The Honshu Chapter of the National Defense Transportation Association is offering scholarships to high school seniors in mainland Japan.
The organization hasn’t determined the number of awards or amounts but predicted four to eight scholarships from $250 to $1,000 will be awarded. Applications, available at all Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Japan, must be returned [...]

For the sixth year, the Florida Association of Realtors is sponsoring its Scholarship/Essay Contest for High School Seniors. This allows individual students the opportunity to win up to $6,500 in scholarships.
HOW TO ENTER: Students must write a typed, double-spaced essay (500 words or less) on the topic, “How Does a Realtor professional Benefit the Community?”

SCOLARSHIPS are available for doing graduate studies in advanced science and technology (S&T) fields.
The Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and
Development (PCASTRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is offering scholarships for Masters of Science and Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) degrees in the following fields: Biology and related fields (biotechnology, molecular [...]

Three $1,000 scholarships from the Southern Dutchess Republican Scholarship Fund will be awarded to local residents graduating from Beacon High, John Jay High and private or home schools.
Applicants must write a 500-word essay in response to the following:
“Throughout the course of the history of this country, ordinary citizens have stepped forward to address social, political [...]

Port Arthur Teachers Federal Credit Union has announced it will award six $500 scholarships to deserving high school seniors.
Applicants must be a 2006 graduating senior, plan to attend an accredited college (includes LSC and LIT) and be a member of PATFCU. Anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school within the PAISD boundaries, you are [...]

The Arkansas State Teachers Association is offering scholarships and classroom minigrants to teachers across the state. Each candidate must submit a resume, and short application explaining how the funds will help advance his or her own professional career. The deadline to apply is March 30. For more information visit www.astapro.org, call toll free at (877) [...]

The El Paso Area Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists is awarding four $1,000 college scholarships.
One is named after Dr. Michael Piñon, an El Pasoan, and is earmarked for pharmacy students at Texas Southern University. The other three scholarships can go to students at any college or university pharmacy program.

JEDDAH — With the new drive to integrate mentally disabled people into regular schools and jobs in the Kingdom, the Ministry of Higher Education is accepting applications for scholarships for aspiring special-education teachers.
The ministry is working with Sultan ibn Abdul Aziz Foundation to encourage Saudi students to acquire teaching degrees with an emphasis on educating [...]

Southern Illinois University is among a number of universites and colleges that are opening fellowships, scholarships and other programs intended for minorites to white students.
The Associated Press reports that universities began to worry about litigation following a 2003 Supreme Court decision in which using race in admissions to higher education was left unclear.
The court did [...]

First-of-its-Kind Grant from National Science Foundation Funds Scholarships for Data Center Training
ORANGE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 14, 2006–AFCOM, the leading association for data center professionals, has partnered with the Institute for Data Center Professionals (IDCP) at Marist College to award two of 30 scholarships to the IDCP’s online data center certification program for 2006, one of the [...]