UnclaimedScholarships.us

Weird Wacky Scholarships

The world is full of weird and wacky things. Be it any domain, you will find lots of strange stuff related to it. So what about education? Yes, you even have weird scholarships that you can apply to. Imagine anything unusualy weird and you could have a college scholarship existing for that category. Let look closer at these unusual scholarships which you should have fun applying to.

The Entomological Foundation has creepy weird scholarships for the study of entomology – or the studying of bugs. That’s right if your buggy about bugs this bug scholarship is for you. They have (4) different bug scholarship programs in which to apply to.

Are the old fashion type and like to knit, well the National Make It Yourself with Wool Contest is sponsored by the American Sheep Industry and they award an unusual scholarship in (4) categories. The objective of the ASI contest is to promote the beauty and versatility of wool fabrics and yarns. Sound like you?

DePauw University has what is called the Icy Frost Bridge Scholarship which is awarded to someone of good character and interested in constructive activities in addition to music. The main element in this weird scholarship is to be able to sing or play the National Anthem with sincerity. Just when you thought you heard it all in terms of wacky scholarships and then this one comes along. If you can sing I would apply for this strange scholarship because you may just be a natural sincere singer.

Do you have mental telepathy? Do you have psychic abilities that can be exhibited? The Parapsychology Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation which provides a worldwide forum supporting the scientific investigation of psychic phenomena. They have a odd scholarship called the Eileen J Garrett Scholarship in the amount of $3000 awarded to a person who exhibits this ability the most.

Their is a stupid or silly scholarship from the ‘Got Milk’ people which has a milk scholarship for the best milk mustaches. This funny scholarship is called the SAMMY program which stands for Scholars Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year. Twenty five $7,500 college milk scholarships will be awarded every year. Apply in November to take part of this cream of the crop milk mustache scholarship contest.

Another category of weird college scholarships for left handed people. Most things in this world are made for the right handed majority of people. Left-handed people often face difficulty while handling scissors or while writing with ink in a notebook. Well Juniata College offers a $1,000 scholarship for two left handed students each year because they just may feel being left handed is a disability. You can research about the Frederick and Mary F Beckley Scholarship to get more information on the above mentioned oddball scholarship.

Ready, aim and fire! The National Rifle Association has scholarships if you like shooting a gun and are good at it. NRA members who have attended a NRA basic firearm training course and qualified as a Pro-Marksman, Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert or Distinguished Expert “ are eligible in qualifying for a $5,000 gun scholarship. They award three every year. You have to do one more thing to be awarded this odd scholarship – submit an essay on ‘Why you became involved in the shooting sports’. I wouldn’t write about that you always wanted to shoot someone because your chances would most likely not be very good.

The next category is perhaps the weirdest of the weird scholarships. If you have been a vegetarian all through your life and have made efforts to promote vegetarianism in your school (how many people do you know who have done that?) and community you could win the $10,000 Vegetarian Scholarship from the Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG). One great way to get back your meat eating friends is by getting a better education than them! The competition would also be less, since there aren’t that many vegetarians these days as there are people who eat meat.

So why go through all that struggle for good grades and great SAT or GPA scores when you can just have fun applying and participating in some of the above wacky scholarships possibly getting some nice money that you can use to pay for your college education. It can be an adventure and it will surely make you stand out from the crowd. Win one of the many weird and unusual scholarships available today and enjoy your college experience without the headache of paying for tuition. Weird college scholarships for all doing it the wacky way that is!

Bizarre Fun Unusual Scholarships

The unusual stuff has always fascinated human beings. So it is even more fascinating for people to create something unusual. Below you will find information about some unusual scholarships that exist and that you can apply for if you want to and meet the requirements. The unusual scholarships are generally based on GPA. But the unique scholarships exist for every category.

To start out with in Pennsylvania there is a college called Bucknell University which offers the Gertrude Deppen Scholarship, and you can’t be an athlete. If you are you can’t apply. It seems that they are rewarding the scholarly type because there are not enough of them in their target scholarship criteria. This unusual scholarship is reserved for needy students who do not smoke or drink and who attend Mount Carmel High School. This scholarship rules out 99.9% of students so most don’t have a chance for it but I thought it was worth mentioning for all those who despise dumb athletes who get college scholarships to play sports with very low GPA’s. Hopefully this will make you feel better about college and those who receive scholarships while you have a hard time finding one.

David Letterman the late night talk show host has his own unique fun scholarship he awards through Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Dave states that his scholarship is for the average student who has a genius inside like him. Just make a funny video and have fun doing it and if Dave falls out of his chair in laughter then you got your scholarship. The top award is $10,000 with two smaller awards for those who made Dave almost fall off his chair.

A few colleges offer unfamiliar college scholarships for twins and/or multiples. Parents of twins got to be happy with this scholarship because they can get a two for two on this bizarre scholarship program. Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti Michigan is one such college which does offer scholarships for twins. Known as a college for teachers their twin scholarship is called The Furlotte Twins Endowed Scholarship.

Another one is the short scholarship. In order to qualify for this unfamiliar scholarship you must be shorter than 4’10″. If you are, then you can download an application online from the Little People of America Scholarship website. LPA is a non-profit organization established by Billy Barty to help out people of short stature. It goes the other way too. There are scholarships for tall people too from the Tall Clubs International which awards scholarships based on height and a few other criteria.

Another unusual scholarship for inventions is given away through the Collegiate Inventors Competition. This potentially fun and uncommon scholarship seeks to encourage graduate and undergraduate students to work on new ideas, and technological innovations. The ideas submitted together with the applications should be practical and not patented. They might not have been commercialized but should not have been submitted in the previous year. They are judged for originality, inventiveness and the potential to impact the world. You don’t have to apply alone, a team of four can participate and the amount awarded to the winning team is from $5,000 – $25,000. An unknown and different scholarship for sure!

One of the most unusual and bizarre scholarships you’ll ever hear about is the one called Duct Brand Duct Tape Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest. What do you have to do in order to get this stupid or maybe just a fun scholarship? You must attend the prom dressed in duct tape. Yep, that’s all it takes!

A more serious, but still unusual scholarship is the J.D Salinger Scholarship. This smart scholarship is given to those who exhibit brilliance (of the unusual kind of course!) in the field of writing. The winner gets a 4 year $25,000 scholarship per year and has the privilege to reside in the dorm room occupied by Mr. Salinger. I wonder if that brings luck or is inspirational or something. It is kind of unusual to want to study, live, breath and write in another man’s dorm room. Of course, the competition is also unusually tough. The candidates are required to be nominated by a high school teacher, and after that they’re evaluated based on their work of ten to 15 pages on various topics whether of fiction, poetry, nonfiction or hybrid genres, but who doesn’t want to fight over a nice inspiring scholarship?

So if you think you are gifted with the special characteristics needed for some of these bizarre and unusual scholarships why not give them a try. You can stand out as well as get some money for your education. Who knows, this might be an important step on your way to etching your name in history!

Odd Students & Weird Scholarships

Many students need to get financial aid be it a scholarship or grant in order to pursue a college education, and as many of them are special and unique, there are certain weird scholarships available to them. There really should be no difference in the applicants mind when applying for any financial aid whether it’s considered a strange scholarship or not because it’s all free money which will pay their tuition. A standard scholarship is basically received for grades or a great written essay, but the the so called unusual and odd scholarships might have some interesting topics to be addressed and they can be directed to certain categories of students who actually may have some odd talents which easily get them awarded a scholarship. Let’s look closer at this.

There are numerous weird scholarships that are given away for various reasons and purposes. For example, you could receive one for being tall, or for being left-handed, if you like potatoes or if you watch David Letterman. So which are the strangest scholarships one can apply for? Check out these top 5 odd scholarships listed below along with other unusual and unknown scholarships and remember they all do one thing – pay your college tuition so don’t be shy about applying to them if you feel you have a chance.

Strangest Scholarships

Strange scholarship no. 1 is one that is awarded for your last name. It’s actually a name scholarship. If your name is Van Valkenburg or something similar to it, you can get up to $1,000 without being tied down to a certain university. You can even get it if your mom, grandma, grand-grandma or grand-grand-grand-etc-ma had that name. No grades, no essays, no GPA, no creativity, just a name. Now isn’t this a strange scholarship?

Coming in second place for a weird scholarship is the Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship. You can get up to $10,000 just for hating carnivores and omnivores. The only thing you have to do in order to meet the requirements for this strange scholarship is to promote in your school, community, city while you’re in high school.

Weird scholarship number three is awarded for predicting the future! The Excellence in Predicting the Future Award addresses students that want to pursue an economics college education and is meant to encourage them to get involved in the prediction market. In order to apply for this $400 strange scholarship, you must be a registered user on Troy Studios website and participate in the Prediction Market. This small but unusual scholarship is awarded every two months.

The fourth strangest scholarship you can apply for is given away for students that like candy and are interested in confectionary technology. If you get the first scholarship, you will receive $5,000 from The American Association of Candy Technologists. On the other hand, this wacky scholarship has some tough requirements. You need to have a GPA score of at least 3.0, have a major in food/chemical/biological science or other related domains, choose to attend a college or university based in North America and be able to demonstrate you are interested in confectionery technology.

The fifth wacky unknown weird scholarships are given away by the Ball State University and amounts $10,000. So what’s the name of this unknown scholarship? It’s called the David Letterman Scholarship in Telecommunications. As Letterman himself stated, “Grades are not a criterion or condition for eligibility”. You can be an average student and still get this unusual scholarship for your creativity. So go ahead, be creative and get ten grand just like that!

Other Strange, Unusual, Strange and Weird Scholarships

You can bowl for scholarship dollars by being a good bowler. The USBC BOWLING SCHOLARSHIPS, sponsored by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), offers to the USBC Youth Members so they can earn college bowling scholarships to achieve their dreams and grow professionally. There are various bowling scholarships which members can subsidize their education for high school, college or university.

Can drinking wine get you a wine scholarship? Maybe or maybe not but there is a scholarship for wine if you are a connoisseur. It seems odd but there is scholarship money for this unusual culinary field of study.

The Patrick Kerr Skateboard scholarship program has money for outstanding skateboarding skills. Does it sound like you? Well this is not a dream you are reading about and you can go to college and skateboard having part of it paid for because you’re good at it.

There are even weird scholarships for milk. If you are planning to earn a degree in dairy production, marketing, or research, you may be interested to find about the unusual milk scholarship available through the DUIA. DHIA is short for the National Dairy Herd Information Association and they have scholarships for all you cow milk lovers.

Tea council of the USA Inc. has a tea scholarship of all things to help float tea lovers to college. There is one $15,000 tea scholarship and August 2nd is the deadline for applications.

Got beef? Do you like steak, hamburger or any red meat? The American farmers are serious about their livestock, and the National Jersey Youth Scholarships prove this easily. This scholarships foundation awards over $10,000 in cattle beef scholarships for agriculture students each year. Whether you’re a college freshman or planning to enroll in
graduate school, the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) offers plenty of chances to earn money for college.

What do bullets and scholarships have in common? It’s almost like oil and water but the National Rifle Association has women NRA scholarships called the Women’s Wildlife Management/Conservation Scholarship. They offer (1) year $1,000 scholarships to full-time college juniors or seniors having a minimum GPA of 3.0 who is majoring in wildlife management/conservation. November 15th is the application deadline so start taking aim for those NRA scholarship dollars.

Bah Bah black sheep have you any sheep scholarship dollars. Yes I do in the amount of $1,500 – for sheep-related graduate studies. The Sheep Heritage Memorial Foundation has this award for those students wanting to advance the sheep industry, lamb and wool. June 1st is the application deadline for all you sheep and wool lovers.

Love food, cooking and eating? Well then look no further then the The Culinary Institute of America which has a variety of culinary scholarships to apply too. You can eat your way through college for free.

Do you love french fries, mashed potatoes or any kind of potatoes? You’re in luck because the The National Potato Council offers (1) $5,000 weird scholarship to a graduate student pursuing advanced studies in Agribusiness for the purpose of improving the Potato Industry. June 15th is the potatoe scholarship application deadline.

In the end, you can see that nowadays there are many unusual weird unknown scholarships being given away for weird reasons. Nonetheless, as a student you will find them useful. So if you have some odd talent and fit into any of the above-mentioned strange unknown scholarships, go ahead and financially ease your way into college. If you don’t submit an application you will never have a chance at winning any scholarship.

Weird scholarships for college the wacky and strange way.

NGPA Scholarships

The National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA) Education Fund Scholarships, also known as the NGPA Education Fund, or NGAP-EF, offers gay scholarships to students who are working towards careers as pilots in the aviation field. However, there are certain stipulations that apply in order to be eligible for the scholarship program. One of these stipulations makes this fall into the weird scholarships category in today’s scholarship world – but in a good way.

The first stipulation is that you must have some level of community involvement, and preferably, that involvement will be in support of the gay community, including support of lesbians, gay, bi-sexual individuals, and transgender people. The community as a whole is known as the LGBT community.

The next provision of this gay scholarship is that you do not have to be gay to be eligible for National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA) Education Fund Scholarships. Normally, you must be gay to receive a gay scholarship but the NGPA association opens this up to non gay students as long as they meet the other requirements. This makes the NGPA award into the weird scholarships classification because one would immediately think that you must be gay to even be considered for this scholarship for gay pilots. Maybe it’s because there is a shortage of gay pilots and/or the NGPA also try’s to have non gays garnish support for the gay community. Be that as it may this is a solid scholarship with fair qualifying criteria which doesn’t discriminate against non gays and there is something to be said about that. It still makes our weird scholarships list because of this unusual but fair to all qualifying caveat.

Other than your support and community involvement in support of the LGBT, and the fact that you must be working towards a career as a pilot, you must also be enrolled in an accredited school in a program of study for airport management, engineering, aerospace, aerodynamics, or a related field. Unlike many other scholarship programs, you do not have to be a citizen of the United States, and you do not have to be attending a school in the United States in order to qualify.

The funds awarded by the National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA) Education Fund Scholarships cannot be used towards paying for private flying lessons, or private pilot certification. However, the funds can be used for tuition at a Government Certified Flight School.

When you apply for these weird scholarships for gay students, you must fill out the application, and provide information that documents your academic progress and achievements, your community work, any work experience that you may have, extra curricular activities that you have been involved in and of course your financial need. Any awards or honors that you have received should be included, and you will need a letter of recommendation as well.

Along with your Gay Pilots Association application you will also be required to submit two essays with your application. One of your essays must be about your career goals and objectives, and the second essay must be about your contribution to the LGBT community. Due to the large number of applications that are received, any application that does not have these two essays included will not be considered for the NGPA gay scholarships.

Examples of LGBT community service work include volunteering for an AIDS organization, the American Civil Liberties Union, or participating in other organizations that work to support the LGBT community.

If you are granted a gay college scholarship award by the NGPA, your award amount will be sent directly to your school. The numbers of awards that are given out each year, as well as award amounts, vary from year to year, but the average award amount is $3500 per gay scholarship.

Applications for the National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA) gay scholarships can be obtained through the NGPA website, and they must be submitted by March 1st of each year. Winners of these awards are announced during the summer months, with the awards being disbursed for the fall semester following the announcement of winners. If these weird scholarships for gays; but fair to all seem that it may fit into your lifestyle then this gay college scholarship is worth exploring.

Some Unusual and Weird Scholarships that are Uncommon

Receive Unusual Aviation Scholarships and Get Paid to Fly

Is the Toyota Scholarship Program a Weird Scholarship?

Related Reading

• Finding LBGT scholarships for college

Odd & Weird Scholarships

There are hundreds of scholarships available for college students today and some of them are just outright weird scholarships for odd & strange talents. You can look them up on the Internet. Perhaps you know about the more popular scholarships and it could be that those are the only ones you apply for. You may be missing out on some lost opportunities if you have some sort of weird talent.

It is good to know that there are still people in the world with a sense of humor. There are some crazy scholarships today that will make you laugh or shake your head in disbelief but it just could be that you might qualify for one of them and make you a few extra dollars towards your college education.

Let’s take the Alice McArver Ratchford Scholarship for instance. To qualify for these weird scholarships you must be a female and be enrolled at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Students have to submit their FAFSA and must make their home on campus. The applicant cannot have a car or be married and cannot have won another scholarship. The student also needs to display a financial need. If you can meet the criteria you must submit your application by March 1st of the scholarship year.

Okay, prepare yourself for this one because this is one strange scholarship. The Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contest has a crazy scholarship for you. No, I am not quacking around. Stuttgart, Arkansas in the United States is home to this duck calling oddball scholarship contest. You can be a high school senior anywhere in the USA and qualify. The only other criteria you have to meet are, well, you have to be able to call a duck. The first prize is actually something to quack about. The winner will receive a $1,500 weird college scholarship. The second place winner gets to take home a $500 scholarship, while third and forth place finishers take home $300 and $200 respectably. Stop quacking up and give it a try.

Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana offers the David Letterman Scholarship for Telecommunications. The oddball aspect about this strange scholarship is that it is not based on academic performance. Your grades do not matter. What you do have to be is creative. First of all you have to be studying telecommunications as either a major or a minor. All you have to do is submit a creative project that displays your creativity. You do have to be in the first quarter of either your junior or senior year in college. Your submitted project can be written, in audio form, a short film or on videotape. If it is creative and you win you will receive $10,000 in weird college scholarships. Second place finishers receive a $5,000 award while the third place student gets $3,333. All submissions must be turned in by March 26th of the scholarship year.

There are many more strange & crazy scholarships available. We have covered but a few here. They might sound a little weird but they are just real scholarships for college students with odd talents. The way the economy has been, money for college is hard to come by. Every little bit helps. If you can find one of these weird scholarships where your talent matches up, then it may just offer a helping hand.

Related Articles

• Are Silly Scholarships really Smart Scholarships?
• Some Unclaimed Scholarships are odd Scholarships
• Most Unusual Scholarships Grants for College
• How to Find Odd Weird Scholarships for Unusual Students
• Wacky scholarships for the weird students

Weird College Scholarships are out there if you just take the time to look for them and not be so fussy on what type of scholarship you are trying to get. Many people can be nailing down a college scholarship for some weird and unique characteristic they have, but don’t even think twice about trying to go to college on it. They become an unclaimed college scholarship because they are so unknown.

Are you good at duck calling?

Are you good at using duck tape?

Are you tall?

Do you like to skateboard?

Do you have a name that is unique and a little odd?

Do you like milk and are an athelete?

Are you excellent at predicting the future? There is an award for this!

These are some of the weird scholarships that people can get to help pay for some of your school. They are unusual and uncommon, somewhat strange when it comes to thinking about scholarships, but they exist!
Read full article at weird scholarships.