Scholarships Due in April 9-11th Grades
1-Apr NOVO NORDISK DONNELLY AWARDS Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors For male and female athletes who have diabetes and play tennis competitively or on their school team. http://www.wtt.com/pages/novo-nordiskdonnelly-awards 2 @ $7500; 8 @ $3000
1-Apr PROJECT YELLOW LIGHT Juniors, Seniors Three competitions. Billboard: due March 1, Video, Radio Announcement due April 1. As an applicant you have one clear mission: create a video or billboard to encourage your friends to avoid distracted driving, specifically, texting while driving. http://projectyellowlight.com/ $5000, $2000. $1000
2-Apr STOP TEXTING AND DRIVING VIDEO SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST Juniors and Seniors Submit a 30 - 60 second video on texting and driving. https://www.nashvilletnlaw.com/scholarship/ 3 @ $1000
15-Apr SIGNET CLASSIC ESSAY CONTEST Juniors and Seniors Write an essay on one of five topics posed on the year’s competition book. Judged on style, content, grammar, originality, clear, concise writing that is original, articulate, logically organized and well supported. Each English teacher may submit one junior and one senior essay. http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/services-academic/essayhome.html 5 @ $1000
15-Apr STEP UP TO COLLEGE COSTS SCHOLARSHIP (10TH, AND 11TH GRADES)
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the form every student must complete to be considered for federal grants, work-study, and student loans. Every year, thousands of Utah students miss out on millions of dollars of help for college simply by not completing the FAFSA.
You’ll have to wait until your senior year to file the FAFSA, but you can practice the form and get an estimate of your federal student aid award by using the FAFSA4Caster. This tool can help you plan for the costs of college – and we’re rewarding high school sophomores and juniors for doing just that! We will select two students who will each win a $500 scholarship.
HOW TO ENTER:
15-Apr COLLEGE JUMPSTART SCHOLARSHIP Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Two competitions a year - Oct 17 and April 15. Merit based competition based on your commitment to go to school and expressing your goals for getting a higher education. www.jumpstart-scholarship.net/ $1,000
15-Apr GLORIA BARRON PRIZE FOR YOUNG HEROES Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Winners must have organized and led a truly extraordinary service activity which has clearly benefited other people, our fellow creatures, or the planet we share. www.barronprize.org $10,000
15-Apr YOUTH FREE EXPRESSISON PROJECT FILM CONTEST Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Film Contest is "WATCH WHAT YOU #TWEET! HOW FREE SHOULD SOCIAL MEDIA BE?" http://ncac.org/project/film-contest Cash prizes up to $1000
16-Apr JIFFY LUBE TEEN DRIVER SCHOLARSHIP Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Two separate categories: One for students currently enrolled in a driver’s education program: “Your turn behind the wheel” (due Apr 16) and one for other “Teen Drivers” (due Mar 19). Submit a 500 word essay on What Drives You Now? http://yourturn2apply.com 1 @ $6500; 2 @ $1500
30-Apr A VOICE FOR ANIMALS Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors For high school students whose entries best promote the humane treatment of animals and/or climate change. Essay and video contest. http://www.hennet.org/contest.php Several from $200 - $500
30-Apr E-WASTE SCHOLARSHIP Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Include a 140-character message about e-waste. The top 10 applications will be selected as finalists. The finalists will be asked to write a full length 500- to 1,000-word essay about e-waste. http://www.digitalresponsibility.org/scholarships/ $1,000
1-Apr PROJECT YELLOW LIGHT Juniors, Seniors Three competitions. Billboard: due March 1, Video, Radio Announcement due April 1. As an applicant you have one clear mission: create a video or billboard to encourage your friends to avoid distracted driving, specifically, texting while driving. http://projectyellowlight.com/ $5000, $2000. $1000
2-Apr STOP TEXTING AND DRIVING VIDEO SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST Juniors and Seniors Submit a 30 - 60 second video on texting and driving. https://www.nashvilletnlaw.com/scholarship/ 3 @ $1000
15-Apr SIGNET CLASSIC ESSAY CONTEST Juniors and Seniors Write an essay on one of five topics posed on the year’s competition book. Judged on style, content, grammar, originality, clear, concise writing that is original, articulate, logically organized and well supported. Each English teacher may submit one junior and one senior essay. http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/services-academic/essayhome.html 5 @ $1000
15-Apr STEP UP TO COLLEGE COSTS SCHOLARSHIP (10TH, AND 11TH GRADES)
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the form every student must complete to be considered for federal grants, work-study, and student loans. Every year, thousands of Utah students miss out on millions of dollars of help for college simply by not completing the FAFSA.
You’ll have to wait until your senior year to file the FAFSA, but you can practice the form and get an estimate of your federal student aid award by using the FAFSA4Caster. This tool can help you plan for the costs of college – and we’re rewarding high school sophomores and juniors for doing just that! We will select two students who will each win a $500 scholarship.
HOW TO ENTER:
- Complete the FAFSA4Caster to estimate how much federal aid you might receive – you will likely need your parent’s assistance with this
- Using the information you learned from the FAFSA4Caster, create a plan for paying for college and write an essay about it (maximum 750 words). We encourage you to use any StepUp resources, including our Paying for College Guide, to understand concepts like federal student aid, scholarships, college savings, and more. Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Where do you want to go to college? Do you know how much your degree will cost?
- How did the FAFSA4Caster help you create your paying-for-college plan? Will you qualify for federal student aid? How much of your educational costs will it cover? For your privacy, please do NOT disclose your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) or the dollar amount of your federal student aid award estimate in your essay.
- What other steps have you taken so far to pay for college? What will you do in the time leading up to your high school graduation to prepare for college financially?
- Complete the scholarship application by 11:59pm on April 15, 2019
- Failure to complete one or all of the requirements will disqualify you from any prize eligibility.
15-Apr COLLEGE JUMPSTART SCHOLARSHIP Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Two competitions a year - Oct 17 and April 15. Merit based competition based on your commitment to go to school and expressing your goals for getting a higher education. www.jumpstart-scholarship.net/ $1,000
15-Apr GLORIA BARRON PRIZE FOR YOUNG HEROES Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Winners must have organized and led a truly extraordinary service activity which has clearly benefited other people, our fellow creatures, or the planet we share. www.barronprize.org $10,000
15-Apr YOUTH FREE EXPRESSISON PROJECT FILM CONTEST Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Film Contest is "WATCH WHAT YOU #TWEET! HOW FREE SHOULD SOCIAL MEDIA BE?" http://ncac.org/project/film-contest Cash prizes up to $1000
16-Apr JIFFY LUBE TEEN DRIVER SCHOLARSHIP Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Two separate categories: One for students currently enrolled in a driver’s education program: “Your turn behind the wheel” (due Apr 16) and one for other “Teen Drivers” (due Mar 19). Submit a 500 word essay on What Drives You Now? http://yourturn2apply.com 1 @ $6500; 2 @ $1500
30-Apr A VOICE FOR ANIMALS Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors For high school students whose entries best promote the humane treatment of animals and/or climate change. Essay and video contest. http://www.hennet.org/contest.php Several from $200 - $500
30-Apr E-WASTE SCHOLARSHIP Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors Include a 140-character message about e-waste. The top 10 applications will be selected as finalists. The finalists will be asked to write a full length 500- to 1,000-word essay about e-waste. http://www.digitalresponsibility.org/scholarships/ $1,000
