Local and National Scholarships

Local Area Scholarships

AFCEA Washington (Educational Tab for Chapter and National Scholarships) STEM fields of computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, chemistry and management information systems.

Akerson Family Foundation: The Akerson Family Foundation Scholarship is a four-year renewable scholarship worth up to a maximum of $50,000. The scholarship is awarded annually to a select group of first-generation, college-bound seniors from Arlington (VA) Public Schools, Alexandria City (VA) Public Schools, or Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools who demonstrate strong academic skills, financial need, and community/school engagement.

Arlington Community Foundation   There are different scholarships with different criteria but only one application is required to be considered for all the available scholarships for Arlington students.

Arlington Gay and Lesbian Association  Recipients are members of their school’s Gay Straight Alliance or whose accomplishments demonstrate significant support for the Arlington Public Schools’ policies of diversity, fairness and safety, as demonstrated in an essay.

Arlington Optimists  Essay Contest is sponsored by the local Optimist Club to give young people the opportunity to write about their own opinions regarding the world in which they live.

Arlington Rotary Education Foundation  Scholarship assistance to graduates to a deserving high school senior selected by our Board on a competitive basis from among applications received.

Arlington Teens  Provides suggestions and updates on local area scholarship in the Arlington area.

Federal Employee Assistance and Education  Children, step-children, and legal dependents of full- permanent federal civilian or postal workers employed with the federal government 3+ years.

Granville P. Meade Scholarship  For students attending a Virginia university, financial need required.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities  For students attending HBCUs. The HBCU scholarships, internships, and fellowships listings are provided by the bestcollege.com website.

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Students   Each year, the Community Foundation awards over $300,000 in scholarship funds to nearly 100 Northern Virginia students.

SMYAL LGBT Youth Leadership Awards  Self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender high school seniors who have demonstrated personal growth and leadership in their school or community.

Team DC Student-Athlete Scholarship LGBT identified student-athletes in the wider DC area.

Virginia Hospital Center Nursing Scholarship   For current/future employees of Virginia Hospital Center.

Zonta Club of Washington, D.C  Women planning a major in business, engineering, healthcare, mathematics, education, technology or the sciences (social or basic). Scholarships Searching Tools.

National Scholarship Search Websites

uAspire  A nonprofit organization ensuring that all young people have the financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to and through college.

BestColleges.com  College search, college rankings, career resources, financial planning.  Includes a section on Financial Aid for LGBTQ college students.

Career One Stop – This site, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, has a searchable data base containing more than 5,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans, and other financial aid opportunities.

College Board Scholarship Search – The College Board’s free scholarship search utilizes a database of more than 2,300 sources of college funding totaling almost $3 billion in scholarships and aid.

College Data –   Scholarship search service sponsored by 1st Financial Bank.

College Grant Database  – This site will show you were to look for free college grant money and add some tips on how to apply.

College Resource Network – CRN offers an easy interface allowing students to search for scholarships using several categories.

College Scholarships  –This scholarship database is maintained by a non-profit organization.

College Tool Kit – These folks allow you to search for scholarships by geography, heritage, religion, extracurriculars, family affiliation, high school, or scholarship name.

College Xpress – provided by Wintergreen Orchard House,  includes 1.7 million scholarships.

Discover Nursing Scholarship  –.Find more nursing scholarships here than in any other source.

Diversity Abroad – International scholarships and fellowships.

eCampus Tours –  The eCampusTours search uses a database of more than 10,000 scholarship programs that distribute awards worth more than $36 million.

Fast Web – One of the older, larger, scholarship search sites.

Financial Aid Officer –This free scholarship search engine lists scholarships worth $1.45 billion.

Guaranteed-Scholarships –A list of scholarships offered by individual colleges, to all enrolled students meeting specified criteria.

Human Rights Campaign  – Searchable by state, this site offers “a list of scholarships, fellowships and grants for LGBT and allied students at both the undergraduate and graduate-level”.

LGBTQIA+ Scholarships & Resources  – Explore scholarship awards, advocacy groups, and professional networks that are making college more affordable and inclusive for the LGBTQIA+ community.

National Database of Scholarship – This free scholarship search sites claims to list scholarships worth more than 10 billion dollars.

Nerd Scholar – Scholarship searches and other info for students.

Outside Scholarships  – According to their website, they have a database with a total of $1.6 million dollars in scholarships.

Pacific Northwest Scholarship Guide  – A free online scholarship match program maintained by the nonprofit College Planning Network, serving students of the Pacific Northwest.

Princeton Review –  A data base containing over 3 million scholarships.

SallieMae’s Plan for College – Sallie Mae’s scholarship search site.

The Scholarship Page   –Started by a student in 1997, this site primarily featured engineering scholarships, but has since expanded to include others.

Scholarships.com –  This site claims a scholarship database of 3,0000 sources worth up to $3 billion.

Scholarships 360 – This helpful site is run by an admissions officer at Kenyon College.

Scholarship Auditions  Visual and performing arts scholarships.

Scholarship Hunter – Not a great looking site, but a search here might be worth a try.

Scholarship Owl –  ScholarshipOwl is a scholarship search site with a difference. All you have to do is complete a brief questionnaire and they find scholarships for which you may qualify. Now, here’s the big difference…they apply for the scholarship on your behalf.

Scholarship Library – Well organized with a database of 230,000 scholarships.

Super College – An online scholarship search sponsored by Harvard educated folks who publish books on college planning.

Scholarships Online – They claim to be the largest online directory of legit scholarships.

Unigo Scholarship Experts – One of the most comprehensive and best scholarship search services.

Virginia Nursing Scholarship Programs The Virginia Department of Health, Office of Health Equity offers several scholarship opportunities to help pay for nursing education.

Worldwide Learn –  Unlike many other scholarship search and information sites, this one requires no registration and no contact or personal information.

45+ College Scholarships for Minority Student –  This resource shares 45+ financial aid scholarships. Within the resource, are opportunities dedicated to specific demographics such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Students.

ROTC Scholarships

AirForce/SpaceForce ROTC :https://www.afrotc.com/scholarships/high-school/types/

Army ROTC https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/find-your-path/army-officers/rotc/scholarships.html

Navy ROTC  https://www.netc.navy.mil/Commands/Naval-Service-Training-Command/NROTC/Requirements/

Virginia Tech ROTC https://vtcc.vt.edu/join/scholarships1.html