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Students residing in or attending school in Pennsylvania know the hardships associated with paying for a college education. By using state as one of the search criteria, Scholarships.com can help these students find scholarships that can alleviate such hardships. The Pennsylvania scholarships listed below will give you an idea of the types of awards that may be found at Scholarships.com. For additional information about scholarship and grant opportunities, ones based on both state and additional criteria, you may conduct a free college scholarship search at Scholarships.com.

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AAHA Lou Manzione Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 2/1/2023
  • Amount: $1,000
  • The Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association is pleased to offer a scholarship program to students who plan to continue their education beyond the 12th grade. Scholarships are available, one to a New Jersey High School Senior and the second to a high school senior from Pennsylvania or Delaware. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's [...] More

Allegheny County Medical Society Medical Student Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 9/30/2022
  • Amount: $4,000
  • The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society is pleased to administer the Allegheny County Medical Society Medical Student Scholarship for medical students who reside in Allegheny County. Eligible applicants must be attending a medical school in Pennsylvania, be enrolled in or entering his/her third or fourth year of medical school, and be a US citizen. For more information or to apply, [...] More

Allegheny Mountain Section Air & Waste Management Assn. Scholarships

  • Application Deadline: 3/31/2023
  • Amount: $4,000
  • The Allegheny Mountain Section of the Air & Waste Management Association is pleased to announce its annual scholarship programs. The Allegheny Mountain Section Air & Waste Management Association awards undergraduate scholarship(s) for students pursuing an environmental career, including a career in environmental science, engineering, or law at an academic level beyond baccalaureate work. Awards [...] More

Alliance Medical Education Scholarship Fund (AMES)

  • Application Deadline: 2/28/2023
  • Amount: $2,500
  • The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society is pleased to administer the Alliance Medical Education Scholarship (AMES) for Pennsylvania residents attending a Pennsylvania medical school as a second- or third-year student. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, residents of Pennsylvania for at least 12 months before registering as a medical student, enrolled full-time in an accredited [...] More

Beulah Frey Environmental Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 5/5/2023
  • Amount: $2,500
  • ASWP awards one $2,500 scholarship to a graduating high school senior from our service area of Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Beaver, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. Students who are applying to two or four-year colleges to further their studies in an environmentally-related field are eligible to apply. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's [...] More

Carson Scholars Fund, Inc.

  • Application Deadline: 1/10/2023
  • Amount: $1,000
  • The Carson Scholars Fund awards college scholarships to students in grades 4 through 11 who excel academically and are dedicated to serving their communities. An interested student must be nominated by his/her school to be able to compete for a Carson Scholarship (it is up to a school how to determine its nominee). The minimum requirements are a 3.75 GPA and involvement in community service. For [...] More

Charles E. Peterson Prize Fellowship

  • Application Deadline: 3/1/2023
  • Amount: $15,000
  • The fellowship trust fund is administered by The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Senior Fellows must be persons who hold a terminal degree and possess a distinguished record of accomplishment. Research is not subject to geographical restrictions, although preference is given to Delaware Valley topics. Applications are reviewed by a committee of architects, architectural historians, and educators [...] More

Endowment for South Asian Students of Indian Descent Scholarship Fund

  • Application Deadline: 9/30/2022
  • Amount: $3,000
  • The Endowment for South Asian Students of Indian Descent Scholarship is awarded to a South Asian student enrolled full-time in his/her second, third, or fourth year at a Pennsylvania medical school. Applicants must be residents of Pennsylvania or New Jersey. Applicant must have completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). For more information or to apply, please visit the [...] More

ESA Youth Scholarship Program

  • Application Deadline: 3/23/2023
  • Amount: $12,000
  • The electronic security industry works intimately with the public safety sector. We appreciate the contribution that police, firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs offer to our communities. To show our appreciation, the program was developed to provide college scholarships to their deserving children. Since its launch in 1996, ESA’s Youth Scholarship Program has contributed more than $750,000 to [...] More

Hope Through Learning Award

  • Application Deadline: 6/1/2023
  • Amount: $2,500
  • The Hope Through Learning Award is a $2,500 scholarship available to youth age 24 and under residing in Allegheny County who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness during their school attendance years, and who are going on to a higher education or career training program for the first time. Homelessness is defined as lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence, and [...] More

Judy Corman Memorial Scholarship and Internship from Scholastic

  • Application Deadline: 1/26/2023
  • Amount: $10,000
  • The Judy Corman Memorial Scholarship and Internship from Scholastic is awarded to a student interested in communications and media relations and is a rising junior/senior in college who is able to fulfill a paid internship at the company's New York City headquarters during the summer. Eligible applicants must: be US citizens or permanent residents who live in NY, NJ, CT, or PA (or who are [...] More

Korean American Scholarship Foundation-Eastern Regional Chapter

  • Application Deadline: 6/30/2023
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) offers the Eastern Regional Chapter Scholarship to students with a Korean heritage studying in the United States regardless of citizenship status (including Korean Nationals).

    Students who will be a full-time student at a school in one of the designated Eastern region states (Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North [...] More

Lehigh County Medical Auxiliary's Scholarship and Education (LeCoMASE) Fund Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 9/30/2022
  • Amount: $2,500
  • The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society is pleased to administer the LeCoMASE Fund Scholarship for medical students who are residents of Lehigh County. Eligible applicants must: be a US citizen; be a resident of Lehigh County in the state of Pennsylvania for at least 12 months prior to registering as a medical student (not including time spent attending an undergraduate or graduate [...] More

Luther and Mary Ida Vandross Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 5/9/2023
  • Amount: $6,000
  • Scholarship awards are determined annually and award amounts will vary. Ten to Twenty (10-20) scholarships will be awarded. Award amounts will generally range from $500-$6,000 per year. Applicants must demonstrate financial need, must be enrolled in a 4-year Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in their 3rd, 4th or 5th year of study leading to an undergraduate degree and must have a [...] More

Lycoming County Medical Society Scholarship Fund

  • Application Deadline: 9/30/2022
  • Amount: $3,000
  • The Lycoming County Medical Society Scholarship Fund is offered to medical students who are residents of Lycoming County. To be eligible, applicants must: be enrolled full time in a fully accredited allopathic or osteopathic medical school
    within the United States; be a resident of Lycoming County in the state of Pennsylvania for at least 12 months prior to registering as a medical student (not [...] More

M. Verna Butterer Educational Trust

  • Application Deadline: 3/15/2023
  • Amount: $14,000
  • The M. Verna Butterer Educational Trust offers a combination scholarship and interest free loan to Bucks County, Pennsylvania residents that demonstrate financial need and want to pursue post high school education. A recipient of a scholarship/loan may be eligible for up to four years of funding for attendance at colleges, universities, technical schools, nursing schools and other post-secondary [...] More

Montgomery County Medical Society (MCMS) Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 9/30/2022
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The Montgomery County Medical Society (MCMS) Scholarship is offered to students who are residents of Montgomery County. To be eligible, applicants must: be enrolled in or entering their first year of a US medical school (full-time); be a resident of Montgomery County in the state of Pennsylvania at the time of high school graduation or for at least four years prior to registering as a medical [...] More

Myrtle Siegfried, MD and Michael Vigilante, MD Scholarship Fund

  • Application Deadline: 9/30/2022
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The Myrtle Siegfried, MD and Michael Vigilante, MD Scholarship Fund is offered to a first-year medical student who is a resident of Berks, Lehigh, or Northampton County. Eligible applicants must: be a resident of Lehigh, Berks, or Northampton County in the state of Pennsylvania for at least 12 months prior to registering as a medical student; be entering his/her first year of medical school AND [...] More

NAAAP Philadelphia Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 3/15/2023
  • Amount: Varies
  • The National Association of Asian American Professionals Philadelphia's Chapter scholarship program benefits graduating high school seniors and current college students who are Asian/Asian American. Applicants must have a 3.0 GPA and currently attend a Greater Philadelphia high school, or be a college undergrad with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher who is currently attending a Greater [...] More

NIADA Foundation Regional Scholarships

  • Application Deadline: 3/9/2023
  • Amount: $3,500
  • The NIADA Foundation promotes the academic growth of youth throughout the United States and awards scholarships annually at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association Convention. The Foundation proudly sponsors four young men or women each year who have displayed outstanding abilities in education. Applicants must be high school seniors who have demonstrated outstanding academic [...] More

NTHA Bradford-Sullivan Forest Landowners' Association Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 4/1/2023
  • Amount: $1,000
  • The Bradford-Sullivan Forest Landowners’ Association has organized a scholarship program available to students pursuing forestry, agricultural, natural resources management, environmental education or related field of study. Open to Bradford and Sullivan county high school seniors and currently enrolled college students. Deadline for applications is April 1st. For more information or to apply, [...] More

NTHA Community Forest Resources Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 4/30/2023
  • Amount: $1,500
  • The Northern Tier Hardwood Association Community Forests Scholarship is offered to all high school seniors in the nine-county area of Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Wyoming counties. Applicants must be accepted to a Community/Urban Forestry, Arboriculture, or related field of study at a technical school, college or university. For more information or [...] More

Pennsylvania Chafee Education and Training Grant Program

  • Application Deadline: 12/31/2022
  • Amount: Varies
  • The Pennsylvania Chafee Education and Training Grant Program is offered to Pennsylvania undergraduate students aging out of foster care who are attending an eligible post-secondary institution. Eligible applicants must: be eligible for services under Pennsylvania's John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood; be identified as a youth in foster care or a youth [...] More

Pennsylvania Postsecondary Educational Gratuity Program

  • Application Deadline: 3/31/2023
  • Amount: Varies
  • The Postsecondary Education Gratuity Program honors individuals who lost their lives protecting the citizens of Pennsylvania by helping their children fund their education. This program provides a waiver of tuition, fees, and room and board costs charged by public post-secondary institutions. This waiver is only applied to charges that remain after all other grants (federal, state and outside [...] More

Pennsylvania State Grant Program

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: Varies
  • A Pennsylvania State Grant is based on financial need. You may be eligible if you demonstrate financial need and are a high school graduate as stipulated in the Pennsylvania State Grant law; attend a post-secondary school approved by PHEAA for Pennsylvania State Grant purposes; are enrolled at least half-time; are admitted and enrolled in an approved program of study of at least two academic [...] More

PSGC Graduate Research Fellowship Program at Penn State

  • Application Deadline: 3/1/2023
  • Amount: $5,000
  • The Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium will award one-year fellowships to outstanding students to promote graduate study, leading to masters or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and humanities related to NASA research and development. A primary objective of NASA’s Space Grant Program is to attract, recruit and train U.S. citizens, [...] More

Road to Safety Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 4/1/2023
  • Amount: $1,000
  • Enter the Road to Safety Scholarship Contest by submitting an original project about the dangers of drunk driving or distracted driving. In your own creative way, tell us how teens can drive with safety in mind, all the time. Creative projects may include posters, paintings, drawings, t-shirts, public service announcements, videos, recorded songs, and more.

    Entries will be judged on whether [...] More

Scott A. Gunder, MD, DCMS Presidential Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 9/30/2022
  • Amount: $1,500
  • Eligibility for the Scott A. Gunder, MD, DCMS Presidential Scholarship include the following: applicant must be a bona fide resident of Pennsylvania for at least 12 months before registering as a medical student (not including time spent attending an undergraduate/graduate school in Pennsylvania); applicant must be a second-year medical student; applicant must be enrolled full time at Penn State [...] More

Society of Women Engineers - Lehigh Valley Section

  • Application Deadline: 2/2/2023
  • Amount: $5,000
  • Since 2001 a major focus of SWE-LV has been to distribute scholarships for high school senior women who intend to major in engineering at their respective college or university. Scholarship funds are provided by area businesses and all of the work for administration of the program is provided by SWE volunteers. Applicants must must be females graduating from high school who reside in areas with [...] More

The Pittsburg Promise Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 5/1/2023
  • Amount: $20,000
  • To receive the Pittsburgh Promise Scholarship, The Promise requires that you live in the City of Pittsburgh, continuously, without interruption, for at least the four years of high school; attend Pittsburgh Public Schools, continuously, without interruption, from at least the beginning of 9th grade, and through to graduation; graduate with a cumulative 2.5 GPA or better; maintain an attendance [...] More

The Roothbert Fund Scholarships

  • Application Deadline: 2/1/2023
  • Amount: Varies
  • Roothbert Fund scholarships are open to all in the United States. While the Fund does not emphasize any particular form of religious practice or worship, it seeks to provide support to persons motivated by spiritual values. The Fund has awarded people entering a wide range of careers. However, strong preference will be given to graduate students as well as undergraduates who have completed at [...] More

U.S. Army Loan Repayment Program

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $20,000
  • The Loan Repayment Program (LRP) is a special incentive that the Army offers to highly qualified applicants entering the Army. Under the LRP, the Army will repay part of a Soldier's qualifying student loans. Only specified Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) qualify for the LRP. The Army will repay 15 percent of the outstanding principal balance, less taxes of the Soldier's student loans [...] More

York County Conservation District Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 9/30/2022
  • Amount: $1,000
  • The York County Conservation District will award scholarships to any York County residents majoring in – or planning to major in – the field of conservation (agriculture, environmental, natural history, natural resource management or related science field). Applicants must be currently enrolled or already accepted to an accredited college or university. For more information or to apply, please [...] More
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