Missouri College Scholarships & Grants
A college education may help you reach your full potential, but reaching your full
potential can get expensive. It’s a good thing that financial aid is readily available
to those willing to do the research. By using a student’s state of residence as
a search criterion, Scholarships.com can help students find information about scholarships
especially created for those living in Missouri. In the blink of an eye, students
can narrow down their pool of competitors by forty-nine states. The scholarships
below will give you an idea of the opportunities that may be found at Scholarships.com.
For additional information about Missouri scholarships and awards based on different
search criteria, you may conduct a free college scholarship search
at Scholarships.com.
The Missouri Minority Teacher Education Scholarship Program
The Missouri Minority Teaching Scholarship is a $3000 award, which is renewable
for up to four years. Applicants must be a resident of Missouri, be an African-American,
Asisan-American, Hispanic-American or Native American, be a high school senior,
college student, or returning adult (without a degree) who ranked in the top 25%
of their high school class or scored at or above the 75th percentile on the ACT
or SAT examination; or be an individual who has completed 30 college hours and has
a cumulative GPA of 3.0; be an individual with a baccalaureate degree who is returning
to an approved math or science teacher education program, attend an approved teacher
education program at a community college or college or university in Missouri.
More information on The Missouri Minority Teacher Education Scholarship Program.
The Charles Gallagher Student Financial Assistance Program
To be eligible to receive a Charles Gallagher award, you must:
- Be a full time undergraduate student at a participating Missouri postsecondary school,
working toward your first baccalaureate degree
- Demonstrate financial need
- Maintain satisfactory academic progress as defined by the school
- Be a Missouri resident and a United States citizen or eligible non-citizen
- Not be pursuing a degree or certificate in theology or divinity
More information on The Charles
Gallagher Student Financial Assistance Program.
The Project 21 Scholarship Program
"Project 21" is a public awareness campaign designed to encourage young people to
help educate other youth about the dangers and consequences of underage gambling.
In Missouri, gambling in a casino is not permitted for persons under the age of
21. The scholarship competition is open to all Missouri high school seniors planning
to attend an institution of higher education in the United States.
The "Project 21 Scholarship Program", sponsored by the Missouri Gaming Association,
is calling for student submissions in the form of articles, posters or videos addressing
the issue of underage gambling. Submissions must be published in the student’s school
newspaper or magazine, or displayed at the school between January 1st and February
28th. The deadline for submissions is March 5th. The Missouri Gaming Association
will award two $1,500 scholarships and four $1,000 scholarships.
More information
on The Project 21 Scholarship Program.