Many schools and universities offer merit-based awards that usually are easy to obtain, provided you are sufficiently motivated. obtainable by intelligent and driven computer schools students. Because computer schools can come in a variety of forms, from the traditional university to the multi-program trade school, to the specialized technical school, scholarships come in a variety of forms as well.

The following organizations offer scholarships that may fit your niche in IT:

• AFCEA General Emmett Paige Scholarship
• Air Force Express Scholarship
• Airman Scholarship and Commissioning Program (ASCP)
• American Association of University Women
• APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women New Scholarship
• Central Intelligence Agency – Undergraduate Scholar Program
• Cisco/UNCF Scholars Program
• Collegiate Inventors Competition
• Computing Research Association – Outstanding Undergraduate Award
• Datatel Scholars Foundation Scholarship
• Davidson Fellows Scholarships New Scholarship
• Department of Energy – Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF)
• Department of Energy – High-Performance Computer Science Fellowship
• DOD National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship
• Gates Millennium Scholars
• Google 2007 Anita Borg Scholarship New Scholarship
• Half Price Computer Books Essay Competition
• HENAAC Scholars Progam
• HP Scholars
• HSF/Society of Hispanic Professionals in Engineering Scholarship Program
• IEEE Computer Society – Student Scholarships and Awards
• Intel Science Talent Search (STS)
• Kathi Bowles Scholarship for Women in Computing
• Lucent Global Science Scholars
• Micron Science & Technology Scholars Program
• Microsoft Scholarships
• Monster Scholarship for Business, Science & Engineering
• National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Scholarships New Scholarship
• Nancy Goodhue Lynch Scholarship
• National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) – Lawrence F. Skibbie Graduate Student Scholarship
• National Federation of the Blind Computer Science Scholarship New Scholarship
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions
• National Physical Science Consortium Fellowship
• National Science Foundation – Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards
• National Security Education Program – Boren Programs New Scholarship
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Scholarships New Scholarship
• Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science & Technology
• Sigma Delta Epsilon – GWIS Grants & Fellowships
• Society for Technical Communication – List New Scholarship
• Society of Women Engineers
• Stokes Educational Scholarship Program
• U.S. Office of Personnel Management – Cyber Corps: Scholarship for Service
• Women In Defense – HORIZONS scholarships
• Xerox – Technical Minority Scholarship Program

By far the best place to begin looking for scholarships is the degree programs themselves.

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