New York Scholarships
Contact:
New York State Higher Education
Services Corporation
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12255
PH: (518) 473-1574
PH: (888) 697-4372
Scholarships:
New York State Robert C. Byrd Federal Honors Scholarship
Type of award: Scholarship
Intended use: For full-time undergraduate study at accredited 2-year or 4-year institution in United States.
Eligibility Requirements: For public and non-public high
school students with 3.5 GPA
or higher. Must be thirty and
under, planning to enroll full
time at a two or four year New
York state college or university.
Nominees will be selected by
high school and will be
notified by the State
Department of Education.
Application requirements: Nomination by high school.
Additional information: Must have 1875 SAT score, minimum 95 average, or 410 GED score.
Amount of award: $1,500
Application deadline: March 2
Contact:
New York State Education Department
Scholarship Dept.
Room 967 EBA
Albany, New York 12234
PH: (518) 486-1319
Fax: 518-486-5346
Medical & Training Scholarships
Type of award: Scholarship
Intended use: For full-time undergraduate study at postsecondary institution.
Eligibility: Applicant or parent must be member/participant of Ameircan Legion auxiliary. applicant must be no older than 19, high school senior. Applicant must be residing in New York. applicant must be descendant of veteran or dependent of veteran.
Additional information: Applicant must be high school senior or graduate. Obtain application from local American Legion Auxiliary Unit.
Amount of award: $1,000
Application deadline: March 1
Contact:
American legion New York Auxiliary
112 State Street, Suite 409
Albany, NY 12207-0003
New York State World Trade Center Memorial Scholarship
Type of award: Scholarship, renewable.
Intended use: For full-time undergraduate study at 2-year or 4-year institution. Approved New York colleges and universities.
Application requirements: Proof of eligibility, FAFSA, Express TAP Application
Eligibility: Must be child, spouse, or financial dependent of person who died or became severely and permanently disabled due to the September 11th attacks or rescue and recovery operation.
Additional information: Award covers actual tuition and mandatory educational fees.
Amount of award: Full tuition
Application deadline: May 1
Contact:
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation Grants and Scholarships
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12255
Phone: 888-NYS-HESC
New York State Readers Aid Program
Type of award: Scholarship, renewable.
Intended use: For undergraduate, master's or doctoral study at 2-year, 4-year or graduate institution.
Application requirements: Proof of eligibility
Eligibility: Applicant must be visually impaired or hearing impaired. applicant must be residing in New York.
Additional information: Applicant may be attending out of state institution.
Amount of award: $1,000
Contact:
Vocational and Educational Services for People with Disabilities
Readers Aid Program
One Commerce Plaza, Room 1623
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: 518-486-1319
Fax: 518-473-5769
American Legion New York Oratorical Contest
Type of award: Scholarship
Intended use: For undergraduate study at postsecondary institution
Eligibility: Applicant or parent must be member/participant of Ameircan Legion. Applicant must be no older than 20, enrolled in high school. Appicant must be residing in New York.
Application requirements: Proof of eligibility
Additional information: Scholarship payments are made directly to student's college and are awarded over a four-year period.
Amount of award: $2,000-$6,000
Application deadline: Contact local American Legion Post for deadlines.
Contact:
American Legion. Department of New York
Department Adjutant
112 State Street, Suite 1300
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518-463-2215
Scholarship for Academic
Excellence
New York State Higher
Education, Services Department
99 Washington Avenue
Room 1320
Albany, New York 12255
PH: (518) 473-1574
Eligibility Requirements:
Scholarship awarded to high
school student planning to enroll
full time at an institution or
university. Must be a New York resident studying in New York
at an approved postsecondary
college or university.
New York State Tuition Assistance
Program
Student Information
Type of award: Scholarship, renewable
Intended use: For undergraduate, or graduate study at accredited postsecondary institution in United States. Designated institutuions; TAP-eligible schools in New York.
Eligibility Requirements:
Award for New York State residents attending New York
postsecondary colleges and
universities. Must be a full
time student enrolled or
expected to enroll in a two
year or four year institution.
Application requirements: Proof of eligibility. FAFSA
Additional information: Student must fall within income limits. Must maintain a C average.
Amount of award: Varies
Application deadline: May 1
Contact:
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12255
Phone: 888-NYS-HESC
Scholarships for Minority Accounting Students
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-8775
PH: (212) 596-6270
Eligibility Requirements:
Awards given to minority students who are declared accounting majors with an overall GPA of 3.3. Applicant must be a minority enrolled full-time at a creddited university. Award for use in junior or senior years.
Northeastern Loggers Association Scholarships
PO BOX 69
Old Forge, NY 13420-0069
PH:(315) 369-3078
Eligibility Requirements: Applicant must be enrolled full-time at a two-year or four-year institution or university. Award available to those who family belongs to the Northeastern Loggers Association or family member is an employee of the Industrial and Associate members of the Northeastern Loggers Association.
New York State Veterans Tuition Award
Type of award: Scholarship, renewable.
Intended use: For undergraduate or graduate study at accredited vocational, 2-year or 4-year institution in the United States. Designated institutions; Approved postsecondary schools in New York.
Eligibility: Applicant must be returning adult student. Applicant must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident residing in New York.
Additional information: Applicant must be veteran during Persian Gulf War or Vietnam. Must have served in armed forces in hostilities in Indochina between December 1961 and May 1975, or in Persian Gulf on or after August 2, 1990. Veterans of the Afghanistan conflict also eligible.
Amount of award: $4,288
Application deadline: May 1
Contact:
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation Scholarships and Grants
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12255
Phone: 888-NYS-HESC
Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship
Type of award: Scholarship.
Intended use: For full-time undergraduate study at accreditied vocational 2-year or 4-year institution in United States. Designated institutions; Approved New York postsecondary institutions.
Application requirements: Proof of eligibility, transcript.
Eligibility: Applicant must be high school senior. Applicant must be residing in New York.
Additional information: One student from every participating public and private high school in New York State is awarded scholarship.
Amount of award: $1,250
Application deadline: March 26
Contact:
CASDA-LOT
University of Albany-East Campus
Five University Place-A409
Rensselear, NY 12144
Phone: 518-525-2686
Fax: 518-525-2689
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