Featured Partner Scholarships: November 2022
By Matt Konrad
November is National Scholarship Month—and that makes it a perfect time to apply for prestigious, generous scholarships like those from our featured partners! If you’re interested in a STEM career, you can now apply for up to $40,000 plus a paid internship from Amazon through the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship; all high school seniors in the U.S. are invited to apply for up to $20,000 from the Equitable Excellence Scholarship; and students living with inflammatory disease can earn up to $15,000 from AbbVie. Read on for more, and check out our Browse Scholarships listing for everything open right now!
AbbVie Immunology Scholarship
Since 2016, the AbbVie Immunology Scholarship has been helping reduce the financial burden of college for students impacted by inflammatory diseases. The program extends AbbVie’s passion for patient care by empowering students as they pursue a degree and a life that is not defined by their disease.
Recipients of the AbbVie Immunology Scholarship make an impact at their schools and in their communities. They’re students like Yhan, whose pursuit of a combined medical and master’s of public health degree is both complicated and inspired by his diagnosis: “When I started college as a first-generation, low-income student in a city over a thousand miles from home, I expected to face new challenges. I did not, however, expect to be diagnosed with a chronic inflammatory disease (ID) before finishing my first semester.
“Cognizant of my newly diagnosed ulcerative colitis (UC), I was imbued with a new drive to make the most of my college career and beyond, learning how determined and resilient I am. Despite knowing the limitations of traveling with an ID to a low-income nation, I did not hesitate to accept an internship abroad. I was determined to pursue my passions and not allow UC to limit my experience.”
To support students like Yhan as they pursue their educational goals, AbbVie is awarding scholarships of up to $15,000, which can be used for full-time undergraduate (associate’s, bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s, MD, JD, doctorate) study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in the U.S.
Applicants must be legal residents of the U.S. and diagnosed by a healthcare professional with one of the following: ankylosing spondylitis (AS), atopic dermatitis (AD), Crohn’s disease (CD), hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), psoriasis (Ps), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ulcerative colitis (UC), or uveitis (UV).
To become an AbbVie Immunology Scholarship recipient, students must demonstrate academic excellence, community involvement and the ability to serve as a positive role model in the immunology community.
Applications are open through December 7. Apply now at AbbVieImmunologyScholarship.com.
Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship
Amazon believes in building a diverse tech industry and future, and that includes supporting underserved students in their computer science, engineering and robotics education. The Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship program provides 400 students each year with an opportunity to upgrade their careers with a $40,000 scholarship, plus a paid internship at Amazon.
Amazon Future Engineers are students just like you from all across the country—hear directly from them about how their scholarships have validated their hard work and made a difference in their lives, and then get ready to apply yourself!
To apply, you must be a high school senior planning to pursue a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, robotics, or other computer science related field of study. You must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, planning to attend an accredited 4-year college or university (or an accredited 2-year college, with the intent to transfer to a 4-year institution).
Applicants must have completed, or be currently enrolled in, a high school or college dual degree course where computer science, engineering or robotics is the subject. Example courses include:
- International Baccalaureate Computer Science Course
- Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science A or AP Computer Science Principles
- Computer science through a college dual enrollment program
- Engineering
- Robotics
- Physical Computing
- Design Mechanics
- Computer Manufacturing
- Aerospace Engineering
Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipients will earn a renewable $10,000 scholarship at an accredited four-year college or university(*), as well as a paid summer internship at Amazon after their freshman year of college.
(*Recipients at two-year schools will receive $5,000/year for up to two years until transferring to a four-year school, and $10,000/year for up to two following years.)
Applications are open through January 20. Apply Now >
Equitable Excellence Scholarship
The Equitable Excellence Scholarship is celebrating 20 years of student support this year, and distributing $750,000 in new scholarships to students across the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In alignment with Equitable’s mission of helping people achieve financial security so that they can face the future with confidence, the Equitable Excellence℠ Scholarship empowers students’ future plans so that they can continue to have positive impacts in their community.
To support students throughout their academic journeys, Equitable will provide 100 $5,000 annual scholarships that will be renewed each academic year for four years, for a total of $20,000 per recipient. And 100 $2,500 one-time scholarships will be awarded. Equitable Excellence Scholarship recipients will also have the chance to participate in mentoring, networking and professional skill-building programs with Equitable’s own workforce and executive leadership teams.
High-school students who have made remarkable contributions to their schools or communities can apply through December 16. All applicants must:
- Demonstrate courage, strength and wisdom as shown by achievement in school, community, or work activities
- Demonstrate financial need
- Be high school seniors planning to attend an accredited two-year or four-year college or university in the United States.
- Be a United States citizen or legal resident living or claiming residency in one of the 50 U.S. states, District of Columbia or Puerto Rico.
Since its launch in 2003, Equitable Excellence℠ has awarded over $30 million to more than 6,800 students. If you have been a force for good in your community, apply now to become part of the class of 2023!
Applications are open until December 16. Apply Now >
