The life of a Blerd is that of a Black-Nerd. At Blerd Planet, we are home of the black intelligentsia. As members of the black intelligentsia we love to be a resource to others in their quest to achieve a higher education.

Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship Opportunities

There are many scholarship providers that like to recognize more than just good grades and athletic abilities. Often, some scholarships are based on things such as race, gender or sexual orientation. Essentially, the scholarship providers view these types of scholarships as an additional way to celebrate heritage and ethnicity as well.

When scholarship providers offer these scholarships for African-American/Black (non-Hispanic) scholars, the scholarship provider does just this. These scholarships for African Americans are typically awarded through schools, from notable African American advancement organizations, such as the NAACP, UNCF, as well as traditionally historically African American sororities, fraternities and foundations.

Scholarship Offers

Your heritage, ethnicity and race is part of what makes you uniquely and wonderfully you, so celebrate who you are and pay for what you learn with a scholarship!

• Monsanto STEM Fellowship
• Goldman Sachs MBA Fellowship
• Trustee Diversity Scholarship – Rice University 
• William Randolph Hearst Foundation Endowed Scholarship
• Claver Scholarship
• F. Armstrong Scholarship – Cornell College
• Ralph Johnson Bunche Distinguished Graduate Scholarship
• Diversity Advancement Program Scholarship
• AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students
• Arrupe Scholarship – University of Scranton
• Union Contractors of AGC Minority Scholarship
• Jennings/Coe Family Scholarship
• James and Nancy Johnson Scholarship in the College of Engineering
• Donald E. Guinn Scholarship Fund
• Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America Inc. Scholarship
• Costco Wholesale Nursing Scholarship
• Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program
• Andre Stout African American Student Scholarship
• AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship
• MBRS/RISE Program
• ABA Diversity Scholarship
• ACHE Albert W. Dent Graduate Student Scholarship
• ALA – LITA/LSSI Scholarship
• American Library Association Spectrum Scholarship
• Amos & Edith Wallace Scholarship
• Annie S. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
• AWWA Holly Cornell Scholarship
• CANFIT Nutrition, Physical Education and Culinary Arts Scholarships
• Chips Quinn Scholars Program
• Express Scripts Scholarship
• Actuarial Diversity Scholarship
• African American Teaching Fellows
• AIA Chicago Foundation Graduate Diversity Scholarship
• AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship
• ABA Diversity Scholarship$5,000Varies
• ACHE Albert W. Dent Graduate Student
• ACS Scholars Program$5,00003/01/2019
• Actuarial Diversity Scholarship $4,00005/02/2019
• African American Teaching Fellows$15,000Varies
• AFSCME Union Scholars Program Summer Internship$6,00002/28/2019
• AIA /Architects Foundation Diversity Advancement Scholarship$25,000
• George Washington Carver Scholarship Fund
• Jackie Robinson Scholarship Fund
• National Society of Black Engineers

A Number of Top African-American Based Scholarships Available

There are a number of scholarships for African Americans that exist to help black scholars to achieve an education. Most if not all scholarships aim to influence the future of the environment be it economically or socially for the better. Generally the goal of scholarships for African-American students is to support African-American students from diverse backgrounds who may otherwise struggle to enter into a higher education, be it undergraduate or graduate education. We have to be concerned with the education of our youth All in all, the majority of scholarship committee considers academic achievement as demonstrated by grades and SAT or ACT scores; personal background, as demonstrated by a variety of factors, including but not limited to, educational experience, socioeconomic background, and cultural heritage,.