The Playing with Purpose Scholarship is available to high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors who play at least one sanctioned high school sport at the varsity level. You must have a minimum 2.0 GPA and be a committed follower of Christ to be eligible for this award. [gate] Deadline: 2/1/2013 Website: Apply for the Playing with Purpose Scholarship

The Digital Innovation Scholarship is available to high school seniors and current college students. To be considered, you must submit a 500 - word essay describing your personal experience with internet entrepreneurship, or the importance of new ideas in the digital realm. Topics could include user experience, visual design, or any other aspect of digital information you find interesting. [gate] Deadline: ...

The Legal Internship is available to current law students who are attending a nationally-accredited law school. [gate] Interns may work in one or more of the following areas: litigation, regulatory, intellectual property, corporate, commercial, product and/or employment. Deadline: Rolling Website: Apply for the Legal Internship with Facebook

The Siemens Competition is available to high school students. Students are encouraged to do research in mathematics, engineering, biological, or physical science. Students, working individually or on a team of two or three, will have the opportunity to present their research to leading scientists in their field. [gate] Three hundred projects are recognized as semifinalists. Regional finalists are awarded a trip ...

Here’s one for all you doodlelers out there, make your drawings pay off! Produce a concept for a graphic novel. A graphic novel is a story conveyed through pictures – like a comic book. This scholarship is looking for a graphic novel concept which is made up of two things; a graphic that in some way represents your novel, and a ...

The America's Best Blogging Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students and incoming freshmen. To be considered, you must write a 500 - 600 word blog post that addresses the following topic: Define the single most important political issue of the approaching presidential election. Explain not only what that issue is, but also why and how you propose we come ...

The PHCC National Auxiliary Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors and full - time undergraduate students. You must be employed by a PHCC - National Association member contractor, and be attending an education facility / school accredited by the Department of Labor in your state to be eligible for this award. [gate] Deadline: 6/15/2012 Website: PHCC National Auxiliary Scholarship ...

The U.S. to Australia Fellowship is available to graduate and postgraduate level students pursuing study in engineering, medicine, mining, or life sciences, stem cell research, sustainability. You must show proof of acceptance into an Australian educational institution and be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident to qualify for this award. [gate] Deadline: 11/15/2012 Website: http://www.americanaustralian.org/usa_to_aust_apps/

The Predoctoral Fellowship Award for Minority Students is available to students of color who are currently enrolled in research training that will lead to a Ph.D. or equivalent research degree in biomedical, behavioral and health services research. [gate] This award provided up to five years of support. U.S. citizenship is required. Deadline: Rolling Website: http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/trainix.htm

The Torch Award is available to high school students who will be graduating in 2013 or 2014. You must reside in and attend an accredited high school in San Diego County or Imperial County in California. You must also submit a maximum 400 - word essay on the following topic: "The importance of ethics and integrity in our community." [gate] Deadline: ...

If you’re interested in nursing, you’re not alone. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are over 2.5 million nurses in the United States —the largest workforce within the clinical healthcare industry. What’s more, as more and more baby boomers retire, the U.S. is projected to experience a nursing shortage. Just as there are several types of nurses, there are ...

Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga both admit to being picked on, or deemed “losers,” by the popular crowd in high school. And we all know now how disliked Mark Zuckerberg was during his Harvard days. However, all three have lived out a modern-day Revenge of the Nerds storyline, making millions and claiming celebrity status all over the world. It’s a classic, ...

The National Peace Essay Contest is open to students in grades nine through twelve. You must be attending a public, private, or parochial school or participate in a high school correspondence program in any of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or the U.S. Territories. This essay contest is intended to promote serious discussion among high school students, teachers, and ...

The Paul Goodman Essay Contest, sponsored by Dissent Magazine and JSL Films, is granting one lucky winner a $1,000 cash prize and two runners-up with $250. Applicants must write an essay, 1,000-3,000 words long, on the topic “what is one of the pressing social and political issues of our time, and how would you address it?” Essays should be sent in ...

Are you familiar with Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead? If not, read up on it and enter this scholarship essay contest for your shot at $10,000. Ayn Rand was a novelist and philosopher. She is known for her invention of a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Ayn Rand’s novels are intellectually stimulating and reading and writing about them, according to the website, ...

The Iris-Samuel Rothman Scholarship is open to college bound, undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate male students in all areas of study, who have lost their mother and have either lost their father, or does not have a father available to him. You must be seeking to further your education, wanting to do volunteer work, or start a business to be eligible for ...

The DCPS Urban Education Leaders Internship Program (UELIP) is an intensive multi-disciplinary internship program that runs during the academic school year, administered by the Office of the Chancellor. Organizers are recruiting talented, entrepreneurial and committed interns who would like to explore policy in practice at the local government level, making a difference in the lives of over 45,000 public school students, ...

The Discus Awards College Scholarship is available to high school students planning to attend college. You must choose three areas from the categories on the Web site and provide evidence of your excellence in each, then post the information on the Web site. You must be nominated to qualify for this award. Self-nominations are also accepted. *Deadline:* Rolling *Website:* www.discusawards.com ...

The Apprentice Ecologist Initiative Scholarship is open to young people interested in protecting wildlife and the environment. The initiative seeks to elevate young people into leadership roles by engaging them in environmental cleanup projects, empower volunteers to rebuild the environmental and social well- being of our communities, and improve local living conditions for both citizens and wildlife. A $500 scholarship will ...

The Kate Herzog Scholarship is available to high school seniors and college freshman and sophomores. [gate] You must submit an original, unpublished writing sample of less than 1000 words, typed and double-spaced. You must also submit a letter of recommendation from an instructor to be eligible for this award. Deadline: 3/27/13 Website: Kate Herzog Scholarship.