Scholarship Home Page
Last Updated 4/16/08
May Scholarship Due Dates
Scholarship
Due  Date
Amount
Information and Criteria
University of Southern Misissippi
Regional Award
(Out-of-State Waiver)                                        

May 1, 2008               
$6,028 per year

These awards are available to first-time entering students
You cannot be a Mississippi resident.
These awards are generally awarded to students with a strong academic history
and those who have demonstrated significant student involvement and leadership.

Click here for the application.

American Express Scholarship

May 1, 2008
varies
Click here to apply.
For children of American Express employees
OR
students who work 20 hours a week at a lodging property that maintains a membership in the American Hotel & Lodging Association
Al's Formal Wear - Salute to Education Scholarship Program
May 5, 2008
$2,500
(2 awards)
Click here for information & rules.
You must pick up an application at Al's Formal Wear.

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) National Scholarship Program
May 15, 2008

varies
Click here for more information.
Applications available Feb 15 -  May 15, 2008 for those entering college in the Fall of 2008
Requires that you are a woman, 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, U.S. Citizen, not receiving full academic funding from another source, transcript and 2 letters of recommendation, copy of your acceptance letter - please see website for full details.
Tylenol Scholarship
May 15, 2008
$1000  & $5000
(170 awards)
Click here to apply.
Winners selected in July 2008.
Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation
Mid-May 2008

Informaion will be updated as soon as it is available for the 2008 year.
$1,000 to $6,000
Click here or to ECISF's website & click  here for applications and more information.
You do not have to be listed in Who's Who to be eligible for the award.
You may check the box to waive the $4.00 fee for processing due to financial hardship
The application does require your g.p.a. and a standardized test as well as involvement in school or community, athletics or work experience.
Sallie Mae Scholarship Sweepstakes
May 30, 2008
$10,000
Click here for information.
All you need to do is register!

Schubmehl-Prein Prize for Best Essay on Social Impact of Computing
Notre Dame University

May 31, 2008
$1,000
$500
$250
This will be updated as soon as the 2008 info is available.
2007 Topic Was:  What is needed to secure the software that controls our nation's critical infrastructure?  Up to 2500 word essay with references.
Open to JUNIORS ONLY in the top fifth of their class
See Miss Bogan for details.  Website for contest is here.