2010 Scholarship Opportunities
Helpful Scholarship Programs
Online Scholarship Listing
Scholarships4School.com provides detailed scholarship listings as well as some helpful details about the scholarship process.
Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship
The Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) offers the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to children (age 23 or younger) of an active duty member of the Armed Forces who has died in the line of duty on or after Sept. 10, 2001. The VA will begin accepting applications on May 1, 2010, and will issue payments to eligible children starting Aug. 1, 2010. For more information, including eligibility requirements, call 888.GIBILL.1 (toll-free) or visit the GI Bill website.
American Indian Education Program
The American Indian Education Program (AIEP) offers scholarships to Native American students for various amounts. Visit the AIEP website for award amounts, eligibility requirements and application deadlines.
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
The Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) will pay up to $25,000 each year toward repayment of qualified educational loans of eligible veterinarians who agree to serve in a National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)-designated veterinarian shortage situation for a minimum period of three years. Visit the NIFA Loan Repayment Program website for applications, deadlines and additional information.
National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers loan repayment awards to medical researchers through its extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRP). NIH repays up to $35,000 per year of educational loan debt for individuals who commit to conducting two years of qualified biomedical or behavioral research at a nonprofit or government institution. Acceptable disciplines include clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, and clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. For detailed information, visit the NIH website.
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is a membership organization that encourages and supports its members in developing college students' awareness and skills in civic participation through service-learning, community service, and other methodologies. To learn about Oklahoma Campus Compact, visit www.okhighered.org/campus-com. The organization currently has the following scholarship opportunities available:
Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneur (CASE) Grants are administered by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation and sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The $1,000 CASE grants go to students whose applications indicate the most innovative and promising use of the funds to establish or significantly further a partnership between the student (and his or her school) and a community non-profit organization. Visit ServiceBook.org to apply for the grant.
Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
The Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (OK-LSAMP STEM) is a consortium of Oklahoma colleges and universities working together to develop programs that increase the number of students from under-represented populations who receive degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. OK-LSAMP STEM, which is funded through a grant by the National Science Foundation, is part of a national system of programs.
OK-LSAMP STEM offers undergraduates financial support; faculty mentoring and research opportunities; support to present research at local, regional, and national conferences and meetings; networking contacts; tutoring; and many other services. For more information about the program, including eligibility requirements and an application form, visit www.ok-lsamp.okstate.edu/forms.html.
Grants & Scholarships Administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
The State Regents offer many grant and scholarship programs. For detailed information, visit the online Student Center or call 800.858.1840 (toll-free).
Are you Aware of Other Scholarship Opportunities?
If you know of scholarship opportunities OGSLP can promote in the Oklahoma financial aid community, please contact Gentry McKeown, Communications Specialist, at 405.234.4452 or gmckeown@ogslp.org.