Strange Scholarships—All About Scholarships with Unusual Criteria
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Strange Scholarships
There are thousands of programs providing help to students to complete their college education. These scholarships are awarded based on varying criteria. Some scholarships will require you to have excellent academic background while others will provide assistance on basis of sporting excellence, and yet others may award scholarships based on you ethnicity, but there are some scholarships that have criteria different from normal scholarships. These scholarships can help provide aid to students who do not qualify for any other type of scholarship. Some of such scholarship programs are explained in this article.
International Boar Semen (IBS) Scholarship provides aid to students who are interested in swine management. You must have a hobby of keeping pigs to qualify for this scholars Strange Scholarship. More information can be viewed on their website piggene.com/IBS/ibs_home.htm.
Tall Clubs International awards $ 1000 scholarships to students with good height. Males over 6’2″ and females above 5’8″ qualify for these scholarships. You can get more information on their website http://www.tall.org.
Klingon Language Institute awards $500 scholarships to students through a lucky draw. The institute aims at promoting Klingon language but fluency in Klingon is not a requirement for the scholarship. Their URL is kli.org/scholarship/.
The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance awards scholarships to fat people. The amount of the scholarship award is up to $1000. There website is naafa.org/newevents/shcolarship.html.
The Little People of America is an organization that awards scholarships to short people. The amount awarded ranges from $250 to $1000. To qualify for these scholarships applicants must be 4’10″ or shorter. Their website is www.lpaonline.org.
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) awards numerous scholarships to students who were distinguished bowlers in high school. You can get more information on their website www.bowl.com/smart/locateState.aspx.
Vegetarian Resource Group awards two $5000 scholarships each year. To qualify for these scholarships students must exemplify a healthy lifestyle and must also have promoted vegetarianism within their community. Their website is www. vrg.org.
Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund offers scholarships ranging from $1,500 to $7,500 per year to students who have served at least two years as caddies, helpers in the pro shop or course superintendent operations at a club in Massachusetts. Detailed information is available on their website www.ouimet.org/scholarships.
Youth Leadership awards scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000, these scholarships are awarded to students who are registered organ donors and who actively promote organ donation. Their website is studentdonor.org.
In addition to the above mentioned programs you can find many other programs on the internet that have strange qualification criteria.
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May 12, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Wow, who knew there were such strange scholarships like these ones? Klingon language scholarships haha! I love it!
And thanks for providing the links to the websites as well… they will certainly come in handy when I try apply for scholarships in the near future.
May 12, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Scholarship is provided under various criteria to students to complete their college education. After reading this article only I came to understand that the students who are not brilliant also could avail scholarship according to their physical condition. Scholarship is given for persons who are very tall or small in height, or very fat. Scholarships are also granted for people having hobby of keeping pigs. I feel this article has to be brought to all so that they could apply for the eligible one.
May 15, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Thanks for writing an article on the more exotic scholarships available out there. Who Knew that one could get a grant for being Tall or just being a good Bowler. It goes to show that there’s a grant or scholarship available to all types and all you need to do is look!
On a more important note, this blog was incredibly difficult to read using a chrome browser due to the articles wanting to skip down to the comments section all the time. I shouldnt have to struggle to read your articles.
May 16, 2010 at 4:30 am
Oh my, so many strange scholarships out there. It’s kind of nice to know that there ways outthere for all kinds of people to get a good education, not just your typical brainy over-achiever types. Sadly I’m sure most of the people are not awere of those chances for education.
May 16, 2010 at 6:45 am
Never thought I’d see scholarships for such a diverse range of topics. Midgets, speakers of Klingon, caddies, and pig semen collectors seem like fields that would get little to no attention, so I guess it’s good that these are out there. Hopefully we’ll see some for other strange careers in the future.
May 16, 2010 at 8:55 am
I like this scholarship it is more excitable one and thanks for writing an article!
And thanks for providing important these weblinks!!!
May 24, 2010 at 1:04 am
What a superb set of strange facts. You must have done quite a lot of searching. Thanks for this info, it makes me wonder what other strange grants are available, not necessarily for study. Brilliant.
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