College Scholarships

StraightForward Media offers 22 different $500 scholarships to a wide variety of students every year. Each of our scholarship programs is open to both American and international students, and we offer scholarships to attendees of four-year colleges, two-year and community colleges, vocational and technical schools. Got questions about our scholarships? Read our Scholarship FAQ.

Unless otherwise noted, all scholarships awards are $500 and are given four times per year.

We maintain separate websites for most of our scholarships, and you can find links to each below and in the navigation bar above.

  • Dale E. Fridell Memorial Scholarship. Awarded twice per year, you can apply online for each of the $1,000 awards.

  • Helping Hand Scholarship: (formerly the Get Out of Debt Scholarship) Apply online with a short essay about why you need a helping hand with your debt situation, and why the scholarship will help you attend an educational program.

  • Mesothelioma Memorial Scholarship: A general scholarship for students of all education backgrounds.

  • Nursing School: A scholarship for future nurses.

  • Art School: An award for students pursuing a degree in any art-related field.

  • Vocational/Technical School: For students pursuing degrees, licenses or certificates at vocational schools

  • Teachers: A scholarship for students planning to be teachers -- of any kind and at any level.

  • Business School: For students attending business schools, including students getting their MBAs.

  • Engineering: For engineering students of all disciplines.

  • Law Enforcement: A scholarship for those studying to be in any facet of law enforcement, including police officers and correctional officers.

  • Law School: For the future attorneys, prosecutors and judges.

  • Liberal Arts: For all liberal arts scholarships.

  • Media & Communications: For the mass communications/media majors.

  • Medical Professions: For those majoring in medical professions.

  • Minority: For college students (and soon-to-be college students) who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.

  • Science: An award for those students pursuing a degree in a science-related field.