The 2014 Kentucky State Police Trooper Island Scholarship Program for high school seniors is accepting applications until April 21. Created in 2008, the program strives to expand the mission of Trooper Island, a boys and girls camp located on Dale Hollow Lake in southeastern Kentucky. The hope is to provide scholastic financial support for young people attending a college or [...]
A rising junior at one of Kentucky’s public or private high schools will win a $500 scholarship and a photo shoot at his or her school through the “Promote Your School” scholarship contest, sponsored by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). To enter, the student must submit an essay about one of these subjects: What my aspiration for my [...]
The 2014 Bluegrass Indo-American Civic Society (BIACS) will be awarding at least 15 one-time scholarships of $1,000 each. This scholarship is for graduating seniors. This year at least three scholarships are totally merit based, and the remaining are merit with need based. Students complete the online application by visiting www.biacs.org. Instructions are on the website. Applications are due by April 1. For [...]
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is accepting applications for its civil engineering (four-year program) and civil engineering technology (two-year program) scholarship programs. Deadline to apply for both is March 1. The Civil Engineering Scholarship Program is for students interested in pursuing a degree in civil engineering at Western Kentucky University, University of Louisville or University of Kentucky. Students also may take [...]
GreenPal has established a Small Business Scholarship is to assist a motivated, driven student and future business leader. High school seniors or college freshmen and sophomores currently running a small business while attending college, or those who have a small business idea to start while planning to attend college, may apply. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28, 2014, and [...]
A junior at one of Kentucky’s public or private high schools will win a $500 scholarship and a photo shoot at his or her school through the “Promote Your School” scholarship contest, sponsored by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). To enter, the student must submit an essay about the biggest challenge facing high school students. The essay must [...]
Doodle 4 Google is an annual competition for students, grades K-12, and is now open for submissions. Students are asked to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign the Google homepage logo for millions to see. This year the theme is “My Best Day Ever…” Fifty talented state finalists (one from each state) will be selected and travel [...]
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Engineering Scholarship information is available here. Additional information can be found at the following links: KYTC Scholarship Application (PDF) KYTC Scholarship Fact Sheet (MS Excel) For more information, contact Melinda Curless, STEM Initiatives Consultant for the Kentucky Department of Education, at (502)-564-2106 or melinda.curless@education.ky.gov.
A junior at one of Kentucky’s public or private high schools will win a $500 scholarship and a photo shoot at his or her school through the “Promote Your School” scholarship contest, sponsored by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). To enter, the student must submit an essay about the biggest challenge facing high school students. The essay must [...]
Hundreds of high school juniors from across Kentucky earned $1,000 academic scholarships in the “Drive the Dream” program, sponsored by GEAR UP Kentucky and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority. A total of 536 students earned the scholarships and were recognized during a ceremony last Friday at Western Kentucky University’s Knicely Conference Center in Bowling Green. Scholarship recipients were members of [...]