Scholarships

All MSBSD Scholarships

Click the link to access the district's database of scholarships.  Some may be duplicated on our page as well.

All MSBSD Scholarships Link

Air Force Aid Society

Grants ranging from $500 to $4,000 are awarded to eligible Air Force dependents each year. The specific amount awarded correlates to a student’s particular level of financial need.

A unique feature to this program – each grant awarded carries the name of an individual or organization exemplifying service to the USAF, and that biographical information is sent to each grant recipient.

Air Force Aid Society Link

Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship Program

Award: $10,000

Applicants to the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship Program must be:

• Be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
• Be high school seniors who are currently enrolled in or who have completed an advanced placement computer science course or who have taken an advanced placement computer science test.
• Be planning to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited four-year college or university for the entire upcoming academic year majoring in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering or other computer related field of study.
• Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent).

Immediate family members of Amazon employees or its subsidiaries are not eligible to apply.

Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship Program Link

The Alaska Community Foundation

At the Alaska Community Foundation, we understand that researching and applying for scholarships is confusing and time-consuming. We wish to support you as much as we can during the application process. The good news is the earlier in high school you prepare to apply for scholarships, the more likely you are to be awarded one!

We have over 30 scholarships available, for which you may be eligible. Take a look at our quick step by step process that will help you navigate the scholarship process—from start to finish.

The Alaska Community Foundation Link

Charles H. Selman Memorial Scholarship

Application Requirements:

• Pursuing a career in the Alaska hospitality industry
• Alaska resident
• Accepted for admission to  an accredited university, certificate program, or post secondary vocational school
• Applied previously?!

Scholarship Link

College Covered

College Decision Day is quickly approaching as acceptance and award letters roll in.  We have integrated some new tools into College Covered to make it easier for students to make an informed choice on where they go to college.

• Compare Award Letters: The Award Letter is an important factor for many families as they try to figure out which schools they can afford to send their student to. However, they’re not always written in the clearest language. Our Award Letter Comparison Tool, can help students and parents interpret their financial aid packages from up to 5 different schools to help determine which one is best for them.
• College Decision Day: Some of your students may know which school they want to attend without a doubt, but others may be a bit unsure. Either way, now that they’ve been accepted, making that final choice can be intimidating. That’s why we’ve created this handy quiz to help students decide what's the best fit.
• Scholarship Sweepstakes Award: It’s not too late to get more money for college. Your students and parents have a chance to win a $10,000 scholarship from Discover Student Loans! The first drawing is April 9, so be sure to have them visit College Covered to enter.

 College Covered Link

Cyrus Aldeman Scholarship Award

$500.00
This scholarship goes to the first person of the 11% in the graduating class of WHS.  Awardee will be notified by WHS and must attend banquet ceremony to receive the scholarship.  No application required, you will be notified by your counselor if you are the lucky recipient of this award.

Daughters of the American Revolution

The DAR Good Citizens program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The program is open to all senior class students enrolled in accredited public or private secondary schools that are in good standing with their state boards of education. United States citizenship is not required. The student selected as the school’s DAR Good Citizen must have the qualities of: Dependability, truthfulness, loyalty, punctuality and being worthy of trust cooperation, courtesy, and contributing to the welfare of others personality, self-control, ability to assume responsibility, ability to inspire others, and a decision-maker, devotion to and support of one’s country, supporting service members and veterans, working for causes. That make one’s community stronger, and appreciating the cultural and historic importance of America’s unique population.

The application portal will reopen for applications for the 2023 Academic Year on November 1, 2022.

DAR Scholarships Link

Discover Business

As part of our collection of business education resources, our in-house experts Prof. Dennis Masino and Jackie Giuliano, Ph.D. made a list of scholarships for accounting and business students.

It provides up-to-date information on 100+ privately funded awards available to college students. It contains detailed information on the awards that are available from private sources such as foundations, corporations, and religious and civic organizations.

It is our aim to help improve a student's chances of landing a scholarship by making the search process a little easier:

Accounting Degree Scholarships from DiscoverBusiness.us

Business Degree Scholarships from DiscoverBusiness.us

FASTWEB

One of the most reputable scholarship matching sites on the internet.  We highly recommend all students try Fastweb for assistance in finding targeted scholarships and financial aide.

FASTWEB Link

Federal Student Aide

The Office of Federal Student Aide offers helpful information on your FAFSA, Grants, Loans, and Scholarships.

Federal Student Aid Link

Free Speech Essay Contest

FIRE's essay contest - Students must submit an essay between 800 and 1, 000 words on the provided topic "Free Speech".  One $10,000 first prize, one $5,000 second prize, and three $1,000 runner-up prizes will be awarded for the best essays.  Four $500 winners will be chose from the remaining entrants in a drawing.

Free speech Essay Contest Link

Kuskokwim Educational Foundation

Eligibility requirements:

• Must have attained high school diploma or G.E.D.
• Be admitted full-time or part-time into an accredited post-secondary or vocational training program
• Be a TKC Shareholder
• Complete the required application and materials by deadline
• All applicants must be in good academic standing (cumulative and term GPA 2.5 or higher)

In addition to meeting all other KEF General Scholarship criteria, Competitive Scholarship eligibility requirements include:

Leo morgan Memorial Scholarship

• Minimum GPA 3.5 or higher
• Demonstrated financial need

Palmetto Scholarship

• Aerospace major or closely related field of study
• Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher

Mary Morgan Wolf Memorial Scholarship

• A Native student from the Middle Kuskokwim region
• Health related field of study
• Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher

Glenn "Timy" Fredericks Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Business related field of study
• Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher

Nick Mellick Memorial Scholarship

• Business related field of study
• Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher

Kuskokwim Educational Opportunities Link

LATUTORS (monthly)

• Must currently be enrolled as a high school or college/university student within the United States or Canada.
• Must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 (or the equivalent).
• Must be a citizen of, permanent resident of, or hold a valid student visa in the United States or Canada.
• Must have designed an innovative project that makes a difference in the lives of others (This could be a website, series of blogs, an app, fundraising event, etc.)
• Must submit an essay describing the goal of the particular project and provide supporting documentation.
• The essay, idea, or creation must be the applicant’s original work.

All submissions must be uploaded no later than 11:59 pm PST on the 20th of each month. The submission window closes starting the 21st and will reopen on the 1st at 8:00 a.m.

Scholarship winners will be contacted via email and must respond within five(5) days of the date of the email to accept the award. If no response is received within this time, another recipient will be selected.

LATUTORS LINK

Mat-Su College Scholarships

Mat-Su College is committed to recruiting and retaining motivated, diverse, and veteran students. Scholarship opportunities are one of the ways we aim to keep our students working towards a degree. Scholarships come from several sources, including university scholarships, individual college or departmental awards, and many private organizations offer scholarship opportunities, based on special interest, Alaska Residence, and affiliation with a Native Alaskan tribe.

Mat-Su College Scholarship Link

Mat-Su Health Foundation Scholarships

All programs must be in the health or human services field.

Vocational scholarship link (open year-round)

More than $1.8 million in scholarships were awarded to 363 local residents.

National Technical Honor Society

Founded 1984, NTHS currently serves over 4,200 career and technical schools and colleges throughout America.  Activate your NTHS Chapter so that your high-achieving CTE students will be eligible for over $260,000 in NTHS Scholarships this school year.

NTHS provides unequaled, proven resources essential to honoring students, businesses, and industry professionals.  Join with NTHS to honor your CTE students and local business and industry leaders for their loyalty, support, and guidance.

National Technical Honor Society Link

OppU Achievers Scholarship

Award Amount:$2,500

Eligibility: High school seniors, college students, graduate students; cumulative GPA of at least 3.0/4.0; U.S. citizen or resident.

To Apply: Students submit a short response to the question "What makes you an achiever?"

OppU Link

Scholarship Guidance

Scholarship Guidance was created in 2011 to help students find scholarship opportunities for the upcoming school year. Our scholarship database is used by high schools and post-secondary schools across the nation. Scholarship Guidance believes in supporting the open source community by ensuring our scholarship resources are always provided free of charge. Students, Counselors and Parents enjoy lifetime free access to all of our resources, regardless of year of study or school affiliation.

Scholarship Guidance Link

Society of Women Engineers (Deadline: 2/8/2022)

The Society of Women Engineers Greatland Section is pleased to offer one $2,000 and two $1,500 scholarships to female high school seniors in Alaska planning to pursue a degree in engineering.

Eligibility

Applicant must be a young woman who:

• is a high school senior in Alaska
• intends to enroll in an ABET-accredited engineering program at a four-year college or university (engineering programs that are not ABET-accredited do not qualify).  ABET accreditation provides assurance that a college or university program meets the quality standards of the profession for which that program prepares graduates. 

Evaluation Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on:

• Essay
• Activities and Honors/Awards
• Letters of Recommendation
• Academic Performance
• Work/Technical Experience
• Engineering Fit
• Application Presentatio

SWE Link 

SWE Application (PDF)

Student Scholarships

Scholarship Clearinghouse, searchable database

Student Scholarships Link

Student Scholarship Search

An Online database of scholarships with a matching tool to help you find appropriate scholarships.

Student Scholarship Search Link

University of Alaska Fairbanks

We know how important financial certainty is to your ability to succeed as a student. With awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, Nanook Pledge is a new approach to scholarships at UAF and is designed to provide you with four years of predictable financial assistance.  Nanook Pledge maximizes your access to UAF scholarship funding and allows you to focus on your top priority - academic success. This is our investment in you. 

To be considered for the Nanook Pledge:

• Complete the application for admission.
• Submit test scores and transcripts. Students may upload unofficial in-progress transcripts and self-report their ACT or SAT scores at the time of application. Final official transcripts and test scores will be required before enrolling.

Students will be notified of their total offer over four years in the admissions packet.

UAF Financial Aid Link

Voice of Democracy (VFW) Scholarship (Deadline: 10/31/2022)

The VFW’s “Voice of Democracy” Scholarship Contest is an annual nationwide audio essay competition designed to give 9th-12th grade high school students, ages 15-19, the opportunity to voice their opinion on their responsibility to our country.  The student must record their essay on a CD or flash drive (3-5 minutes in length) on an annual patriotic theme.

Each Department (state) first place winner receives an all-expense-paid trip to the national finals held in Washington, D.C.  Four fun-filled days of tours, visits to monuments and meeting with the heads of state and often the President of the United States.  The national preliminary judging takes place just prior to the students’ arrival in D.C. when the judges listen to the fifty-four tapes representing the state winners (from each of our fifty states, the District of Columbia, Pacific Areas, Latin America/Caribbean and Europe).  Once all of the finalists’ recorded essays have been reviewed, the finals judges make their final decision in Washington, D.C. and we announce all of the national college scholarship winners in Washington, D.C. during the “Parade of Winners”.

Voice of Democracy Link