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FAFSA first! If you are a US Citizen or eligible non-citizen, the most important financial aid application you will complete every year is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It unlocks Pell Grants, Cal Grants, Federal Work Study, Federal SMART grants and other federal and state financial aid. Many scholarships require your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR) as part of your application.The year you're transferring, don't forget to include ALL 4-year universities you applied to as schools that should received your FAFSA information. That's how 4-year universities calculate your financial aid package. Cañada College's Financial Aid office helps students with FAFSA assistance 2-5pm, Tuesdays!

Cañada College NSF S-STEM Scholarships $3,000 or $4,000 exclusively for incoming high school students and our college's current science, math or engineering majors who will be in Math 130 (Trig) or beyond in Fall 2011 (you are HIGHLY likely to win a scholarship if you qualify and apply!) - deadline March 30th – http://www.canadacollege.edu/NSFscholar/

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    • Cañada College NSF S-STEM Scholarships $3,000 or $4,000 exclusively for incoming high school students and our college's current science, math or engineering majors who will be in Math 130 (Trig) or beyond in Fall 2011 (you are HIGHLY likely to win a scholarship if you qualify and apply!) - deadline March 30th – http://www.canadacollege.edu/NSFscholar/
    • Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Silicon Valley Scholarships – $1,000 for students transferring to a 4-year university (open to all, regardless of immigration status)  deadline April 7th  
      www.swescv.com/scholarships Past recipients - Violeta Crow
    • AHETEMS (SHPE) Scholarships – various awards, one application 3.0 GPA, science, engineering or math majors (any immigration status)  deadline Apr 1st   http://www.ahetems.org/scholarships/ Past recipents -- Aldo Garcia, Nick Amaya, Jeremy Morales Madrigal and many more
    • Bay Area Gardeners Foundation Scholarships - $1,500, all majors, all immigration status – deadline April 16th  http://www.bagf.org   Past winners: Rene Rivera, Edgar DeLoa, Violeta Crow and Jeremy Morales Madrigal
    • TRANSFERS - Assn of California Water Agencies Scholarships – deadline April 1st  –  $3,000 for students interested in water issues (open to all students of any immigration status) http://www.acwa.com/news_info/scholarships/acwascholarship.asp and list of participating schools http://www.acwa.com/news_info/scholarships/distribution.asp
    • TRANSFERS - Cal Dream Scholarship for AB540 students transferring to UC Berkeley – http://www.libertyhill.org/grant/home.html – deadline April 7th   
    • Congressional Hispanic Caucus InstituteScholarship Awards $1,000 for community college students, $2,500 for transferring students and the CHCI Alumni Dream Scholarship Award note, the Alumni Dream Scholarsihp is specifically for first-generation (first generation to go to college) immigrant students (not born in the U.S.) deadline April 16th http://www.chci.org/scholarships/
    • HENAAC (Great Minds in STEM) Scholarships for engineering, applied science, computer science and math students (any/all immigration status) Several MESA students have won this scholarship -- deadline April 30th  http://www.greatmindsinstem.org/henaac/scholars/
    • CONFERENCE - SACNAS Travel Scholarships to attend October 11-14th, 2012 Conference in Seattle, WA for all MESA students (any/all immigration status) – deadline April 26th  http://sacnas.org/events/national-conf/travel-scholarships
    • TRANSFERS - Housing @ Berkeley - CASA Joaquin apply for housing at CASA, a multi-ethnic theme house (any/all immigration status) Past MESA residents: Maricela Prado, Edgar DeLoa – deadline May http://www.greenlining.org/academy/casa.php - scholarships http://www.casaucb.org/scholarships
    • TRANSFERS - UCLA Latino Alumni Association Scholarship -- incoming transfer students, open to any/all immigration status, see Cathy for application – deadline May 15th  
    • CONFERENCE - Women in Computing Grace Hopper Conference TRAVEL Scholarship for computer science or computer engineering majors (all immigration status) to attend the conference in November, 2012 -- deadline usually in May http://gracehopper.org/2012/participate/scholarships/ Past winners - Violeta Crow & Aldo Garcia
    • Kumin Scholarship for current students, renewable for 4 years established in 2004 through the trust of Margrit Kumin. It was her desire to dedicate part of her estate to help young people pursue higher education. The purpose of this scholarship, established in her memory, is to support current community college students who wish to transfer to a four-year institution. -- deadline June 6th http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/content/community-foundation-managed-scholarship-funds#kumin Past winners: many MESA students! Apply during your first year to maximize your scholarship!
    • CONFERENCE - ABRCMS – Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students - ABRCMS Student Travel Award provides undergraduate students full costs - up to $1,500 to cover registration, housing and travel to attend the conference which will be Nov 7-10 in San Jose, CA . deadline Sept 7th http://www.abrcms.org/TravelGrantGuidelines.html

     

     

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    • NASA - One-Stop Website - Apply for all Scholarships & Internships! – summer internships and scholarships in a variety of areas related to engineering, computer science, web design, science, math and more, Apply on-line now! http://intern.nasa.gov
    • TRANSFERS: HSF/Marathon Oil Scholarship $15,000 plus internships -- deadline Nov 1st - http://www.hsf.net
    • Scholarship to attend the Harvard Kennedy University Kennedy School of Government’s Annual Harvard Public Policy and Leadership Conference --For anyone interested in combining science/engineering with a graduate degree in public policy. Everything is free -- travel, hotel, food, etc. Conference at Harvard Feb 23-26th - deadline Nov 18th – www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/admissions/pplc
    • TRANSFERS - Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship – $30,000, all majors, any/all immigration status, 2-3 students will be nominated through PTK advisors & MESA to apply deadline Dec 9th http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/undergraduate-transfer-scholarships/ Past MESA recipients: Aldo Garcia, Violeta Crow
    • Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) – apply on-line (all majors) Many MESA recipents! deadline Dec 15th  http://www.hsf.net/innerContent.aspx?id=428
    • Univision Es El Momento Scholarship – apply on-line (all majors) deadline Dec 15thhttps://www.scholarshipaid.net/app/univision/
    • Women's Opportunity Awards (Soroptimist) – check with Cañada College Financial Aid dept for the application last year's d eadline Dec 15th Past recipients: Nancy Youssef
    • TRANSFERS- UC Davis Transfer Scholarships – submit the contact info for someone who will write your letter of recommendation for scholarships. Lletters must be RECEIVED by -- deadline Jan 10thhttps://financialaid.ucdavis.edu/UGScholarships/myScholarships/ltrofrecreq/main.cfm
    • PG&E Employee Association Scholarships  -- MESA students have won these scholarships - open to any immigration status deadline Jan 17th   http://www.pge.com/about/community/scholarships/
    • Scholarship to attend the Celebration of Diversity in Computing Tapia Conference – For anyone interested in computer science or computer engineering. Next conference will be April 2013 - deadline late January 2013 http://www.tapiaconference.org
    • TRANSFERS - Accenture Minority Scholarship - $2,500 for engineering or computer science (must be transferring Fall 09) – deadline Jan 31st http://sms.scholarshipamerica.org/accenture
    • TRANSFERS - Clair Hill Scholarship (Assn of California Water Agencies) –$5,000 for students interested in water issues (open to all students of any immigration status) - must be transferring to UC Berkeley, UC Davis, SJSU, SFSU, CalPoly SLO or Pomona, CSU East Bay, Sac State, CSU Fresno or CSU Stanislaus deadline Feb 1st  –  http://www.acwa.com/content/clair-hill-scholarship-0
    • American Physical Society (APS) Scholarship for Minority Physics Majors. Deadline Feb 3rd http://www.aps.org/programs/minorities/honors/scholarship/index.cfm
    • TRANSFERS - Pister Scholarship to UC Santa Cruz $20,000 to attend UC Santa Cruz (very few people apply for this great opportunity!) contact Cathy or Soraya Sohrabi (9-124 or sohrabi@smccd.edu ) for application deadline Feb 4th Past MESA recipients: Kristina Gode, Xochi Rios
    • Silicon Valley Engineering Education Award $1,000 for future engineers (part-time and full-time students can apply) http://www.svec.org/scholarship-awards.html deadline Feb 5th
    • CONFERENCE - Infinite Possibilities Conference (in late March) student-focused for math majors - all expenses paid! deadline in Feb http://www.ipcmath.org
    • Western Union Foundation's Family Scholarship Program ($1,000 to $5,000 per family) helps two members of the same family move up the economic development ladder through education.  Scholarships may be used for tuition for college education, ESL classes, technical/skill training, and/or financial literacy. For example, one family member may request assistance to attend college and the other family member may request assistance to attend English as a Second Language courses. Open to all students of any immigration status.  deadline Feb 5th http://foundation.westernunion.com/ourProgramsScholarships.html Past recipients: Violeta Crow and Aldo Garcia
    • Hispanic College Fund (HCF) Scholarships  – apply on-line, deadline Feb 16th  http://scholarships.hispanicfund.org/applications/'
    • Silicon Valley Community Foundation –multiple scholarships for local students - deadline Feb 23rd 5pm must be IN Mountain View! http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/grants/grants_studentsTeachers_SCHOL.html Many MESA students have won a scholarship from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation!
    • TRANSFERS - Achievement Award - UC Berkeley Cal Alumni Association Scholarship ($6,000 per year, renewable for 2 years) Open to all California residents (including AB540 students).  deadline Feb 24th http://alumni.berkeley.edu/services/scholarships/achievement-award-program/how-apply
    • Latino Business Professionals/CHispPA Scholarship–  several MESA students have one this one!  Open to all students of any immigration status.  Deadline Feb 28th  http://www.lbpbayarea.org/scholarships.html Past recipients: Rene Rivera, Gabriel Alvarado, Edgar DeLoa
    • Cañada College Scholarships  -- EVERYONE should be applying!!  Lots of MESA students win these scholarships -- open to any immigration status deadline end of Feb  http://canadacollege.edu/financialaid/scholarship.shtml
    • TRANSFERS - SJSU Engineering - Silicon Valley Engineering Scholarships (incoming transfer students – MESA students have won MAJOR awards!) – deadline Mar 1st   http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/students/scholarships/silicon-valley Past recipients: Denice Calderon
    • American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholarships  – up to $5000, open to majors in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or related majors.  apply online, deadline Mar 1st   www.acs.org/scholars Past recipients: Jeremy Morales
    • TRANSFERS (PTK) - Hites Scholarships  – $7,000, all majors, 3.5 GPA, all immigration status, deadline Mar 1st   http://www.ptk.org/hites_scholarship
    • Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC) – all majors, min GPA 2.8, must be born outside the US (open to all immigration status). Extremely competitive but transfer students have won in the past– deadline Mar 1st http://www.e4fc.org/
    • Architecture Majors - AIA Silicon Valley - multiple scholarships last year's deadline March TBD
      http://www.aiascv.org/pages/Licensing/ARE.html#scholarships
    • Calderilla Scholarship for Female Community College Students up to $20,000 (paid over 4-5 years) limited to San Mateo Community College District students!, all majors, 2.5 GPA -- deadline March 7th  -- http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/grants/grants_studentsTeachers_SCHOL.html – Past winners: Marjorie Martinez, Elmira Manafiafkham, Jenna Murphy, Xochi Rios
    • Bertha Wolf-Rosenthal Foundation Fund for Community Service Stipend awards several $5,000 stipends per year to young people, ages 18-25, while they work at a nonprofit organization anywhere in California http://www.libertyhill.org/grant/home.html – deadline March 9th   
    • Chicana/Latina Scholarship – $1,500 awards (open to all, regardless of immigration status)  Apply now , Mar 18th http://www.chicanalatina.org/scholarship.html Past recipients: Maricela Prado, Ana Juarez, Xochi Rios
    • Health Professions Education Foundation -- Bachelor of Science Nursing Scholarship and Bachelor of Science Nursing Loan Repayment. Scholarships are awarded to nursing students accepted or enrolled in baccalaureate degree nursing programs. Eligible applicants may receive up to $10,000 for one academic year. deadline Mar 24th & Sept 11th   http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/HPEF/BSN.html

    TRANSFERS - NASA MUST Scholarship & Internship – 50% of tuition (up to $10,000), paid summer internship and more  not offered in 2011/12 www.nasa.gov/education/must apply via SOLAR https://intern.nasa.gov/solar/web/public/main Past recipients: Denice Calderon