When the time comes for higher education, so does the need for scholarship planning. (Unless you were born with a platinum spoon in your mouth.)
Here is a round up of scholarships being offered to underrepresented minorities and women enrolled in undergraduate, Master’s or doctoral programs.
GENERAL
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Millennium Scholars Program
The GMS Program selects 1,000 talented students annually to receive good-through-graduation scholarships. Scholars receive financial aid as well as personal and professional development through leadership programs along with academic support throughout their undergraduate and doctoral programs.
THURGOOD MARSHALL College Fund Scholarship Program
Scholarships are merit and need-based.
BUSINESS
The KPMG Foundation Minority Accounting Doctoral Scholarships
The KPMG Foundation awards scholarships to minority accounting doctoral students. The total awarded for the 2013-2014 academic year was $450,000. The foundation has had a positive influence in helping to increase the number of diverse faculty members at the nation’s colleges and universities.
MEDICAL/HEALTH
American Association of Colleges of Nursing AfterCollege-AACN Scholarship Fund
The AfterCollege-AACN Scholarship Fund supports students who are seeking a baccalaureate, master’s or doctoral degree in nursing. Special consideration is given to students in a graduate program with the goal of becoming a nurse educator; students completing an RN-to-BSN or RN-to-MSN program; and students enrolled in an accelerated program.
The ADEA/AAL Faculty of Color Tuition Scholarships for Professional Development support professional development activities for faculty of color in dental education, including allied dental education, in the early to middle stage of their careers.
American Medical Association (AMA) Minority Scholars Award
The AMA Foundation, in collaboration with the AMA Minority Affairs Section (MAS), with support from Pfizer Inc., offers approximately eight to thirteen Minority Scholars Awards annually, each in the amount of a $10,000 scholarship, to medical students.
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority PhD (MPHD) Program
The MPHD Program has two components. The Ph.D. component offers substantial scholarship support to underrepresented minority students who are beginning their doctoral work in engineering, natural science and mathematics. The smaller Feeder component offers underrepresented minority B.S. or M.S. students access to select faculty and departments that have demonstrated success in sending their students on to doctoral programs.
American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholarships
The ACS awards renewable scholarships to underrepresented minority students who want to enter the fields of chemistry or chemistry-related fields. Awards of up to $5,000 are given to qualified students. African American, Hispanic, or American Indian high school seniors or college freshmen, sophomores, or juniors pursuing a college degree in the chemical sciences or chemical technology are eligible to apply.
American Physical Society (APS) Minority Scholarship
The APS Minority Scholarship helps increase the number of underrepresented minorities obtaining degrees in physics. It provides funding and mentoring to minority physics students, helping them enhance their education and successfully prepare for a variety of careers.
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Scholarship
The society offers a variety of NSBE and Corporate-sponsored scholarships and awards to pre-college, collegiate undergraduate and graduate student, and technical professional members.
Ohio State University Scholarships for Minorities and Women in Engineering
OSU’s College of Engineering funds scholarships for engineering students who are new freshmen and members of underrepresented ethnic minority groups and women.
Penn Dental Medicine Minority Student Scholarships
Students from underrepresented groups may be eligible for outside scholarships and financial support from these outside sources.
Xerox awards between $1,000 and $10,000 to qualified minorities enrolled in a technical degree program at the bachelor level or above to promote the academic success of minority students.
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