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.