Private Scholarships

• American Dream Scholarship
  The Sallie Mae Fund American Dream Scholarship offers scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,000 to African-American students with financial need enrolled in a two or four year title IV accredited college or university. This scholarship is open to incoming freshmen as well as current undergraduate students.

• The American Legion Scholarship
  The American Legion of Maine developed this scholarship for post freshman students.

• American Society of Naval Engineers
  The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) sponsors scholarship program to encourage college students to enter the field of naval engineering.

• Army ROTC Scholarship
  Army ROTC is for college bound leaders. With ROTC you'll find yourself in the company of top students from around the country. Four, three and two year ROTC scholarships are available.

• The Barking Foundation
  A private, non-profit foundation that provides grants for accredited post-secondary education of meritorius State of Maine residents, based on their demonstrated financial need.

• Boulos Family Scholarship
  Established to recognize and show appreciation to the men and women of Maine who served their country in Iraq or Afghanistan during the post-September 11 conflicts.

• BPW /Maine Futurama Foundation
  All applicants must be residents of Maine and demonstrate financial need.

• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program
  Available for students with exceptional promise and demonstrate financial need.

• Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) Scholarship Database
  Nearly 150 scholarships throughout Maine that may be available to you.

• John Gyles Education Awards
  The John Gyles Education Awards are available each year to students in both Canada and the United States.

• First in My Family Scholarship Program
  The Sallie Mae Fund developed the First in My Family program in partnership with the Hispanic College Fund, to offer scholarships to Hispanic-American students who are first in their family to attend college.

• The Hispanic College Fund Scholarship
  The HCF Scholarship applications are online!

• Lamey-Wellehan
  Aid in the cost of attaining an education for a Maine young person studying at a Maine college or university.

• Major General James Ursano
  Scholarship fund for dependent children of Army soldiers.

• Maine Community Foundation
  The scholarship funds in this section are administered by the Maine Community Foundation for the benefit of Maine residents. Please note that each scholarship has its own application requirements, review process, and application deadline and that many scholarships are limited to residents of specific counties or graduates of specific high schools.

• The Maine State Society of Washington, DC Foundation
  The Foundation raises funds and awards scholarship assistance to students who are Maine citizens or residents attending accredited four-year degree-granting educational institutions in the State of Maine.

• Marine Corps Scholarship
  The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit, tax exempt corporation of volunteer men and women dedicated to providing financial assistance in the form of scholarships for higher education to deserving sons and daughters of United States Marines and children of former Marines.

• MES Foundation
  The MES Foundation administers scholarships on behalf of several Maine companies and organizations for Maine students.

• Mitchell Institute
  Mitchell Scholars must be Maine students enrolling in a four-year degree program or a two-year degree program at a college or university, and must be planning to enter their first year of college in the fall.

• Science, Math, and Research Transformation (SMART) Defense Scholarship Program
  The DoD will offer these scholarships and fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for training in science, math, and engineering.

• Monster Scholars
  The Monster scholarship listings.

• New England Direct Marketing Association (NEDMA) Foundation
  The program is designed for a marketing, advertising, or communications student who is seriously interested in a career in direct marketing.

• 911 Education Fund
  The Sallie Mae 911 Education Fund was created in response to the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 . The scholarship program is open to children of those who were killed or permanently disabled as a result of the terrorist attacks.

• The Clyde Russell Scholarship Fund
  Must be a Maine Resident

• Unmet Need Scholarship
  Sallie Mae Fund's Project Access Program: Students from low-income families can now get additional financial assistance through a new scholarship from The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable organization funded by Sallie Mae. The Sallie Mae Fund Unmet Need Scholarship Program will supplement financial aid packages for low-income students by providing funds to cover financial need not met through typical financial aid channels, including grants, work-study, loans and other scholarships.

• Seaboard Federal Credit Union
  Seaboard Federal Credit Union is pleased to offer six (6) scholarships worth $1,000 each, to graduating high school students who are Seaboard members.

• Society of Women Engineers
  All SWE Scholarships are open only to women pursuing baccalaureate or graduate degrees in engineering or computer science, as well as engineering and computer science students enrolled in ABET-accredited engineering programs.

• Talbot's Women's Scholarship Fund
  Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund will award $100,000 in scholarships to women determined to finally get that college degree.

• TAPPI Foundation
  Attracting talented young people to future careers in the pulp, paper, and converting industry is the cornerstone to building a highly skilled workforce and a technically advanced industry. This scholarship provides an inviting incentive for students entering their third year of college to pursue an academic path related to this vital work.

• USA Funds
  USA Funds is accepting applications for two scholarship programs to help lower-income students pay for higher education. By completing and submitting one application, students may qualify for both scholarship opportunities.

• United States Coast Guard
  The College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) is a scholarship program for college sophomores.

• Writers of Passage Scholarship Program
  Offers scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,000 to students with demonstrated financial need.

• Women's Transportation Seminar
  Part of the WTS goal of fostering the development of women in the transportation field can be realized by encouraging bright new professionals to undertake careers in the area of transportation.