Scholarships for African American Women

API Study Abroad and Intern Abroad Scholarships

Amount: Varies

Apply By: June 10, 2023

Description: There are several scholarships with specific requirements. Along with general scholarships, you will find scholarships specifically open to college students, military veterans, non-traditional students, students with disabilities, minority students, LGBTQ students, STEM majors, and student athletes.

Sponsor: API Study Abroad

 

Luther and Mary Ida Vandross Scholarship

Amount: As much as $6,000

Apply By: June 14, 2023

Description: Scholarship is open to students within their 3rd, 4th, or 5th year of study resulting in an undergraduate degree who are enrolled at a four-year Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Applicant should have a minimum of a couple.5 GPA and demonstrate financial need.

Sponsor: The Philadelphia Foundation

 

Ricoh Scholarship Program

Amount: Up to $2,500

Apply By: June 14, 2023

Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are enrolled like a full-time college sophomore or junior at a Historically Black College/University (HBCU). Applicant should be majoring within the following: Information technology, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or Business Operations.

Sponsor: UNCF | Ricoh

 

TechChecks Business Leadership Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

Apply By: June 15, 2023

Description: Scholarship is open to incoming students for Fall 2023 who definitely are working towards any field that emphasizes business or marketing. Preference will be presented to applicants who're female, possess a disability, or fit in with a minority group.

Sponsor: TechChecks

 

Freedom of Religion Foundation Catherine Fahringer Memorial Award

Amount: $2,500

Apply By: June 21, 2023

Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who live in the U.S. who identify as atheist, agnostic, humanist and/or secular, and also have been accepted to some two or four-year college. Preference is offered to students of color. Students who're (and have been) in foster care, homeless, undocumented and/or LGBTQ should apply.

Sponsor: Black Skeptics Los Angeles | Freedom From Religion Foundation

 

AfterCollege STEM Inclusion Scholarship

Amount: $500

Apply By: June 30, 2023

Description: Scholarship is available to currently enrolled students working towards a degree in a field of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics from the group underrepresented in their field of study. Underrepresented groups will be presented preference.

Sponsor: AfterCollege

 

AWG Minority Scholarship

Amount: As much as $2,000

Apply By: June 30, 2023

Description: Scholarship is open to minority female students who are enrolled full-time inside a geosciences program.

Sponsor: Association for ladies Geoscientists

 

David Hudak Memorial Essay Contest for Freethinking Students of Color

Amount: Up to $3,500

Apply By: July 15, 2023

Description: Competition is open to freethinking students of color ages 17-21 who're either high school seniors or students currently signed up for a university or university. Applicant must submit an essay on the given prompt associated with rejection of religion.

Sponsor: Freedom From Religion Foundation

 

William A. Crawford Minority Teacher Scholarship

Amount: Varies

Apply By: September 1, 2023

Description: Scholarship is open to minority students (understood to be black and Hispanic individuals) likely to teach in an accredited school in Indiana upon graduation.

Sponsor: Indiana Commission for Higher Education

 

Law School Diversity Scholarship Program

Amount: $2,000

Apply By: October 1, 2023

Description: Scholarship is available to students with a minimum 3.0 GPA and have completed at least one semester of classes in an accredited law school. Applicant should be part of an ethnic or racial minority or any individual who demonstrates a defined resolve for issues of diversity inside their academic career.

Sponsor: Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C.