Scholarships and Grants from Arkansas
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund
This is a scholarship set up to assist single parents in their quest to further their education. To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a single parent, have a financial need, and have a high school diploma (or the equivalent). Further, the applicant must be the head of a household who is single, divorced, widowed or legally separated.
The student must also be enrolled in school for the semester in which the applicant is applying for the scholarship and cannot be on academic probation for any semesters in which the scholarship will be used. Once selected, the recipient must attend the scheduled interview and reception.
The applicant must be a resident of the county in which applicant is applying for the scholarship. Applicant may check the website for participating Arkansas counties.
Click on how to apply and when you scroll down you will see a map. Once you click on the county in which you are a resident, you will receive contact information. If your county is not listed on the map, it means the Single Parent Scholarship Fund has not yet been developed in your area.
Arkansas Student Loan Authority - R Preston Woodruff, Jr Scholarship
This scholarship is actually a contest to win a scholarship. It is for residents of Arkansas who plan to attend an in-state or out-of-state postsecondary institution or an out-of-state student who plans to attend a postsecondary institution in Arkansas. The scholarship stipulates that the postsecondary institution can be a 2 or 4 year college, university, technical or trade school.
Although 20 winners will be chosen to receive the 1 year scholarships, there will be one student from the twenty, the student with the most outstanding essay who will receive a scholarship that is renewable for 4 years.
Winners of the scholarship commit to using the scholarship winnings for educational purposes, responsibilities associated with IRS requirements and the use of their name and photograph for promotional purposes.
For more information or to enter online go here. Good luck!
Grants
The Arkansas Health Education Grant Program (ARHEG), funded by the state of Arkansas, provides assistance for certain out-of-state accredited medical and health professional schools for graduate and professional programs that are unavailable in Arkansas. This assistance is available for attendance at any accredited school of dentistry, school of optometry, school of veterinary medicine, school of podiatric medicine, school of chiropractic medicine or school of osteopathic medicine that fulfills the following requirements:
- Must be located outside the state
- Must offer a full-time course of study in at least one eligible profession
- Grants a degree acceptable to the applicable licensing board as one requirement or as the sole requirement of the licensing board's granting of the professional license.
There are legal agreements that the school must be a party to which you can read about here. Applicants can also read about Arkansas residency certification at this website and obtain application information.
