CFG ScholarBank

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Recent Scholarships

Virginia Bluebird Society Young Birder Scholarship Program

The Virginia Bluebird Society is proud to provide scholarships/grants up to a maximum of $500 to help young people who are interested in birds to attend summer camps, workshops, training programs, conventions and other birding-related activities.  Individual must be a resident of Virginia between the ages of 14 and 22.

 

Hanover Optimist Essay Contest

The contest is open to contestants under the age of 19 as of October 1st of the current Optimist International contest year (October 1 – September 30) and who have not yet completed secondary school or its equivalent, including CEGEP students in Québec, Canada. There is no minimum age. Students must enter in the District in which they reside (see application for additional information).

 

Virginia Zeta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship

Every two years Virginia Zeta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa awards a scholarship to a graduating high school senior. The recipient should be in good academic standing at their high school with the future goal of becoming an educator or working in the field of education.
This scholarship is offered every two years.

 

Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (VIAAA) Scholarships

The Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (VIAAA) offers three scholarship opportunities to high school seniors in the State of Virginia who have participated in athletics at a Virginia High School League member school or Independent school.

 

FIRST Chesapeake Women in STEM Scholarships

Eligibility: Scholarships available for women (high school juniors and seniors) currently registered with a FIRST team in the FIRST Chesapeake District (FTC or FRC in DC, Maryland and Virginia)

 

Virginia War Memorial Foundation – Marocchi Memorial College Scholarship

In memory of Rear Admiral John Marocchi, a scholarship has been created to encourage and enable motivated individuals who are enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at a Virginia school of higher education.

You must meet the following criteria when submitting your application package:
1. Be currently enrolled full-time at a Virginia college or university, AND currently enrolled
in an ROTC program at that school (any branch).
2. Have graduated from a Virginia High School or otherwise able to indicate status as a
Virginian prior to beginning college.
3. Be a US citizen or permanent resident at the time of application.
4. Possess a minimum GPA of 2.75

 

Virginia 811 Scholarship

Virginia 811 will award one $1,500 scholarship for one-year, to a student planning to enroll in a community college degree program, an accredited trade school program or four-year college or university beginning fall 2025.  Individual must meet the following criteria*:

  • Applicants may be a 2025 graduating high school senior or adult learner planning to pursue an accreditation or academic degree
  • For high school graduating applicant, parent or guardian is employed in the underground utility protection stakeholder community (excavator, locator, or member utility)
  • For adult learner, individual is pursuing accreditation related to underground utility protection stakeholder community (excavator, locator, or member utility)
  • Applicants must be planning to enroll beginning Fall of 2025 at one of the following:
  • Community College
  • Accredited Trade School Program
  • A four-year, accredited, college or university

 

Hanover Republican Women’s Club Scholarship

Available for a female candidate with strong leadership skills, community service, and political activities.

 

Headwaters Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) Scholarship

The Headwaters Soil & Water Conservation District Scholarship guidelines/criteria allow full-time students who have applied to a college undergraduate level curriculum to apply for the SWCD Scholarship Program. These scholarships are offered to graduating high school students as well as college students. Preference may be given to applicants who have not previously received a Headwaters SWCD scholarship.  Eligible applicants
must reside or attend school within the boundaries of the Headwaters SWCD (Augusta County, the City of
Staunton, or the City of Waynesboro).

Recipients are selected based on various criteria including: academic achievement, school and community involvement, interest in natural resources conservation, as well as financial need.

The District also screens applications and selects one application to forward on to the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (VASWCD) for consideration for one of the available VASWCD Educational Foundation, Inc. Scholarships.

 

Cobra One Social Club – The Miriam “Ellen” Armstrong Memorial Scholarship

Requirements

 

  • Must be a high school senior for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Must be a resident of Richmond, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, or New Kent, Virginia
  • Provide a copy of unofficial transcripts with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0
  • Provide a summary of community service experience(s), including date(s) of service
  • In a short essay, describe how your efforts in community service have impacted you personally. Your essay should be a minimum of 500 words, typed 12-inch font, double-spaced and not to exceed 1 full page.