Top Maryland scholarships for you

The MACPA Foundation provides scholarships to students in Maryland who have chosen the CPA career path. Award amounts are based on need and student achievement. A 3.0 GPA is required and must be maintained. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident. They must have completed introductory Accounting courses by the time of the award. Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program that will allow them to achieve the accounting concentration required to sit for the CPA Exam in Maryland. Applicants must be members of MACPA. They must also demonstrate commitment to pursuing a career as a CPA by joining MACPA as a student member. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Foundation for more information.

The purpose of the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program is to provide student financial assistance to certain individuals due to their eligible military or public safety service or due to their eligible family or marital relationship to such an individual. Veterans, daughters and spouses of veterans, retired or killed state or local public safety employee or volunteer and their children or spouses, POWs, families of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks who died as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the attack on the Pentagon in Virginia, or the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania are eligible to apply. The complete conditions or military or public service connection that applicants must meet to be eligible for this scholarship is available on the scholarship's website. Applicants must enroll at a college or university as a degree-seeking undergraduate, graduate, or professional student; or be enrolled in a 2-year terminal certificate program in which the coursework is acceptable for transfer credit for an accredited baccalaureate program in an eligible institution; or be enrolled in a private career school. The scholarship is open to current high school seniors as well. All majors are eligible. New and renewal applicants to the program must contact their higher education institution's financial aid office for application instructions. Do not submit any applications or documents to the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA). Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Maryland Higher Education Commission Part-time Grant Program provides funds to degree-seeking undergraduates and students dually enrolled in a Maryland high school and an institution of higher education. Students may be a recipient of the grant for a total of eight years. All majors are eligible. The applicant and their parents (if a dependent student) must be Maryland residents. Applicants may either submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Maryland State Financial Aid Application (MSFAA) online through MDCAPS (for any applicant who is ineligible to receive federal aid but is eligible for in-state tuition). Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Maryland Higher Education Commission for more information.

The Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program will be awarded to degree-seeking graduate and professional students in dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and veterinary medicine. Applicants must attend one of the following schools: University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Pharmacy, or Social Work; University of Baltimore School of Law; The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, or certain Maryland institutions offering a master's degree in nursing or social work or a first professional degree in pharmacy. Students must complete and file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). They must also contact the Financial Aid Office of the institution they will attend and ask to be considered for a Graduate and Professional Scholarship and for their deadlines. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship Program encourages members of the fire-fighting, ambulance, and rescue organizations serving Maryland communities to pursue credited courses that lead to a degree in fire service technology, emergency medical technology, fire service management, or public safety administration with a minor or concentration in fire service technology or fire service management. Applicants must be a Maryland resident. If the applicant is a dependent student, their parent must also be a Maryland resident. Applicants must be actively engaged as a career firefighter or ambulance or rescue squad member in an organized fire department or ambulance or rescue squad in Maryland; or must be actively engaged as a volunteer firefighter or ambulance rescue squad member in an organized fire department or ambulance or rescue squad in Maryland. Applicants must provide proof of official acceptance in a program of fire service technology, emergency medical technology, fire service management, or public safety administration with a minor or concentration in fire service technology or fire service management; and also submit a completed notarized form from an eligible employer confirming active employment or volunteer service. Eligible applicants who are renewals will be given priority over initial applicants. Applicants who are not selected will be placed on the waitlist pending the availability of funding. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Maryland Higher Education Commission for more information.

The Maryland Senatorial Scholarship is offered to students who plan to pursue a postsecondary credential at a two-year or four-year college, university, or private career school. Full-time students may receive a scholarship for a total of four years, and part-time students may receive a scholarship for a total of eight years. Applicants and their parents (if they are a dependent student) must be Maryland residents. Applicants must take the SAT 1 or the ACT unless they have graduated from high school five or more years ago, have earned 24 college credit hours, or are attending a community college or a private career school. All in-state majors are eligible. Award recipients may use this scholarship at an out-of-state school if their major is not available at any Maryland institution and if their legislator agrees. The scholarship may also be used out-of-state if the student is disabled and studying at an institution outside the state that makes special provisions for disabled students that are not available to the applicant at an institution in Maryland. A recipient may hold a scholarship for a fifth undergraduate academic year or for a semester subsequent to the end of a fourth undergraduate academic year if the recipient has requested a scholarship from the Senator for a fifth undergraduate academic year or for a semester subsequent to the end of a fourth undergraduate academic year; is a full-time student; continues to be a resident of the state; continues to be a student at the institution and takes courses leading to a degree; and has exhausted the funds available under the Senatorial Scholarship. Applicants may either submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) if they are eligible for in-state tuition, but if they are ineligible to receive federal financial aid, applicants must submit the Maryland Higher Education Commission One-App application instead. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Maryland Higher Education Commission for more information.

MANTS, an association formed from the state nursery and landscape associations of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, has established this scholarship with the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) with the belief that the strength and future success of the horticulture industry lies in the solid education of today's students. Through this scholarship, MANTS will provide scholarship opportunities to qualified students to help ensure the continuity of the nursery and landscape profession. Attendance at an institution within the MANTS member states is not mandatory. Applicants must have at least a junior standing in a four-year curriculum or senior standing in a two-year curriculum as of the fall semester of scholarship application year. Applicants must be enrolled in good standing. Applicants must have a minimum overall GPA of 2.7, and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in their major. Preference will be given to applicants who plan to work within the industry (including nursery operation; landscape architecture, design, construction, or maintenance; interiorscape; horticultural distribution; or retail garden center) following graduation. Previous Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship award winners are eligible for additional funding and may reapply for the scholarship. Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Horticultural Research Institute for more information.

Each year ASCGWA awards merit-based scholarships to high school graduating seniors, college students, and military spouses living in the National Capital Region. For children of ASCGWA members, who are currently attending a post-secondary institution in a degree program and may be eligible for an ASCGWA Scholarship, they must be college students planning to continue to attend such post-secondary institutions as full-time students for the 2023-2024 school year. High school seniors must be planning to attend a post-secondary institution in a degree program as full-time students for the 2023-2024 school year. For ASCGWA members and/or spouses of ASCGWA members, they must attend or plan to attend an undergraduate or graduate program, either full-time or part-time. The applicant or the applicant's parent or the applicant's spouse must be an active member of ASCGWA prior to November 30, 2022, before the application is submitted. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information. Different applications are available for high school seniors, college students, and spouses of military members. Please select accordingly.

The Douglas J.J. Peters Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship Program is designed to provide financial assistance to United States armed forces personnel who served in the Afghanistan or Iraq Conflicts, and their son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, or spouse. Current deployments are not eligible for the scholarship. Applicants must have been accepted for admission or enrolled in a regular undergraduate program at an eligible institution, or be accepted for admission or enrolled in a 2-year terminal certificate program in which the course work is acceptable for transfer credit for an accredited baccalaureate program at an eligible institution. If a spouse of a veteran, a marriage certificate must be submitted. The DD214 military orders or other official documentation must clearly indicate service in Afghanistan or Iraq or contiguous waters or air space and include the dates of service. While the FAFSA is not required, if the applicant chooses to file the FAFSA it must be completed by March 1 priority deadline or before June 1, 2024. Awards are made annually, with renewal applicants given first priority. Eligible applicants who are veterans shall be given priority over dependent biological sons or daughters; or spouses. Awards may be held for up to five years if a full-time student or eight years if a part-time student. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Maryland Higher Education Commission for more information.