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External scholarship information is provided to SFCC from external sources. These scholarships may be available to SFCC students who apply and meet all the criteria requirements. Please note that SFCC and Financial Aid do not participate in the awarding of these scholarships and any scholarships received from external sources may be included in the recipients aid awarded for the year received.
Scholarships Open Regardless of Immigration Status (Adobe PDF file)
Scholarships That Don't Require Social Security Numbers (Adobe PDF file)
The Michael S. Currier Scholarship
The Michael S. Currier Scholarship was established at the Santa Fe Community Foundation in 2000 to honor the memory of Michael S. Currier. The scholarship funds provide renewable scholarships to low-income students from Northern New Mexico pursuing an undergraduate degree at an accredited institution. Students should demonstrate exceptional talent, innovative thinking and/or creativity in a specific field of study.
Eligibility Requirements:
- current resident of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Taos, San Miguel, Los Alamos or Mora County
- graduating high school senior or recipient of a GED diploma within the last 24 months.
- enrolled full time at an educational institution for the 2011/2012 school year
- cumulative GPA of at least a 3.00, including most recent semester
- demonstrate skills, ability or talent in a chosen field of study
- demonstrate creativity, innovative thinking or entrepreneurialism
- demonstrate commitment to community service work
- demonstrate financial need
For application and more information go to:
http://www.santafecf.org/page.aspx?pid=832
Application Deadline: May 30, 2012
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation through the Los Alamos Employees Scholarship Fund (LAESF) seeks applicants for the new Regional College/Returning Student (RCRS) Scholarship. These scholarships are awarded to motivated students returning to a formal education after a hiatus for other pursuits. Candidates may have left formal education for business, the military, or other reasons, possibly for an extended period, and are now seeking to expand their opportunities with a certificate or a two-year degree through a program in the regional area.
Eligibility Requirements:
- demonstrate acceptance into a two-year degree program at and accredited college
- resident of seven-county area of Northern New Mexico (Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Taos).
- complete a high school or GED Program
For application and more information go to:
www.lanlfoundation.org/scholarships
Application deadline: June 15, 2012
The Dream Scholarship Fund
The Dream Scholarship Fund values the diversity and the contributions that immigrants and their families make to our society and economy. We understand that America is your home, you have been raised and educated as an American, and you would like to continue to make important contributions to America’s culture and economy.
Broadly speaking, any student who has successfully graduated from High School (or is within one semester of doing so), does not qualify for in-state tuition, and who intends to seek higher education at a U.S. college or university is eligible for financial assistance from the Dream Scholarship Fund. The fund’s purpose is to distribute several scholarships to offset the cost of tuition.
Applications are being taken now for the 2012 Fall Semester.
Eligibility Guidelines:
- The student immigrated to the USA as a child, and is, or will be, a graduate of a High School prior to the start of college classes.
- The student must have resided in the state in which he or she is applying for post-secondary education.
- The student must have a cumulative high school GPA of 2.0 or higher.
- The student must apply and be accepted for admission prior to August 1 to be eligible.
- If the recipient fails to carry a minimum of 6 credits per quarter and maintain satisfactory academic progress the award is forfeited from that point forward.
- Awards will be disbursed twice annually and are paid directly to the college.
- The applicant must complete the scholarship application.
For application and more information go do:
http://www.dreamscholarshipfund.com/applicants/application-requirements.html
Scholarship deadline date: May 15, 2012
Mary Cone Barrie Scholarship, sponsored by Destiny Solutions
Destiny Solutions created the Mary Cone Barrie Scholarship to applaud the efforts of two exceptional lifelong learners. The annual scholarship is available to any currently enrolled non-traditional learner residing in Canada or the United States who has changed their life and the lives of others through lifelong learning. Each award is valued at $2,500.
Applications are due by June 29, 2012.
For more information visit our website or contact:
Rachel Kuper
Marketing and Public Relations Manager
Destiny Solutions
416-480-0500 x. 214
rkuper@destinysolutions.com
MANA del Norte Scholarships
MANA del Norte is accepting scholarship applications for the 2012 – 2013 academic year. Applicants must be a resident of one of the following northern New Mexico counties: Rio Arriba, Taos, Los Alamos, Mora, Santa Fe, or San Miguel. This year, 5 – $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to selected recipients.
For additional information and application contact:
Samantha Garcia, Chair, MANA del Norte Scholarship Committee
Sammie_sandoval@hotmail.com
505-795-4319
For more information on MANA del Norte visit:
http://www.manadelnortenm.org
Application Deadline: June 30, 2012
The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship
The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program is an opportunity for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines to receive a full scholarship and be gainfully employed upon degree completion. Students pursuing degrees related to the following are encouraged to apply:- Mechanical Engineering
- Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Oceanography
- Operations Research
(technical tracks only)
- Physics
- Electrical Engineering
- Geosciences
- Industrial and Systems Engineering
(technical tracks only)
- Information Sciences
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mathematics
- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
- Biosciences
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences
- Computer and Computational Sciences
Eligibility Requirements
All awardees must be:
- a U.S. citizen at time of application,
- 18 years of age or older as of August 1, 2012,
- able to participate in summer internships at DoD laboratories,
- willing to accept post-graduate employment with the DoD,
- a student in good standing with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (as calculated by the SMART application) and,
- pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in one of the disciplines listed on the About SMART page.
In addition:
*Undergraduate applicants must be currently enrolled in a regionally accredited U.S. college or university and have a high school diploma/GED. Current high school students are not eligible to apply.
**Graduate applicants can be either currently enrolled in a regionally accredited U.S. college or university or awaiting notification of admission to such. If awaiting admission, you must be accepted for entrance in the fall 2012 term.
*Freshman/First Year Associate’s Program applicants must report an ACT or SAT Reasoning Test Score. Subject tests are not required. In addition, individuals who apply during their Freshman/First Year must obtain a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale during the fall academic term of their Freshman/First Year. Freshman/First Year Associate's Program applicants will be required to submit an official transcript reflecting their fall academic term grades to establish compliance with this requirement.
**Graduate applicants must have taken the GRE and test scores must be reportable by ETS. Subject tests are not required.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO: http://smart.asee.org/about
For more information, please call (505) 428-1000 and select Option 4 or E-mail us at financialaid@sfcc.edu.