Scholarships by Major

All Majors

Willie and Raymond Acevedo Memorial Scholarship

Code: 12000 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year.

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc.

Code: 11100-A Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Female graduate from a Santa Monica Bay Area high school preferred.

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc. - In Honor of Dr. Clara Cohen

Code: 11100-B Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Female graduate from a Santa Monica Bay Area high school preferred. Education major.

Professor Jim Apostolos Endowed Scholarship Fund

Code: 13585 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Volunteerism in Greek-American cultural causes given special consideration.

Associated Students International Scholarship

Code: 14640 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; F-1 student visa; SMC related extracurricular actives; all majors.

Lenore and John Elmer Bergmann Scholarship Fund

Code: 18510 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; 35 Awards per Fiscal Year.

Black Collegians Program Scholarship

Code: 19200 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Participation in Black Collegians; demonstrated academic achievement; one-page essay describing educational and career goals, steps taken to achieve these goals.

Prof. Esperanza Bolivar-Owen Scholarship In Honor of King And Gandhi

Code: 61500 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; African-American and African students preferred; enrolled in 12+units if not working or 9+ units if working; completion of 15 hours of community or charity service; employer recommendation if working and department recommendation.

Kelley Brayton Global Citizen Leadership Award

Code: 21725 Ammount: $1,000 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transfer Students.

Michael Briere Memorial Scholarship

Code: 21900 Ammount: $1,000 2.00 GPA All Incoming H.S., Continuing, and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

California School Employees Association Scholarship: SMC #36

Code: 24600 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; California Resident; preferred working student.

Joseph Drown Foundation

Code: 35700 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Scholars program.

Jay H. Feldhorn Memorial Scholarship

Code: 39600 Ammount: $1,000 3.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; involved in extra-curricular activities; working part-time preferred.

Folklorico de Santa Monica Scholarship

Code: 41100 Ammount: $300 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Frank Memorial Scholarship

Code: 42000 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Juan Franco & Serratos Memorial Scholarship

Code: 75000 Ammount: $250 3.20 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Hispanic descent preferred.

Kermit & Elinore Greene Endowment High School Award

Code: 43480 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; Financial Need; First generation college student preferred.

Richard A. Gross Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43460-A Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 22 Awards per Fiscal Year; Must be enrolled in Black Collegians.

Richard A. Gross Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43460-B Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Must be enrolled in Adelante Program; Community service.

Lloyd Handel Memorial Scholarship

Code: 44700 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Working student preferred.

David Hendler Scholarship

Code: 45600 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Educational goals.

Frank Louis Hendler Scholarship

Code: 45600 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Educational goals.

Iris Hendler Memorial Scholarship

Code: 45600 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Educational goals.

Freya and Mark Ivener High School Award

Code: 46600 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 6 Awards per Fiscal Year Financial Need.

Mike Jeffs Paddle Tennis Award

Code: 46950 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Working student preferred.

Gerald M. Jennings Memorial Scholarship

Code: 47100 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Dennis Kipperman Community Service Scholarship

Code: 49900 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S., Continuing, and Transferring Students.

Maggie Le Duc: Women In Transition Award

Code: 88200 Ammount: $500 2.70 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Completion of 24 SMC units; women between 25-65 years old returning to education preferred.

William D. Lippman High School Scholarship Award

Code: 53125 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA Full-time Incoming H.S., Continuing, and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Enrolled in Guardian Scholars program.

Catherine (Kay) Louthan Scholarship

Code: 53250 Ammount: $400 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students.

The Pamela Nemeth Memorial Scholarship

Code: 59950 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; Financial Need; Female Student Preferred.

Sally Jean Newman Memorial

Code: 60100 Ammount: $100 3.00 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Working Student Preferred.

Genoveva Nieto-Escobar Memorial Scholarship

Code: 60475 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Undocumented Latino/a Student Preferred.

Non-Traditional Student Scholarship

Code: 60610 Ammount: $250 3.20 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Currently enrolled in 6+ units and successfully completed 12+ transferable units; students working 35-40 hours per week preferred.

Nancy & Joseph Owens Opportunity Fund Plus Award

Code: 62460 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; African American student preferred.

Nancy & Joseph Owens Opportunity Fund High School Award

Code: 62450 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; African American student preferred.

Raizes Scholarship

Code: 68450 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Enrolled in Adelante or Black Collegians Program.

Santa Monica College Foundation Memorial Scholarships

Code: 57500 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

Kathy Seidman Memorial Scholarship

Code: 74680 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Completed or enrolled in ESL classes.

The Kevin & Carol Sharer Education Foundation & SMC Scholars Scholarship

Code: 75100 Ammount: $30,000 2.50 GPA 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Transferring Students; Must be accepted to one of the California four-year public universities. The scholarship will be awarded to assist students with tuition cost for completion of their bachelor's degree. Up to $30k over 2 years paid out each semester.

David Simon Scholarship for Osher Scholars

Code: 75350 Ammount: $1,100 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 91 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Promise Fee Waiver; completion of 24 units of degree-applicable study prior to disbursement; enrolled towards a degree; must maintain 6 units; students enrolled in less than full-time will be pro-rated.

Wilma & Clyde Stieb Memorial High School Scholarship

Code: 80580 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Must attend two concurrent semesters.

Hilding A. & Carl E. Tegner Memorial Scholarship

Code: 81600 Ammount: $1,100 3.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Well-defined educational and career goals.

Hilding A. & Carl E. Tegner Memorial High School Scholarship

Code: 81600 Ammount: $1,000 3.50 GPA All Incoming H.S Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year; well-defined educational and career goals.

Jim and Jane Urmston Scholarship

Code: 83700 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Latino/x student preferred.

Helen Whitaker Scholarship

Code: 86600 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; 6 units completed in 1st semester; students who have taken English literature classes preferred.

Augustus B. & Juanita H. Yancey Scholarship Fund

Code: 88850 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Anthropology

Crystal Ann Griffiths Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43800 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Accounting / Business / Computer Science

Bernard E. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Code: 47350 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Female student preferred.

Architecture Business

Rocky & Diane Young Scholarship

Code: 90010 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; 24 units completed/or transfer.

Architecture / Design Technology

The Wilson Brothers Builders

Code: 87000 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Completed 9+ units in Architecture; planning a career in architecture preferred; department recommendation.

Art

Lucille Brown-Greene Memorial Scholarship Scholarship

Code: 43500 Ammount: $300 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Portfolio required.

Ronn Davis Award

Code: 32600 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Volunteerism.

Gerome de Rollin Painting Scholarship

Code: 33300 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Portfolio required.

Jason Meiojas Art Scholarship

Code: 57400 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Outstanding Potter Scholarship

Code: 61450 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Must be enrolled in 6+ units including Ceramics.

Benjamin Raj Sugar Memorial Scholarship

Code: 18500 Ammount: $2,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Portfolio required of three pieces of artwork.

Santa Monica College Foundation Art Scholarship

Code: 77100 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Susan Smith-Terrell Memorial Scholarship

Code: 78825 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

The Stiefel/Dockweiler Fund - Art Scholarship

Code: 80620 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Portfolio required.

Lois A. Stolaroff Memorial Scholarship

Code: 80700 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Portfolio required.

The Clinton & Margo Ternstrom Family Art Endowment Scholarship

Code: 81700 Ammount: $1000/$750 3.00 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; Financial Need; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year, 1 @ $1000, 1 @ $750.

Art History

Mario G. Semere Scholarship

Code: 74700 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Astronomy / CSIS / Math / Physics

F. Don Miller Memorial Scholarship

Code: 57900 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Kyle Esgate Memorial Scholarship

Code: 38100 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Psychology major; planning a career in Behavioral Science preferred.

Judge David B. Finkel Social Justice Scholarship

Code: 40700 Ammount: TBD 2.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; 4 Awards per Fiscal Year; Member of Black Collegians, Adelante or undocumented students preferred; volunteerism in a social justice cause.

Nancy Greenstein Public Policy Fellow(s)

Code: 43700 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; First generation college student preferred.

Ron Hadian Memorial Scholarship

Code: 44100 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Completed Political Science 1 and 2; Plus six additional Political Science units.

Dr. Anne K. Peters Memorial Scholarship

Code: 63600 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Enrolled or completed 6+ units in Political Science; minority and returning student preferred; demonstrated leadership or community involvement.

Dr. James Stramel Ethical Scholar Award

Code: 80325 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Enrolled or completed 6+ units in Political Science; minority and returning student preferred; demonstrated leadership or community involvement.

Biological & Physical Sciences

Penny and Richard Adamson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 12600 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Completion of 9 units in Biology; preparing for a career in Life Sciences or related field.

Merle Arnold Physical Science Scholarship

Code: 13590 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; Demonstrated academic achievement in Chemistry, Physics or Engineering.

Dr. Harry L. & May P. Bauer Memorial

Code: 17700 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; Completion of 20 units in science including 10 units in Biological Sciences; preparing for a career in Life Science or related field including medical and dental.

J. Stanley Brode Memorial Scholarship

Code: 22500 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Roman Colbert Medical Research Scholarship

Code: 30160 Ammount: $1,250 3.25 GPA All Transferring Students; Preparing for a career in medical research preferred.

Dot Gelvin Memorial Scholarship

Code: 42535 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Science major, community service.

Bruce Hass Memorial Scholarship

Code: 45000 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Demonstrated academic achievement in Geology or Chemistry; Earth Science major or related field.

Harvey Kirk Memorial Scholarship

Code: 50100 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Demonstrated academic achievement in Life Science; Biology or Ecology major preferred.

Harry Markowitz Memorial Scholarship

Code: 55500 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Science major.

George M. & Veronica Pride Memorial Scholarship

Code: 68100 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Completed 9 units in Biology; preparing for a career in Life Science for related field.

Richard Austin Roche Memorial Scholarship

Code: 71100 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Physics or science major.

Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society / Norma Foster Fund

Code: 15700 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Biology major preferred or Environmental Science major; demonstrated interest in Policy studies impacting birds in LA County. Preference to student who has engaged in field work.

Santa Monica College Foundation Tribute Award

Code: 77080 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 9 Awards per Fiscal Year; Emphasis with Center for Environmental Studies.

Shore Hotel Sustainability Scholarship Award

Code: 75280 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Emphasis with Center for Environmental Studies.

Ed Tarvyd Memorial Scholarship in Marine Studies

Code: 81500 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Earth Science major; completion of any 3 biology courses 15, 21, 22 or 23.

Business

Margaret M. Blenkhorn Memorial Scholarship

Code: 20700 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Donald & Edna Brunson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 22800 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Eagle Bugg Youth Achievement Scholarship

Code: 23700 Ammount: $250 3.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Demonstrated leadership; African-American students preferred; involved in SMC student activities.

Ruth A. Clark Memorial Scholarship

Code: 28800 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 10 Awards per Fiscal Year; Women preferred.

Bill Dreifus Memorial Scholarship

Code: 35100 Ammount: $1,250 3.50 GPA Full-time Transferring Students.

Margaret Floyd Baird Memorial Scholarship

Code: 17200 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Bill T. Lanahan Memorial Scholarship

Code: 50700 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Must have completed at least half of the transfer requirements to a four-year institution.

Marketing Research Award

Code: 30450 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Completed Business or Consumer Research courses for marketing.

Business/Engineering

Mark G. & Florence M. Simpson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 75600 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Career Education

Prof. Esperanza Bolivar-Owen Scholarships for Hispanics

Code: 61800 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Hispanic students preferred; enrolled in 12+ units if not working or 9+ units if working; completion of 15 hours of community or charity service; employer recommendation if working and department recommendation.

Prof. Esperanza Bolivar-Owen Scholarship in Honor of Ulysses King

Code: 62100 Ammount: $700 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing Students; Financial Need; vocational students enrolled in 12+ units if not working or 9+ units if working; completion of 15 hours of community or charitable service; employer recommendation if working; department recommendation.

Gonzalo Garcia & Yolanda Spencer Memorial Scholarship

Code: 42340 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing Students; Financial Need; First generation AB 540 student or member of Adelante; full-time student; active participant in the SMC Law Pathways program.

Sue and Bill Gross CTE Scholars Program

Code: 43465 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 60 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Must be enrolled in career education courses; available students not eligible for full Pell Grant or other government assistance supporting total cost of attendance; must provide a comprehesive educational plan by the second semester.

Sue and Bill Gross CTE Scholars Program

Code: 43465 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 19 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Incoming freshman must be enrolled in career education courses; available students not eligible for full Pell Grant or other government assistance supporting total cost of attendance; must provide a comprehesive educational plan by the second semester.

Darrell D. Marks Scholarship - LULAC

Code: 53350-A Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; 15 Awards per Fiscal Year; Latino student preferred; demonstrated community service; Career education major.

Darrell D. Marks Scholarship - LULAC

Code: 53350-B Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 4 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Latino student preferred; demonstrated community service; career education major.

Peter Perkins Award

Code: 63300 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Career education student.

Edmund & Emma Slama Memorial Career Education Scholarship

Code: 75900 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Career Education Student.

Glenn B. Young Memorial Scholarship

Code: 89400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Communications/Computer Science

Pete Barrett Memorial

Code: 17500 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need.

Computer Science/Math

Roland Waco Memorial Scholarship

Code: 84300 Ammount: $750 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

CSIS

Russell Black Jr. Christian Scholarship Fund

Code: 72400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Volunteerism required.

Dance

Ann Donaldson Memorial

Code: 34200 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Planning a career in dance; Demonstrated talent in dance.

Ola Hudson Scholarship for Modern Dance Choreography

Code: 61000 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

David Simon Performing Arts Scholarship

Code: 75300 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need.

The Simon Trust Scholarship for the Performing Arts

Code: 75400 Ammount: Various 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing Students; Financial Need; 16 Awards per Fiscal Year; demonstrated talent in dance, acting or voice preferred.

Dance/Music/Kinesiology

Crawford's Coronettes Memorial Scholarship

Code: 31200 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Dance, music or kinesiology major; Female student preferred; active in extra-curricular activities; demonstrated leadership.

Education

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc. - In Honor of Dr. Clara Cohen

Code: 11100-B Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Female graduate from a Santa Monica Bay Area high school preferred. Education major.

Ben A. & Helen T. Barnard Scholarship

Code: 17400 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA All Transferring Students; 30 units or more completed.

Donald Blemker Memorial Scholarship

Code: 20400 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Seeking a career in counseling.

California Retired Teachers Assoc. - Santa Monica Bay Division

Code: 24300 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Ann Carroll Scholarship

Code: 25350 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Interest in teaching math or science.

Art Chesluk Scholarship Fund

Code: 27600 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Diversity student; community service.

Stewart Ferguson Scholarship

Code: 40200 Ammount: $1,250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Seeking education career.

Izeyl & Robert Goodrich Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43350 Ammount: $300 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Seeking career in education; Female student preferred.

Charles & Dorothy Green Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43600 Ammount: $500 2.75 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Hispanic/Latino/a student preferred.

Enid Lang Memorial Scholarship

Code: 51070 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; 8 Awards per Fiscal Year.

Michael Frederick Reukema Scholarship

Code: 69600 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year; Completion of 45 units or more.

Mildred & Edward Rylands Scholarship

Code: 72600 Ammount: $1,250 3.00 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students.

Harold Salter Memorial Scholarship

Code: 72900 Ammount: $200 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Early Childhood Education Preferred.

Fanette Wallace Memorial Scholarship

Code: 84750 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Demonstrated leadership and volunteer work; planning a career in elementary education preferred.

C.R. Watts Memorial Scholarship

Code: 85200 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; First generation college student preferred.

Youth Empowerment Scholarship (Y.E.S.)

Code: 89000 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; 7 Awards per Fiscal Year; Students planning a career in teaching or mentoring young people; Education, Psychology or Sociology major preferred.

Engineering

The Marina Pasternak Memorial Scholarship

Code: 62520 Ammount: $300 3.00 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Female student.

Freida T. & Frank S. Weilding Memorial Scholarship

Code: 85500 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

English

Edna Page Ackerman Memorial Scholarship

Code: 12300 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Minority student preferred; completion of English 1 plus two literature courses with a 3.0 GPA; graded essay from English 1 required.

Theo Boll & Norma Nyquist Memorial

Code: 21000 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

Anthony Boxer Memorial

Code: 21600 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; English major with interest in writing.

Shirley Sharp & Nancy Yeung English Scholarship

Code: 75250 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; English major.

English/Journalism

Greg Fagen Memorial Scholarship

Code: 38400 Ammount: $500 2.80 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Entertainment Technology

Mary Pickford Foundation Scholarship

Code: 65400 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Enrolled in Entertainment Technology; completed minimum of 9 units; demonstrated commitment to the program.

Environmental Studies/Sustainability

Eva and Tom Ivener Sustainability Scholarship

Code: 46610 Ammount: $2,500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

Film

Christopher Emory Scholarship

Code: 37200 Ammount: $200 3.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Transfering to LMU preferred.

Movie Magic Academic Award

Code: 58200 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

The Stiefel/Dockweiler Fund - Film Scholarship

Code: 80630 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

French

Roman Colbert French Scholarship

Code: 30150 Ammount: $1,000/$750 3.25 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year, 1 @ $1,000 and 1 @ $750; Seeking a career as French educator.

Geology

Santa Monica Gemological Society Scholarship

Code: 73500 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Geology major or related field.

Global Studies

The Art Verge Study Abroad Scholarship

Code: 80910 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Enrolled in global studies and participating in SMC study abroad program.

Graphic Design

Armando Amaro Memorial Scholarship

Code: 13550 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Latino student preferred.

DAG Design Scholarship

Code: 32100 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; California Resident.

Health

Edmund & Emma Slama Memorial Respiratory Therapy Scholarship

Code: 75900 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Career Education Student.

History

Jim Prickett Memorial Scholarship

Code: 67800 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Warner History Essay Contest

Code: 84900 Ammount: $750/$500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year, 1 @ $750, 2 @ $500; Completion of 3 SMC History units with a total of 12 SMC units; minimum 3.0 GPA in all History courses; 5 to 8 page essay on historical topic of your choice (see History Department for additional essay guidelines and requirements).

Interaction Design (IxD)

Dr. Richard Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund

Code: 58160 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; IxD undergrad; preference to returning/older adults.

Journalism

Charlie Donaldson Award Scholarship

Code: 34500 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Robert McClure & J.D. Funk Memorial Scholarship

Code: 57000 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Florence J. Vlach Memorial Scholarship

Code: 83900 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; 22 Awards per Fiscal Year.

Dorothy Wood Journalism Scholarship

Code: 88600 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Corsair student staff.

Math/Computer Science

Lawrence Flaws Memorial Scholarship

Code: 40800 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students.

W. Felix Werner Scholarship

Code: 86100 Ammount: $650 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need.

Music

Frank Beal Memorial

Code: 18000 Ammount: $250 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

E.B. Brockett Memorial Scholarship

Code: 22200 Ammount: $250 2.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Gordon T. Durfee & E.R. Coulson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 36300 Ammount: $750 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Pearl M. Follmer Memorial Scholarship

Code: 41400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Esther Landon Scholarship

Code: 51000 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Randal Lawson Memorial Scholarship: Music

Code: 51600 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Preferrably piano.

Marc G. Markeson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 55200 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Demonstrated talent in guitar or voice preferred.

William T. and Gertrude V. Powell Memorial Scholarship

Code: 67500 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Marilyn Ross-Alamshah Scholarship

Code: 13200 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Stratton-Petit Music Scholarship

Code: 80820 Ammount: $600 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Emily Winestock Memorial Scholarship

Code: 87300 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Voice major preferred.

Music/Theater Arts

The Simon Trust Scholarship for the Performing Arts

Code: 75400 Ammount: Various 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing Students; Financial Need; 16 Awards per Fiscal Year; demonstrated talent in dance, acting or voice preferred.

Stratton-Petit Performing Arts Scholarship

Code: 80810-A Ammount: $500 2.00 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need;

Stratton-Petit Performing Arts Scholarship

Code: 80810-B Ammount: $500 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need;

Nursing

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc. - In Honor of Phyllis McKenna

Code: 11100-C Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Female graduate from a Santa Monica Bay Area high school preferred. Nursing major.

Pattie Bischoff-Broome Nursing Scholarship

Code: 22600 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S., Continuing, and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

James E. Bowers Memorial

Code: 21300 Ammount: $250 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Eva Mae Kasper Memorial Scholarship

Code: 48600 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students.

Ilona Jo Katz Nursing Memorial Scholarship

Code: 60750 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Completing nursing program.

Shirley Leventhal Memorial Scholarship

Code: 51900 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Outstanding potential.

Mrs. Caryl Marmor Outstanding Graduating Nurse Scholarship

Code: 55800 Ammount: $250 2.00 GPA All Continuing Students; RN completion, dept. rec., outstanding clinical performance.

Dr. Leonard Marmor Potential Nurse Scholarship

Code: 56100 Ammount: $500 3.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Outstanding potential.

The Barbara Roque Nursing Scholarship

Code: 71350 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Edmund & Emma Slama Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Code: 75900 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Robyn Sorokin Memorial Scholarship

Code: 79550 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Santa Monica High School graduate.

Valerie Jeanne Svec Scholarship

Code: 81000 Ammount: $1,000 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Elena Terwilliger Memorial Scholarship

Code: 81900 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Outstanding contribution to the nursing program.

Trueno Andrew Vellos Scholarship

Code: 83910 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Latino/x student preferred.

Performing Arts

Randy & Linda Bellous Scholarship

Code: 18400 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Photo Journalism

The Bryan McLellan Memorial Fund

Code: 57300 Ammount: $1,500 2.50 GPA Must be enrolled in Corsair program (Campus newspaper: Req to take specific classes to be involved with Cosair). Photo journalism students only (photographers shooting for Cosair newspaper).

Photography

Ford Lowcock Photography Scholarship

Code: 53200 Ammount: $500 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Must be enrolled in photog. Or other related fields. Complete at least six (6) units.

Dennis Pierce Memorial Scholarship

Code: 66300 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Demonstrated talent, leadership and community service; presentation of portfolio to department.

Jacob Rubel Memorial Scholarship

Code: 84000-A Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Photography or Vocational Trade major; completed 7+ vocational or trade units.

Morton Anderson, Perry R. Davis & Jacob Rubel Vocational Scholarship

Code: 84000-B Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Completed at least 7 units.

The Stiefel/Dockweiler Fund - Photography Scholarship

Code: 80610 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

Physical Education

Athletic Department

Code: 15300 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Outstanding athlete.

Medora & Kit Colberg Memorial Scholarship

Code: 30000 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Outstanding athlete.

James D'Angelo Scholarship

Code: 32400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Outstanding athlete.

Davy Fortson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 41700 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Basketball athlete.

John Joseph Scholarship Fund

Code: 48000 Ammount: $1,500 2.50 GPA All Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Recreation or Physical Education major; demonstrated academic achievement.

Masonic Lodge No. 307: Kidd Family & C. Lee Smith Scholarship

Code: 56700 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Recreation or Physical Education major; demonstrated academic achievement.

Physical Sciences

David B. Hendricks II Foundation Scholarship

Code: 45610 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year.

Pre-Law Path

The Daniel L. Stewart Pre-Law Pathways Scholarship

Code: 80530 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; 6 Awards per Fiscal Year; Active participant in the SMC Law Pathways program.

Public Policy

Nancy Greenstein Public Policy Fellow(s)

Code: 43700 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; First generation college student preferred.

STEM

The Virginia Dickey Memorial Scholarship Fund

Code: 33450 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Female preferred; STEM related field.

Southern California Edison S.T.E.M. Scholarship

Code: 36350 Ammount: TBD 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Enrolled in STEM program; Academic excellence.

Robert R. Sprague Foundation Scholarships for STEM

Code: 80275 Ammount: $2,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; STEM Related Major.

Sarah Stegman-Wise Memorial Scholarship STEM

Code: 80475 Ammount: $1,000 3.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; STEM Related Major; Female preferred.

Theater

Gene N. Owen Theater Guild Scholarship

Code: 62400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Demonstrated talent, achievement and contribution in theater arts; department recommendation.

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Willie and Raymond Acevedo Memorial Scholarship

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc.

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc. - In Honor of Dr. Clara Cohen

Professor Jim Apostolos Endowed Scholarship Fund

Associated Students International Scholarship

Lenore and John Elmer Bergmann Scholarship Fund

Black Collegians Program Scholarship

Prof. Esperanza Bolivar-Owen Scholarship In Honor of King And Gandhi

Kelley Brayton Global Citizen Leadership Award

Michael Briere Memorial Scholarship

California School Employees Association Scholarship: SMC #36

Joseph Drown Foundation

Jay H. Feldhorn Memorial Scholarship

Folklorico de Santa Monica Scholarship

Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Frank Memorial Scholarship

Juan Franco & Serratos Memorial Scholarship

Kermit & Elinore Greene Endowment High School Award

Richard A. Gross Memorial Scholarship

Richard A. Gross Memorial Scholarship

Lloyd Handel Memorial Scholarship

David Hendler Scholarship

Frank Louis Hendler Scholarship

Iris Hendler Memorial Scholarship

Freya and Mark Ivener High School Award

Mike Jeffs Paddle Tennis Award

Gerald M. Jennings Memorial Scholarship

Dennis Kipperman Community Service Scholarship

Maggie Le Duc: Women In Transition Award

William D. Lippman High School Scholarship Award

Catherine (Kay) Louthan Scholarship

The Pamela Nemeth Memorial Scholarship

Sally Jean Newman Memorial

Genoveva Nieto-Escobar Memorial Scholarship

Non-Traditional Student Scholarship

Nancy & Joseph Owens Opportunity Fund Plus Award

Nancy & Joseph Owens Opportunity Fund High School Award

Raizes Scholarship

Santa Monica College Foundation Memorial Scholarships

Kathy Seidman Memorial Scholarship

The Kevin & Carol Sharer Education Foundation & SMC Scholars Scholarship

David Simon Scholarship for Osher Scholars

Wilma & Clyde Stieb Memorial High School Scholarship

Hilding A. & Carl E. Tegner Memorial Scholarship

Hilding A. & Carl E. Tegner Memorial High School Scholarship

Jim and Jane Urmston Scholarship

Helen Whitaker Scholarship

Augustus B. & Juanita H. Yancey Scholarship Fund

Anthropology

Crystal Ann Griffiths Memorial Scholarship

Accounting / Business / Computer Science

Bernard E. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Architecture Business

Rocky & Diane Young Scholarship

Architecture / Design Technology

The Wilson Brothers Builders

Art

Lucille Brown-Greene Memorial Scholarship Scholarship

Ronn Davis Award

Gerome de Rollin Painting Scholarship

Jason Meiojas Art Scholarship

Outstanding Potter Scholarship

Benjamin Raj Sugar Memorial Scholarship

Santa Monica College Foundation Art Scholarship

Susan Smith-Terrell Memorial Scholarship

The Stiefel/Dockweiler Fund - Art Scholarship

Lois A. Stolaroff Memorial Scholarship

The Clinton & Margo Ternstrom Family Art Endowment Scholarship

Art History

Mario G. Semere Scholarship

Astronomy / CSIS / Math / Physics

F. Don Miller Memorial Scholarship

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Kyle Esgate Memorial Scholarship