African American Scholarships

Students are reluctant to apply for college due to financial concerns. There are many scholarships that allow minority students fund their education. A college is a place for students to explore their career interests while broadening their academic knowledge.  You can browse through the scholarships and apply to the ones that fit your criteria.

Scholarships

AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship
ABA Diversity Scholarship
ACS Scholars Program    (March 1)
Actuarial Diversity Scholarship
African American Teaching Fellows
ALA – LITA/LSSI Scholarship
American Association of Blacks in Energy Scholarship
American Library Association Spectrum Scholarship
Amos & Edith Wallace Scholarship
AMS Minority Scholarships
Annie S. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
APA Judith McManus Price Scholarship
APSA Minority Fellowship Program
ASA Minority Fellowship Program
Augustana University Diversity Scholarships
AWWA Holly Cornell Scholarship
Barbara Odom-Wesley Spirit of Achievement Scholarship   (June 8)
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Better Brothers LA Book Scholarship   (Feb. 20)
Blacks at Microsoft Scholarship
BLM Squared Scholarship
Brittany Bowers Beauty & Brains Scholarship
Brown and Caldwell Minority Scholarship Program
CAC/Robert L. Viera Community Service Scholarship (Feb.15)
CANFIT Nutrition, Physical Education and Culinary Arts Scholarships (March 31)
Carrie B. Hines Endowment Scholarship
Catharine Lealtad Scholarships
CBC Spouses Education Scholarship
CBC Spouses Heineken USA Performing Arts Scholarship
Charles Shelton Veterinarian Medicine/Technology Scholarship
Chips Quinn Scholars Program
College-Bound Program
Colorado Christian University First Generation Minority Scholarship
CSUB C. Richard and Audrey Barnes Nursing Scholarship
CTU Future Leaders in Technology Scholarship
Dr. Dan J. and Patricia S. Pickard Scholarship
Dr. Gussie M. Ware Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Wynetta A. Frazier “Sister to Sister” Scholarship (April 1)
Edward S. Roth Scholarship
EPP Undergraduate Scholarship Program (Jan .31)
Era L. and Frances L. Walker Scholarship (March 1)
ESA Foundation Scholarship Program for Minority Students (May 4)
Express Scripts Scholarship
ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Math and Science Scholarships (April 8)
F.A. and Charlotte Blount Scholarship
First in the Family Humanist Scholarship  (June 10)
Fontana Transport Inc. Scholars Program (Maarch 14)
Frank Kazmierczak Memorial Migrant Scholarship
Freedom From Religion Foundation Catherine Fahringer Memorial Award  (June  17)
FTE Fellowships for Doctoral Students of African Descent  (Feb.1)
GE/LNESC Scholarship
GE-NMF Primary Care Leadership Program (PCLP)
George A. Strait Minority Scholarships
George Scott Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Girls Who Illustrate Awesomeness Scholarship
GRCF Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids Minority Scholarship
GRCF Black Men Building Resources Scholarship
GRCF Hackett Family Scholarship
Gwenn Steward Clements Scholarship
Herman J. Neal Scholarship
Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarship (HUGS) (IL)
Hyatt Hotels Fund for Minority Lodging Management Students (May 1)
IIE UPS Scholarship for Minority Students
Indiana Minority Teacher/Special Education Services Scholarship
Interpublic Group Scholarship and Internship
Janet Jackson/Rhythm Nation Scholarship
Jesse L. Jackson Sr. Fellows Toyota Scholarship
Jonathan LaRon Skinner Memorial Scholarship
Juanita Crippen Memorial Scholarship
Kahdine Ann DaCosta Scholarship for Excellence in Leadership
Kevin W. Scott Memorial Scholarship
Lebanon Valley College Multicultural Fellowship
Leinbach Chain-Breaker Scholarship
Leon Bradley Scholarship (May 29)
Leonard M. Perryman Communications Scholarship for Racial Ethnic Minority Students (March 15)
LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology (March 1)
Mae & Mary Scholarship Fund
Mamie Earl Sells Scholarship Fund
Mark Collier Caudill Scholarship  (April 1)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Award (June 1)
Microsoft Scholarship Program (Jan)
Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship (Feb. 19)
Minority Educator Recruitment and Retention Scholarship
Minority Scholarship in Classics and Classical Archaeology (Dec)
Minority Teachers of Illinois Scholarship Program
Morgan Stanley Richard B. Fisher Scholarship Program
Morley Travel Scholarship (Feb.15)
MPower Artist Grants
Mutual of Omaha Actuarial Scholarship
NABA Corporate Partner Scholarship (Jan.31)
NABA Member Scholarship Awards
NABA National Scholarship
NACME Scholars (Block Grant) Program
National Associaiton of Black Accountants, Inc. St. Louis Scholarship
National Association of the Church of God Scholarship
National Press Club Scholarship for Journalism Diversity
NBCC Minority Fellowship Program (Oct.31)
NBCC Minority Master’s Addictions Fellowship Program
NBCC Minority Master’s Mental Health Fellowship Program
NBMBAA Graduate Scholarship
NBMBAA Undergraduate Scholarship
NBNA Scholarships (April 15)
NSHSS STEM Scholarships
Ohio Newspaper Association Minority Scholarship (March 31)
Pacific Gas & Electric Company Black ERG Scholarship
Paul Gaines Scholarship
Presbyterian Student Opportunity Scholarship
Presbyterian U.S.A. Racial Ethnic Supplemental Grant
Presbyterian U.S.A. Women of Color Grant
Ron Brown Scholar Program
RTDNF Carole Simpson Scholarship (Jan.15)
Sachs Foundation Morris A. Esmiol, Jr. Scholarship in Engineering at UCCS  (March 15)
Sachs Foundation University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine Scholarship (March 15)
Salem Lodge #139/Robert A. Miller Memorial Scholarship (NC) (April 1)
Seeds of Fortune Inc. Scholarship
Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science SOARS Program
Smithsonian Institution James E. Webb Internship
Study Abroad Scholarship in BiH for American Minority Students
Surety & Fidelity Industry Intern-Scholarship Program for Minority Students
Tampa Bay Times Peterman Scholarship/News Internship
Tennessee Minority Teaching Fellows Program
The Chesapeake Scholarship  (TX) (Feb.16)
The D.Y.M.O.N Scholarship
The David Eaton Scholarship (April 15)
The George Geng-On Lee Minorities in Leadership Scholarship
The Herbert Lehman Education Fund Scholarship
The Jackie Robinson Foundation
The Kurt Brown Fellowship for Diverse Voices
The LAGRANT Foundation (TLF) Graduate Scholarships  (Feb. 28)
The LAGRANT Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships  (Feb.28)
The Pearl Scholarship
The President William G. Sinkford Scholarship
The Reverend Pinckney Scholarship
The Three Sisters Scholarship Foundation

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (HBCU) (May 1)
Thursday Network “I EMPOWER Scholarship”
UNCF/Carnival Corporate Scholars Program
Vernetta Wilson Memorial Scholarship  (April 1)
Vinson & Elkins Scholarship Foundation
Walton-UNCF K-12 Education Fellowship
Wisconsin Minority Undergraduate Retention Grants