Top scholarships for African American students

The Kimbo Foundation has been one of the largest and oldest scholarship foundations in the United States for the Korean community. The foundation started to give scholarships to Black and Hispanic students to improve racial harmony since 2013. Applicants must be 2024 fall college entering students or college students. Students should apply to certain areas of Korea Daily where the college they are currently attending; 2024 fall college entering students should apply to the area that the high school is located: Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Denver. The foundation chooses scholarship recipients primarily based on academic achievement, essay, recommendation letter, community activity, and financial needs. Applicants must be full-time students, however, part-time students may apply if the applicant takes at least 6 units and works more than 20 hours a week. Applicants must submit a letter of recommendation from either a Professor, Teacher, clergy, etc. The applicants must also submit their parents' 2023 Tax Report. The applicant's Community Volunteer and Internship List and any award winning carrier List must also be submitted. Graduating high school students must submit their college admission letter. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The CLA Scholarship for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Students in Memory of Edna Yelland encourages and supports students in the attainment of a graduate degree in library or information studies and encourages commitment to the improvement of library services to BIPOC students. Recipients are each awarded $2,500, and one-year student membership to CLA, and honored at the CLA annual conference. Recipients are encouraged to enroll into CLA's Mentoring Program. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent US residents. They must be enrolled in an ALA-accredited master's of library and information science or information studies program and have completed one or more courses. They must also intend to work in a California library upon graduation. Applicants must be a member of one or more of the following ethnic groups: African American, Black, or African; Native American, First Nations, or Indigenous to Central or South America; Asian; Latino, Hispanic or Caribbean American; Middle Eastern/North African; Pacific Islander/Indigenous to Oceania; South Asian. Applicants must provide a description of their financial need and be available for an interview by the Edna Yelland Scholarship Committee. Applicants must provide the names and contact information for two professional references. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information about the program and the required materials.

To strengthen the career pathway for physicians from historically disadvantaged backgrounds, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) is pleased to offer the Sherry R. Arnstein Underrepresented Minority Scholarship. The scholarship recognizes underrepresented minority (URM) students attending one of AACOM's member colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs). Each year, AACOM awards scholarships to a select number of osteopathic medical students. Both newly accepted and continuing students are eligible to apply. Applicants may either be currently enrolled in the first, second or third year at an AACOM member COM; or a student who has been accepted and is planning to matriculate at an AACOM member COM. Applicants must be African American, Native American, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian, mainland Puerto Rican or Hispanic American as directed per the Sherry Arnstein Trust. Previous Arnstein Scholarship applicants are eligible to reapply; previous recipients are ineligible. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education offers the William A. Crawford Minority Teacher Scholarship to minority students who are planning to teach in an accredited school in Indiana upon graduation. Students must agree in writing to apply for teaching positions in Indiana and, if hired, teach in Indiana for at least three years. Applicants must be admitted or already attending an eligible institution; pursue or intend to pursue a course of study that would enable them, upon graduation, to teach in an accredited school in Indiana; and agree in writing to apply for a teaching position at an accredited school in Indiana following their certification as a teacher and, if hired, to teach for at least three years. Applicants must also be a first-time undergraduate student. Moreover, the complete list of eligible institutions is available on the Commission's website. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Indiana Commission for Higher Education for more information.

The Gates Scholarship is a highly selective, last-dollar scholarship for outstanding high school seniors from low-income households. Each year, the scholarship is awarded to exceptional student leaders, with the intent of helping them realize their maximum potential. To apply, students must be a high school senior and pell-eligible. They must be a US citizen or permanent resident. Additionally, a student must plan to enroll in a four-year degree program, at a US accredited, not-for-profit, private or public college or university. An ideal candidate will have an outstanding academic record in high school (in the top 10 percent of their graduating class); demonstrated leadership ability (e.g., as shown through participation in community service, extracurricular, or other activities); and exceptional personal success skills (e.g., emotional maturity, motivation, perseverance, etc.). To remain eligible throughout their college tenure, students must submit a completed FAFSA prior to each academic year; a Renewal Form, with current transcripts showing that they are continuing to meet their institution's academic requirements; and Enrollment Verification forms dated the day after the start of each new term. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

Each year, Rizing Tide will award three Surge scholarships to graduating physical therapy students or licensed physical therapists who are entering an ABPTRFE-certified residency program and who come from an underrepresented racial and/or ethnic background. Each recipient will receive a one-time payment which will be paid directly to the residency program provider and may be used to cover any residency expenses. To be eligible, applicants must have graduated from a CAPTE-accredited physical t...

The purpose of the Bristol Myers Squibb Award for Graduate Student Research in Toxicology is to supplement the resources available to academic laboratories hosting and supporting Black/African American, Latinx/Hispanic American, or Indigenous American graduate students to conduct their research and training. BMS is providing a unique mentoring opportunity for graduate student awardees. Mentoring is expected to prepare them to be successful and competitive candidates for research roles in toxicology and to support the faculty conducting research in toxicology in their role of training the next generation of toxicologists. The graduate student applicant should be in the final two years of their research program, and the faculty mentor and student may propose to use the funding to supplement the research the student is already conducting or to develop expertise in methodologies relevant to their current research objectives. Applicants must be enrolled in a US-based PhD program with a focus in toxicology. The student must have completed qualifying exams for candidacy prior to award. Applicants must also demonstrate a passion for research. They must be a US citizen or a permanent resident of the US. The faculty mentor and graduate student must be members of the Society (or membership is pending. The faculty mentor must have a track record of hosting graduate students who successfully complete their respective graduate programs. Applicants must submit a clear and concise description of their dissertation research, divided into the following subsections: (1) objectives, (2) work already accomplished, (3) work planned for the future, and (4) relevance of the graduate work to toxicology. Applicants must also submit a letter of support from their research advisor/mentor that attests to the applicant's passion for research and provides details on the proposed activity. Please visit the award's website for more information.

The Hammer Strength Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student & Professional Development Scholarship is designed to support individuals from socially marginalized groups (i.e., ethnic/racial minorities, LGBTQIA+ community, or who have a documented disability). The scholarship will pay for an NSCA State, Provincial, or Regional Conference registration fee at the event of your choice. Applicants may be a current NSCA student or professional member, or a full-time student enrolled in a two-year o...

Jerome Burke was a son, a brother, an uncle, and a nephew, but never a father. Even though he did not have children of his own, he loved, mentored, and provided for so many children. In honor of him, the Jerome Burke Foundation was established to encourage and support higher education among young African American men. The Jerome Burke Foundation Scholarship will be awarded to young high school students who will attend accredited colleges, universities, or trade schools. Applicants must be a senior attending an Illinois school by the scholarship application deadline. They must have completed 10 hours of community service or agree to complete 10 hours of community service. They must also be able to attend the Annual Gala on Second Saturday in December. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.