Scholarship Opportunities
These scholarship opportunities provide a wide variety of awards tailored to your needs.
For more information on scholarship opportunities and financial aid check out the Guide to College Scholarships & Financial Aid for Black Students
Every year since 2003, Action For Nature (AFN), a U.S.-based non-profit, has sought to recognize and reward young people who are taking action to solve the world’s tough environmental problems.
Age Range/Grade: 8-to-16-year-olds
Award Amount: Varies
Deadline: February 28th, 2021
The Development Fund for Black Students in Science and Technology (DFBSST) is an endowment fund which provides scholarships to African-American undergraduate students who enroll in scientific or technical fields of study at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Age Range/Grade: African American HBCU Undergraduates
Award Amount: Up to $3000/year
Deadline: June 15, 2021
NACME is responsible for approximately $3 million in scholarships awarded annually to underrepresented minority (URM) students. NACME expects to support approximately 1,000 underrepresented minority engineering and computer students annually.
Age Range/Grade: African American HBCU Undergraduates
Award Amount: Up to $3000/year
NSHSS Foundation scholarships have been created to help reduce financial barriers for high school students as they prepare for upcoming careers in STEM majors (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), business, economics, public policy, and environmental science and sustainability. The Foundation seeks to engage these future leaders in order to help fuel the global economy, stimulate innovation and creativity, and yield a strong ethical foundation for decision-making. We seek to support higher education to enable our future leaders to achieve their dreams.
Age Range/Grade: HS Seniors/Rising College Freshmen
Award Amount: Varies
SSAI is a woman-owned business, which has been providing scientific and technological applications services since its incorporation in April, 1977. The company’s founders, Om and Saraswati (Sara) Bahethi, are naturalized U.S. citizens who have shown both compassion and commitment in supporting and assisting students studying to earn degrees in atmospheric and related sciences. Dr. Bahethi acknowledges the contributions of scholarships and financial assistance from educational institutions and the government to the completion of his own physics studies in the United States, and he and Mrs. Bahethi are happy to pass on their own assistance to others.
Age Range/Grade: College Sophomores/Juniors majoring in Physics
Award Amount: $2000/year
Deadline: March 15, 2021
The program enables highly capable young people to pursue undergraduate STEM majors and prepares them for successful careers in a variety of STEM professions. The application is open for high school seniors who are entering college as college as first time freshmen in fall 2020.
Age Range/Grade: African American HS Seniors entering college
Award Amount: Varies
Founded in 1986, Catching the Dream strives to help improve the quality of life in Indian communities through the higher education of Indian people. We provide scholarship funds for students who demonstrate academic achievement, clearly defined goals, leadership, the determination to succeed, and the desire to return to their communities and help others realize their dreams. We assist Indian schools in preparing students for success in college.
Age Range/Grade: Native American Undergraduates
Award Amount: $500-$1500/year
Established in 1976, the ITC is a nonprofit nation-wide consortium of Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, and individuals dedicated to improving the management of natural resources of importance to Native American communities.
Age Range/Grade: Undergraduate/Graduate
Award Amount: Varies
NOGLSTP established the Out to Innovate™ Scholarship for LGBTQ+ Students in STEM, following NOGLSTP’s inaugural Out to Innovate™ Career Summit for LGBTQ+ People in STEM. These scholarships are intended for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering,or mathematics (STEM) programs who are either lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or an active ally of the LGBTQ+ community. The scholarships are designed to promote academic excellence and increased visibility of talented LGBTQ+ students in STEM careers.
Age Range/Grade: Undergraduate/Graduate
Award Amount: Varies
Deadline: June 5, 2021
Age Range/Grade: Undergraduate
Award Amount: $5000
