Maryland Scholarships for College
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Students going to college in Maryland are no doubt searching for the perfect scholarship opportunity to give them a free ride through their university years.
The Maryland Higher Education Commission provides applications to various awards. Many of these awards went unclaimed last year, so don’t count yourself out until you have applied for a scholarship you qualify for.
Some of these awards can be applied for online, while others require a more standard application process.
Opportunities are listed here:
- Howard P. Rawlings Guaranteed Access Grant
- Distinguished Scholar Award
- Charles W. Riley Fire & Emergency Medical Services Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program
- Optometry Tuition Reduction Program
You can contact the Maryland Higher Education Commission at
839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400, Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (410) 260-4500 | Toll Free: (800) 974-0203
Other Maryland scholarship opportunities include
- Alice G. Pinderhughes Scholarship $500
- Ashley Tambours Scholarship $1000
- Delegate Scholarship Program $7950
- Distinguished Scholar Award $3000
- Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program $8550
- Senatorial Scholarships $2000
Students can also contact their high school counselor, college admissions office, student adviser or college financial aid office for more direction and advice on obtaining the right scholarships for them.
In the meantime, here is a free list of some available scholarships available to students in the state of Maryland.
• Helen A. Gilpin Memorial Frankfort High School Scholarship
• Helen A. Gilpin Memorial Nursing Scholarship
• Helen A. Gilpin Memorial Scholarship
• Helen A. Gilpin Memorial Vietnam Veterans Scholarship
• Helen Stasko Memorial Nursing Scholarship
• Helen T. Carr Fellowship
• Henry & Edith Gehauf Scholarship
• Henry & Helena A. Sauer Scholarship
• Heritage Awards
• Hewlett Packard Diversity in Education Scholarship Program
• Hiester Scholarship
• Hilda Holt Gellner Scholarship
• Hilda M.R. Peterson Memorial Scholarship
• Hodson Trust Academic Scholarship
• Hodson-Gilliam Scholarship
• Honors College Award
• Honors College Fellows Scholarship
• Honors College Scholarship
• Honors Program Scholarship
• Hood Heritage Scholarship
• Hood Merit Scholarship
• Hot Stove League Scholarship
• Hot Stove Scholarship
• Howard P. Rawlings Educational Assistance (EA) Grant
• Howard P. Rawlings Guaranteed Access (GA) Grant
• Human Service Alumni Scholarship
• Ida B. Wells Scholarship
• IFT 50th Anniversary-Inspiration for Tomorrow Scholarship
• IFT Carbohydrate Division Alternate Scholarship
• IFT Carbohydrate Division Scholarship
• IFT Food Microbiology Division Graduate Scholarships
• IFT Food Microbiology Division Juniors-Seniors Scholarships
• IFT Food Packaging Division Scholarship
• IFT Freshmen Scholarships
• IFT Graduate Scholarship
• IFT Junior-Senior Scholarship
• IFT New York Section Graduate Scholarship
• IFT New York Section Junior-Senior Scholarships
• IFT Past Presidents
• IFT Quality Assurance Division, William A. Golomski Memorial Scholarship
• IFT Sensory Evaluation Division Silver Celebration Scholarships
• IFT Sophomore Scholarships
• IFT Student Association, George R. Foster Memorial Freshman Scholarship
• Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists (PhD)
• Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists Graduate Scholarships
• Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists-Irving J. Pflug
• International Scholarship of Excellence
• Iris & Peter Halmos Foundation Scholarship
• Iron Furnace 5K Run Scholarship
• Irving & Lois Blum Foundation Scholarship
• Ivan & Charlotte Hall Scholarship (a)
• Ivan & Charlotte Hall Scholarship (b)
• Ivan Diehl Geography Scholarship
• J. Goodloe & Esther B. Jackson Memorial Scholarship
• J. O’Neal & Rosa Moxley Johnston Memorial Scholarship
• J. Suter Kegg Scholarship
• J.B. Joynt III Memorial Scholarship
• Jack & Dorothy Smouse Forestry Training Scholarship
• Jack & Dorothy Smouse Scholarship
• Jack F. Tolbert Memorial Student Grant Program
• Jacob Paul David Watters Memorial Scholarship
• Jaime Dannemann Memorial Scholarship
• James & Sara Goddard Memorial Scholarship
• James Alfred Avirett Memorial Excellence in English Scholarship
• James Beard Foundation Scholarship
• James Graham Bravery Award
• James R. Ferguson Memorial Fund
• Jamie Lee Hall Memorial Scholarship
• Jane H. Grindel Scholarship
• Janice M. & L. Beebe Chemistry Achievement Scholarship
• Jeanette & C. William Gilchrist Scholarship
• Jenny Apsey Stegmaier Memorial Scholarship
• Jerry V. DeBarthe Memorial Scholarship
• Jimmy Hollis Education Scholarship
• Joey Parisi Memorial Scholarship (Members)
• Joey Parisi Memorial Scholarship (Staff)
• John & Iva Kneisley Memorial Scholarship
• John F. McGowan Criminal Justice Scholarship
• John H. Jordan Memorial Scholarship
• John J. & Irene T. Powers Scholarships
• John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
• John Leake Scholarship
• John N. Sturdivant College Scholarship Fund
• John R. & Phyllis S. MacVeigh Scholarship
• Jonas & Joan Cash Student Award
• Jonathan Berkowitz Scholarship
• Jonathan T. Alloy Thriving Scholar Award
• Joseph Byrd Foundation Scholarship
• Joshua D. McKenzie Memorial Scholarship
• Judith & William Borten Scholarship
• Julie Vande Velde Leadership Scholarship
• Junior Woman’s Civic Club Scholarship
• Kaplan Scholarship
• Karen & Joseph Woddell Scholarship
• Karen Lucas Memorial Scholarship
• Kelly-Springfield Tire Company Scholarship
• Kelvin Grant Scholarship
• Kenneth S. Fowler Memorial Endowment Scholarship
• Kim & Marion Leonard Scholarship
• Kiwanis Club of Cumberland Memorial Scholarship
• Annual Fund Achievement-Student Theatre Assistant
• Annual Fund Award for Excellence
• Anthony Wai Chiu Tam Upper Division Scholarship
• Armand Barazia Medical Assistant Scholarship
• Arthur M. Ahalt Memorial Scholarship
• Arthur T. Schramm Memorial Scholarship
• ARTS Recognition & Talent Search
• Associated Italian American Charities of Maryland #11 Scholarship
• Athletic Scholarships
• ATK Tactical Systems Company Scholarship
• Attorney General’s Agricultural & Natural Resources Scholarship
• Banneker-Key Scholarships
• Barksdale Scholarship
• Barry D. Richardson Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Visual Arts
• Barry J. Barton Vietnam Veteran-Agent Orange Scholarship
• Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship
• Bedford County AAUW Scholarship
• Bedford County Campus Scholarships
• Bedford County Garden Club Scholarship
• Beltsville Garden Club Scholarship
• Bennet Transfer & Storage, Inc. Scholarship
• Bernice & Arthur Friedland Scholarship
• Betty Endicott-NTA-NCCB Student Scholarship
• Betty Zane Watson Memorial Scholarship
• Biederlack of America Corporation Scholarship
• Bill Brubaker Scholarship-Baltimore Section
• Booz Allen Hamilton-William F. Stasior Internship
• Borden Mining Company Scholarship-In Honor of Albert & Elizabeth Borden
• Bowie-Crofton Garden Club Scholarship
• Bowler, Inc. Scholarship
• Bruce & Donna Berlage Scholarship
• Burkman Scholarship
• C. Walter Howe Memorial Politcial Science Scholarship
• C.V. Starr Scholarship for International Students
• Care of Trees Scholarship
• Carton & Silberg Scholarship
• Cary Deffenbaugh Forestry Alumni Association Scholarship
• CBIZ-Financial Solutions Actuarial Science Scholarship
• Chapel Valley Landscape Honorary Scholarship
• Charles S. Catherman Memorial Office Technologies Scholarship
• Charles W. Riley Fire & Emergency Medical Services Tuition Reimbursement Program Scholarship
• Charlotte Newcomb Scholarship
• Chessie Federal Credit Union Achievement Award
• Chessie Federal Credit Union Scholarship
• Chester F. Bletch Endowment Scholarship
• Chorus of the Potomac, Allegany County Chapter, SPEBSQSA, Inc. Scholarship
• Christa McAuliffe Scholarship
• Cisco Networking Academy Scholarship (a)
• Cisco Networking Academy Scholarship (b)
• 1890 Scholars Program
• Aaron Zumpano Memorial Scholarship
• Academic Achievement Award for Transfers (AAAT)
• Academic Common Market
• Academic Common Market Award
• Academic Excellence Leadership Award
• Academic Excellence Scholarship for Entering Freshmen
• Academic Excellence Scholarship for Transfer Students
• Academic Excellence Talent in the Arts Scholarship
• Academy Appointment
• Accounting Association Scholarship
• Accounting Department Scholarship
• Achievement Award
• AGNR Alumni Association Scholarship
• Al-Gar Federal Credit Union Scholarship
• Alicia K. Duffy Memorial Scholarship
• Allegany Aggregates Scholarship
• Allegany College of Maryland Academic Excellence Scholarships
• Allegany College of Maryland Alumni Association Scholarship
• Allegany College of Maryland Special Consideration Scholarships
• Allegany College of Maryland Student Council Scholarship
• Allegany County Association for Family & Community Education-Homemakers Award
• Allegany County Chamber of Commerce George M. Wyckoff Memorial Scholarship
• Allegany County High School Student Council Scholarship
• Allegany County Teacher of the Year Scholarship
• Allegany County Teachers Association Scholarship
• Allegany County Teachers’ Federal Credit Union Paul L. Footen Memorial Scholarship
• Allegany County Teachers Federal Credit Union Scholarship
• Allegany Garrett Sportsman Association Scholarship
• Allegany-Garrett Counties Chapter of the Maryland Municipal League Scholarship
• Alma G. Logsdon Scholarship
• Alma Logsdon Scholarship
• Alumni Association Scholarship
• Alumni Association Scholarship
• American Association of University Women Frostburg-Cumberland Branch Scholarship
• American Legion Patriotism Award-Farrady Post No. 24
• Amtrak Travel Scholarship
• Amy & Martha Meek Scholarship
• Analysis Training Program (ATP)
• Ancient Studies Scholarship
• Ann L. Williams Communication Studies Scholarship
• Anne Arundel Community College Scholarship
• Anne E. & William B. Wallace Award
• Anne E. & William B. Wallace, Jr. Scholarship in Memory of Dallas E. Nolan of Cumberland, MD
• Annetta H. & Lloyd M. Marshall Elementary Education Scholarship
• Annual Fund Achievement-Physics Scholarship
• Annual Fund Achievement-Student Marching Band Assistant
• Annual Fund Achievement-Student Music Assistant Choral
• Dorothy Stone White Theatre Scholarship
• Dottie Thomas Library Scholarship
• Dr. Harold & Geraldine Delaney Leadership Award
• Dr. J. Richard Crouse Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Dr. Leroy L. Kohler-Sociology Scholarship
• Dr. M. Shakil Rahman & Dr. Huma Shakil Scholarship
• Dr. Nelson P. Guild Senior Honors Scholarship
• Dr. Noreen Hayes Memorial Scholarship
• Dr. Norman W. Nightingale Scholarship
• Dr. Oliver Ralph & Virginia Roth Scholarship
• Dr. Paul W. Vinyard Scholarship
• Dr. Rex R. & Ann Martin Scholarship Fund
• Dr. W. Ardell Haines Scholarship
• Dr. Wally S. Hijab Memorial Scholarship
• Droze G. & Margaret Hott Zembower Scholarship
• Drs. Magno P. & Barbara B. Roque Scholarship
• Durocher-Woodworth Scholarship for Nursing
• Dwight P. Jacobus Scholarships
• Earl M. & Georgianna M. Nonnenmann Nursing Scholarship
• Earle L. Bracey Memorial Scholarship
• Early College Program Scholarship
• Eastern Shore Tuition Assistance Program (ESTAP)
• Edith J. & William H. Bullamore Memorial Scholarship
• Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program
• Eileen Barnett Scholarship
• Eleanor Porter Tennant Scholarship
• Elisabeth Hitchins Scholarship
• Elizabeth Flake Scholarship
• Eltermann Scholarship
• Emma & Paul Dailey Scholarships
• Engelbrecht-DeGrange Scholarship Fund
• English Endowed Al & Abbie Rose Scholarship
• English Endowed Besty Ross Rankin Scholarship
• English Endowed Pauline Tustin Hobbs Scholarship
• Enterprise Student Leadership Award
• Erin L. Brady Memorial Scholarship
• Ernest T. Cullen Memorial Scholarship
• Esther Doerr Memorial Scholarship
• Ethel Hollinger Malchenson Scholarship
• Eugene Flinn MBA Award for Excellence
• Eve Belfoure French Study Abroard Scholarship
• Everett Area Alumni Scholarship
• Excellence in Math Scholarship
• Express Mortgage Financial Services Scholarship
• F. Perry Smith, Jr. Scholarship
• Faith Scholarship
• Fanny B. Thalheimer Scholarships
• Farmers & Mechanics National Bank Scholarship
• Fidelity Bank Achievement Award
• Fidelity Bank Scholarship
• Citizens’ Justice Scholarship
• City of Cumberland Scholarship
• Clarence Kean Memorial Scholarship
• Class of 1959 Scholarship
• Classified Staff Senate Scholarship
• Clayton C. Oster Memorial-Kelco Credit Union Scholarship
• Coach Ken Babcock Fund Scholarship
• Cobey-Lane-Footen Leadership Award
• College Achievement Award
• College of Business Achievement Award
• College-bound Award
• Community College Scholarship
• Community Scholar Award
• Computer Science Scholarship
• Creative & Performing Arts Scholarships
• Criminal Justice Scholarship
• Cumberland Business & Professional Women Lillian C. Compton Scholarship
• Cumberland Business & Professional Women’s Organization Scholarship
• Cumberland Housing Authority Employees’ Scholarship
• Cumberland Lions Club Foundation Scholarship
• Cumberland Lions Club Memorial Scholarship
• Cumberland Outdoor Club Scholarship
• Cumberland Professional Fire Fighters, Local 1715 Scholarship
• Cumberland Valley Optimist Dedicated to David Wilson Scholarship
• Darlene Jones Integrative Health Memorial Scholarship
• David G. Martin, II Memorial Scholarship
• David Sanford Graduate Student Scholarship
• David T. & Jeannette Lewis Memorial Scholarship
• Dean Ivan C. Diehl Alumni Association Freshman Award
• Delegate Scholarship Program
• Delta Chi Disabled Student Scholarship
• Dennis & Gretta Afton Scholarship (a)
• Dennis & Gretta Afton Scholarship (b)
• Dental Scholarship
• Derrick Memorial Nursing Scholarship
• DeVry Grant for Surviving Dependents of Rescue Workers, Civil Servants & Military Personnel
• Dissertation-Year Fellowship
• Distinguished Scholar Community College Transfer Program Award
• Distinguished Scholar Program
• Doctoral Scholars Program
• Donald A. Chaney Memorial Scholarship
• Donald Donahue Tri-State Scholarships
• Donald M. & Thelma F. Brown Memorial Scholarship
• Donald P. Hutchinson Scholarship
• Donnie & Pam Simpson Scholarship
• Dorothy Simmons Nursing Scholarship
• First Peoples Community Federal Credit Union Scholarship
• First United Bank & Trust Business Scholarship
• Foreign Language Freshman Scholarship
• Foreign Language Redick Spanish Scholarship
• Foreign Language Study Abroad Scholarship
• Foreign Language Upper Division Scholarship
• Fort Cumberland Lodge #211 & Orh Lodge #131 Scholarship
• Forty ET Eight Memorial Scholarship
• Francis A. Kenney & Lena Georg Kenney Graduate Education Scholarship
• Fraternal Order of Police-Allegany Lodge #48 Scholarship
• Frederick Community College Graduate to Mount St. Mary’s University Fund
• Frederick County Dental Society Scholarship
• Frederick County National Honor Society Scholarship
• Friends of Frostburg Nursing Scholarship
• Frito-Lay, Inc. Scholarships
• FSU Children’s Literature Registration Scholarship
• FSU Girls State Scholarship
• G.E.D. or Equivalent Allegany County Scholarship
• G.E.D. or Equivalent Four-State Scholarship
• Garden Club of Cumberland Scholarship
• Garrett County Dental Society Scholarship
• Gateway Travel Plaza Scholarship
• Genevieve M. & Ernest F. Scarpelli Memorial Scholarship
• George Earle Cook, Jr. Scholarship
• Gerald Albright Heating & Air Conditioning Scholarship
• Gerber Endowment in Pediatric Nutrition Scholarship
• Gilbane Scholarship Program
• Gilpin Freshman Award
• Givaudan Flavor Corporation Scholarships
• Glen Sarver Memorial Scholarship
• Glenn E. & Helen H. Biehl Scholarship Fund
• Gloria & Buford Saville Scholarship
• Goldsmith Family Foundation Scholarship
• Graduate & Professional Scholarship Program
• Gregory A. Taylor, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
• Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. Scholarships
• Gus Knieriem Memorial Scholarship
• Hancock Family Millenium Prize Scholarship
• Harold & Jeanne Cordts Scholarship
• Harry Mandell Art Education Scholarship
• Health Administration & Policy Council of Majors Scholarship
• Health, Physical Education & Recreation Scholarship
• Heart Speak Spiker-Walbert Scholarship
• Heather Clair Miller Salisbury State University Fund
• Hedrick Business Excellence Award
• Hedrick Teacher Exellence Award for Math/Science
• Helen A. Gilpin Memorial Computer Science-Technology Scholarship
• Helen A. Gilpin Memorial Dental Hygiene Scholarship