Other Scholarship Resources

American Copy Editors Society Scholarships: All ACES scholarships are for potential professional copy editors. The scholarships are open to students who will be juniors, seniors or graduate students in the fall, and graduating students who will take full-time copy editing jobs or internships.
American Society of Newspaper Editors: Comprehensive listing of various journalism scholarships from ASNE
Asian American Journalist Association Scholarships: AAJA offers a variety of scholarships.
Association for Women in Sports Media Scholarship: AWSM offers an annual scholarship program for female college students who plan to pursue careers in any sports communications fields: writing, copy editing, public relations, broadcasting, Internet or photography. Winners in each category receive a $1,000 scholarship.
Chips Quinn Scholars Program: Sponsored by the Freedom Forum, the program offers journalism students of color hands-on training, paid internships and $1,000 awards. Candidates must be nominated by the College to be considered for the program. Recent graduates are also encouraged to apply.
The Chronicle of Higher Education -- David W. Miller Award: Candidates may apply for the annual $1,000 prize award by submitting up to three samples of published work accompanied by a one-page letter describing the articles and why they were chosen for submission. Candidates for the award must have been undergraduates students at the time of their submitted articles were published. The samples of published work must have appeared in a campus publication during the preceding academic year.
Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists: Freedom Forum -- Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship The Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference Program annually awards $1,000 college scholarships to each of 102 high school seniors (a male and female from each state and the District of Columbia) who are interested in pursuing a career in journalism and who demonstrate qualities of "free spirit."
The Freedom Forum-NCAA Foundation Sports Journalism Scholarship: Eight $3,000 journalism scholarship will be awarded to current full-time juniors who have career interests in sports journalism.
Garden State Scholastic Press Association -- The Bob Stevens Memorial Scholarship: The Bob Stevens Memorial Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding journalism student who has demonstrated dedication to their school newspaper or yearbook. The scholarship amount is $1000 to be used towards college.
The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation: Juniors, seniors and graduate-level broadcast majors are encouraged to apply for the Bayliss Radio Scholarship.
Knight Ridder Scholarships: Each year, Knight Ridder offers four college scholarships to outstanding minority high school May or June graduates. The scholarships are for $5,000 a year for four years.
Maryland Media Inc. Scholarships: Two renewable scholarships for the equivalent of in-state tuition at the University of Maryland.
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, D.C. Chapter -- Betty Endicott Scholarship: NATAS-DC will award two $5,000 scholarships to full-time college sophomores, juniors or non-graduating seniors with a declared major in communications, television or broadcast journalism.
National Association Black Journalists Sustaining Scholarship Awards: This competition for two four-year sustaining scholarships is open to any graduating foreign or U.S. high school senior who plans to pursue a career in journalism.
NABJ and Newhouse Foundation Scholarship: Open to any African American high school student who will be a freshman in the fall.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists Scholarships: Open to high school grads, college and graduate students who are interested in a career in broadcast, photojournalism or print journalism.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Messenger-Anderson journalism internships/scholarship program: Program for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. Self-identified LGBT undergraduate college students who plan to pursue a degree in journalism, communications or a related field at an accredited 4-year college or university are encouraged to apply.
NAHJ -- Ruben Salazar Scholarship Fund S: cholarship recipients will be selected based on academic excellence, a demonstrated interest in pursuing a journalism career and financial need.
The National Italian American Foundation: Scholarships open to Italian American students who demonstrate outstanding potential and high academic achievements or those students from any ethnic background majoring or minoring in Italian language, Italian studies, Italian American studies or a related field, who demonstrate outstanding potential and high academic achievements.
National Press Club -- Persina Scholarship for Minorities in Journalism: Renewable scholarship for $2,500 per year for up to 4 years. For minority students planning to pursue a career in journalism.
The Newspaper Guild -- The David S. Barr Award: The David S. Barr Award is intended to recognize one high school and one college student for their journalistic achievement and to encourage young journalists to focus on issues of social justice.
The Overseas Press Club of America Foundation: Aspiring foreign correspondents and students interested in international journalism are encouraged to apply for OPC Foundation's scholarship. The winners receive $2,000 checks each.
Radio Television and News Directors Association and Foundation: RTNDA and RTNDF honor professional achievements in electronic journalism through numerous prestigious awards, scholarships, fellowships and internship programs.
Society of Professional Journalists Maryland Pro Chapter College Scholarship: Applicants must have regular home residence in the State of Maryland, but may attend colleges or universities outside Maryland in nearby Virginia, D.C. or Pennsylvania.
SPJ -- Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Scholarships: The SDX Foundation of Washington, the educational arm of the Washington, D. C., Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, will be awarding several $4,000 scholarships to full-time juniors or seniors.
South Asian Journalists Association Scholarships: Each year, the South Asian Journalists Association awards one $500 scholarship to a high school senior about to enter college, one $500 scholarship to a college student and one $1,000 scholarship to a graduate-level student.
UNITY Founders Scholarship: The scholarship is $2,500, non-sustaining, for college juniors or seniors majoring in journalism or mass communications at an accredited college or university.