Funding Opportunities
In light of the Black Lives Matter Movement, MahoganyMermaids® wants to support the black community. Here lies a compiled list of scholarships for African American students in high school, college, and graduate school. This serves as a one stop for future marine and environmental scientists beginning with listing our own scholarship for black sophomores, juniors, and seniors in college in an environmental based program.
High School
ABPA Harrington-Arthur Memorial Scholarship Essay Competition
ACS Scholars Program (chemical science)
Apprentice Ecologist Scholarship
CGCS-Bernard Harris Scholarship Program (Location Specific)
Colonial Agricultural Educational Foundation Scholarship (Location Specific)
CPS Energy SAFE Program
Davidson Fellows Scholarship
Earth Island Institute’s Brower Youth Awards
Environmental Fund for a Sustainable Future Scholarship
Harold Colby/Ray Barton NH Association of Septage Haulers Memorial Scholarship
Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund Scholarship (South Carolina)
College/
University
$2,000 PixelPlex Bi-Annual STEM Scholarship
ABC Humane Wildlife Control & Prevention, Inc. Academic Scholarship
ACS Scholars Program (chemical science)
AFE Scholarships in Floriculture and Horticulture
Alaska Space Grant Program- Undergraduate
Annie’s Homegrown Sustainable Agriculture Scholarships
APA Planning & the Black Community Division Scholarship
Apprentice Ecologist Scholarship
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Awards
Beulah Frey Environmental Scholarship
Brown and Caldwell Women in Leadership Scholarship
Charles "Chick" Roberts Scholarship (Pennsylvania)
Clair A. Hill Scholarship (California)
Clarkston's Scholars Program (Pennsylvania)
Collabera STEM Scholarship (Women Based)
Campus Safety Health & Environmental Management Association Scholarship
Colorado Garden Show Scholarships
Department of Natural Resources’ Environmental Education Scholarship (Missouri)
Dr. W. Wesley Eckenfelder Scholarship
Earth Island Institute’s Brower Youth Awards
National Environmental Health Association Scholarships
Novus Biologicals Scholarship Program
Philip D. Reed Undergraduate Award
Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarships
Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship (Louisiana)
The Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship
The Virginia W. Smith Scholarship
Udall Scholarships (Sophomore/Junior)
UGA Brittney Fox Watts Endowment for Study Abroad in Sustainability Scholarship
Undergraduate Fellowships in Estuarine Sciences (Internship with Stipend)
University of Texas Discovery Fellowship in Marine Science (PhD program)
Western Union Foundation Global Scholarship Program
Windstar Environmental Studies Scholarship (Junior/Senior)
Graduate
School
AECOM Scholarship
AFE Scholarships in Floriculture and Horticulture
Air and Waste Management Scholarship Program
American Petroleum Institute & NGWA Scholarship
American Water Scholarship
AMS Graduate Fellowships (1st year)
Annie’s Homegrown Sustainable Agriculture Scholarships
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Awards
Colorado Garden Show Scholarships
Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
Dr. W. Wesley Eckenfelder Scholarship
Emily M. Hewitt & Stephen Stocking Memorial Scholarships (California)
EPA Fellowships, Scholarships and Post-Doctoral Opportunities
Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
National Environmental Health Association Scholarships
Novus Biologicals Scholarship Program
Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarships
Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship (Louisiana)
Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Studies
Theodore Gordon Flyfishers Founders Fund Scholarship
Windstar Environmental Studies Scholarship (2nd year)