Kentucky Scholarships - Jefferson County Public Schools

Kentucky Scholarships
Statewide
Award: $2,000
Number: 8, 1 at each university
Contact: College of Education or Scholarship
Department of the university
____________________________________________
Kentucky Wildlife Federation
Foundation Inc. Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a Kentucky resident;
be enrolled in an accredited college or
university in Kentucky; have completed
the freshman year of college or university
study; maintain a “B” average or above; and
pursue a course of study leading to a degree
in fisheries or wildlife biology, parks and
recreation, conservation law enforcement
or one of the environmental sciences which
will lead to an equivalent degree.
Award: $1,200; may vary
Number: 6 annually; may vary
Deadline: December 30 and June 1
Contact: Michael Meredith, Treasurer,
KWFF, 1409 Silent Grove Church Road,
Brownsville, KY 42210
____________________________________________
Kentucky Women in
Agriculture Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a female Kentucky resident;
be a junior, senior or graduate student
at a Kentucky college or university; have
at least a 2.5 GPA; and submit an official
college transcript, a statement of up to 500
words about career goals for working in
agriculture and how this scholarship will
support academic pursuits, and 2 letters of
recommendation verifying why applicant
fits the criteria.
Award: $1,000
Number: 1
Deadline: May 20
Contact: Scholarship Coordinator, Kentucky
Women in Agriculture Inc., P.O. Box 4409,
Lexington, KY 40544, phone 877.266. 8823,
e-mail info@kywomeninag.com, website
www.kywomeninag.com
____________________________________________
Kids Chance of Kentucky Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a child who had a parent
seriously, catastrophically or fatally injured
in an employment-related accident and
who is a Kentucky resident between 16 and
25 years old. Parent’s death or injury must
have resulted in a substantial decline in the
family income.
Award: Up to $1,500 per semester; renewable
for 4 years
Number: Varies
Deadline: April 15 - fall semester, October
30 - spring semester
Contact: School counselor or Scholarship
Committee, Kids Chance of Kentucky, P.O.
Box 910234, Lexington, KY 40591, phone
859.219.0194, e-mail gdavis5@windstream.
net, website www.kidschanceky.org
____________________________________________
Susan G. Komen
for the Cure Scholarship
Eligibility: Must have lost a parent to breast
cancer; be a high school graduate, a high
school senior or have received the equivalent
of a high school diploma; plan to attend a
state-supported college or university in the
state where student resides; have a college
2.8 GPA (if already attending college); be
no older than 25 years of age by May; be
a U.S. citizen or documented permanent
resident of the U.S.; and never at any time
have been subject to any disciplinary action
by any institution or entity, including,
but not limited to, any educational or law
enforcement agency.
Award: $10,000
Number: Up to 5
Deadline: February 15
Contact: School counselor or visit www.
komen.org/scholarship
____________________________________________
Mental Health America
of Kentucky Inc.
Contact: Mental Health America of
Kentucky, 120 Sears Avenue, Suite 213,
Louisville, KY 40207, phone 502.893.0460
in Louisville, toll free 888.705.0463, e-mail
mhaky@mhaky.org, website www.mhaky.
org
Evan and Katherine
Harrod Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a college student
enrolled in a Kentucky public or private
college, reside in an area of Kentucky
having a population of less than 10,000,
have volunteered/worked in a mental healthrelated
environment, and be considering or
engaged in a course of study in the mental
health field (nursing, medicine, psychology,
social work, etc.).
Award: $1,000
Number: 1
Deadline: September 1
**********
Antoinette C. Hodes
Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a college student
enrolled in a Kentucky public or private
college, have volunteered/worked in a
mental health-related environment, and be
considering or engaged in a course of study
in the mental health field (allied health,
medicine, nursing, psychology, social work,
etc.).
Award: $1,000
Number: 1 - 2
Deadline: September 1
____________________________________________
Miss Kentucky Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a local pageant
winner and compete in the Miss Kentucky
Scholarship pageant.
Award: $500
Number: 2
Contact: Jamie Breeding, Miss Kentucky
Scholarship Organization, 3284 Shoal
Lake Drive, Lexington, KY 40515, phone
859.273.4931, e-mail jamiebreed@aol.
com
____________________________________________
National Garden Clubs Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be majoring in a subject
related to horticulture, floriculture, landscape
design, botany, plant pathology, forestry, land
management or allied subjects; maintain a
“B” average; be a junior, senior, or graduate
student at the time the award is used;
complete a detailed application; and submit
financial aid records and transcripts.
Award: $3,500
Number: Kentucky student judged in
national pool of applicants
Deadline: March 1
Contact: Website www.gardenclubky.org/
____________________________________________
National Grocers Association Inc.:
Asparagus Club Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a high school senior or
college freshman, sophomore, or junior; be
a full-time student; have financial need; and
have an interest in a career in the grocery
industry.
Award: $500 - $1,500
Number: 40 annually
Deadline: May 1
Contact: Tom Wenning, Asparagus Club
Scholarships, National Grocers Association
Inc., 1005 North Glebe Road, Suite 250,
Arlington, VA 22201
____________________________________________
National Patient Advocate
Foundation Scholarship for Survivors:
Jim Meade and Luke Barlowe Award
Eligibility: Must be a Kentucky resident
under the age of 25 and a survivor or current
patient of a diagnosis of cancer or a critical
or life-threatening disease or illness; submit
a completed application, an essay (no more
than 1,000 words) on how diagnosis has
impacted life and future goals, a copy of an
acceptance letter from the college, university,
or vocational-technical school student plans
to attend, and written documentation from
treating physician stating medical history;
Affording Higher Education 2011–2012 234 KHEAA