Maryland Scholarships
Contact:
Maryland Higher Education
Commission
839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
PH: (410) 260-4565
Ph: (800) 974-1024
Scholarships:
Byrd Scholarship
Maryland State Department
of Education
School and Community
Outreach Office
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
PH: (410) 260-4565
Marine Technology Scholarships
Application Deadline: April 15, 2011
Additional Information: You must use the scholarship money in the 2011-2012 academic year. Scholarship money is sent to college Bursar Offices, not to scholarship recipients.
Contact:
Marine Technology Society
5565 Sterrett Place, Suite 108
Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: 410-884-5330www.mtsociety.org/education/scholarships.aspx.
Harold P. Rawlings Guaranteed Access Grant
Type of award: Scholarship
Intended use: For full-time undergraduate study at accredited postsecondary institution.
Eligibility Requirements: Applicant must be high school senior. Applicant must be U.S.citizen or permanent resident residing in Maryland. Must have minimum 2.5 GPA. Proof of eligibility, FAFSA.
Additional information: Applicant must be high school senior who has completed college perparatory program or has graduated prior to the academic year and provides written documentation explaining why he or she was unable to attend college within one year of graduation from high school.
Amount of award: $400-$14,300
Application deadline: March 1
Contact:
Maryland Higher Education Commission Office of Student Financial Assistance
Guaranteed Access Grant
839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400
Annapolis, MD 21401-3103
Phone: 800-974-1024
Fax: 410-260-3200
Past President's Parley Nursing Scholarship
Type of award: Scholarship
Intended use: For undergraduate study at 2-year or 4-year accredited postsecondary institution.
Eligibility Requirements: Must be female, at least 16, no older than 22. Applicant must be residing in Maine. Applicant must be daughter/step daughter, granddaughter/step-granddaughter, great-granddaughter/step-great-granddaughter of ex-serviceman or ex-servicewoman.
Additional information: For RN degree only.
Amount of award: $2,000
Application deadline: May 1
Contact:
American Legion Maryland Auxiliary
Chairman, Past President's Parley Scholarship
1589 Supphur Spring Road, Suite 105
Baltimore, MD 21227
Phone: 410-242-9519
Fax: 410-242-9553
Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship
Type of award: Scholarship
Intended use: For full-time junior or senior study at accredited 2-year, 4-year or graduate institution.
Eligibility Requirements: Applicant must be residing in Maryland, Virginia or West Virginia.
Additional information: Recommendations, essay, transcript, resume, faculty referral form. Minimum 2.7 overal GPA and minimum 3.0 in major.
Amount of award: $2,000
Application deadline: May 31
Contact:
Horticultural Research institute
1000 Vermont Avenue NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005-4914
Phone: 202-789-2900
Fax: 202-478-7288
Web: www.hriresearch.org
Maryland Teacher Scholarship
16 Francis Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
PH: (410) 260-4564
Eligibility Requirements: Applicant must be enrolled full time at a two year or
four year college or university with a 3.0
GPA or higher. Available to Maryland residents attending
college in Maryland with a
major in teacher education
and work as a teacher in
the state.
American Legion Maryland Boys State Scholarship
Type of award: Scholarship
Intended use: For undergraduate study at accredited postsecondary institution.
Eligibility Requirements: Must be member/participant of American Legion, Boys State. Applicant must be male, at least 16, no older than 19. Applicant must be residing in Maryland.
Additional information: Applicant must be graduate of Maryland Boys State.
Amount of award: $500
Application deadline: May 1
Contact:
American Legion Maryland
Attn: Department Adjutant
The War Memorial Building, 101 N. Gay St.
Baltimore, MD 21202-1405
Phone: 410-752-1405
Fax: 410-752-1405
Maryland Senatorial Scholarship
Type of award: scholarship
Intended use: For undergraduate study at postsecondary institutions.
Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants and parents must
be Maryland residents. Award
is for undergraduate or
graduate study at
postsecondary college or
university in Maryland.
Additional information: Applicant must be nominated
by local state senator.
Amount of award: $400-$9,000
Application deadline: March 1
Contact:
Maryland Higher Education Commission Office of Student Financial Assistance
Senatorial Scholarship Program
839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
PH: (410) 260-4565
PH: (800) 974-1024
Fax: (410) 260-3200
Cady McDonnell Memorial Scholarship
6 Montgomery Village Avenue, Suite 403
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Eligibility Requirements:
Award given to a female surveying student. Applicant must be enrolled full or part-time at a two or four-year institution or university. Scholarship for use in freshman. sophomore, junior or senior year in college.
Maryland Distinguished Scholar: Achievement
Type of award: Scholarship, renewable
Intended use: For undergraduate study at 2-year or 4-year accredited postsecondary institution. Designated Maryland institutions.
Eligibility Requirements: Must be high school junior. Applicant must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident residing in Maryland.
Additional information: Applicant must provide transcript. Nomination by high school. SAT scores from tests taken in January of junior year or earlier. PSAT or ACT scores may be submitted if student has not taken SAT 1.
Amount of award: $3,000
Application deadline: June 30
Contact:
Maryland Higher Education Commission Office of Student Financial Assistance
Guaranteed Access Grant
839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400
Annapolis, MD 21401-3103
Phone: 800-974-1024
Fax: 410-260-3200
Dave Ward Memorial Scholarship
PO BOX 494
New Windsor, MD 21776
PH: (410) 465-6360
Eligibility Requirements: Open to juniors and seniors at high schools in Maryland who demonstrates outstanding citizenship. Open to students who plan on attending college. Must demonstrate financial need for college. Scholarship for use in freshman and sophomore years in college.
Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program
12300 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20852
PH: (301) 443-6197
Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants must be American Indians or Alask Natives and be high school graduates. This award is to provide financial assistance to Native American students who want to become professionals in the health industry.
American Legion Maryland Scholarship
Type of award: Scholarship
Intended use: For undergraduate study at accredited postsecondary institution.
Eligibility Requirements: Applicant must be dependent of veteran. Applicant must be at least 16, no older than 19. Applicant must be residing in Maryland.
Additional information: Applicant must have reached 20th birthday by January 1 of calendar year application was filed.
Amount of award: $500
Application deadline: March 31
Contact:
American Legion Maryland
Attn: Department Adjutant
The War Memorial Building, 101 N. Gay St.
Baltimore, MD 21202-1405
Phone: 410-752-1405
Fax: 410-752-1405
For additional scholarships by state, click here.
For information about grants, click here.
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