Scholarships

Community Colleges of New Hampshire Foundation

For information on scholarships provided through the Foundation select Foundation Scholarships on the left hand side of their website.

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

For information on scholarships provided through the Charitable Foundation select Grants & Scholarships from the top of their website.

Early Childhood Education Tuition Assistance

The Community College System of New Hampshire, in partnership with the Division for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), is able to provide tuition assistance to eligible individuals.  Persons who are eligible must be:

• Currently employed, at least part-time, in a NH-licensed (or license-exempt) early childhood program, or a licensed family child care program,
• and must be taking early childhood courses through CCSNH.
• NH residents are eligible for full awards, while out of state students are only eligible for partial awards.

These funds are not intended for employees of private or public school systems.  For information on this scholarship, from CCSNH home page select Financial Aid and then Early Childhood Ed.

Early Childhood Education Tuition Assistance FCESS

In order to be eligible for an ECE Tuition Assistance FCESS award you must be either:

A Parent or Legal Guardian of a child currently enrolled in a NH Family Centered Early Supports and Services Program or An Employee (full or part time) of a NH Family Centered Early Supports and Services Agency (FCESS).  For information on this scholarship, from CCSNH home page select Financial Aid and then FCESS.

Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker Financial Assistance Program

The Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker Program is a program run by Nashua Community College to assist financially disadvantaged single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women with the cost of attending our college in preparation for high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations in current or emerging professions. Further information and the application are available here.

Agnes M. Lindsay Trust Scholarship

This scholarship is for matriculated students with demonstrated financial need who are permanent residents of towns with fewer than 15,000 inhabitants in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts or Maine.  Students must be enrolled for the fall of 2010, FAFSA filed, and the financial aid process completed.  Click here for an application.

NASA/PSNH Scholarship

This scholarship is for full or part-time students who are enrolled in associate degree or certificate programs in Aviation Technology, Energy Services Technology, Electronics Technology, Geographic Information Systems, Math or Science Teacher Education.  Mechanical Engineering Technology, Mobile Equipment Technology and who have a demonstrated interest in pursuing further education or a career in fields of interest to NASA and PSNH.  This program is made possible through the New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium.  Click here for an application.

New Hampshire Student Service Leadership Corps

The NH Student Service Leadership Corps at Nashua Community College offers opportunities for students to make substantial contributions to serve his/her community and college through service and leadership. For completing 300 hours of service per academic year, the Corps member will earn an educational voucher and small stipend. For program application and information about the NH Student Service Leadership Corps, please call the Service Learning Coordinator at (603) 578-8909.

New Hampshire Transfer Connections Scholarship

The top (up to) five NHTC applicants to KSC, PSU, UNH, GSC, and the top applicant at UNH-M will each be designated a "NH Transfer Connections Scholar" and will be awarded a $1,000 merit scholarship to be renewed annually for a maximum of three years provided the student attains a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 by the end of the first year of baccalaureate study and retains that minimum GPA for each succeeding semester.  The scholarship will terminate when the NHTC Scholar earns a bachelor's degree, leaves the institution awarding the scholarship, or has received the scholarship for six semesters, whichever occurs first.  For the purpose of these awards UNH and UNH-M are considered separate institutions, so the scholarship is not transportable from Durham to Manchester or vice versa.  These scholarships will be a discount to the annual tuition rate and will apply only for those students who maintain full time status in their baccalaureate study.

Orphans of Veterans Scholarship

Residents of New Hampshire whose veteran parent died as a result of active service in the armed services of the United States, or whose parent has since died from a service-connected disability may be eligible for this scholarship.  For more information, contact the Post Secondary Education Commission at (603) 271-2555.  Application is available at the NH Postsecondary Education Commission website under Financial Aid.

Valedictorian Scholarship Program

Effective August 2011, a one year tuition only scholarship up to a maximum of 32 credits will be awarded to designated New Hampshire high school valedictorians, based on a cumulative grade point average, from a New Hampshire NEASC accredited institution.  The one year will be defined as the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters, with a start date of any of the three and applied only within the one year from the time of first semester of matriculation.  The recipient must enroll as a matriculated student in a CCSNH college within 15 months from the time of secondary school graduation.  The scholarship may be applied to tuition costs only at the student's college of matriculation.  For more information, please contact the Admissions Office at (603) 578-8908.

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This list is not a recommendation and is to be used at the student's discretion.