CCIS is dedicated to the future of California’s contractor community. We are excited to offer scholarships for graduating high school seniors and currently enrolled college students who are interested in pursuing a career as a contractor.

The CCIS Scholarship Essay Contest is open to all citizens and/residents of the United States.

For more information, visit their website at https://www.ccisbonds.com/scholarship/

Antibodies-online is now supporting young scientists and prospective scientists in the life sciences to focus on their studies instead of covering the costs for their education. Each year we will award two students in the USA with a $1000 stipend to pursue their dream and advance scientific discovery. The scholarship is transferred to the winner’s University account in order to help cover tuition fees.

Yearly Scholarship Amount: 2 x $1,000 scholarships

Application Deadline: Sun, 01/20/2019

Eligibility requirements:

• High school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students can apply
• Candidates must be enrolled as a freshman, undergraduate, or graduate student at an accredited college or university for the upcoming fall or spring term respectively.
• Intended major in Life Sciences or related fields.

For more information, please visit their website at https://www.antibodies-online.com/scholarship/.

We want to reach out to undergraduate women who may want to start businesses, become designers, artists and leaders and further their dreams by offering a scholarship award of $1,000 to the student who can best present and explore female empowerment in a well written essay.

Yearly Scholarship Amount: $1,000

Application Deadline: Sat, 01/05/2019

Eligibility requirements:

All applicants must be enrolled, or due to be enrolled, as a full-time student at an accredited college or university for the semester they are applying to receive the scholarship. Applicants must identify as female. Applicants are not required to have a minimum GPA.  Domestic, international, and undocumented students may apply.

For more information please visit their website at https://www.vandomian.com/scholarship-for-women/.

Essay should address the following topics:

• Explain how your interest in the field developed and describe your experiences in the field
• Discuss a special attribute or accomplishment that sets you apart
• Pick an experience from your own life and explain how it has influenced your development
• From a financial standpoint, what impact would this scholarship have on your education

Eligibility:

Two letters of recommendation from two of the following choices:

• A member of the faculty of your school or college
• A professional member of the horticultural field
• A community leader
• An employer or supervisor

Applicants must be an incoming freshman, sophomore, junior or senior enrolled full or part time into a course of study at a community college or university leading to a career in the horticultural industry.

A 3.0 or above GPA is required

Deadline: August 20th, 2018

For more information, please visit their site https://myperfectplants.com/scholarship-application/

Distillery is an international full-service software design and development company based in Los Angeles, California. We are an award-winning mobile app developer with an absolute commitment to helping our clients succeed.

Yearly Scholarship Amount: 1000

Application Deadline: Tue, 01/15/2019

Eligibility requirements: Any current student attending an accredited four-year university with a declared major in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, IT, or a related field of study may apply. An undergraduate or graduate student will be awarded the scholarship in order to assist their efforts toward earning a degree.

How to Apply?

Please answer one of the following questions with an essay of no greater than 1,000 words:

• What most excites or inspires you about software design and development?
• What do you hope to accomplish in your chosen field?

For more information, please visit their website at https://distillery.com/.

As a St. Louis real estate attorney, Kenneth P. Carp understands the value of a higher education. The ever rising costs of tuition and other expenses associated with college and obtaining a higher degree can place a tremendous financial strain on students and their families. For this reason, the Law Offices of Kenneth P. Carp is pleased to offer an existing or incoming college student a $1,000 scholarship to meet their educational costs. The winner of the scholarship will be determined through an essay contest, the details of which are detailed below.

Eligibility:

Any student enrolled or planning to enroll

Deadline:

01/31/2019

Essay Prompt:

“Although there are many positive reasons to avoid Probate, there are practical reasons to take advantage of a court supervised process. Please discuss the process, and explain in detail which situations probate is a good decision, and which situations probate is not a good solution.”

For more information, please visit their website at http://www.kcarplaw.com/scholarship/.

Film Budgeteers believes in the empowerment of students of all ethnic backgrounds, but from where we sit, the Film Community is in dire need of more voices of color and more variety regarding talented young producers across the vast spectrum of gender. We recognize that pursuing a career in film or the visual arts can be a costly challenge for students of diversity, and we feel we can best do our part to encourage young filmmakers from diverse backgrounds and gender perspectives to take on the challenges of a film or visual arts education by offering a twice-annual scholarship fund of $2500 to any qualified students pursuing a 2- or 4-year college, graduate school, or trade training program.

Eligibility:

• Student must come from a diverse ethnic background, and/or identify with the LBGTQ community Student does not need to be a film major or enrolled in any sort of film school curriculum
• The goal of this scholarship is to promote scholars from all disciplines and majors, in order to bring new perspectives and a more rich, varied palette of knowledge, experience, and wisdom to the film industry
• Candidate may be of any age
• Candidate must have been accepted into a 4-year college or university

Deadline: 01/31/2018

Prompt:

Why do you feel your voice as a filmmaker would be both vital and unique to the film community?

For more information, please visit their website at  https://filmbudgeteers.com/scholarship/.

The civil litigation lawyers at Tetzel Law, LLC are pleased to announce our new annual scholarship “Distracted Driving Lawyer Scholarship – 2018”.   As civil litigation attorneys in both Boston and Worcester we see firsthand the damages distracted driving can bring to families and communities alike.  With our scholarship, we seek to raise awareness for distracted driving accidents by putting students in the role of a legislator seeking to reduce distracted driving accidents across the state. It is our hope that by having students write this essay it will make them think about their own actions when they are behind the wheel.

Deadline: January 30th, 2018

Prompt: 

Many states have enacted laws and preventative measures to decrease or ban distracted driving, including age restrictions, hand-free use, citations, and more.  If you had the responsibility to create a law or any other preventative measures to decrease distracted driving, what would they be and why?

For more information, please visit their website at https://www.tetzellaw.com/distracted-driving-lawyer-scholarship-2018/

Eligibility:

• Students must be attending a two or four year university or college in the Spring of 2018
• They must have been involved in volunteering for a senior living community during the past year (2017-2018)

Deadline: January 15th, 2018

Please visit their website at https://www.senioradvice.com/senior-volunteer-scholarship-spring-2018 for more information.

Eligibility:

• Students must be attending a two or four year university or college in the Spring of 2018
• They must have been involved in caregiving for a family member or friend

Deadline: January 15th, 2018

Please visit their website at https://www.senioradvice.com/senior-caregiver-scholarship-spring-2018  for more information.