The Teacher Grant* provides high school and community college art teachers an opportunity to practice and improve their skills. These full-tuition art scholarships apply toward any regular undergraduate course and are subject to limited availability.

Program Mission

• Encourage and inspire those who work with young artists and designers.
• Provide teachers and counselors the opportunity to refresh and expand their skills as well as tap into the creative community in San Francisco.

Program Information

Program provides a full tuition scholarship for a maximum of:

• Three undergraduate course units for Online or On-Campus (Summer Only)
• Three undergraduate course units for Online (Fall/Spring Only)

Recipients are responsible for all other costs and fees, including application fee, registration fee, lab fees, supplies, room and board, transportation and any other expenses.

*Applications are reviewed by the Academy’s Teacher Grant Committee. All applicants will be notified of their application status by the committee.

Curriculum

View academic course offerings or call 1-800-544-2787 to speak with an admissions representative. *Undergraduate level courses only.

Eligibility

• Open to all secondary school, community college teachers and counselors.
• Previous Teacher Grant recipients are not eligible to apply. Grants are limited and it is the University’s mission to provide the opportunity to as many educators as possible.
• You must provide a copy of your teaching certificate, resume, letter of intent, and recommendation letter from school principal, dean or department chairperson.

Campus Housing

• Campus housing is only available during the Summer program.
• A separate housing application must be completed online with Campus Housing or call 1-800-544-2787.

Take Action

• Get the Teach Grant Application
• View Eligible Courses

The Military Scholarship provides U.S. service members (Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard, and Coast Guard) an opportunity to start preparing for a career in art and design. This art scholarship applies toward any* online undergraduate-level course.

Award Information

• The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage and inspire transitioning servicemembers to become future artists and designers.
• Program provides a tuition scholarship for a maximum of:
  • Three undergraduate or graduate courses 3-6 units per semester
  • $2,238 per class per semester, for a maximum amount of $4,476 per semester
  • $2,661 per graduate class per semester, for a maximum amount of $5,322 per semester
  • 12 Total Units maximum
  • Lifetime undergraduate maximum limit of $8,952 per student
  • Lifetime graduate maximum limit of $10,644 per student
  • Applicants should be first-time students who will utilize the scholarship to fund the first four sequential semesters or until they reach their maximum lifetime limit, whichever comes first

Minimum Eligibility Requirements

• This scholarship is open to all U.S. service members (Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard, and Coast Guard).
• All Military Scholarship recipients must provide a copy of his/her approved Military Tuition Assistance form for scholarship eligibility.
• Student must complete course. Withdrawal from any Military Scholarship course will result in forfeiture of the scholarship that will require the payment of full tuition for the specified course.
• Previous Military Scholarship recipients that have met the maximum use of one course (three units) per semester for a maximum of four semesters (maximum 12 units) are not eligible.
• Applicants should be first-time students who will utilize the scholarship to fund the first four sequential semesters or until they reach their maximum lifetime limit, whichever comes first.

Curriculum

View academic course offerings or call 1-800-544-8551 to speak with a Military Admissions Representative.

* Undergraduate-level courses only

The Alumni Tuition Benefit supports all returning Academy alumni with a 20% tuition benefit off all courses and or additional degrees/certificates.

Award Information

• This benefit is for the recipient only and not redeemable for cash. It may only be applied toward tuition expenses.

Minimum Eligibility Requirements

• Applicant must have previously completed an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, Certificate or Award of Completion at Academy of Art University

Additional Information

Contact your admissions representative at 800-544-2787 or 415-274-2200.

Home Heavenz – Clean Environment Scholarship

Application Deadline: May 15, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,000 – $2,000
Website: Home Heavenz – Clean Environment Scholarship

Details: We understand that it is hard to manage educational expenses with your spending. Our mission is to ease your burden and help you stay on the path of success and achieve your goals.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Minimum GPA of 3.00
• Currently Enrolled in an Accredited University / College (Please Provide Proof of Admission)
• About to Start an Accredited University / College (Please Provide Proof of Admission)

iVisa Scholarship

Application Deadline: May 15, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,500
Website: iVisa Scholarship

Details: Our founders created the annual iVisa Scholarship in the hope of promoting among young people the importance of knowing different cultures, understanding, and respecting them.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Have a 2.5 GPA or the equivalent to a 2.5 GPA. Check the equivalence table for different grading systems.
• Be a student at the time of application and on the 20th of May, 2021.

Fifth Month Scholarship

Application Deadline: May 31, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,500
Website: Fifth Month Scholarship

Details: Help us bring awareness to the fifth month and the number five. We’re awarding one $1,500 scholarship to a lucky student – and an endless supply of high fives.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be a legal U.S. resident.
• Must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.

Reason To Smile Scholarship

Application Deadline: June 5, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,000
Website: Reason To Smile Scholarship

Details: In a time when there seem to be more concerns than solutions, we want to honor students who are positively impacting the world by spreading positivity in their own community.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Eligible applicants must be U.S. citizens and either be graduating high school students or currently enrolled in an accredited American trade school, college, or university.

Living With Autism Scholarship

Application Deadline: June 15, 2021
Award Amount(s): $2,500
Website: Living With Autism Scholarship

Details: Hammack Law Firm is offering a scholarship to an autistic person who is pursuing higher education.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must prove acceptance to enrollment in an accredited institution of higher learning.

What Will Be Your Trademark Scholarship

Application Deadline: June 15, 2021
Award Amount(s): $2,500
Website: What Will Be Your Trademark Scholarship

Details: We want students to consider what they will be known for when their career is over. We want to know what your personal brand will be, how you will impact society, and how the $2500 will help you achieve your goals.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Applicants must be either out-going high school seniors or students currently enrolled in a community college, university, trade school, or law school.

BigSun Scholarship

Application Deadline: June 19, 2021
Award Amount(s): $500
Website: BigSun Scholarship

Details: The BigSun Organization is proud to be able to help young athletes succeed in their academic pursuits. In order to do our part we are offering an annual scholarship to a deserving student. All student athletes are eligible regardless of the sport they are engaged in or the capacity in which they participate.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be a high school senior or be attending a post secondary institute.
• All student athletes are eligible regardless of the sport they are engaged in or the capacity in which they participate.

The Chairish “Design Your Future” Scholarship

Application Deadline: June 30, 2021
Award Amount(s): $2,500
Website: The Chairish “Design Your Future” Scholarship

Details: Chairish is offering a scholarship designed to support students from diverse backgrounds and students who are majoring in design-related fields such as architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and engineering fields.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Minimum 3.0/4.0 cumulative GPA.
• Must be at least 18 years old as of the date of application.
• Must be a permanent legal U.S. resident physically residing in the fifty United States of America or the District of Columbia.
• Open to graduating high school seniors, college undergraduates, and graduate students.
• Must be enrolled or planning to enroll at an accredited two-year, four-year, or technical/vocational college or university in the United States.
• This scholarship is open to students from all underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds. Examples of ideal applicants include, but are not limited to, students from racial minorities typically underrepresented in higher education, first generation college students, women pursuing a degree in a STEM or typically male dominated industries, students with disabilities, and or similar situations.

Do-Over Scholarship

Application Deadline: June 30, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,500
Website: Do-Over Scholarship

Details: What if you had the chance to “do-over” a moment in your life? What would it be? How would it affect you and your future? What we learn from our mistakes can often be invaluable – but we’re here to help put a price to it.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be a legal U.S. resident.
• Must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.
• Must be 14 years of age or older at time of application.

“I’m a Survivor” Scholarship

Application Deadline: June 30, 2021
Award Amount(s): $2,500
Website: “I’m a Survivor” Scholarship

Details: The ideal applicant can speak as a voice of inspiration to other people enduring similar struggles. The winner of this scholarship will demonstrate the virtue of perseverance, compassion, and determination.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be accepted to or enrolled in an accredited college or university

Minority First Generation Scholarship

Application Deadline: June 30, 2021
Award Amount(s): $10,000
Website: Minority First Generation Scholarship

Details: EducationDynamics is pleased to announce the sponsorship of the Minority First Generation Scholarship Contest. The new scholarship is aimed to help minority first generation students achieve their academic goals and further their post-academic career paths.

Eligibility Requirements:

• The scholarship is free to enter and is open to all minority applicants who are the first in their families to go to college, are at least 17 years of age, and are pursuing an associate’s or bachelor’s degree at an accredited post-secondary institution of higher learning, or are pursuing a certificate program.

The CE Shop Give Back Scholarship

Application Deadline: July 31, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,000
Website: The CE Shop Give Back Scholarship

Details: We are excited to announce The Give Back Scholarship for the 2021-2022 school year. Inspired by one of our most important core values, this scholarship affords one lucky student $1,000 simply by applying.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university as a full-time student.

Flavor of the Month Scholarship

Application Deadline: July 31, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,500
Website: Flavor of the Month Scholarship

Details: Are you simple and sweet like vanilla, classic yet unpredictable like chocolate chip, or a little nutty like pistachio? Whatever the flavor or reasons may be, we want to know what ice cream flavor best reflects your personality and why.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be 14 years of age or older at time of application.
• Must be a legal U.S. resident.
• Must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.

Textbook Nova Scholarship

Application Deadline: August 1, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,000
Website: Textbook Nova Scholarship

Details: Our mission statement is to help students pay for college and this year we would like to help even more. Textbook Nova welcomes college students with a knack for writing to apply for our 2021 Scholarship.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Applicants must be currently enrolled or incoming students to an accredited educational institution as a full time student during the 2021 academic year
• Undergraduate students of all majors are encouraged to apply

Lawn Butler Scholarship

Application Deadline: August 5, 2021
Award Amount(s): $2,000
Website: Lawn Butler Scholarship

Details: At Lawn Butler, we believe landscape management should be hassle-free-and so should pursuing a college degree. Our hope is that the Lawn Butler Scholarship will inspire current and future students to seek college degrees and finish their educations.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Any current, full-time student at an accredited two-year or four-year American university or college is welcome to apply. There is no age or specified major requirement.

iVein Health & Wellness Scholarship

Application Deadline: August 31, 2021
Award Amount(s): $2,500
Website: iVein Health & Wellness Scholarship

Details: IVC (iVein.com), the trusted leader in preventing and treating vein disease, understands the importance of learning and practicing healthy habits during the formative college years and is offering the iVein® Health and Wellness Scholarship to reward students who are committed to a lifetime of healthy habits.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Any current full time undergraduate or graduate student attending an accredited college or university with a cumulative GPA of 3.7 is welcome to apply.

Make Me Laugh Scholarship

Application Deadline: August 31, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,500
Website: Make Me Laugh Scholarship

Details: Make Me Laugh is a fun scholarship that lets you cut loose and lighten things up. Looking for a scholarship for comedians? Now is your chance to show us your funny bone.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be 14 years of age or older at time of application.
• Must be a legal U.S. resident.
• Must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.

Love Your Career Scholarship

Application Deadline: September 10, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,000
Website: Love Your Career Scholarship

Details: We want to hear about your passions and goals for the future! We want to know that there are others out there who share the goal of living the dream of loving what they do.

Eligibility Requirements:

• You must be a student enrolled in an accredited college or University located in the United States.

NuView Treatment Center Scholarship

Application Deadline: September 30, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,000
Website: NuView Treatment Center Scholarship

Details: NuView Treatment Center is offering a $1000 scholarship to college students who are willing to write a story about how addiction has affected their life. We are interested in your story. If you have recovered from a substance use disorder or if a loved one’s addiction has affected your life, your story is valuable.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be accepted to or enrolled in an accredited college or university

Shout It Out Scholarship

Application Deadline: September 30, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,500
Website: Shout It Out Scholarship

Details: Let your keyboard be your megaphone, and shout out your message. This unique scholarship gives you the platform to speak up – and cash in. The “loudest” applicant will receive the $1,500 Shout It Out Scholarship reward.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be a legal U.S. resident.
• Must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.
• Must be 13 years of age or older at time of application.

Tattoo Journal Ink Scholarship

Application Deadline: September 30, 2021
Award Amount(s): $1,800
Website: Tattoo Journal Ink Scholarship

Details: Tattoo Journal team is committed to continuing our efforts to help those students who have the drive and ambition to succeed.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Candidate must be a student of undergraduate or postgraduate courses.

ChooseWhat Scholarship

Application Deadline: Open/No Deadline
Award Amount(s): $1,000
Website: ChooseWhat Scholarship

Details: Have you ever earned money as a contractor or a small business owner? If so, this scholarship opportunity is for you.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Any undergraduate or graduate student currently enrolled in a degree program at any accredited American College, University or Trade School with self-employment experience may apply.

Edith Nourse Rogers Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Scholarship

Application Deadline: Open/No Deadline
Award Amount(s): The Rogers STEM Scholarship will provide up to nine months of additional Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits (to a maximum of $30,000) to qualifying Veterans and Fry Scholars seeking an undergraduate STEM degree or who have earned a STEM degree and are seeking a teaching certification.
Website: Edith Nourse Rogers Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Scholarship

Details: VA has launched the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program for students training in high demand STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. The Rogers STEM Scholarship will provide up to nine months of additional Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits (to a maximum of $30,000) to qualifying Veterans and Fry Scholars seeking an undergraduate STEM degree or who have earned a STEM degree and are seeking a teaching certification.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be a Veteran or Fry Scholar enrolled in a STEM degree program and has completed at least 60 semester credit hours (or 90 quarter credit hours)
• Must be a Veteran or Fry Scholar who has earned a STEM degree and is now seeking a teaching certification

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

Application Deadline: Open/No Deadline
Award Amount(s): $15,000
Website: The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

Details: Available to emerging figurative artists with a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture, or printmaking. Offers additional renewal awards to selected applicants. Eligibility Requirements:

• Must attend a university, a four-year college or a two-year college
• Must be at least 18 years old
• Restricted to individuals with the following interests: art

Mohsen Arts Foundation

Application Deadline: Open/No Deadline
Award Amount(s): Varies
Website: Mohsen Arts Foundation

Details: The Mohsen Arts Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit arts & education organization founded in 2014. By awarding scholarships, we hope to encourage the next generation of Middle Eastern, Arab and Southeast Asian artists through education, practice, and self-expression.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be pursuing an art-related degree in an accredited college or university.
• Must be of Middle Eastern, Arab, or Southeast Asian descent.
• Applicants do not need to be US citizens to apply.

Nitro College Scholarship

Application Deadline: Open/No Deadline
Award Amount(s): $5,000
Website: Nitro College Scholarship

Details: Nitro cares about providing you the resources you need to successfully navigate financing college. That’s why we’re offering you the opportunity to earn a $5,000 scholarship from Nitro. We know that college is a big step forward in achieving your goals and we want to help you get there using all the tools Nitro has to offer.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Open to all legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia
• Students must be applying to or enrolled in an accredited college or university for the upcoming (2017-2018) school year

OppU Achievers Scholarship

Application Deadline: Open/No Deadline
Award Amount(s): $2,500
Website: OppU Achievers Scholarship

Details: The OppU Achievers Scholarship celebrates students who transform opportunity into results. It rewards achievement in its many forms and honors those who create opportunity for both themselves and others.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be enrolled full time in high school or at least part time in college, graduate, professional, or trade school
• Must possess a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0/4.0

Roshan Rahbari Scholarship Fund

Application Deadline: Open/No Deadline
Award Amount(s): $5,000
Website: Roshan Rahbari Scholarship Fund

Details: The Roshan Rahbari Scholarship Fund seeks to support outstanding community college students with financial need to transfer to and complete their bachelor’s degrees at four-year colleges and universities.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Current resident of California
• Current community college student transferring to a four-year college or university on a part-time or full-time basis
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0
• Demonstrated service to community or school
• Demonstrated financial need
• Character qualities such as integrity, compassion and generosity

SEIU Moe Foner Scholarship Program for Visual & Performing Arts

Application Deadline: Open/No Deadline
Award Amount(s): $5,000
Website: SEIU Moe Foner Scholarship Program for Visual & Performing Arts

Details: This award is for full-time students with majors in the performing arts including, but not limited to: drama, music, dance, opera, marching bands, and other musical ensembles.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be an undergraduate student
• Must study full-time
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must not be attending high school currently
• Restricted to students studying Performing Arts or Arts
• Must be affiliated with Service Employees International Union

UncommonGoods Scholarships

Application Deadline: Open/No Deadline
Award Amount(s): $1,000
Website: UncommonGoods Scholarships

Details: We know it isn’t always easy when you’re just starting out in a creative field of study. So, we’re offering a scholarship to help hardworking student-artists out, because hey—you might be gracing our assortment with your work someday!

Eligibility Requirements

• We’re looking for undergraduate art or design majors at accredited universities.