Sponsor: American Meteorological Society
Fellowship and Scholarship Department
45 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108-3693
Eligibility: Applicants must be graduate students who plan to write dissertations on the history of atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences. Students must submit a cover letter with vitae, official transcripts, a typed description of the dissertation topic and three letters of recommendation.
Amount: $20,000
Deadline: May 24
How to apply: Submit materials to address listed.
Website: https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/information-for/students/ams-scholarships-and-fellowships/
Sponsor: Flag Manufacturers Association of America
Hope Silverman
994 Old Eagle School Road
Suite 1019
Wayne, PA 19087-1866
Eligibility: Applicants must create a video essay discussing a given topic related to the United States flag. Students must post their one and a half to two minute video online.
Amount: Up to $2,000
Deadline: June 14
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://fmaa-usa.com/Scholarship.php
Sponsor: National Society, Sons of the American Revolution
809 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal residents. Students must be high school sophomores, juniors or seniors. Applicants must submit an 800- to 1,200-word essay on some topic that is related to the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution or the U.S. Constitution. Selection is based on the overall strength of the essay.
Amount: $500-$3,000
Deadline: February 15
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.sar.org/education/
Sponsor: Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation
101 W. Sandusky Street, Suite 207
Findlay, OH 45840
Eligibility: Applicants must be full-time students attending a four-year accredited university or college of their choosing. Students must be able to demonstrate a commitment to historic preservation, either by way of previous studies or involvement with historic preservation. I.e. completed volunteer hours at the Hancock Historical Museum or a like agency focused on promoting historic preservation/education. Students who receive full scholarship support from other organizations or institutions will not be considered for this scholarship and selections are limited to students who have maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA in the designated course of study.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: February 1
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.community-foundation.com/scholarships
Sponsor: National Society, Sons of the American Revolution
809 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Eligibility: Applicants must prepare a speech of five to six minutes on some aspect of the Revolutionary War. The contest is open to high school students at public, private and parochial high schools, as well as home-schooled students. Eligibility for the national contest is determined by contests on the state and local level.
Amount: $200-$8,000
Deadline: May 15
How to apply: Applications are available from local chapters of Sons of the American Revolution.
Website: https://www.sar.org/education/
Sponsor: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Eligibility: Applicants must want to continue a career in art history and should have financial need or another hardship. A resume, two academic recommendations, transcripts, a list of art history or other relevant courses taken, a list of foreign languages known and an essay are required. Applicants must be current undergraduate seniors, recent graduates from a bachelor's or associate's program or master's-level graduate students. Recent graduates must have completed their degrees no more than twelve months prior to the application deadline.
Amount: $21,000
Deadline: January 18
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.metmuseum.org/
Sponsor: Community Foundation for Southwest Washington
610 Esther Street
Suite 201
Vancouver, WA 98660
Eligibility: Selection is based on the overall strength of the application. Applicants must demonstrate academic and/or vocational potential. Preference will be given to students who intend on pursuing a degree in economics or history.
Amount: $1,200-$2,000
Deadline: May 1
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.cfsww.org/how-we-grant/scholarships/high-school-seniors/
Sponsor: Gratiot County Community Foundation
168 E. Center Street
P.O. Box 248
Ithaca, MI 48847
Eligibility: Applicants must be Gratiot County high school juniors or seniors and must use the scholarship in pursuit of post-secondary education at a college/university, or in a vocational/technical program. Students must complete and submit the Foundation's Scholarship application and must complete and submit a historical essay focused on a person, place or event in Gratiot County. Applicants are encouraged to use the Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society, and/or other local historical and genealogical societies, as a resource in writing the historical essay which will be archived at the Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society as a resource for future research.
Amount: $500
Deadline: March 1
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.gratiotfoundation.org
Sponsor: National History Day
4511 Knox Road
Suite 205
College Park, MD 20740
Eligibility: Applicants must be in grades 6-12 and prepare throughout the school year history presentations based on an annual theme. Around February or March students compete in district History Day contests. District winners then prepare for the state contests, held usually in April or May. Those winners advance to the national contest held in June at the University of Maryland.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: Contact sponsor to confirm deadline
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: http://www.nhd.org
Sponsor: Muskingum County Community Foundation
534 Putnam Avenue
Zanesville, OH 43701
Eligibility: Applicants must be students who attend high school in Perry County. Students must record the conversation as an oral history piece. With permission, take photos together and use the recording to review and prepare a 300-word essay.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: February 26
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.mccf.org
Sponsor: North Georgia Community Foundation
340 Jesse Jewell Parkway
Suite 605
Gainesville, GA 30501
Eligibility: Applicants must be graduating seniors at White County High School who are planning to attend an accredited college or university as full-time students with interest in journalism and/or history.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: March 1
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.ngcf.org/scholarships/
Sponsor: World of 7 Billion
2120 L Street NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20037
Eligibility: Applicants must be in grades 6-12 and students may be located anywhere in the world. Students must submit a 60-second video about human population growth and how it affects climate change, ocean health or rapid urbanization and at least one sustainable solution must be mentioned.
Amount: $300-$1,200
Deadline: March 5
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.worldof7billion.org
