Scholarships: Academic Majors
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Various scholarships are available through AICPA for both undergraduate and graduate students. Refer to their Web site for specific scholarship eligibility requirements. Web site: www.aicpa.org
Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting
Criteria: Commitment to the goal of pursuing a degree in accounting, including evidence of continued commitment after receiving the award; aptitude for accounting/business; minimum GPA required. Web site: www.efwa.org
Government Finance Officers Association
Various scholarships available for both undergraduate and graduate students. Refer to Web site for specific scholarship eligibility requirements. Web site: www.gfoa.org
National Society of Accountants (NSA) Scholarship Foundation
Various scholarships available. Refer to Web site for specific scholarship eligibility requirements. Web site: www.nsacct.org
NJ Society of Certified Public Accountants
Criteria: Sophomore or junior accounting major currently attending a two- or four-year college or university. Web site: www.njscpa.org
Wiss Edward W. O'Connell Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc.
Criteria: New Jersey high school student pursuing a career in accounting; accepted into an accredited New Jersey baccalaureate college or university as a full- or part-time matriculating student. Web site: www.wiss.com
Fairways Garden Club Scholarship Program
Criteria: New Jersey resident majoring in horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, conservation, forestry, botany, agronomy, plant pathology, environmental science, city planning, land management and/or any related subjects; financial need is a determining factor of eligibility. For an application email nhanson@monmouth.edu.
The Garden Club of America
Offers a wide range of scholarships and fellowships for the study of landscape architecture, horticulture, medicinal botany, ornamental horticulture, tropical botany, endangered bird habitat, coastal wetlands, garden history and design, field botany, ecological restoration, and more. Web site: www.gcamerica.org
Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club, Inc.— George Burlew Scholarship
Criteria: Interested in pursuing marine-related studies; full- or part-time student status. Contact: Manasquan River Marlin and Tuna Club Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 0251, Manasquan, NJ 08736, Attn: Mr. Gerard Aliseo.
NJ Association of Conservation Districts Memorial Conservation Scholarship
Criteria: New Jersey resident; full-time student in good standing at a New Jersey accredited college; successfully completed, or will complete by the scholarship award date, at least four full semesters of study; must be an undergraduate enrolled in a major curriculum of agriculture or natural resources conservation. Applications may be obtained from any soil conservation district in New Jersey, from the New Jersey Association of Conservation Districts or the State Soil Conservation Committee. Contact: Memorial Conservation Scholarship, New Jersey Association of Conservation Districts, c/o NJDA, P.O. Box 330, Room 204, Trenton, NJ 08625.
Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association's (JSPRAA)—James R. McCormick Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Undergraduate pursuing a degree or certified course of study in an accredited junior/community college or university or professional trade school; pursuing public relations, journalism, advertising, radio, and/or television broadcasting as a major; entering the second year of a two-year course of study or the second through fourth year of a four-year course of study; Monmouth or Ocean County resident. Web site: www.JSPRAA.com
NJ Broadcasters Association—Michael S. Libretti Annual Scholarship
Criteria: Undergraduate student studying broadcasting, journalism, or communications at a college or university in New Jersey. Contact: NJ Broadcasters Association Scholarship Committee, 348 Applegarth Road, Monroe Township, NJ 08831, 609-860-0111.
BrainTrack Computer Science Degree Scholarship
Criteria: Students currently taking classes in an appropriate computer science degree program with at least one semester of studies completed. Web site: www.braintrack.com/colleges-by-career/computer-programmers#scholarship
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Criteria: United States citizen or national; secondary school teacher (or plan to become a teacher) of American history, American government, or social studies; must have an undergraduate degree by August 31 of the competition year. Web site: www.jamesmadison.com
NJ Professional Development Center Scholarship
Criteria: Early childhood practitioners who are continuing their education. Scholarships available for both undergraduate and graduate students. Refer to their Web site for specific eligibility requirements. Web site: www.njpdc.org
The Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey (HRET)
Criteria:New Jersey resident; accepted in a graduate or undergraduate program (juniors and seniors only) in a hospital or health care program; demonstrate financial need; GPA of 3.0 or above. Contact: Scholarship Program, Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey, 760 Alexander Road, P.O. Box 1, Princeton, NJ 08543-0001, Attn: Development and Trustee Relations, 609-275-4224.
NJ League for Nursing Scholarship Program
Criteria: Entering senior year in a RN or LPN program prior to the fall semester; registered nurse enrolled in a B.S.N. program; New Jersey resident enrolled in a National League for Nursing accredited nursing program in New Jersey; GPA of 3.0 or above. Contact: NJ League for Nursing, 332 North Avenue, Garwood, NJ 07027.
Visiting Nurse Association (VNA)—The Marcia Granucci Scholarship Fund
Criteria: New Jersey resident; current licensure (graduate level); acceptance into a graduate nursing program of a National League of Nursing-accredited institution; minimum 3.0 GPA. Contact: VNA of Central Jersey, Director of Development, 141 Bodman Place, Red Bank, NJ 07701, 732-747-1204.
NWalter and Louise Sutcliffe Foundation for Nursing Scholarship
Criteria: Minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; financial need as verified by a financial aid officer; major in nursing; be African American; enrolled full-time in a New Jersey college or university. Web site: www.uncf.org
