Outside Aid Opportunities

The Financial Aid Office receives information from private organizations offering scholarship opportunities. The amounts of these funds vary, and it is the student's responsibility to obtain the necessary materials. Completed applications are sent directly to the organization for review and fund distribution. 

In addition to the scholarships listed below, the Office of Fellowship Advising at Lehigh is dedicated to guiding undergraduate students through the process of applying for national fellowships and scholarships. Please visit their website for additional aid opportunites.

Students are encouraged to seek additional resources to assist with college expenses. However, the additional award may affect need based packages, but also helps reduce loans. Students are asked to contact our office upon receipt of any outside scholarships.

Listed below are various outside scholarship opportunities (in alphabetical order):

Addison Gibson Foundation Loan

The Addison Gibson Foundation is in its 71st year of making low-interest education loans to needy students whose family homes are located in western Pennsylvania.  This is an ideal time for students to initiate the application process for the 2008/09 academic year.  

For additional information on these loans and the application process, please visit this website.

AES Engineers Services

Scholarships are intended for our future leaders across a wide spectrum of fields of study. This award is available to high school seniors and all students attending a post secondary educational facility. You are not required to be taking Engineering courses to be eligible.

For application information, please visit this website.

Application Deadline: September 15, 2008

Demonstration of Energy-Efficient Developments (DEED) Program

The American Public Power Association (APPA) awards student grants/internships each year to university students as part of the DEED Program.  This opportunity is for students interested in researching an energy-related topic or interning at a utility.

For more information, please visit this website.

Application deadlines for the Student Research Grants/Internships are February 15th and October 1st each year.

Application deadline for the Technical Design Project is October 15th each year.

Eldred WWII Museum Scholarship

The Eldred WWII Museum is announcing a scholarship as part of Capturing History Alive.  Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited university as an undergraduate or graduate student. 

For more information and an application, please visit this website.

There is no application deadline for this scholarship.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) - Scholarship Programs

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund offers different scholarship programs for Hispanic American students enrolled full-time in a degree-seeking program at a U.S. accredited, Title IV eligible institution in the U.S., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, or Guam.

For more information and applications please visit this website. 

Application deadlines vary based on the scholarship program.

Institute for Humane Studies Scholarship     

For over forty years, the Institute for Humane Studies has dedicated itself to helping bright undergraduate and graduate students interested in individual liberty pursue their intellectual interests.  Applications are currently available for paid internships in multiple fields and disciplines and for scholarships of up to $12,000 for undergraduate and graduate students.

For additional information and application, please visit this website.

Marian J. Wettrick Charitable Foundation Grant

Marian J. Wettrick Charitable Foundation offers grants to certain qualified female students graduating from a Pennsylvania college or university and who have gained admission and subsequently attend a Pennsylvania medical school and for internships at accredited medical teaching hospitals.  Eligible applicants may apply for the financial assistance by direct request to the Foundation at:

Marian J. Wettrick Charitable Foundation

C/O Citizen’s Trust Company, Trustee

10 North Main Street – PO Box 229

Coudersport, PA. 16915-0229

Philanthropic and Educational Organization (P.E.O.)

The Education Loan Fund

Educational Loan Fund (ELF), established in 1907, makes loans available to qualified women who desire higher education and are in need of financial assistance. Students must be recommended by a local chapter of the P.E.O. 

Local Chapter Contact: 

Carolyn A. Mitch

7 Brandywine Court

Easton, PA  18040

Phone:  610-250-8888

Sallie Mae Fund Scholarship Programs

The Sallie Mae Fund offers different scholarships for students enrolled full-time in a degree-seeking program.

More details about each scholarship and the applications are available at this website.

Application Deadlines vary based on the scholarship program.

Scholarshipexperts.com Scholarships

ScholarshipExperts.com has been helping parents and students find free money for college since 2001.  They constantly update their database of college scholarships and grad school scholarships to provide the most accurate scholarship information available.To register to receive information regarding these scholarships, please visit this website.

Application deadlines vary based on the scholarship program.

Shout It Out Scholarship

ScholarshipExperts.com is offering the Shout It Out Scholarship and will award five scholarships of $1,000 each.  Applicants must be thirteen years of age or older at the time of application, be legal residents of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia, and be currently enrolled (or enroll no later than the fall of 2013) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education.  Applications must submit an online short written response (250 words or less) for the scholarship topic: “If you were given a 60-second commercial spot on television that would air repeatedly during the presidential debates, what message would you shout out to America?”

For application information, visit this website.

Application Deadline: September 30, 2008

STEM Scholarship

NSHSS Foundation STEM scholarships are created to help reduce financial barriers for high school seniors interested in entering college to pursue STEM majors-Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. These $1,000 scholarships are for entering college freshmen who belong to the following underrepresented groups in STEM careers: African American, Hispanic, Native American, and females. 

Top Ten List Scholarship
ScholarshipExperts.com is offering the “Top Ten List” Scholarship and will award five scholarships of $1,000 each.  Applicants must be thirteen years of age or older at the time of application, be legal residents of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia, and be currently enrolled (or enroll no later than the fall of 2013) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education.  Applications must submit an online short written response (250 words or less) for the scholarship topic: “Please submit a ‘Top Ten List’ of the things you want to accomplish in your lifetime.”

For application information, please visit this website.

Application Deadline: December 31, 2008

United Negro College Fund

The United Negro College Fund provides scholarship/internship opportunities to minority students - African Americans, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. The UNCF's goal is to expand the minority workforce of corporations throughout the United States. There are numerous scholarships available through this fund.  Please go to the website and select scholarships.

To find out more information and print the application, click here.

Application deadlines vary based on the scholarship.

Women in Transportation Scholarship

WTS invites qualified applicants to apply for the Carmen E. Turner, the Suzanne B. Axworthy, and the Sylvia Alston Scholarships that are open to graduate and undergraduate students.  The purpose of these scholarships is to encourage women to pursue careers in transportation.  The competition is open to women with a GPA of 3.0 or higher who plan to pursue a career in transportation and who are currently enrolled in a degree program in a transportation-related field such as engineering, planning, finance or logistics.

For more information, please visit this website.

For application information, please contact Patti Gibson at pgibson@aroraengineers.com.