Scholarships Opportunities
Local Scholarships
Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust Scholarship Deadline: January 7, 2025
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant must:
Doris Floyd Thomas Scholarship Deadline: January 7, 2025
Applicants Must:
• Be interested in obtaining training in the field of nursing.
• Demonstrate academic achievement.
• Demonstrate financial need.
• Plan to attend full-time an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, technical college, trade or professional school in the United States.
Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship Deadline: February 12, 2025
Scholarship Amount: $1000.00
Requirements
The Woman's Club Bryan/College Station Scholarship
Deadline: February 14, 2025
Award Amount: $2000.00
Guidelines for Applicant Eligibility:
Must be returned to the counseling office in a 9 X 12 envelope by 4:00 p.m.
Bryan Chapter #222, Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship
Deadline: February 24, 2025
Amount: $500.00
Completed applications should be mailed to:
Bryan Chapter #222, Order of the Eastern Star
PO Box 222
Bryan, Texas, 77806
Questions may be directed to Dr. Leonora Owre, (979) 693-1751.
Wellborn Lions Club Scholarship
Deadline: February 26, 2025
Award Amount: $3000
State and National Scholarships
WTS Houston Chapter Transportation YOU High School Scholarship
Deadline: November 15, 2024
Amount: $2500.00
The Houston Chapter of WTS scholarship applications are now open.
Our high school scholarship encourages women to undertake careers in the transportation industry. The Transportation YOU High School Scholarship seeks High School Seniors pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering and math.
Applications will be due by Friday, November 15, 2024.
American College Foundation Visionary Scholarship (National)
Program Deadline: December 1, 2024
Amazon Future Engineers Scholarship (National) Deadline: December 19, 2024 3:00 PM CDT
Award: Up to $40,000 for college and a guaranteed paid internship at Amazon.
Eligibility
The Richard and Elizabeth Dean Scholarship awards two scholarships in the preferred amount of $5,000 each year for up to four consecutive years to graduating high school students. Scholarship recipients will pursue an undergraduate degree in American Studies at an accredited institution in the United States.
Dr. Aura-Lee A. and James Hobbs Pittenger American History Scholarship (National)
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Awarded to one graduating high school student who will pursue an undergraduate degree with a concentrated study of a minimum of 24 credit hours in American History and American Government. Renewal is conditional upon maintenance of a GPA of 3.25. This scholarship is renewable. This award is intended to promote the study of our country’s history among our finest students. The Dr. Aura-Lee A. and James Hobbs Pittenger American History Scholarship is an award of $2,000 each year for up to four years with annual transcript review by the National Chairman required for renewal.
The Lucinda Beneventi Findley History Scholarship (National) Deadline: January 31, 2025
A one-time $2,000 scholarship awarded to two graduating high school seniors that have demonstrated advanced interest in history and are planning to major in or pursue the study of history in a full-time accredited college or university in the United States. The applicant must have a GPA of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent GPA on the scale used by the applicable educational institution.
Texas Telephone Association Foundation (TTAF) Scholarship (State) Deadline: March 14, 2025
The Texas Telephone Association Foundation (TTAF), a non-profit, philanthropic organization founded to help further the understanding of telephony and advance communications as a career choice, will award six, four-year scholarships, in the amount of $2,000 per year to students entering college for the 2025-2025 school year.
Through March 14, 2025, the TTA Foundation will accept applications for scholarships to be granted beginning Fall 2025. It is our intention to fully review every application submitted.
The Scholarship Committee will make its selections from those applications which meet the following criteria and include the required materials:
Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust Scholarship Deadline: January 7, 2025
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant must:
- Be graduates of a public high school in Brazos County, Texas.
- Have a minimum cumulative unweighted GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
- Demonstrate financial need.
- Be planning to attend full-time each semester an accredited two-year college located in the United States which has an articulation agreement with a four-year accredited institution in pursuit of a four-year degree or a four-year college or university located in the United States in any field of study leading to a four-year degree.
- Be willing to earn at least part of their education expenses.
- Eligible applicants can apply online at www.csascholars.org/astin
- The deadline for applying is JANUARY 7, 2025.
Doris Floyd Thomas Scholarship Deadline: January 7, 2025
Applicants Must:
• Be interested in obtaining training in the field of nursing.
• Demonstrate academic achievement.
• Demonstrate financial need.
• Plan to attend full-time an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, technical college, trade or professional school in the United States.
Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship Deadline: February 12, 2025
Scholarship Amount: $1000.00
Requirements
- Graduating female student at either A&M Consolidated High School, College Station High School or Navasota High School who will be pursuing a career in teaching
- Letters of recommendation from two teachers
- Personal introduction essay, which includes college or university plans, teaching field, and reasons for seeking this grant
The Woman's Club Bryan/College Station Scholarship
Deadline: February 14, 2025
Award Amount: $2000.00
Guidelines for Applicant Eligibility:
- Must be female and a US citizen
- Must maintain good academic standing
- Must show financial need
- Must use the scholarship within twelve months
- Must attend a Texas college or university
- Must have no relatives who are members of the Woman's Club
Must be returned to the counseling office in a 9 X 12 envelope by 4:00 p.m.
Bryan Chapter #222, Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship
Deadline: February 24, 2025
Amount: $500.00
Completed applications should be mailed to:
Bryan Chapter #222, Order of the Eastern Star
PO Box 222
Bryan, Texas, 77806
Questions may be directed to Dr. Leonora Owre, (979) 693-1751.
Wellborn Lions Club Scholarship
Deadline: February 26, 2025
Award Amount: $3000
- Graduating student attending A&M Consolidated High School/ College Station High School/College View High School* who will be pursuing a college degree in the fall
- Two scholarships of $3000.00 each will be given to one student in each of the two high school *attendance zones
- Letters of recommendation from two teachers
- Prepare three (3) copies of a narrative, double spaced, font of 11 or greater, and no longer than two (2) pages that includes details about your community service thus far; how it has affected you; how it will impact your future plans; your college or university plans; and reasons for seeking this scholarship.
- Scholarship must be used during the academic year following graduation.
State and National Scholarships
WTS Houston Chapter Transportation YOU High School Scholarship
Deadline: November 15, 2024
Amount: $2500.00
The Houston Chapter of WTS scholarship applications are now open.
Our high school scholarship encourages women to undertake careers in the transportation industry. The Transportation YOU High School Scholarship seeks High School Seniors pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering and math.
Applications will be due by Friday, November 15, 2024.
American College Foundation Visionary Scholarship (National)
Program Deadline: December 1, 2024
Amazon Future Engineers Scholarship (National) Deadline: December 19, 2024 3:00 PM CDT
Award: Up to $40,000 for college and a guaranteed paid internship at Amazon.
Eligibility
- Planning to pursue a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, robotics, or other computer science related field of study and are planning to attend an accredited 4-year college or university (or an accredited 2-year college, with the intent to transfer to a 4-year institution).
- You need to have taken computer science or hardware engineering classes in high school or at a college dual program, or currently be enrolled in one. It’s cool if you have not! You can take a qualifying exam offered by Amazon. Examples include:
- International Baccalaureate Computer Science Course
- Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science
- A or AP Computer Science Principles
- Computer science through a college dual enrollment program
- Engineering
- Robotics
- Physical Computing
- Design Mechanics
- Computer Manufacturing
- Aerospace Engineering
- This opportunity is offered to support students with a notable need for financial assistance.
- You don’t need to be a perfect student to be considered, just a student who takes their studies seriously. This one needs at least a 2.3 cumulative GPA out of a 4.0 scale, or equivalent.
The Richard and Elizabeth Dean Scholarship awards two scholarships in the preferred amount of $5,000 each year for up to four consecutive years to graduating high school students. Scholarship recipients will pursue an undergraduate degree in American Studies at an accredited institution in the United States.
- The concentrated area of study may include American history, government, literature, art history, music or culture.
- The selection process shall be based on academic merit with an initial minimum GPA of 4.0 on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent GPA on the scale used by the applicable education institution. Renewal is conditional upon maintenance of a GPA of 3.25 based on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent GPA on the scaled used by the applicable educational institution.
- This scholarship is renewable only after review and approval of the annual official transcript. Renewal transcript must be submitted to the Office of the Reporter General by July 1 of the year of renewal or the scholarship is forfeited.
Dr. Aura-Lee A. and James Hobbs Pittenger American History Scholarship (National)
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Awarded to one graduating high school student who will pursue an undergraduate degree with a concentrated study of a minimum of 24 credit hours in American History and American Government. Renewal is conditional upon maintenance of a GPA of 3.25. This scholarship is renewable. This award is intended to promote the study of our country’s history among our finest students. The Dr. Aura-Lee A. and James Hobbs Pittenger American History Scholarship is an award of $2,000 each year for up to four years with annual transcript review by the National Chairman required for renewal.
The Lucinda Beneventi Findley History Scholarship (National) Deadline: January 31, 2025
A one-time $2,000 scholarship awarded to two graduating high school seniors that have demonstrated advanced interest in history and are planning to major in or pursue the study of history in a full-time accredited college or university in the United States. The applicant must have a GPA of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent GPA on the scale used by the applicable educational institution.
Texas Telephone Association Foundation (TTAF) Scholarship (State) Deadline: March 14, 2025
The Texas Telephone Association Foundation (TTAF), a non-profit, philanthropic organization founded to help further the understanding of telephony and advance communications as a career choice, will award six, four-year scholarships, in the amount of $2,000 per year to students entering college for the 2025-2025 school year.
Through March 14, 2025, the TTA Foundation will accept applications for scholarships to be granted beginning Fall 2025. It is our intention to fully review every application submitted.
The Scholarship Committee will make its selections from those applications which meet the following criteria and include the required materials:
- U.S. Citizen;
- Student graduating from a Texas high school no later than June 2025 from a school within a TTA member company’s service area.
- Student achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher (out of a possible 4.0);
- Student planning to attend a Texas college or university by the Fall of 2025
- A completed application postmarked no later than March 14, 2025, including a current transcript
- A letter of acceptance from a Texas college or university where student has been accepted.
- Student typed essay, consisting of between 300 - 1,000 words explaining their qualifications for the scholarship, their future goals, and how the scholarship will assist them in achieving those goals.
- Copy of student’s SAR (Student Aid Report).
- Do not send incomplete applications. Do not send additional information to be added to your applications once the original application has been sent.