Juniors and seniors looking for scholarships may want to check out opportunities available at www.scholarships.com. At this website, students can search for scholarships by grade level or subject. The following scholarships are among those featured on the website.
The Sylvia K. Burack Writing Award
This writing contest is open to high school juniors and seniors. Entrants must submit a previously unpublished 600- to 800-word personal essay in English on the following topic: “Select a work of fiction, poem or play that has influenced you. Discuss the work and explain how it affected you.” One winner will receive $500, publication in The Writer magazine and on WriterMag.com, a one-year subscription to The Writer and a copy of the Gotham Writers’ Workshop anthology Fiction Gallery.
C-SPAN StudentCam
Student Cam is C-SPAN’s annual national video documentary competition for middle and high school students where applicants create a five- to eight-minute documentary that presents multiple views on a specific topic and includes C-SPAN video. A total of $50,000 will be divided between 75 winners.
Discover Scholarship Program
This program awards up to 10 scholarships of $25,000 each to high school juniors nationwide to support continued education and training beyond high school. Applicants must be U.S. residents, high school juniors at the time of application, have cumulative GPAS of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale for the 9th and 10th grade years and display outstanding achievement in academics, leadership, community service and obstacles overcome.
Moody’s Mega Math Challenge
M3 Challenge focuses on applied mathematics. The challenge is entirely Internet based and each high school may enter up to two, three to five-student teams to work together for 14 hours to solve an open-ended, realistic, applied math-modeling problem focused on real world issues. The winning team will win $80,000
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage
are asked to write an original and creative essay of less than 1,000 words that demonstrates an understanding of political courage as described by John F. Kennedy in “Profiles in Courage” using a variety of sources such as newspaper articles, books, or personal interviews. $10,000 will be awarded.
