Alabama Scholarships
So, you are looking for Alabama Scholarships, are you? You’ve received a college
acceptance letter, said farewell to your friends and packed up all your stuff. There’s
just one problem - you don’t have the money to pay for a postsecondary education
and you aren't sure where you are going to get it. This is a common problem for
students across the nation. Even students with jobs may have a hard time paying
for college. But students who reside in Alabama and/or are attending an
Alabama college or university do have one thing going for them. That’s right,
just living or attending school in Alabama makes students eligible for certain scholarships.
By using the state of residence as a search criterion, Scholarships.com can help
students find money for college. Below are a few Alabama scholarships that may be
found at our site. For additional information about scholarships and grants that
that may be found based on state and other criteria, you should conduct a free college
scholarship search at Scholarships.com.
A candidate for a Charles E Alexander Transportation Engineering Scholarship award
must meet each of several criteria. To be considered for the award, a candidate
must:
- Be enrolled in Civil Engineering at an ABET accredited university in the State of
Alabama
- Be academically classified by the university as a junior or higher
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to the discipline of transportation engineering
- Be recommended by a faculty member or Member or Affiliate Member of ALSITE
- Demonstrate a financial need for the scholarship
- ot be related to any Board Member of ALSITE Scholarships, Inc
To apply for a scholarship, a candidate must submit a completed official application
along with the recommendation of a faculty member from an accredited Civil Engineering
Department at a university in Alabama and/or the recommendation of a Member or Affiliate
Member of the Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
More information
on the Charles E Alexander Transportation Engineering Scholarship.
Alabama Scholarship for Dependents of Blind Parents is an award to cover instructional
fees and tuition at an Alabama state institution of higher learning for children
of families in which the head of the family is blind and whose family income is
insufficient to provide educational benefits. Students must apply within two years
of high school graduation.
More information on the Alabama Scholarship for Dependents of Blind Parents.
The Alabama Student Assistance Program is a state-supported and federally-funded
grant program which is designed to assist financially-needy students. It is the
state's only need-based student aid program for Alabama residents attending postsecondary
educational institutions in Alabama. Only undergraduate students who are Alabama
residents attending eligible Alabama institutions may apply. Nearly 80 Alabama institutions
participate in the program.
More information on the LEAD Foundation Community Scholarship.
The Smith Scholarship Foundation offers a substantial scholarship award for graduates
of Alabama high schools who are the first in their family to attend college. The
scholarship covers tuition, fees, books, and room and board at Alabama colleges
and universities and is renewable for four years. To be considered, students must
maintain a C+ average or higher in high school and take the ACT or SAT.
More information on the J. Craig and Page T. Smith Scholarship Foundation.