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Scholarships

Technical Minority Scholarship Fund

Deadline: September
Institution: Xerox Corporation
This scholarship is available to US Citizens and individuals with Permanent Resident visas. The scholarship is not available to spouses and children of Xerox employees. Students must be enrolled full-time at a four-year institution, have a B average or better,…

World Studio Foundation AIGA Scholarship

Deadline: March/April
Institution: World Studio Foundation
Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships benefit minority and economically disadvantaged students who are studying the design/arts disciplines in colleges and universities in the United States. Among the scholarships' primary aims are to increase diversity inthe creative professions, and to  foster social and…

Aztec Scholarship

Deadline: Check website
Institution: Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation
Applicants must be seniors in high school, living in Oakland, CA, have applied/will apply to an institution of higher learning and be Latino/a. Email the organization for an application and more information about the scholarship. 

PG & E Employee Association Scholarships

Deadline: February
Institution: Pacific Gas &Electric
PG&E has several employee associations that offer scholarships that are either open to all, or restricted by ethnicity.   While PG&E utilizes a standard Scholarship general application, each ERG reserves the opportunity to award funds to students who have shown…

Latina Leadership Network (LLN) Scholarships

Deadline: early March
Institution: Latina Leadership Network of the California Community Colleges
1) MADRINA AWARD: The Latina Leadership Network Madrina Award was developed to honor those Latinas who have given their time, energy, expertise, and leadership to the LLN and to other Latinas within the California Community Colleges system and/or Latino community. Madrinas are…

Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) Scholarship Program

Deadline: End of May
Institution: Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA), Los Angeles
HPRA created the HPRA Scholarship Program to assist students of Hispanic descent in California achieve their education goals. The HPRA Scholarship Program recognizes outstanding undergraduate academic achievement and community service among students who are pursuing a career in public relations…

APIASF Scholarship

Deadline: Early January
Institution: Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
APIASF manages three scholarship programs: APIASF's General Scholarship APIASF Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander - Serving Institutions Scholarship Program Gates Millennium Scholars/Asian Pacific Islander Americans funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation APIASF provides…

Talbots Women’s Scholarship Program

Deadline: January
Institution: The Talbots, Inc
Talbots Women’s Scholarship ProgramThis program is for women seeking a college degree later in life. It includes one (1) $30,000 Nancy Talbot Scholarship Award, which is named in memory of the founder of Talbots, and thirty (30) $5,000 awards. Applications…

Beca Scholarships

Deadline: Varies
Institution: Beca Foundation Inc.
Beca offers 3 scholarships: the General Scholarship is open to college-bound high school seniors in San Diego County and offers $500-$1,000 in prize money. The Alice Newell Joslyn Medical Fund requires applicants to be entering the medical/health care profession. Applicants must…

MAGA Mexican American Grocers Association Scholarship

Institution: Mexican-American Legal Defense & Education Fund
** Information about MAGA's scholarship will not be up on the website until it is decided that a scholarship will be offered that year. Check the website in September to see if a scholarship is being offered.