulated because…”
$1,000 Scholarship Sweepstake: High School Edition
Sponsor: Noodle
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to permanent, legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 13 years of age or older and currently enrolled in a high school located in the 50 United States. Parents of high school students may also apply. Applicant must register with Noodle.
2016 ABA YLD Law Day Art Contest
Sponsor: American Bar Association
Amount: Up to $750
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: Contest is open to students, student groups, and classes in grades 9-12 (or the equivalent) in the United States. Contestants must submit an art piece on the topic: “Miranda: More than Words.”
AAAE Scholarship
Sponsor: American Association of Airport Executives
Amount: Up to $4,000
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: Scholarships are open to full-time undergraduate or graduate students who are either studying aviation OR A.A.E.s, their spouses, or their children.
AfterCollege Nursing Scholarship
Sponsor: AfterCollege
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are seeking a baccalaureate, master’s or doctoral degree in nursing.
CAN Thrive Thriving Care Givers Scholarship
Sponsor: CAN Thrive
Amount: Up to $1,500
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: Scholarship is for students who are applying to or attending a Nursing, LPN, or CAN program.
Creative Patriot Art Awards
Sponsor: Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: Applicant must be in grades 9-12. Applicant must submit an original piece of art that expresses patriotism to the local Ladies Auxiliary Scholarships Chairman.
Crystal Green Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Blood Assurance
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors planning to enter an accredited two or four-year college or university. Students do not need to be blood donors, but donors will be given special consideration. Applicant must write a detailed marketing plan for a new blood drive promotion.
Elephant Tusk Force
Sponsor: Do Something
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: “Every day, 96 African elephants are killed by ivory poachers. If this continues, they could be extinct by 2025.” Applicant must go to Craigslist and search for ivory products to be entered into the scholarship contest.
Everyday Superheroes Scholarship
Sponsor: Do Something
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Description: “People all around us are putting their own “superpowers” to work to help their community, but many of their efforts go unnoticed or unappreciated.” Applicant must make cards for people they appreciate in their community.
