Public high school seniors who: - Plan to prepare for a teaching career - Plan to attend a college of the State University of New York for a baccalaureate degree in education -OR- - plan to attend a two year community college before transferring to a baccalaureate degree program in education at a college of the State University of New York - Have not accepted scholarship(s) exceeding the monetary value of $16,000. Each high school may select two candidates.

Applicants should be Latinas who are graduating high school seniors and will be entering a CUNY 4-year university as a freshman student. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Minimum high school GPA of 3.0.. 4 year commitment to participate in program while attending CUNY University and to attend 3 annual workshops. Community participation.

For New York City high school seniors attending a public, parochial or private high school in New York City. Must demonstrate academic achievement, a commitment to learning?especially in the face of financial and other obstacles?and community service.

* Applicants must be children of law enforcement officers or firefighters who died in the line of duty. * Awards are based on scholastic and other achievements. * Applicants must have grown up or currently reside and attend school, preferably, in the metro New York area or New York State. * Candidate must show evidence of enrollment or acceptance in an appropriate degree or certificate program for the current or following academic year before receiving the award. * Candidate must show evidence that he/she is the child of a law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty.

# Be legal residents of New York State for at least one year. # Be U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens. # Be registered nurses professionally licensed to work in New York State. # Enroll in a master's degree in nursing or a doctoral degree program that will qualify them as nursing faculty or adjunct clinical faculty in the state of New York # Complete and return a service agreement in which they agree to practice as nursing faculty in New York State for four years.

Open to non-traditional students ages 21 or older who are either starting college for the first time or who are returning to study after an interruption. Must be planning to pursue full-time studies (12 credit hours) for at least two consecutive semesters. Must enroll in a regional college. Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA during first year as a grant recipient. Must reside in one of the following New York counties: AuSable Valley, Crown Point, Elizabethtown-Lewis, Indian Lake, Lewis, Keene, Lake Placid, Long Lake, Minerva, Moriah, Newcomb, Saranac, Saranac Lake, Schroon Lake, St. Regis Falls, Ticonderoga, Tupper Lake, Westport, Willsboro or in the "northeastern part" of Adirondack Park.

Open to African-American males. Must be born in the U.S. and reside in the tri-county area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Applicants must be unmarried and between the ages of sixteen (16), through twenty-five (25) years old. Applicants must choose a major in the following field: education, business, law, medicine, architecture, engineering and creative arts.

For physically challenged students pursuing academic study or vocational training leading to independent living. Must attend college in New York Metropolitan area.

Open to undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in pursuing newspaper journalism as a career. Must be from Tri-Lakes or Watertown communities to apply. Must have proven ability to handle college-level course work and tangible interest in journalism. Repayment of scholarship funds encouraged but not necessary.

The purpose of this scholarship is to assist graduating high school students whose lives have been affected by breast cancer. Must be high school senior with plans to attend an accredited college, university or trade school. Must be a New York resident in one of the following counties: Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester or Ulster. Must be a high school student who will graduate by June in the year the scholarship is given.