The Diversity Scholarship
Listings for Students #15
Sponsored by the
UAA Senate Diversity Committee,
Compiled by the Mat-Su Math Club, Jim Taliaferro,
President, 2002- 2003
Alaska Native Brotherhood/ Sisterhood Scholarship
Amount: Varies Deadline: None Specified
Fields/Majors: All Areas Of Study
Scholarships are available for Alaska native undergraduate students. Write to the address listed below for information.
Alaska Native Brotherhood/Sisterhood
318 Willoughby Street
Juneau, AK 99801
Alaska Teacher Scholarship Loan Program
Amount: $7,500 (max) Deadline: Jul 1
Fields/Majors: Education
Special loans are available for Alaska residents who live in rural areas who wish to pursue a secondary or elementary teaching career in a rural area. Applicants must be enrolled in a four-year bachelors degree in elementary or secondary education or a fifth-year teaching certification.
Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education
3030 Vintage Blvd.
Juneau, AK 99801
Alaska Sea Services Scholarship Program
Amount: $1,000 Deadline: Apr 30
Fields/Majors: All Area of Study
Awards for dependent child or regular/reserve member of the Navy, Marines or Coast Guard on active duty, retired with pay, deceased, or MIA. Must be legal resident of Alaska, have high academic standards and show character, leadership ability and financial need.
Navy League Fleet Reserve Association
U.S. Naval League Council 55-151
Box 201510
Anchorage, AK 99520
Alaska State Educational Incentive Grant Program
Amount: $100 - $1,500 Deadline: May31
Fields/Majors: All Areas of Study
Need-based grants are available to Alaska residents enrolled in their first undergraduate program at eligible Alaska colleges and universities.
Alaska Commission on Post Secondary Education
3030 Vintage Blvd.
Juneau, AK 99801
Amount: Varies Deadline: Feb 1
Fields/Majors: Art
Scholarships are available at the University of Hawaii, Hilo for full-time art students.
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Financial Aid Office
200 West Kawili Street
Hilo, HI 96720
All-College Scholarship Program
Amount: $1,000 - $2,000 Deadline: Nov 30
Fields/Majors: All Areas of Study
Must hold an AAL certificate of membership in his or her own name before application deadline during senior year. Must submit SAT or ACT score, be in the tope 10% of the graduating class and intend to earn a bachelor’s degree. 325 scholarships renewable, 500 scholarships not renewable.
Aid Association For Lutherans
Attn: AAL Scholarships
4321 N. Ballard Rd.
Appleton, WI 54915
George M. Helberg Memorial Scholarships
Amount: $5,000 Deadline: Feb 15
Fields/Majors: Agronomy, Water Conservation
Scholarships for FFA members who are pursuing four-year undergraduate degrees in agronomy or water conservation. Eight awards are offered annually.
National FFA Foundation
Scholarship Office
P.O. Box 15160
Alexandria, VA 22309
Gerber Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics
Amount: Varies Deadline: Aug 31
Fields/Majors: Pediatric Medicine
Scholarships, fellowships and awards for minority medical students in pediatrics. Minorities are defined here as African American, Mexican-American, mainland Puerto Rican and American Indian. For study in a Michigan medical school. Academics is primary consideration; need is considered. Must be U.S. citizen.
National Medical Fellowships, Inc.
“Special Programs”
110 West 32nd Street
New York, NY 10001
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms Special
Agents’ Scholarships
Amount: $1,000 Deadline: Apr 1
Fields/Majors: Law Enforcement
Scholarships are presented every year to law enforcement explorers whose achievements reflect the high degree of motivation, commitment and community concern that epitomize the law enforcement profession.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Attn: Liaison Program Manager
650 Massachusetts Ave., Room 7150
Washington, D.C. 20226
AAAA Minority Advertising Intern Program
Amount: $3,000 Deadline: Jan. 1
Fields/Majors: Advertising, Communications, Liberal Arts, and Marketing
Summer internship program for minority students beyond their junior year of undergraduate work or in graduate school. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and have a GPA of at least 2.5.
American Association of Advertising Agencies, Inc.
AAAA Minority Advertising Intern Program
666 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10017
Afro-American and African Studies Fellowships
Amount: $12,500 - $25,000 Deadline: Dec. 2
Fields/Majors: African American and African Studies
One-year postdoctoral and two-year predoctoral residential fellowships at the University of Virginia Carter G. Woodson Institute. Supports projects in the discipline of the humanities with Afro-American and African studies. Predoctorial candidate should have completed all requirements except the dissertation.
William E. Jackson, Associate Director of Research
University of Virginia,
Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies
102 Minor Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper Scholarship
Amount: $1,000 Deadline: May 15
Fields/Majors: Engineering, Computer Science
Scholarship is for a female freshman entering the study of engineering or computer science in any form of a one-year program. Two awards per year. Must have a GPA of at least 3.5. SASE
Society of Women Engineers
120 Wall Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10005
#198 –Alice Allen Everett American Indian Scholarship
Amount: $1,000 Deadline: Unspecified
Fields/Majors: Arts and Sciences
Student must be an incoming American Indian freshman at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. Students must be on the roll of a recognized Indian tribe or be a descendant of a relative who is on the roll. Student must have a GPA of 3.5 or better with preference given to those students entering the medical field.
University of Oklahoma, Norman
College of Arts and Sciences
601 Elm, Room 429
Norman, OK 73019
AMS Minority Scholarships
Amount: $3000 Deadline: Jan 26
Fields/Majors: Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Hydrology, And Oceanic Science
Awards for minority students who will entering their freshman year of college and are planning to study in one of the areas listed above.
American Meteorological Society
Attn: Fellowship/Scholarship
45 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02108
ANA/Allstate Scholarships - Doctoral
Amount: $8,000 Deadline: Jan1
Fields/Majors: Nursing
Scholarships are available for minority students in a program leading to a doctoral degree in the behavioral sciences or psychiatric nursing. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited program.
American Nurses’ Association
Minority Fellowship Programs
600 Maryland Ave. SW, Suite 100 West
Washington, DC 20024
ANA/Allstate Scholarships - Undergraduate
Amount: $2,000 Deadline: Jan1
Fields/Majors: Nursing
Scholarships are available for minority students at the undergraduate level.
American Nurses’ Association
Minority Fellowship Programs
600 Maryland Ave. SW, Suite 100 West
Washington, DC 20024
Information obtained from The
Complete Scholarship Book, Sourcebooks, Naperville, IL, 1996.
Compiled –Sept, 2002