External Opportunities
Award | Name | Actions |
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8-week paid internship at a local nonprofit/charitable organization |
Bank of America Student Leaders Program
Program Overview:
Since 2004, Student Leaders has been part of our ongoing commitment to youth employment and economic mobility. Preparing a...
Program Overview:
Since 2004, Student Leaders has been part of our...
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Visit01/29/2021 |
$1,000 |
IACAC Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
On behalf of the members of the IACAC Scholarship Committee, we are pleased to announce that we will award ten...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
On behalf of the members of the...
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Visit01/29/2021 |
$20,000 |
The HEAR Scholarship Foundation
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The HEAR Scholarship Foundation’s mission is to provide financial and mentoring support to Chicagoland High...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The HEAR Scholarship Foundation’s...
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Visit01/29/2021 |
Varies |
Anhelo Project Dream Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Anhelo Project is a non-for-profit organization that consists of a group of student leaders and...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Anhelo Project is a...
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Visit01/31/2021 |
Up to $10,000 per year, depending on the student’s financial need |
George M. Pullman Educational Foundation
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The George M. Pullman Educational Foundation Scholarship helps ensure that exceptionally promising students...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The George M. Pullman Educational...
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Visit02/01/2021 |
Paid Summer Internship |
Greenwood Project Financial Institute and FinTech Institute - Summer Internships
Organization Description & Overview:
High School students are immersed in an intensive 6-week program. Two internship institutes will be offered...
Organization Description & Overview:
High School students are immersed...
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Visit02/01/2021 |
Up to $10,000 per year |
Wentcher Foundation Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Wentcher Foundation will award 80+ university scholarships to Chicago Public High School students...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Wentcher Foundation will award...
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Visit02/05/2021 |
$1,000 |
Illinois School Counselor Association (ISCA) - Student Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The ISCA Board of Directors is pleased to continue a scholarship program for graduating high school seniors....
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The ISCA Board of Directors is...
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Visit02/12/2021 |
$10,000 |
Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship Program
Scholarship Overview:
The Amazon Future Engineer scholarship program assists high school seniors who have completed a computer science course and...
Scholarship Overview:
The Amazon Future Engineer scholarship program...
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Visit02/18/2021 |
Full Tuition (tuition, fees, and books covered at max $250/course) |
Chicago Early Learning Workforce Scholarship
Scholarship Overview:
The Mayor’s Office, City Colleges of Chicago (CCC)- Harry S. Truman College, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), and the Department...
Scholarship Overview:
The Mayor’s Office, City Colleges of Chicago...
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Visit02/19/2021 |
Non-monetary book award |
Chicago Wellesley Club Book Award
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Wellesley College is a four-year liberal arts college for women. For more than one hundred thirty years,...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Wellesley College is a four-year...
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Visit02/28/2021 |
Up to $40,000 |
College Board Opportunity Scholarships
Scholarship Overview:
Applying to college is a complicated process, so we’ve created a program that guides you through it. It doesn’t require an...
Scholarship Overview:
Applying to college is a complicated process, so...
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Visit02/28/2021 |
$2,500 |
STEM Scholar of Illinois
Scholarship & Organization Overview:
As a culture, we place a high priority on education and rightfully so. Having a higher education opens...
Scholarship & Organization Overview:
As a culture, we place a high...
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Visit02/28/2021 |
Up to $5,000 |
ACS Scholars Program
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
This is a renewable scholarship for Hispanic/Latinos, Black/African-American, and Native American (including...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
This is a renewable scholarship for...
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Visit03/01/2021 |
$2,500 |
Back 2 School Illinois Scholarship
Organization Overview & Scholarship Description:
Back 2 School Illinois (B2SI) believes education is the key to America’s future, and these...
Organization Overview & Scholarship Description:
Back 2 School Illinois...
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Visit03/01/2021 |
Up to $22,000 |
Elevating Futures Scholarship Fund
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Walsh-Fluor Design Build Team (WFDBT) has been selected by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to design...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Walsh-Fluor Design Build Team...
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Visit03/01/2021 |
$5,000 |
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago - James Davies Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The James Davies Scholarship is a one-year award of $5,000 that will provide financial support for the pursuit...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The James Davies Scholarship is a...
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Visit03/01/2021 |
Up to $2,500 |
Mary E. Smith Foundation - Excellence in Academics & Community Service Award
Scholarship Overview:
This annual, one-time scholarship, will be awarded to one or two (2) successful candidates. Candidates must be brain tumor...
Scholarship Overview:
This annual, one-time scholarship, will be awarded...
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Visit03/01/2021 |
Up to $2,500 |
Mary E. Smith Foundation - Excellence in Science & Medicine Award
Scholarship Overview:
This one-time scholarship, in an amount up to $2,500, will be awarded to one or two (2) successful candidates annually....
Scholarship Overview:
This one-time scholarship, in an amount up to...
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Visit03/01/2021 |
Up to $2,500 |
Mary E. Smith Foundation - The Karen Lewis CTU Excellence in Science Award
Scholarship Overview:
Created in honor of Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis, this one time scholarship, in an amount up to $2,500,...
Scholarship Overview:
Created in honor of Chicago Teachers Union (CTU)...
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Visit03/01/2021 |
$5,000 |
Chicago Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA) Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Chicago Roofing Contractors Association will award two $5,000 renewable scholarship to a high school...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Chicago Roofing Contractors...
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Visit03/05/2021 |
$1,000 |
McKinsey Diverse Young Leaders Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The McKinsey Diverse Young Leaders Scholarship was established with the goal of supporting and building...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The McKinsey Diverse Young Leaders...
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Visit03/12/2021 |
$2,000 |
Stifel's Fabric of Society Scholarship Program
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Fabric of Society scholarship program was started in 2008 by De La Rosa & Co. as an effort to make an...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Fabric of Society scholarship...
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Visit03/12/2021 |
$1,000 - $2,000 |
Ezekiel Taylor Scholarship Foundation
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Ezekiel Taylor Scholarship Foundation (ETSF) is a 501©3 that provides financial assistance to...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Ezekiel Taylor Scholarship...
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Visit03/15/2021 |
Full Tuition & fees |
Illinois Promise Scholarship
Scholarship Overview:
Illinois Promise funding will be provided to eligible students for four years of attendance at Illinois if criteria continue...
Scholarship Overview:
Illinois Promise funding will be provided to...
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Visit03/15/2021 |
Up to $20,000 |
ITE Diversity Scholars Program
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The purpose of this program is to increase underrepresented populations participation in the transportation...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The purpose of this program is to...
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Visit03/15/2021 |
$1,000 |
Eta Xi Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Beacon of Light Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated was founded on November 12, 1922, at the campus of Butler University in...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority,...
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Visit03/19/2021 |
Up to $5,000 |
Monarch Awards Foundation Scholarship
Scholarship & Organization Overview:
Monarch Awards Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit foundation of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Xi Nu...
Scholarship & Organization Overview:
Monarch Awards Foundation, Inc. is...
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Visitby 03/31/2021 |
$1,000 |
Chicago Engineers Foundation (CEF) Student Incentive Award
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Chicago Engineers’ Foundation (CEF) encourages Chicago students to pursue engineering by recognizing their...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The Chicago Engineers’ Foundation...
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Visit04/01/2021 |
$1,000 |
CHUMS, Inc. - Chicago Chapter Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
CHUMS awards this scholarship in honor of CHUM founders Mary Ward Barnes, Joyce Tate Brown, and Theodora...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
CHUMS awards this scholarship in...
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Visit04/01/2021 |
Up to $23,000 |
Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois
Scholarship Description:
The Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois is a scholarship program that identifies talented high school seniors, as well as...
Scholarship Description:
The Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois is a...
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Visit04/01/2021 |
$1,000 |
Cathay Bank Foundation Scholarship Program
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Twenty $1,000 scholarships available for high school seniors planning to attend college as a full-time,...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Twenty $1,000 scholarships...
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Visit04/02/2021 |
$2,000 |
Royal Business Bank Scholarship Program
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Royal Business Bank is committed to supporting economically-challenged youth residing in its business service...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Royal Business Bank is committed to...
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Visit04/02/2021 |
$5,000 |
Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund
Scholarship Overview:
The Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund is focused on helping economically-challenged Taiwanese American youth fulfill their...
Scholarship Overview:
The Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund is focused...
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Visit04/02/2021 |
$1,000 |
My Two Sons: Sean/John Memorial Scholarship
Organization Description & Scholarship Overview:
In October 1989, Sean Cater, the oldest son of Rev. Gloria Randolph, was murdered at age 21. As a...
Organization Description & Scholarship Overview:
In October 1989, Sean...
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Visit04/03/2021 |
$1,000 - $5,000 |
Calculated Genius Steminist Scholarship Program
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The STEMINIST Scholarship Program provides financial support to women pursuing college degrees in ENGINEERING!...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
The STEMINIST Scholarship Program...
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Visit04/16/2021 |
$1,500 |
Chicago Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Education Assistance Program
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated™ is a unique organization dedicated to the preservation of the history of...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated™ is a...
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Visit04/19/2021 |
Up to $5,000 |
Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Japanese culture and tradition place great value upon education. It is a value that has become firmly rooted...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Japanese culture and tradition...
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Visit04/29/2021 |
$2,500 |
Finance Academy Scholarship
Organization Description & Scholarship Overview:
With a network of 20,000+ schools, EVERFI delivers digital resources that help teachers equip...
Organization Description & Scholarship Overview:
With a network of...
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Visit05/28/2021 |
$10,000 |
Honors Graduation - Design A Better Future Scholarship
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Ever wondered just how much of a difference high school students can make on their communities? In our 2020...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Ever wondered just how much of a...
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Visit06/28/2021 |
$500 - $2,000 |
Lori Jericho Memorial Education Fund
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Inspiration Corporation administers the Lori Jericho Memorial Education Fund, that provides financial...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Inspiration Corporation administers...
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Visit07/05/2021 |
$1,500 |
Michael Moody Fitness Scholarship
Organization and Scholarship Overview:
The Michael Moody Fitness Scholarship offers $1,500 to a high school senior, undergraduate, or graduate...
Organization and Scholarship Overview:
The Michael Moody Fitness...
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Visit08/01/2021 |
Full Tuition & book fee waivers |
STAR Scholarship - City Colleges of Chicago
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Starting with City Colleges’ Fall 2015 semester, students who graduate from CPS in Spring 2016 or after with a...
Organization & Scholarship Overview:
Starting with City Colleges’ Fall...
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Visit08/20/2021 |