Award: Jack Kent Cooke Foundation: Young Scholars Program

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program selects high-achieving youth in the Unites States with financial need and provides them, throughout their high school years, with individualized educational services that enable them to develop their talents and abilities.

Maximum award: funding and support services.

Eligibility: applicants must be in the 7th grade when they apply and able to demonstrate financial need.

Deadline: April 16, 2012.