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WNY Area Scholarships

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Due Date Scholarship Name Value Eligibility & Requirements
Early Oct AES Engineers $500 Grades, character.
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Nov 18 BPO Young Musician Scholarship Up to $3,000 Seniors in WNY majoring in music. Recording and essay required.
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Dec 18 WNY Law Enforcement Helpline $1,000 Children of current/retired law enforcement; majoring in a helping field.
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Jan 15 WNY Mensa Scholarship Up to $1,000 Scholarship based strictly on essay.
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Late Jan NY Credit Unions Scholarship Varies For credit union members.
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Jan 23 Buffalo Urban League $250 - $4,000 Academics, need, service.
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Feb 1 Ken-Ton Friends of Youth Up to $1,000 Residents of Ken-Ton.
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Feb 1 Milak Scholarship $1,000 - $1,500 Students impacted by learning disability, hearing impairment, or cancer.
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Feb 13 American Association of University Women $5,000 Senior girls in Erie or Niagara County with 95+ average.
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Feb 14 Lockport Rotary Club $2,000 Lockport district residents.
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Feb 28 NYS Society Professional Engineers $1,000 Open to engineering majors (Erie Niagara Chapter).
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Feb 28 NY Water Environmental Association Up to $10,000 Environment-related majors; multiple awards.
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Mar 1 Knights of Columbus $1,500 Child of member attending a Catholic college.
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Mar 1 Rupp Astronomy Scholarship $5,000 WNY students studying astronomy.
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Early Mar Jolly Boys Scholarship Varies Resident of Amherst or Williamsville; community service.
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Mar 8 Character Council of WNY $1,000 Excellent character, resident of WNY.
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Mar 14 Allentown Village Art $1,000 Art majors; portfolio required.
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Mar 15 Firefighter Arno Memorial Up to $10,000 Seniors who are children of a first responder.
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Mar 15 Fireman's Association of NY (FASNY) $1,500 Child of firefighter or an Explorer.
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Mar 16 Bank on Buffalo Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship for business majors.
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Mar 24 Grand Island Lions Club $2,000 Grand Island residents with community service.
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Mar 26 CCE Master Gardener $2,000 Erie County students majoring in agriculture/botany; 85 GPA.
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Mar 28 Delta Sigma Theta Varies African American seniors; leadership and service.
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Last Fri Mar HS Counselors' Association of WNY $1,000 Majoring in psychology/counseling; attending college in NYS.
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Mar 31 100 Club of Buffalo $2,000 Child of first responder; achievement and leadership.
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Mar 31 Buffalo Implant Group $500 Seniors with a hearing implant.
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Mar 31 Federated Garden Clubs NY $1,500 Studying environment-related field.
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Apr 1 St. Thomas More Guild $2,000 Students in Catholic High School; essay required.
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Apr 9 Aero Club of Buffalo $3,000 WNY student planning a career in aviation.
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Mid Apr NYS Assoc. of Agricultural Fairs $1,000 Erie County Fair participation; majoring in agriculture.
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Apr 11 Erie County Fair Scholarships Varies Participated in fair or entering agricultural field.
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Apr 11 Cynthia Cervoni Memorial $5,000 Frontier/Hamburg residents with passion for art.
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Apr 15 Aurora Players $1,000 Seniors with theater experience.
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Apr 17 Dena Goldstein Memorial TBD Buffalo Hearing & Speech; open to any senior.
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Apr 17 Taste of Buffalo & Tops Markets $500 - $1,000 Culinary, food service, or hospitality majors.
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Apr 20 American Legion Legacy Varies Children or grandchildren of military.
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Apr 28 KidsPlay Scholarship $1,000 Former KidsPlay participant.
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Apr 30 Erie County Fire Chief's Mutual Aid $1,000 Firefighters or immediate family.
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Apr 30 Society of Professional Journalists Varies Communications or Journalism majors.
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May 1 Community Foundation (CFGB) Up to $6,000 Resident of WNY; demonstrated financial need.
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May 1 NYSACAC Scholarship $1,000 For students who have overcome obstacles or are underrepresented.
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May 1 PFLAG Scholarship $500 LGBTQ seniors or straight allies.
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May 1 WNY Assoc. of School Nurses $1,000 Erie/Niagara students studying Nursing.
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May 1 Zonta Club - HealthCare Award $1,000 Buffalo resident/student; entering healthcare.
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May 1 Zonta Club - Gallivan Award $1,000 Female Buffalo resident/student; volunteerism.
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May 2 Erie County American Legion $1,500 For families of veterans.
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May 5 Lawrence D. Bell Air Force Assoc. $1,500 STEM majors; GPA 85 or higher.
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May 5 Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles (Gary Hill) Varies 5 years experience playing Purple Eagles hockey.
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May 11 NYS School Facility Association $500 Building Trades, Engineering, or Architecture.
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May 13 Junior Achievement of WNY $1,000 Participated in JA programs.
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May 15 The Barnes Firm Scholarship $2,500 Seniors with 85% GPA or higher.
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May 15 Friends of Unified Sports Varies Participated in Unified Sports.
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May 15 Italian American Police Association $250 Italian heritage, 80 avg, Criminal Justice major.
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May 31 Lewiston Jazz Festival $1,000 Music majors; audition required.
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Jun 1 Checkers AC Donnelly Scholarship $500 Seniors who run track or cross country.
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Jun 1 Engineering Society of Buffalo $2,000 Studying Engineering at UB.
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Jun 30 Equine Collaborative International $500 Entering equine-related industry program.
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Jun 30 WNY Heroes $1,500 Relative of a WNY veteran.
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Jul 1 Buffalo Sabres Alumni Varies Leadership, service, extracurriculars, essay.
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Jul 31 Mason Forever Foundation Varies 3.5 GPA; health/fitness major.
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