California College Scholarships & Grants
With college costs on the rise, students across the nation could use a little financial
aid. When you conduct a free college scholarship search at Scholarships.com, you
can find information about myriad financial aid opportunities that can more than
cover your college expenses. Using your location as a search criterion, Scholarships.com
can help you find awards restricted to students living or attending a college in
your state. The California scholarships below will give you an idea of the financial
aid information you can find at Scholarships.com. For additional information about
scholarships and grants you qualify for based on state and additional criteria,
you can conduct a free college scholarship search.
The Achievement Award Program
The Achievement Award is a scholarship program for students with extreme financial
need who have demonstrated high potential by achieving academic success while overcoming
difficult circumstances. Scholarship applicants must demonstrate enthusiasm and
commitment to helping pre-collegiate students in college preparation programs. TAAP
provides financial support and one-on-one advising to all of its recipients. If
you have applied to UC Berkeley for fall admission you may be eligible to apply
for the Achievement Award, a scholarship worth up to $5,700 per year.
More information
on the Achievement Award Program.
The Tang Scholarship
Mr. Edward Cheng Ming Tang established this award in 2007 to provide financial assistance
to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (l/g/b/t) Asian and Pacific Islanders
(API) for post-secondary Education. This scholarship is to help LGBT youth proudly
achieving educational pursuits and dreams without shame. This scholarship awards
one outstanding student annually a scholarship up to $15,000. This scholarship is
renewable for a maximum of three years (a total of four years) if the student annually
meets the renewal requirements.
More information on The Tang
Scholarship.
HSF/Citigroup Fellows Program
The HSF/Citigroup Fellows Award is a two-year award. Selected students will receive
$5,000 for each of their junior and senior years for a total award of $10,000. Awards
will be disbursed in two disbursements -fall and spring- of $2,500 during the academic
year upon receipt of enrollment verification, and provided the student maintains
the standards of academic progress as defined by HSF.
More information on The HSF/Citigroup Fellows Program.