Along with abounding states throughout the U.S., Maine has the Robert C. Byrd Scholarship program. It aswell has the Senator George J. Mitchell Research Institute Scholarships program, which is sponsored by the US-Ireland Alliance. For both, a apprentice accept to be nominated for the accolade by his or her top school. From there, the appellant accept to go through anniversary scholarship's alternative process. In turn, if selected, a apprentice will get $1,500 a year for the Byrd and up to $5,000 a year for the Mitchell. Both are acceptable for any affectionate of on campus or online academy or amount program.
The American Legion of Maine aswell sponsors two altered programs. The aboriginal is the Children and Youth Scholarship. It is accessible to Maine association who are top academy seniors. Besides banking need, the scholarship is based on both bookish and merit-based guidelines. It will accord $500 to any academy in the U.S.
Then there is aswell the Daniel E. Lambert Memorial Scholarship. In this case, the Legion requires the appellant be the adolescent or grandchild of a war veteran. You accept to aswell demonstrate, through belletrist of advocacy that you accept in the "American Way of Life" and are of acceptable moral character. The accolade is bent by the Legion.
Maine is accepted for its inns and villages. As it happens, the accompaniment in fact has a scholarship for those who wish to run such a business. Administered by the Maine Innkeepers Association, the accolade is acceptable for any academy or accepted abstruse academy and to any apprentice who wants to abstraction auberge administering and even acceptable a top chef. This both a merit- and need-based program, but it is acceptable for anywhere from $250 to $2,000.
There are a amount of added profession-oriented scholarship programs. For starters, there is the Maine Society of Professional Engineers Scholarship Program, It is accessible to any Maine-based top academy apprentice absorbed planning on a career in any anatomy of engineering. It is aswell accessible to 2-4 year academy degrees. If sanctioned, the apprentice gets $1,500 to any U.S. school.
For approaching doctors of the apple there is the Doctors For Maine's Approaching program. If qualified, the apprentice will accept a scholarship agnate to 50% of their charge up to $25,000 a year. They accept to accept abounding at atomic their chief year in a Maine-based top academy and go to one of the state's universities.
Finally, there is the Quality Adolescent Affliction Education Scholarship. It is accessible to any being who will accompany a career in teaching or agnate adolescent affliction occupation. The apprentice or student's ancestors accept to accord $6,600 per bookish year. In turn, it will accord $500 per advance up to $2,000 annually.