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As part of Financial Aid Awareness month, NCSEAA and CFNC bring you FAFSA webinar series. Having a better understanding of the funding can help families build a sound plan so students can focus on their studies.

Evaluating Financial Aid Offer Letters | Mon. February 24, 6pm-10pm

The cost of going to a private college can be very different from going to a public college or university so it can be hard to compare the financial aid award offers you receive from each institution. In this session, we will help you understand the financial aid award packages you received so you can make the best choice for your education goals.

Presenter: Timeka Ruffin, CFNC Associate Outreach Director

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1717346383095/WN_rnKAkmr4TQqwBf8Bpt6mdw

2/20/25- Innovation in Education Scholarship $500-Applicant must have designed an innovative project that makes a difference in the lives of others and submit an essay describing the goal of the particular project and provide supporting documentation.

2/20/25-Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship-$10,000-Applicant must be a vegetarian and have promoted vegetarianism in their school and/or community.

2/20/25-Gordon A. Rich Memorial Scholarship- Up to $50,000 ($12,500 per year)-Applicant must be a dependent child of a full-time employee in the financial services industry.

2/21/25 (registration deadline)-Mathworks Math Modeling Challenge-$5,000: Scholarship challenge is open to high school juniors and seniors.

2/24/25 (regular admission deadline) Holland Blackburn Scholarship @ the University of Virginia: Scholarship for Black students that demonstrate excellence in academics, leadership activities and community service. There is no specific application for a student to complete to be eligible for first year awards. Eligible candidates have been offered admission to the University of Virginia and satisfy the criteria for receiving a Scholarship. Eligible candidates are reviewed holistically amongst admissible students.

2/28/25-$2,000 Easy Scholarship: Strength Through Service-$2,000-Help DoSomething fuel even more positive change, by signing up and joining our community of active changemakers, in any of the diverse volunteer, social change, and civic action opportunities below, and earn volunteer credit hours—as well as a signed certificate—to fulfill volunteer or service learning requirements for school. You’ll also be entered for the opportunity to earn a $2,000 scholarship!

2/28/25-$2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship-$2,000-Applicant must log in to Niche or create a free account to apply for the scholarship.

2/28/25-AMS Minority Scholarships-$6,000-planning to pursue careers in the atmospheric or related oceanic and hydrologic sciences.

2/28/25 Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship - $5000 (20 awards) - Must be pursuing, or plan to pursue, a degree with a focus on cybersecurity, information assurance or similar field

2/28/25-Discover Student Loans Scholarship-$5,000-Applicant must sign up to receive helpful tips on planning and paying for college and they will be automatically entered into the sweepstakes.

2/28/25-Distinguished Raven FAC Memorial Scholarship-$2,000-Scholarship is open to descendants and legal wards of any Lao or Hmong individual who served in the Royal Laotian Military or Hmong forces in defense of the Kingdom of Laos between 1960 and 1975.

2/28?/25-Michael L. Lomax Endowed Scholarship $10,000-Scholarship is open to incoming, first year, undergraduate students who will be enrolled at any UNCF member institution. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA and have demonstrated, unmet financial need.

2/28/25-Nitro College Scholarship $2,000-Applicant must complete a scholarship survey, and answer three short-answer questions.

2/28/25-Opportunity Scholarship for Locked-Out Dreamers-Up to $80,000 over four years- Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and high school graduates who live in targeted, locked-out states that do not offer in-state tuition to DREAMers, or bars them from attending state colleges and universities all together.

2/28/25-Optimist International Essay Contest-$2,500-Applicant must contact their local Optimist Club and submit an essay on the following theme: “Who is an Everyday Hero that Brings Out the Optimism in You?”

2/28/25-Sallie Mae $1,000 Monthly Sweepstakes $1,000-Applicant must complete an online registration form.

2/28/25-School Survey Sweepstakes-$1,000-Individual must take a survey on a United States high school.

2/28/25-Sweet and Simple Scholarship: $1,500-Applicant must submit a short written response about a gift they received.

2/28/25-The $1,000 SuperCollege Scholarship-$1,000

2/28/25-TheDream.US National Scholarship Program: Applicant must be a DREAMer who is DACA eligible and has applied for or received DACA approval.

2/28/25-Youth Eco-Hero Scholarship-The award is available to students between the ages of eight and 16 who exhibit environmental activism. Applicant must carry out an action-based and self-initiated project that concerns environmental health, advocacy, research, or protection of the natural world.

2/28/25-Jesse Brown Scholarship-$20,000-Scholarship is open to volunteers who are age 21 or younger and have volunteered for a minimum of 730 hours over a span of five years at a VA medical center.

2/28/25 BMW/SAE Engineering Scholarship

2/28/25 3pm Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) Memorial Scholarship

2/28/25 Dennis J. Sommer Scholarship for Excellence in Education

2/28/25 The Wilmington Choral Society awards the Dave Hardee Scholarship for Vocal Performing Arts or Music Education: LOCAL to a graduating high school student in New Hanover, Brunswick or Pender County, who is active in a school, church or private choral program, and who plans to pursue vocal performing arts or music education at the college level. $2000

2/28/25 - Advocates for African Americans Carolinas Scholarship - Advocates for African Americans Carolinas Scholarship chapter provides scholarships to college-bound students from North and South Carolina who are pursuing a major in engineering, computer science, the sciences, accounting, finance or business administration.

3/1/25 Horatio Alger Scholarships: family income less than $55,000, various scholarships

3/1/25 "Unboxing Your Life" Video Scholarship by Sttark - $3,000 scholarship to a U.S. high school senior, undergraduate, or graduate student who is willing to open up and unbox their life in a creative 5-minute video.

3/1/25 Dixie Youth Baseball Scholarship

3/1/25 Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Scholarship: Students intending to pursue a college curriculum directed toward a career in applied geophysics

3/1/25 Children of Warriors National Scholarship- $5,000 (15 awards), be the child, grandchild, or great grandchild of a veteran who served in the Armed Forces.

3/1/25 The American Chemical Society Scholarship

3/1/25 The Foundation 649 Scholarship is a grant of $4,000 over the course of 4 years that can be applied to college tuition and expenses for Asian American/Pacific Islanders

3/1/25 Ducks Unlimited National Scholarship

3/1/25 Forgivable Education Loans for Service

3/1/25 National Italian American Foundation Scholarships - $12,000 - 200 Awards, To be eligible for the scholarship a student must: A) Have at least one ancestor who has immigrated from Italy. B) Be enrolled in a US-accredited institution on a full-time basis for the Fall 2025 semester. Applications can be found by going to: https://studentscholarships.org/scholarship/12757/national-italian-american-foundation-scholarships

3/1/25 Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation: includes bachelors degree, associates degree, or trade school. scholarships to eligible children of Marines and Navy Corpsmen, Chaplains, and Religious Program Specialists. We're the Nation's oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military families. All applicants must meet eligibility requirements, which can be found at www.mcsf.org/eligibility. To apply, visit www.mcsf.org/apply.

3/2/25-Morelli Scholarship-$2,500-open to high school seniors and current college students diagnosed or presumed to have a learning challenge who are interested in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)..

3/3/25-(ISC)2 Undergraduate Scholarships-$5,000-must be pursuing, or planning to pursue, a degree with a focus on cyber security or information assurance.

3/3/25 Joseph Bergin and Elsa Flower Davies Scholarship - LOCAL, education, teaching or nursing (special consideration for Gerontology -related nursing)

3/3/25 Myrtle Grove Fire Department Memorial Scholarship - LOCAL, firefighters or descendants of firefighters

3/3/25 Andrew Stephen Hendrix Scholarship Endowment - LOCAL, New Hanover County, favors restaurant worker

3/3/25 Cody Blue Pilkington Scholarship Fund (NCSU)- North Carolina resident students who are entering their Freshman or Sophomore year to study engineering

3/3/25 JADE Learning Electrical Technologies Scholarship - NC Technical or occupational schools

3/4/25 North Carolina Farm Bureau R. Flake Shaw Scholarship Program - for students with Intent to pursue a career in agriculture or in an agricultural-related field

3/5/25-Student Video Contest-$1,000-Applicant must create a short video (up to 60 seconds) about the human population growth that highlights one of the given global challenges.

3/5/24 North Carolina Central University Alumni Association: students planning to attend NCCU

3/7/25 The North Carolina Hospitality Education Foundation (NC HEF)

3/12/25 NC American Indian Fund Scholarship - $1,000scholarships to students who demonstrate a commitment to the American Indian community, extracurricular and volunteer involvement, financial need, and academic success.

3/13/25 Microsoft Disability Scholarship: awarded to promising high school seniors with disabilities who plan to attend a vocational or academic college and target a career in the technology industry. The scholarships are renewable – each winner who continues to meet the criteria is eligible to receive an annual award of $5,000 for up to four (4) consecutive years for a potential total $20,000 scholarship.

3/14/25-AMS Freshman Undergraduate Scholarships-$5,000-must be planning to pursue a degree in the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences.

3/14/25- Columbus Citizens Foundation Scholarship Program- Scholarship is open to incoming freshman (high school and college) OR students entering medical school AND of Italian descent (at least 25% Italian). Applicant must have financial need and at least a 3.5 GPA.

3/15/25 - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Scholarship - LOCAL - New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick

3/15/25 - Douglas L Johnson Scholarship - LOCAL for UNCW, male of African descent, from New Hanover/Pender/Brunswick/Columbus counties, $500 renewable

3/15/25 NC Alpha Delta Kappa Student Achievement Scholarship - pursuing an Education degree

3/15/25 Beyond the Boroughs National Scholarship Scholarships up to $20,000 over four years will be awarded to high school seniors or college students who resides in a low-income household. A minimum 2.5 GPA and involvement in extra-curricular activities or work is required. To apply you have to fill out the form, write four essays and submit one recommendation.

3/14/25 Robert E. Barnhill, Sr. Scholarship Fund

3/15/25 Shell Oil Company Technical Scholarship and Shell Incentive Fund Scholarship: $2,500 - 20 Awards: To be eligible for the scholarship a student must:A) Pl an to enroll full-time in one of the following majors: geology, geophysics, physics, chemical, civil, electrical, geological, geophysical, mechanical or petroleum engineering. B) Be a graduating high school senior with an interest in the energy industry and demonstrated aptitude in mathematics and science.

3/16/2025 Scholarship For Journalism Diversity - $20,000 - 1 Award (Deadline: March 16, 2025) A student must: A) Be a high school senior with a grade point average of 3.0 or better. B) Be preparing to enter college and intend to become a journalist.

3/17/25 National Army ROTC Scholarship:3rd option of 3 deadlines. Deadline to start application is

March 4

3/20/25 Herter-O'Neal Scholarship Scholarship Brochure, Website with application and guidelines: LOCAL, pursuing an associates or bachelors in business

3/21/25-Truman D. Picard Scholarship-Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students who are Native American and pursuing a higher education in Natural Resources.

3/21/25 Wilmington Road Runners Scholarship - LOCAL, 2 x $3000, 4 x $1500

3/21/24 SENCLAND MOAA SCHOLARSHIP - (scroll down on the webpage to find the info for this scholarship) The SENCLAND Chapter of the Military Officers Association of American will again offer scholarships to qualifying seniors who are members of JROTC units or non-JROTC seniors who are children of active duty or honorably retired service members.

3/24/2025 2025-2026 UNCF STEM Scholars Program - Be African American, Hispanic American, Asian Pacific Islander American, American Indian / Alaskan Native and plan to pursue a STEM major and career

3/26/25 The American Legion Legacy Scholarship - Children, adopted child or stepchild of U.S. military members who died while on active duty on or after Sept. 11, 2001. Children, adopted child or stepchild of post-9/11 veterans having been assigned a combined disability rating of 50 percent or greater by the Department of Veterans Affairs also qualify.

3/28/25 North Carolina Troopers Association Scholarship - Applicants must be a dependent (natural, adopted or step) son or daughter of an active or deceased member of the NCTA (Associate Members are not eligible), who shall have been an active member continuously for a minimum of (2) two years in a row prior to application.

3/28/2025 Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Scholarship -LOCAL The Cape Fear Post has annually awarded a cash scholarship to one outstanding area high school senior who is planning to pursue an engineering, architectural or STEM related degree in college.

3/31/25 TED G. WILSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION - (High School seniors and above) who plan to further their education in the construction industry.

3/31/25 The North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

3/31/25 $2,500 Superpower scholarship It's a simple essay contest where individuals must simply answer in 250 words: "Which superhero or villain would you want to change places with for a day and why?"

3/31/25 Eagle Scout Scholarships - Nat'l Jewish Committee on Scouting - $5,000 (3 awards), active member of a synagogue and possess the Ner Tamid or Etz Chaim religious emblem

3/31/25 NC School Resource Officers Scholarship - awards 8 regional grants of $500 paid directly to the college or university; click here for guidelines

3/31/25 Airmen Memorial Foundation Scholarship Program - $5,000 - 15 Awards. To be eligible for the scholarship a student must: A) Be age 23 years or younger and have a GPA of 3.5 or higher. B) Be a child/adopted or stepchild of an active duty, retired or veteran member of USAF, ANG or AFRC.

3/31/25 Beyond the Cure Ambassador Scholarship - $3,500 - 58 Awards. To be eligible for the scholarship a student must: A) Be a childhood cancer survivor under the age of 25 and diagnosed before the age of 18. B) Be accepted into a post-secondary school for the fall semester of the upcoming academic year.

3/31/25 Kezian Science Scholarship - $1200, majoring in a science field and pursuing advanced education. Applications will be reviewed by our scholarship committee and will be awarded based on academic merit, community service, and financial need. Applicants must be 18 years of age by the deadline.

3/31/25-Courage to Grow Scholarship: $500-Applicant must explain in 250 words or less why they believe they should be awarded the scholarship.