Sponsor: The New England Theatre Conference, Inc.
Aurand Harris Playwriting Award
215 Knob Hill Drive
Hamden, CT 06518-2431
Eligibility: Applicants must live in New England and/or be members of NETC and submit a full-length play written for a young audience. The play must not have been previously published, previously produced by a professional company or submitted to the Harris competition. Students may only submit one play. There is a $20 processing fee.
Amount: $500-$1,000
Deadline: May 1
How to apply: There is no application.
Website: https://www.netconline.org
Sponsor: Fund for Education Abroad
1920 North Street N.W.
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. citizens currently enrolled at an accredited educational institution. Students must plan on studying abroad for a minimum of 30 days. Preference is given to students with unmet financial need and students traditionally underrepresented in education abroad (first-generation college students, minority students, community college students, veterans, students with disabilities and returning learners).
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: January 18
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: http://www.fundforeducationabroad.org
Sponsor: Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Scholarships
P.O. Box 2000
Winooski, VT 05404
Eligibility: Applicants must be current high school seniors graduating from one of the following: Randolph Technical Career Center, Randolph Union High School, White River Valley High School, Windsor High School or Woodstock Union High School. Students must be pursuing an undergraduate degree, enroll full-time and have a minimum 2.5 GPA. Applicants must demonstrate financial need and school or community involvement.
Amount: Up to $1,000
Deadline: February 11
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.vsac.org/pay/student-aid-options/scholarships
Sponsor: Portland Stage Company
Attn.: Literary Manager
P.O. Box 1458
Portland, ME 04104
Eligibility: Applicants must live or attend school in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont. This requirement may be waived for playwrights who have previously lived in New England and produce material relevant to the area. They must submit a full-length play that is an original work and has not been produced or published.
Amount: Up to $3,000
Deadline: March 31
How to apply: No application form is required.
Website: https://www.portlandstage.org/
Sponsor: American Radio Relay League Foundation
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111-1494
Eligibility: Applicants must have at least a general ham radio license, be residents of and attend post-secondary institutions in the New England states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont) or New York state and be pursuing a bachelor's or graduate degree in electronics, communications or a related field.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: January 10
How to apply: Applications are available online but cannot be completed electronically. All applications must be mailed.
Website: https://www.arrl.org/scholarship-program
Sponsor: Facility Management Corporation (FMC) Ice Sports
100 Schoosett Street, Building 3
Pembroke, MA 02359
Eligibility: Applicants must be New England residents, seniors in high school and skate at an FMC arena. Selection is based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities, community service and accomplishments and leadership on the ice.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: May 1
How to apply: Applications are available online. Along with the application form, students must submit a high school transcript, one letter of recommendation, a student resume and a personal essay.
Website: http://www.fmcicesports.com
Sponsor: National FFA Organization
P.O. Box 68960
6060 FFA Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46268-0960
Eligibility: Applicants must be working toward a degree in one of the following fields: animal science, animal nutrition, dairy science, poultry science, equine/equestrian science, agriculture, agricultural science, agricultural business management, economics, finance or marketing and sales. Applicants must attend college in and be residents of one of the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia or West Virginia. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: January 12
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.ffa.org/participate/grants-and-scholarships/
Sponsor: Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont Inc.
c/o Marybeth Tevis, Scholarship Chair
973 Stock Farm Road
Randolph, VT 05060
Eligibility: Applicants must be Vermont residents who are college juniors, seniors or graduate students and must major horticulture, landscape, design, conservation, forestry, agronomy, plant pathology or biology with a special interest in plants, ecology and allied subjects. They must be full-time students at an accredited institution with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Previous winners may reapply.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: February 1
How to apply: Applications are available online. An application form, list of extracurricular activities, letter of application, transcript and three letters of recommendation are required.
Website: http://www.vermontfgcv.com
Sponsor: National Association for Campus Activities
13 Harbison Way
Columbia, SC 29212
Eligibility: Applicants must be conducting research that will add to the college student personnel knowledge base including projects that focus on campus activities, problems faced by student affairs practitioners and challenges of higher education as they relate to campus activities. High school students are not eligible.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: June 30
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.naca.org/resources/scholarships-grants/scholarships.html
Sponsor: American Radio Relay League Foundation
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111-1494
Eligibility: Applicants must have at least a technician ham radio license and be residents of the New England States (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont).
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: January 10
How to apply: Applications are available online. Completed applications must be mailed in. They cannot be completed electronically.
Website: https://www.arrl.org/scholarship-program
Sponsor: New England Board of Higher Education
45 Temple Place
Boston, MA 02111
Eligibility: Students must be residents of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont and attend a school in another of those states that offers an RSP program in their major. The major must not be available at an in-school state.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: Contact sponsor to confirm deadline
How to apply: Students should note that they are interested in the RSP program on their regular college application.
Website: http://www.nebhe.org
Sponsor: Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Scholarships
P.O. Box 2000
Winooski, VT 05404
Eligibility: Applicants must be Vermont residents enrolled in or planning to enroll in an undergraduate degree or certificate program part-time (for less than 12 credits per semester). Those who have earned a bachelor's degree previously are ineligible. Selection is based on financial need.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: February 15
How to apply: Applications are available online. An application form, a completed FAFSA and supporting documents are required.
Website: https://www.vsac.org/pay/student-aid-options/scholarships
Sponsor: SpeakOUT
P.O. Box 301223
Boston, MA 02130
Eligibility: Applicants must be undergraduate LGBTQ+ students or high school students entering a college, university, community college or training program by the fall. Students must be residents of New England and have a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Amount: $500
Deadline: March 31
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.speakoutboston.org
Sponsor: Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund
P.O. Box 870
Salem, MA 01970
Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. residents or resident aliens who are permanent residents of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont. They must be enrolled in a demanding undergraduate course of study pursuing their first degrees. A GPA of 3.0 or higher is required. Applicants must demonstrate citizenship, character, serious-mindedness and financial need.
Amount: $3,000-$17,000
Deadline: May 1
How to apply: Applications are available online. An application form, essay, transcript, counselor or professor recommendation, additional letter of recommendation, FAFSA Student Aid Report, financial aid award letter, documentation of college costs and student's and parents' tax forms are required.
Website: http://phillips-scholarship.org/
Sponsor: San Francisco Foundation
One Embarcadero Center
Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA 94111
Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. citizens enrolled in an accredited graduate institution in California, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Students must be enrolled full-time during the entire academic year of receiving the award. Master's degree and JD students must be pursuing their terminal degree. Applicants seeking their Ph.D. must have completed at least three years of doctoral work by July 1 or plan to successfully pass their qualifying exams by May 1 of the year before receiving the award. Selection is based on the strength of the overall application.
Amount: $15,000
Deadline: Early January; 2024
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://sff.org/
Sponsor: Horticultural Research Institute
80 M Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Eligibility: Applicants must be seniors in a two-year course and have finished the first year, juniors in a four-year course and have finished the first two years or be graduate students. Undergraduates must have a minimum 2.25 GPA and graduate students a minimum 3.0 GPA. Students must be from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont. Preference will be given to applicants who have financial need and who plan to work in the nursery industry after graduation, including starting a business.
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: June 1
How to apply: Applications are available online or by mail.
Website: https://www.hriresearch.org/scholarships
Sponsor: Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Scholarships
P.O. Box 2000
Winooski, VT 05404
Eligibility: Applicants must be Vermont residents who are accepted into or enrolled in an undergraduate degree program, a certificate program, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree program or a University of Vermont College of Medicine degree program. They must attend or plan to attend school full-time. Applicants who have earned a bachelor's degree previously are ineligible. Selection is based on financial need.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: March 1
How to apply: Applications are available online. An application form and a completed FAFSA are required.
Website: https://www.vsac.org/pay/student-aid-options/scholarships
Sponsor: American Legion, Department of Vermont
P.O. Box 396
126 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05601-0396
Eligibility: Applicants must be high school students under the age of 20 who are U.S. citizens or legal residents and residents of the state. Students must first give an oration within their state and winners compete at the national level. The oration must be related to the Constitution of the United States focusing on the duties and obligations citizens have to the government. It must be in English and be between eight and ten minutes. There is also an assigned topic which is posted on the website, and it should be between three and five minutes.
Amount: Varies
Deadline: October 14
How to apply: Applications are available from district representatives.
Website: http://www.vtlegion.org
Sponsor: Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Scholarships
P.O. Box 2000
Winooski, VT 05404
Eligibility: Applicants must be Vermont residents. They must be enrolled in a law enforcement degree program at an accredited school that has been approved for federal Title IV funding. They must have plans to become police officers. Selection is based on academic merit, essay and financial need.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: February 14
How to apply: Applications are available online. An application form, official transcript, personal essay and financial aid information are required.
Website: https://www.vsac.org/pay/student-aid-options/scholarships
Sponsor: American Quarter Horse Foundation
Scholarship Program
2601 East Interstate 40
Amarillo, TX 79104
Eligibility: Applicants must be students who reside within Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island or Quebec, and are current members of an AQHA Region six state affiliate, as well as AQHA or AQHYA. Members may apply during their senior year of high school or while enrolled at an accredited college or university. Students must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA. Funding for this scholarship may be applied to undergraduate and or graduate-level college coursework, or an accredited vocational program of the student's choice. Past AQHF scholarship recipients are eligible to reapply for this scholarship.
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: January 15
How to apply: Applications are available online.
Website: https://www.aqha.com/scholarships1
