filing an application form with the Gannett Foundation.
Award: $3,000; nonrenewable; not payable for service academies, virtual universities and certain institutions limited in their purposes or training
Number: 12 each year
Deadline: January 1 of applicant’s junior year of high school
Contact: Benefits Manager, The Courier-Journal, 525 West Broadway, P.O. Box 740031, Louisville, KY 40202, phone 502.582.4186. Information and forms are also available from the company-wide intranet - gannett.gci
Eligibility: Must attend a Kentucky college, have at least a 3.0 GPA, be the child or ward of parents who are registered Democrats and be a registered Democrat of voting age. Award: $1,000
Number: 1 or 2
Deadline: February 1
Contact: Counselor, local Democratic Woman’s Club or Diane Wood, Democratic Woman’s Club of Kentucky, 905 Hurst Drive, Hopkinsville, KY 42240, email dianears@bellsouth.net
Contact: Epilepsy Foundation of Kentucky, Kosair Charities Centre, 982 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, KY 40217, phone 502.637.4440, website www.efky.org
Eligibility: Must be a college-bound high school senior who has shown courage in dealing with epilepsy and seizures, commitment to education and perseverance in eliminating the obstacles that epilepsy and seizures may present.
Award: $1,000
Number: 1
Deadline: May 30
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Eligibility: Must be a degree- or certificate-seeking student who has shown courage in dealing with epilepsy and seizures, commitment to education and perseverance in eliminating the obstacles that epilepsy and seizures may present.
Award: $1,000
Number: 1
Deadline: May 30
Eligibility: Must be a graduating high school senior; be a U.S. citizen; be sponsored by a current NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association member (except for students sponsored by an associate member company); be accepted by an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school; have at least a “C” GPA; express an interest to return to a rural community following graduation; and submit a completed application, transcript, 300-word essay, an educator’s statement, letter of recommendation and sponsor signature from NTCA member.
Award: $2,500
Number: 30
Deadline: March 1
Contact: Selection Committee, Foundation for Rural Service, 412 Wilson Boulevard, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA 22203
Eligibility: Must be a graduating senior of an accredited Kentucky high school or have received a GED during the current school year and must be or have been enrolled in a migrant education program in Kentucky during a portion of the application year; be accepted to a 2- or 4-year college or technical school and provide documentation of such acceptance; have at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA and at least a 17 ACT or comparable SAT score; and submit 2 letters of recommendation, with 1 letter being from a high school teacher, principal or counselor from the school the student attends.
Award: Varies
Award: Varies
Contact: Charlie Napier, 3030 Crab Orchard Road, Crab Orchard, KY 40419
Eligibility: Must be a high school graduate or hold a GED; be a Kentucky resident for at least the last 2 immediately preceding years, agree to fulfill obligations of the scholarship, and have completed 3 semesters of mortuary college.
Obligation: Must agree to return to Kentucky and work for at least 2 years following licensure as a funeral director/embalmer, agree to repay the award if this requirement is not met and agree to repay any and all awards in the event withdrawal from school occurs for any reason.
Award: Varies; applicant will receive financial assistance from the Scholarship Committee at the beginning of the third quarter (semester) of school.
Number: 2; $3,000 yearly
Contact: Sidney Fogle, Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky, P.O. Box 4779, Frankfort, KY 40604, phone 800.866.3211
Award: Varies; applicant will receive financial assistance from the Scholarship Committee at the beginning of the third quarter (semester) of school.
Number: 2; $3,000 yearly
Contact: Sidney Fogle, Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky, P.O. Box 4779, Frankfort, KY 40604, phone 800.866.3211
Eligibility: Must be a high school student who intends to major in education and be a member of FEA, be the child or grandchild of a Phi Delta Kappa member who intends to major in education, or be a student recommended by a Phi Delta Kappa member or chapter; submit 2 letters of recommendation, official transcripts and narratives describing philosophy of education; have at least a 2.7 GPA; and respond to a survey of questions related to education.
Award: $2,500
Award: $2,500
Number: 2
Contact: Counselor or FEA advisor
The Garden Club of Kentucky Inc.
Contact: Website www.gardenclubky.org/
Eligibility: Must be a Kentucky resident; attend a Kentucky university; major in horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, botany, plant pathology, forestry, land management or an allied subject; and be a junior, senior or graduate student at the time scholarship will be used.
Award: $500 and up
Number: Varies
Deadline: March 1
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South Atlantic Region Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be enrolled in a college or university in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia or West Virginia; be a sophomore; and major in horticulture, floriculture, forestry, agronomy, landscape architecture or an allied subject. Scholarship to be used during junior or senior year.
Award: $1,000
Number: 1 Kentucky student judged in a pool of 5 states in region
Deadline: Generally February 1
Gateway Press Inc. of
Louisville Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a high school graduate,
be accepted at a college or university and