Louisiana Scholarships
Amount: $750
Deadline: March 16, 2022
Description
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation offers the Aaron Bernard Murray & Fay Tyler Murray Education Encouragement Award, which was created to reward students who demonstrate good citizenship and have a record of sound academic achievement. Baton Rouge Magnet High School faculty members can nominate graduating senior students who have shown leadership and initiative to help others within the school and community. Please visit the scholarship provider's website for more information.
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: May 31, 2021
Description
Administered by AISES for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation (BNSF), this scholarship is made available to American Indian high school seniors with a 3.0 GPA or higher who reside in one of the 23 states serviced by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation and its affiliated companies: Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Arkansas, Louisiana, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, or Iowa. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: June 26, 2021
Description
The Grocery Manufacturers Representatives Association (GMRA) is a nonprofit organization formed in Louisiana to bring grocery manufacturers and retailers together. The organization is comprised of approximately 80 companies and is dedicated to preventing trade abuses, promoting uniformity and certainties in business practices, and establishing confidence among sellers, buyers, and sales representatives. Applicants must be employed part-time by an Associated Grocers-affiliated grocery store; they must also be enrolled/enrolling full-time at an accredited university or college. Please visit the scholarship provider's website for more information.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: Varies
Description
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation and its Donors with scholarship funds want to help students achieve the best of them by providing them with a wide variety of scholarships. They believe the more students learn, the more prosperous they will be, and that they’ll enrich the communities they live in, especially those right here in Louisiana. Students must follow these simple steps: answer a few questions; check if you are qualified; and, check the process of your application. Please visit the scholarship provider's website for more information.
Amount: $12,000
Deadline: Varies
Description
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation offers this scholarship fund in memory of Cheryl D. Conkling supports students with hearing or other physical hardships who have demonstrated a love for education. Students must live or attend school in either Windsor, Colorado; Conroe, Texas; Wilkinson County, Mississippi; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; or West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; must be enrolling full-time into an accredited university or college. Preference may be given to students with hearing or other physical impairments, students not receiving other substantial aid, and/or students in Louisiana. Please visit the scholarship provider's website for more information.
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: March 8, 2022
Description
The Sallie Mae Fund’s Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program for High School Seniors helps make the dream of higher education a reality for outstanding students from minority and other historically underserved communities. High school seniors who are facing financial challenges may apply to win a $10,000 scholarship to help them attend college or a vocational-technical school. Please visit the scholarship provider's website for more information.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, 2021
Description
The Congressional Black Causus Foundation offers the CBC Spouses Education Scholarship to academically talented and highly motivated full-time African-American or Black students pursuing and undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees in a variety of fields. Please visit the scholarship provider's website for more information.
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: April 30, 2021
Description
The Congressional Black Causus Foundation offers the CBC Performing Arts Scholarship to academically talented and highly motivated full-time African-American or Black students pursuing and undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees in a variety of fields. Please visit the scholarship provider's website for more information.
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: April 30, 2021
Description
The Congressional Black Causus Foundation offers the CBC Spouses Virtual Arts Scholarship to academically talented and highly motivated full-time African-American or Black students pursuing and undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees in a variety of fields. Please visit the scholarship provider's website for more information.
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: May 9, 2021
Description
The Corvias Foundation offers the Corvias Foundation Scholarship for Spouses of Actives-duty Service Members. This scholarship offers much-needed flexibility for scholars who juggle the demands of military life while supporting their household and pursuing their career aspirations. Please visit the scholarship provider's website for more information.
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: Varies
Description
The DyBaseball USA offers the Dixie Youth Baseball Scholarship to boys or Majors of age 13 and up. The Dixie Softball Inc. also has a scholarship program for girls who did not play Dixie Youth or Dixie Boys or Majors Baseball. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
Amount: $7,500
Deadline: March 1, 2022
Description
The electronic security industry works intimately with the public safety sector, and appreciates the contribution that police, firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs offer to the communities. To show the appreciation, the Electronic Security Association (ESA) offers the ESA Youth Scholarship, which was developed to provide college scholarships to their deserving children. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
Amount: $4,000
Deadline: June 30, 2021
Description
An educated clergy and laity has been an important part of the Reformed tradition ever since John Calvin’s Geneva, and Christian education has long been one of the core values of this church. Through bequests to the Legacy Fund by Jessie White Hotson, Gertrude Mai Marks, and others and by gifts in memory of Edward L. McGuire, Jr., Ruth W. Knighton, Ruth and Edwin Staman, and others, First Presbyterian Church has been able to give scholarships to many seminary students over the years to assist them on the path to becoming Presbyterian pastors. Preference is given to Presbyterian students attending Presbyterian-related theological schools. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: January 14, 2022
Description
The National FFA Organization offers the Ford Built Tough - $1,000 Scholarship program to support students across the nation. At a cost of $500 to the dealer and $635 to Ford corporate, Ford will match a total of 500 scholarships that will be awarded in the name of the partnering dealer. Each dealer has the opportunity to sponsor as many $1,000 dollar scholarships as they choose. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.
Amount: $500
Deadline: April 29, 2021
Description
This scholarship was established in honor of members of the Babin Family who were educators in the Dutchtown school system for over 100 years. This award will recognize leadership by selecting a graduate who has taken initiative in school activities and organizations that contribute to an improved quality of life for the greater community. Applicants must be graduating from Dutchtown High School in Geismar, Louisiana; they must also be enrolling full-time into an accredited university or college. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider’s website.