Scholarships by Locale
| American Business Women’s Association Scholarship (ABWA) Hawkeye Chapter Apply: Applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Financial Planning located in Carnegie Hall. Contact: Sally Lawson, ABWA Hawkeye Chapter, 2717 Cambridge Street, Des Moines, IA 50313; Phone: (515) 243-7305 |
| Des Moines Women’s Club Eligibility: Applicant may apply for ONLY ONE of the four scholarships. Applicant must be a woman beyond the secondary school level, who is currently enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or university. Applicant must be a legal resident of Polk County or one of the bordering countries of Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story, or Warren. Apply: Applications can be downloaded off the following website: www.desmoineswomensclub.org/scholarships.html Contact: Phone: (515) 244-0507, Email: fieldsend@hoytsherman.org |
| Fahrney Education Foundation Scholarship Trust US BANK Eligibility: Applicant must be a resident of Wapello County, Iowa for one year or more. Applicant must attend a college or university in the State of Iowa. Applicants must be enrolled in full-time course of study at: 1) A four-year accredited Iowa college or university leading toward a bachelor degree or post-graduate degree; or 2) A two-year Iowa college associate art or science program leading to a four-year course of study and bachelor degree. Immediate family members of all U.S. Bank employees are not eligible for this grant. Apply: Applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Financial Planning located in Carnegie Hall. Contact: Trust Department, U.S. Bank, 123 East Third Street, Ottumwa, IA 52501 Phone: (641) 683-1641 |
| Grundy County Memorial Hospital Foundation Eligibility: Student must be currently enrolled in an accredited healthcare program leading to licensure or a clinical laboratory degree such as pharmacy. Student must have completed at least six months of their healthcare program. Students must be enrolled full-time (minimum 12 credit hours) for diploma or undergraduate programs and at least part-time (minimum 6 credit hours) for graduate programs. Eligible student reside in the Grundy County Memorial Hospital service area of Black Hawk, Butler, Grundy, Hardin and Tama counties. Cumulative post-secondary GPA maintained at 3.0 or higher. Apply: Applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Financial Planning located in Carnegie Hall or by visiting www.grundycountyhospital.org. Contact: Grundy County Memorial Hospital Foundation Scholarship, c/o Rebecca Dirks, 201 East J Avenue, Grundy Center, IA 50638. Sarah Bruner or Becky Dirks Phone: (319) 824-5421 |
| Harold Ferman Photojournalism Achievement Award Apply: Applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Financial Planning located in Carnegie Hall. Contact: Joseph Kenny, St. Louis Review, 20 Archbishop May Drive, St. Louis, MO 63119-5004; Phone: (314) 792-7508, E-mail: jkenny@stlouisreview.com |
| Hispanic Scholarship Fund Eligibility: Student must be currently enrolled at any four-year institution as a first-time freshman. Must be of Hispanic heritage. Must be a U.S. citizen or Legal Permanent Resident. Must have successfully completed high school in the state of Georgia with a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Student must have applied for federal financial aid by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Additional Information: For more information, please check out http://www.hsf.net. Contact: Carlos Chavoya, Program Officer, Pipeline Scholarships, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Phone: (415) 808-2372, FAZ: (415) 808-2304, Website: http://www.hsf.net |
| Iowa College Foundation the Westmar Endowment Scholarship Program Eligibility: Applicant must be a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior beginning in the Fall, and must plant to attend one of ICF’s member colleges or universities as a FULL-TIME student. Courses must be taken on the campus of the institution. (See website for details.) Apply: Applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Financial Planning located in Carnegie Hall. Contact: Phone: (515) 282-0473, Website: www.iowacollegefoundation.org |
| Journalism Foundation of Metropolitan St. Louis Eligibility: Applicants must be completing their freshman, sophomore, junior, senior year of college or be in graduate school. They must be enrolled as full-time (taking at least 12 hours credit per semester or term) in courses leading to a degree in journalism or related field. Graduate students must carry at least six hours. Applicants must be residents of the St.Louis area (City of St. Louis, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis and Warrren counties in Missouri; Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair counties in Illinois). Apply: Applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Financial Planning located in Carnegie Hall. Contact: Joseph Kenny, St. Louis Review, 20 Archbishop May Drive, St. Louis, MO 63119-5004; Phone: (314) 792-7508, E-mail: jkenny@stlouisreview.com |
| Lavon H. Cooper Scholarship (Robbinsdale District #281 High Schools) Eligibility: Students who have graduated from Robbinsdale District #281 high schools (Robbinsdale HS, Robbinsdale Cooper HS and Robbinsdale Armstrong HS). Student must have completed at least two years of college and will be entering junior, senior or graduate years. Financial Need is also a factor. Apply: Scholarship applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Financial Planning in Carnegie Hall. Contact: Carol Johnson, (763) 536-8042, cljohn@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us |
| Northern Association of Boating Administrators Apply: Scholarship applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Financial Planning in Carnegie Hall or visit www.nasbla.org/naba. Contact: NABA, 1500 Leestown Road, Suite 330, Lexington, KY 40511 |
| Scott County Republican Women Scholarship Eligibility: Applicants must be a junior, senior or graduate student woman from Scott County (Iowa). Must have a declared major of Political Science, Government, History, International Relations or Public Administration. Must be a U.S. citizen and a registered member of the Republican Party. Apply: Scholarship applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Financial Planning in Carnegie Hall. Contact: Scott County Republican Women's Scholarship Committee, 23 Estate Court, Bettendorf, IA 52722. |
| The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Academic Scholarship Program Eligibility: Must be Jewish. Graduate, undergraduate, and vocational students are eligible. Studying full-time toward a degree in a “helping profession”. (See website for details.) Must have legal domicile in the greater Chicago metropolitan area, Cook County or Northwest Indiana. (See website for details.) Apply: Applications can be downloaded from the website: www.jvschicago.org/scholarship Contact: JVS Scholarship Secretary, Phone: (312) 673-3457, Email: jvsscholarship@jvschicago.org |