The McKelvey Foundation provides this scholarship to young entrepreneurs who have started their own business and would like the opportunity to attend college. Please read on to find out more about the eligibility requirements and benefits of applying for our Entrepreneurial Scholarship.

The Award
The McKelvey Foundation will award $40,000 scholarships to young entrepreneurs across the country. The Foundation will distribute up to $10,000 per year for each of the four years to any accredited four year college within the United States

Nurse Scholars Program

http://www.CFNC.org/NSP

North Carolina Student Loan Program for Health, Science and Mathematics

http://www.CFNC.org/HSM

Golden LEAF Scholarship

A total of 580 scholarships will be available for new and renewal students.

• Priority for scholarships will be given to students from families adversely affected by the decline of the tobacco industry.
• The selection criteria for applicants will not include the value of real property owned by farm families.
• Recipients of other scholarships amounting to 75% or more of the total costs to attend a public university will be given low priority for a Golden LEAF Scholarship.
• Students who have earned four-year (bachelor) degrees are not eligible for consideration.

http://www.CFNC.org/goldenleaf

NC Space Grant Scholarship

Students pursuing a degree in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics may apply for this $1,000 scholarship. 

http://www/ncspaegrant.org/fs/s2

Future Farmers of America (FFA) Scholarship

Applicants should contact their FFA advisor or apply online. Deadline February 15, 2008

http://www.ffa.org

Ackinson Consulting

The Ackinson Scholarship is open to grade 11 or 12 students and any full-time student who has been accepted to or who is currently enrolled in a college, university, or any other accredited post-secondary institution. Award $1750.  Apply in October of the school year.

http://www.ackinson.com/scholarships.htm

National Alliance for Scholastic Achievement Scholarship Program

The National Alliance for Scholastic Achievement, a national scholarship program, was organized as a for-profit partnership for the purpose of assisting graduating seniors advance their education.  We are seeking individuals who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement during their high school education; and who hold the values of integrity, truthfulness, and determination to succeed in attaining a higher education.

http://www.eee.org/bus/nasa/

Discover Colleges

We offer a $2,500.00 private college scholarship drawing. The scholarship can be used at any private college or university in the US. The site includes information and links for private colleges and universities, as well as admissions and financial aid tips. All of our information services are offered absolutely free!

http://www.discovercolleges.com/

Best Buy Scholarship

Scholarship recipients will be chosen on community service and academic achievement and must be entering a accredited university, college or technical school in the fall.  Scholarship valued at $1,000.  You can apply online.

http://www.bestbuy.com/scholarship

Fast Web

Customized College Search

http://www.fastweb.com

NC State Park Scholarship

The Park Scholarship is one of the most prestigious undergraduate merit scholarships in the nation. SEE SCHOOL COUNSELOR. NOMINATION  REQUIRED.

http://www.ncsu.edu/park_scholarships/

North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program

The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program is designed to identify academically talented students who are U. S. citizens and legal residents of NC, who have leadership potential, and who are interested in teaching. It will help students become teachers by awarding scholarship loans of $6,500 each year for four years of undergraduate study, repayable by teaching for four years in North Carolina public schools. SEE SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

http://www.teachingfellows.org

Prospective Teacher Scholarship Loan

The Prospective Teacher Scholarship Loan is a competitive, merit-based scholarship-loan program available to full-time students who have chosen to enter the education profession. A school official such as a high school guidance counselor or principal must recommend students for this award. Recipients must have maintained a minimum unweighted cumulative grade point average of a 2.5 or better, received a score of 900 or better on the SAT or equivalent ACT score, enroll in a teacher preparation program at any of the eligible institutions, and plan to pursue a degree in teacher education to become a certified teacher and demonstrate a commitment to teach in the State's public schools. The annual award will be $4,000 per year for juniors and seniors and $2,500 per year for freshmen and sophomores including community college students planning to transfer into a teacher education program at a four-year institution. One half of the award is made available to the recipients in the fall semester and the remainder in the spring semester. The scholarship-loan is renewable. Funding for the program is contingent each year upon appropriations made available to the State Education Assistance Authority by the General Assembly.

http://www.CFNC.ptsl

Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholarship

Local Ronald McDonald House Charities Chapters, with support from RHHC Global and McDonald's Corporation (McDonald's) will offer $1,000 scholarship to students from communities who face limited access to educational and career opportunities.  Employment at McDonald's is not required. 

http://www.rmhc.org

Sam Walton Community Scholarship (Walmart)

Selection of recipients is based on a combination of financial need, academic rigor, ACT/SAT, extracurricular activities, community involvement and work experience.  Scholarship valued at $1,000.  Information and applications are available online at www.walmartfoundation.org  and www.scholarshipadministrators.net

http://www.walmartfoundation.org

The Florence Kidder Memorial Scholarship

The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of North Carolina will award a scholarship of $3,000 and a runner-up of $1,000 to two North Carolina senior high school students to be used at any NC college or university. The scholarship recipients will be selected on the basis of character, need, and scholastic record, as well as the relative merit of a submitted essay.

The Gates Millennium Scholarship

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding low income African American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander American, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline area of interest.

http://www.gmsp.org

The John Motley MOREHEAD Foundation Scholarship

Along with basic criteria for The Morehead-evidence of moral force of character, capacities to lead and motivate fellow students, scholastic ability, extracurricular achievement, and physical vigor as shown by participation in sports and in other ways-Morehead selection committees seek to identify young people with high levels of commitment, courage, creativity, and independence, among other qualities. Morehead offers are based solely on merit.  Financial need is not considered.  Any student who applies to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) by the first application deadline (November 1) will be considered for The Morehead by the UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions.  All Morehead candidates must meet the requirements for admission to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and must be unmarried and without children. NOMINATION REQUIRED, SEE SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

http://www.moreheadcain.org