Scholarships
Community Scholarships
The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
The Community Foundation administers a variety of scholarships to help individuals, families and businesses create a brighter future by encouraging education. In recent years, more than $408,000 in scholarships were awarded to 100 students.
Association Scholarships
Gorgas Scholarship Competition
Gorgas Scholars compete for over $10,000 in scholarships. Check out the
Gorgas Scholarship Competition
website for more information and to view past finalists and winners.
Organization Scholarships
Alabama Junior Academy of Science Paper Reading Competition
For students in Grades 9-12, the Alabama Junior Academy of Science Paper Reading Competition (Junior Science and Humanities Symposium) welcomes students from all High School grades. Their website is
www.alabamaacademyofscience.org/ajas. The AJAS-JSHS competition has numerous scholarship opportunities.
Ken Smith Scholarship Fund
The Smith Scholars Program will award eight scholarships each totaling $1000.
You can check out the details in this PDF or
learn more from the JAG website.
S.S. Scholarship Program
This $1000 scholarship is available to any student that is 21 years or under.
More information is available here.
Alabama Home Builders Association
More information is available here.
Miscellaneous Scholarships
Buick Achievers Scholarship Program
Up to $25,000 per year for 100 students and $2,000 per year for 1,000 students will be awarded. More information is available
here.
Google Scholarships
Google offers the Generation Google Scholarship, a renewable academic scholarship for up to four years, and the
Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, an academic scholarship to encourage women to pursue careers in computer science and technology.
Visit the Google Scholarship page for details.
Google also holds the Doodle 4 Google contest. The National Winner of the Doodle 4 Google contest will win a $15,000 college scholarship.
Teachers and parents can register here.
Healthy Lifestyles Scholarship
This $5000 scholarship is open to students currently enrolled as high school students or first-year college students. More information is available here.
Big Dig Scholarship
This $3000 scholarship is for students who submit an essay that is under 1000 words and are currently in high school or in their first two years of college/university.
More information is available here.
2011 ICBC Scholarship
This $1000 scholarship is open to students that are between the ages of 17-21 that are residents of the US or Canada. More information is available
here.
