Comprehensive Scholarship Guide for High School Seniors and Students with Disabilities

Dominque Lowe has been busy running her girl-owned business, Crochet Motif! With the support of the Newton County National Action Network, she devised a Scholarship List to help provide college seekers access to financial opportunities to fund college. This month she serves as a guest contributor to our blog with a list of over 50 scholarships that high school juniors and seniors should apply to.

African American and Black Diaspora Scholarships

The following opportunities are specifically designed for students within the African American and Black Diaspora:

• 5 Strong Atlanta: https://www.5strongscholars.org/apply
• Ron Brown Scholar Program: https://www.ronbrown.org/section/apply/program-description
• Blacks at Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/programs/blacks-scholarships.aspx
• Cocoa Diaries Scholarship: https://bold.org/scholarships/cocoa-diaries-scholarship/
• NANBPWC: https://nanbpwc.org/education/scholarships/
• UNCF Scholarships: https://scholarships.uncf.org/
• Herbert Lehman Education Fund Scholarship: https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/scholarships/herbert-lehman-education-fund-scholarship/

Corporate and National Scholarships

Many corporations offer funding to support students pursuing higher education. Below are several prominent programs:

• Burger King: burgerking.scholarsapply.org/information.php
• Coca-Cola Scholarship: https://www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/apply/
• Equitable Excellence Scholarship: https://equitable.com/foundation/equitable-excellence-scholarship
• Reagan Foundation: https://www.reaganfoundation.org/education/scholarship-programs/ge-reagan-foundation-scholarship-program/
• Equitable Excellence Scholarship: https://equitable.com/foundation/equitable-excellence-scholarship
• Richard Holland Memorial Scholarship: https://www.rjhollandscholarship.org/the-scholarship
• CC Bank’s Young Scholars: https://ccbank.us/scholarship/

Scholarships for Students with Disabilities

This is a resource post with direct links to scholarships for students with disabilities. All scholarships are for students with disabilities, but some are location-specific, some are disability-specific. In and of itself, accessing higher education can be challenging. When you compound disability, it’s even harder. There are sources that want to make this a little easier for us, organizations that have scholarships that are specifically designed for students who have disabilities. Each section and scholarship is directly hyperlinked below, so you can jump directly to the scholarship that you are interested in.

Key Opportunities and Deadlines

Below is a summary of specific programs available for students with disabilities:

• Wells Fargo Scholarship Program for People with Disabilities
  Amount Awarded: Up to $2,500 renewable scholarships for full-time students.
  Application Deadline: Opening January 2023.
• Microsoft Disability Scholarship
  Amount Awarded: $5,000.
  Application Deadline: Check the website throughout January.
• Stephen L. Squires SWSIS Scholarship
  Amount Awarded: $5,000 to $10,000.
  Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2023.
• American Association on Health and Disability Scholarship Program
  Amount Awarded: $1000.
  Application Deadline: March 1, 2023.
• Spring 2023 National Scholarship Competition for College Students with Disabilities
  Amount Awarded: $2,000.
  Application Deadline: March 15, 2023.
• Vitality Medical Scholarship
  Amount Awarded: Varies.
  Application Deadline: September 15, 2023.

UPDATE Fall 2021: Some scholarships may not be updated for the 2021-2022 school year. I suggest bookmarking the scholarship and check in often to see if it has been updated.