Outside Scholarships
Many organizations provide scholarships to college-bound students. The organizations on this page are not connected with Lynchburg College in any way; however, if you are chosen to receive one of these scholarships, it will be added to your financial aid.
Business
- 2012 Degree Directory Academic Business Scholarship degreedirectory.org/pages/business_scholarship.html
- Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association
www.vcta.com/ - The American Institute of CPAs
www.aicpa.org/InterestAreas/AccountingEducation/Pages/AEC.aspx - VSCPA Educational Foundation
www.vscpa.com/Ed_Found/SA/Scholarships/ - US Bank Internet Scholarship Program
www.usbank.com/student-lending/scholarship.html - Central Scholarship Bureau
www.central-scholarship.org/ - VSCPA Educational Foundation
www.vscpa.com/CPAStudent_Zone/Awards_and_Scholarships
Medical Industry
- The Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association
www.nsna.org/FoundationScholarships.aspx - The Army Nurse Corps Association
e-anca.org/ANCAEduc.htm - Health Focus of Southwest Virginia
www.healthfocusswva.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=2 - Mary Marshall Nursing Scholarship Program for Registered Nurses
www.vdh.state.va.us/healthpolicy/primarycare/incentives/nursing/index.htm - Halifax Regional Hospital: Project Prime Scholarship Endowment Fund
www.hrhs.org - Campus RN Scholarship Program
www.campusrn.com/university_campusRN/campusRN_scholarship
Music
- Women Band Directors International
Several scholarships are awarded each year to young women preparing to be band directors: www.womenbanddirectors.org/awards.html
Specialty Groups
- Agnes Cooke Scholarship information (PDF) and application (PDF)
- NASA-MUST Scholarship
www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/Motivating_Undergraduates_Science_Technology.html - James Madison Fellowship
www.act.org/madison/ - The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
www.phikappaphi.org/Web/Awards/Fellowship.html - AAUW's 2012 Scholarship (For Lynchburg Virginia please obtain paper copy from Finanical Aid Office)
http://www.aauw.org - Talbots Scholarship Foundation
www.talbots.com/scholarship - Carpe Diem Foundation
www.carpediemfoundation.org/ - CLEO
cleoscholars.com/ - The Horatio Alger Association
www.horatioalger.org/scholarships/index.cfm - The Disaboom Scholarship Directory for Students with Disabilities
www.disaboom.com/scholarships - Education-Portal: for Computer related majors
education-portal.com/pages/Computer_Science_Academic_Scholarship.html - Big Sun Athletic Scholarship
www.bigsunathletics.com - Student Loan Network
www.studentloannetwork.com - Dollars for Scholars
scholarshipamerica.org/open_scholarships.php - Phillips University Legacy Foundation
pulf.org/lsp/index.php?top=6 - American Chemical Society Scholarship Program
portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=1234&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=e3ec4bac-5625-4091-ad17-f0789e8a3f01 - AES Engineers
aesengineers.com/scholarships.htm - National Physical Science Consortium
www.npsc.org - John Gyles Education Awards
www.johngyleseducationcenter.com - ASCO Numatics
asconumatics.com/LiteratureRequest/ASCO-Numatics-Scholarship.aspx - Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
krellinst.org/ssgf/ - US Bank Internet Scholarship Program
www.usbank.com/cgi_w/cfm/personal/products_and_services/student_banking/stud_loans_ps.cfm - VALS: Legal Professionals
www.v-a-l-s.org/ - The Garden Club of America
www.gcamerica.org - Virginia Press Women
www.virginiapresswomen.org - Society of Professional Journalists Virginia Pro Chapter and Virginia SPJ, SDX Educational Foundation
www.spj.org/region2.asp - NBCC Foundation - 2012 Military and Rural Scholarships
www.nbccf.org - The Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics
www.vctm.org - Rent-A-Center
www.rentacenter.com/scholarships - Virginia Ruff Women's Scholarship for Continuing Education
http://bpwva.org/scholarship.html
Scholarships for Graduate Students
- Central Scholarship Bureau
For Maryland residents. - The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Endowed Scholarship for Bilingual Social Workers: Renewable scholarships of up to $5,000 per year for bilingual students pursuing master's degrees in social work or mental health fields.*
- The BHD Endowed Scholarships for Teachers: Renewable scholarships of up to $5,000 per year for graduate students in education. Students must have received their undergraduate degree in some other field than education.*
- The Kassap Family Scholarships for Teachers: Renewable scholarships of up to $5,000 per year for graduate students in education.*
- The Marjorie Cook Foundation Scholars Grants: Grants of up to $5,000 to women with a passion for and commitment to women's rights and equality, who are pursuing degrees in law or public policy.
- The Charles Crane Family Foundation Grants for Jewish Studies: Grants of up to $5,000 to undergraduate or graduate students pursuing Judaic studies at accredited institutions in the U.S. or Israel.
- The Rubin Scholarships for Women: Scholarships of up to $2,500 available for women pursuing any type of post-secondary study.
- The CSB Grants, the Kyle Patrick Wankmiller Scholarships, and the Betty S. and Esther S. Hornstein Scholarships: All three programs provide scholarships of up to $5,000 to outstanding students pursuing any type of post-secondary study.
Miscellaneous Scholarships
- Fastweb
www.fastweb.com - Scholarships for School
www.scholarships4school.com - School Soup
www.schoolsoup.com - College Board
bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college - Going to College
www.going2college.org - MyBookBuyer.com - Scholarship Essay Contest www.mybookbuyer.com/textbooks-for-a-year-scholarship.htm
- Degree Directory degreedirectory.org/pages/scholarship_home.htmlN
- CustomMade.com custom furniture scholarship and custom jewelry scholarship for undergraduate or graduate students
- Disciples of Christ Students
As a Disciples of Christ student you have special scholarship opportunities. Two groups offer scholarships through the denomination, Higher Education and Leadership Ministries (HELM), and Phillips Scholars. Information about becoming a HELM fellow can be found at www.helmdisciples.org/aid/undergrad.htm. Information about Phillips Scholars can be found at www.pulf.org/lsp/index.php?top=6.





