Doodle 4 Google

Program is open to students in grades kindergarten through twelfth grades. Student must create an uplifting doodle that tells the world “What inspires me.”

Award: $30,000

Deadline: March 2, 2018

More info: https://doodles.google.com/d4g/

Voice of Democracy Scholarship Competition

Program is open to students in grades 9-12 who are enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the United States, its territories and possessions. Applicant must submit a 3-5 minute essay on this year’s theme; “American History: Our Hope for the Future.”

Award: Up to $30,000

Deadline: October 31, 2017

More info: https://www.vfw.org/VOD/

Youth Scholarships

Doodle 4 Google

Program is open to students in grades kindergarten through twelfth grades. Student will submit a doodle for Google.

Award: $30,000

Deadline: December 2, 2016

More info: https://doodles.google.com/d4g/

Doodle 4 Google

Program is open to students in grades kindergarten through twelfth grades. Student will submit a doodle for Google.

Award: $30,000

Deadline: Dec. 7, 2015

More info: http://www.google.com/doodles/

Doodle 4 Google

Program is open to students in grades kindergarten through twelfth grades. Student will submit a doodle for Google.

Award: $30,000

Accepting Submissions on: Oct. 19, 2015

More info: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

This scholarship is for current students at an accredited US community college or two-year institution with sophomore status by December 31, 2014, and for recent graduates (since Spring 2010). To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must plan to enroll full-time in a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university in fall 2015, have a cumulative undergraduate 3.5 GPA, and have significant unmet financial need. Applicants must be nominated by the Jack Kent Cook Foundation Faculty Representative at their two-year institution and must have not been previously nominated for this scholarship.

Award: $30,000

Deadline:  Dec. 2, 2014

More info: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarship-programs/undergraduate-transfer/

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

This scholarship is for full-time students who are pursuing a bachelor's degree. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must be juniors; seniors in their third year of college; or seniors who are residents of Puerto Rico, the Virgin islands, or a Pacific Island. Applicants must be US citizens or US nationals from a Pacific Island. Applicants should have a career or graduate study interest in public service, education, the nonprofit sector, or the public interest/advocacy sector, and have a history of community service and/or involvement in relevant organizations and/or activities.

Award: $30,000

Deadline: Feb. 4, 2014 

More info: http://www.truman.gov/

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

This scholarship is for full-time students who are pursuing a bachelor's degree. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must be juniors; seniors in their third year of college; or seniors who are residents of Puerto Rico, the Virgin islands, or a Pacific Island. Applicants must be US citizens or US nationals from a Pacific Island. Applicants should have a career or graduate study interest in public service, education, the nonprofit sector, or the public interest/advocacy sector, and have a history of community service and/or involvement in relevant organizations and/or activities. See website for more details about this scholarship.

Deadline: Feb. 4, 2014

Award: $30,000

http://www.truman.gov/

VFW Patriotic Audio Essay Competition - $30,000

WHO CAN ENTER: The Voice of Democracy Program is open to students in grades 9-12 (on the Nov. 1 deadline), who are enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the United States and its territories.  

HOW TO ENTER: The deadline for submissions for the 2013-2014 program is November 1, 2013.

AWARD: Up to $30,000 scholarship and an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C.

The theme for 2013-2014 is: “Why I'm Optimistic About our Nation’s Future”

Students should record their reading of the draft to a CD. The recording can be no shorter than 3 minutes and no longer than 5 minutes (plus or minus 5 seconds).

Entries begin at the Post level. Once the student creates their essay and completes burning the audio version to a CD, they can submit their typed version, CD and the Voice of Democracy entry form to their local participating VFW(Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post by the November 1 deadline.

More info: http://www.vfw.org/Community/Voice-of-Democracy/