Private and State Scholarships

ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies) will award 7 general scholarships and 1 specialty scholarship to Engineering students.  Students must be entering their junior, senior, fifth or master’s degree year in the fall of 2021; must be a U.S. citizen pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an ABET-accredited engineering program or in an accredited land-surveying program to qualify.  A recommendation is needed from an engineering professor, a consulting engineer, or a land surveyor for each scholarship applicant.  Greater weight will be given for a recommendation from a consulting engineer or land surveyor. Additional information, guidelines and an application regarding the scholarships are located on the ACEC national website at http://www.acec.org/awards-programs/scholarships. NO applications should be sent to the National office. All application must be sent to acecscholarships@schwab-eaton.com.  For the Member Organization on the application, please fill in the following information:

Name of Member Organization:  ACEC Kansas  
Address:  825 S. Kansas Avenue, Suite 500
City, State & Zip Code:  Topeka, KS  66612
Telephone:  785-357-1824
Email:  acecscholarships@schwab-eaton.com

University of Kansas students who are relatives of members in good standing of the Alpha Phi Sorority are eligible to apply for the Alpha Phi – Gamma Delta Chapter Scholarship. Preference will be given to relatives of Gamma Delta Chapter members. The amount of the award will vary depending upon the availability of funds, the applicant’s academic record, and the number of applicants for a given award year. The scholarship awards will be made for one academic year. To be considered for subsequent awards, applicants do not need to submit a new application, but KU will verify that their relative is still a member in good standing with the Alpha Phi Sorority. Application must be submitted by June 1, 2021.

Central Kansas Community Foundation (CKCF) has a wide variety of scholarships available to unified school districts in the Central Kansas Region as well as scholarships that are degree and region specific.

Last year the Combined Scholarship Fund of Greater Fort Riley, Inc. awarded 19 scholarships totaling over $30,000. The scholarships are provided by organizations and individuals both on Fort Riley and the surrounding communities and are aimed to reach as many qualified military dependents as possible given our generous donations. Applications for high school seniors and college/graduate students can be found on the CSF website.

Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation.

Eligibility to apply for a Ford fellowship is limited to:

• All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation,
• Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), and
• Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level.

Receipt of the fellowship award is conditioned upon each awardee providing satisfactory documentation that he or she meets the eligibility requirements. More information about Fellowship Programs and online applications can be found on the website.

The Kansas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (KACRAO) offers scholarships to reward students who have demonstrated quality leadership during their high school years. There are four $500 awards available each academic year, which may be used at KACRAO member institutions. The scholarships will be designated as follows; one per school type: four-year public, four-year private, community college, and technical college. The awards are not need-based and may be used in conjunction with other awards.

To be eligible for consideration for these scholarships, students must:

• Be in their senior year at a Kansas high school;
• have a cumulative seventh semester GPA of at least 3.25 on a 4.0 scale;
• be attending a KACRAO member institution (in Kansas) in the Fall 2020 semester.

Students will be required to submit three documents with their application. If they do not have the ability to upload the required documents, please email the documents to: scholarshipcommittee@kacrao.org by March 15, 2021.

Contact the KACRAO Scholarship Committee Chair at: scholarshipcommittee@kacrao.org if you have questions.

The Great Kansas City Community Foundation and Greater Horizons provides students with a wide variety of scholarship opportunities. Applicants will begin by completing the General Application as a profile and then complete a second set of questions that will help match the applicant to different scholarship opportunities. Those applications may require additional information for the applicant to select and apply for. Applicants can apply to as many scholarships as they wish.

Eligibility to apply for a Ford fellowship is limited to:

• All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation,
• Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), and
• Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level.

Receipt of the fellowship award is conditioned upon each awardee providing satisfactory documentation that he or she meets the eligibility requirements. More information about Fellowship Programs and online applications can be found on the website.

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and a direct blood descendant of anyone who served in the army/navy of the United States in World War I and fulfilled at least one of the following criteria:

1. Served on active duty overseas between April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918,
2. Died in service between April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918, OR
3. Served at least 6 months non-combat duty between April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918

Applicant must have filed a FAFSA and requested the information be sent to the University of Kansas. Laverne Noyes awards can only be awarded to those who demonstrate financial need by filing the FAFSA.

First-time applicants must submit a legible photocopy of military enlistment and discharge records of your descendant along with documentation (birth certificates, marriage licenses) verifying your relationship to the descendant

This scholarship is for women who are currently undergraduate students at the University of Kansas.   Applicants do not have to be a member of a sorority.  It may be renewed (with committee’s approval) if the original criteria continue to be met, or may be a one-time grant. Criteria might include Kansas residency, financial need, student debt already accrued, academic performance, a passion for your major, future goals, and community service.

For Women who provide the primary financial support (head of household) for themselves and their dependents which include children, spouse, partner, siblings and/or parents. Must have financial need and be accepted in an undergraduate degree program or a vocational training program ad be motivated to achieve their education and career goals.

The University Women's Club Scholarship helps to financially assist academically meritorious undergraduate and graduate women students at The University of Kansas.

In the past, multiple recipients have received scholarships ranging from $1,500 to $2,500. The number of recipients and dollar amounts vary from year to year. One-half of each scholarship will be credited to the recipient’s account per semester.

All KU women students who have successfully completed 12 credit hours of undergraduate course work at KU with a GPA of 3.50 or greater, or nine credit hours of graduate course work at KU with a GPA of 3.60 or greater are eligible. The University Registrar and Financial Aid and Scholarship Office (FAS) must verify academic eligibility. No member of the University Women’s Club Scholarship Committee or her immediate family is eligible to apply.

Selection will be based on the contents of this application and an interview for finalists.

Application deadline is February 1, 2021.

The University Women’s Club Scholarship Committee will interview up to 10 finalists. Interviews will be conducted on Monday, February 24, 2021 and Tuesday, February 25, 2021.