Bronx Design & Construction Academy

Upcoming Events and Deadlines

• National High School Essay Contest

  Details

  The winner receives $2,500, a trip to Washington, D.C., to meet a member of the State Department's Leadership and a full scholarship for a Semester at Sea educational voyage. The runner-up receives $1,250 and a full scholarship to attend the International Diplomacy Program of the National Student Leadership Conference.

  Eligibility

  Students whose parents are not in the Foreign Service are eligible to participate if they are in grades nine through twelve in any of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. territories, or if they are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent attending high school overseas. Students may be attending a public, private, or parochial school. Entries from home-schooled students are also accepted. Previous first-place winners and immediate relatives of directors or staff of the AFSA, the U.S. Institute of Peace, Semester at Sea and National Student Leadership Conference are not eligible to participate. Previous honorable mention designees are eligible to enter.

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 3, 2023.

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• Project Yellow Radio Scholarship

  Details

  Project Yellow Light/Hunter Garner Scholarship is a scholarship competition designed to bring about change. As an applicant you have one clear mission: encourage your peers to develop and embrace safe driving habits.

  Eligibility

  Here’s what we’re looking for: A video, billboard design or radio spot created to motivate, persuade and encourage your peers to not drive distracted. You have a unique opportunity to play a key role in spreading this important message. You can speak to your peers on this subject in a way that adults cannot. The more lives you can impact, the more lives you can save.

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by April 1st, 2023.

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• Becca’s Closet Scholarships

  Details

  The purpose of this need-based scholarship is to encourage students who have demonstrated outstanding community service during high school to continue their efforts throughout their lives and to inspire others to do the same.

  Eligibility

  • Graduating high school senior anywhere in the United States
  • Minimum 2.0 unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale
  • Demonstrated financial need – all pages of FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR) required (www.fafsa.gov)
  • Have made an outstanding, documented contribution to his or her local community through service to his/her local community through volunteer service of any kind.
  • Will attend a regionally-accredited 2 or 4-year college/university or technical/vocational institution in fall after senior year
  • US Citizen, legal resident

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by  March 31, 2023.

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• Automotive Aftermarket Scholarship

  Details

  Open to students enrolled or planning to enroll as a full-time student in a two or four-year college or an ASE/NATEF certified post-secondary automotive, collision repair, or heavy-duty program.

  Eligibility

  • Full time students at an accredited U.S. college or university or an ASE/NATEF Certified post-secondary automotive, heavy duty, or collision repair school
  • Graduating high school seniors planning to be full time students at any of the above
  • No GPA requirement

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by  March 31, 2023.

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• Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition

  Details

  Student Scholarships totaling $15,500 are available to the winning entries in the following amounts:
  $5,000    First Place
  $4,000    Second Place
  $3,000    Third Place
  $3,500    Sustainable Design Award

  Eligibility

  This is open to currently enrolled high school, college/university, technical school, and graduate school students who are studying design, engineering, architecture, or related fields. Applicant must enter their unique and original design that shows off their talent, ingenuity and creativity by designing components, systems, products, or product assemblies that feature aluminum extrusions.

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by  March 27th, 2023.

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• The Faye B. Bryant Scholarship

  Details

  One $8,000 scholarship will be awarded in $2,000 increments paid for the first four years of college if a 3.0 minimum GPA is maintained each academic year and the student majors in education and attends an HBCU.  Payment of scholarship awards shall be made payable to the recipient and the institution where the recipient has provided proof of enrollment. The scholarship funds may be used for tuition, books, supplies and other fees. The recipient must also be a full-time student. 

  Eligibility

  The Faye B. Bryant scholarship will be awarded to a 2023 graduating high school senior who will enroll for the first time in a four-year U.S. located accredited historically black college or university (HBCU) and major in education.  The Scholarship award is based on three criteria: Academic Achievement, Leadership and Community Service.  

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by April 30, 2023.

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  • 2023 Faye B Bryant Scholarship Brochure.pdf

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• Parle Endeavors ALTA Grant

  Details

  They will provide 4 scholarships valued at $2,500 each, and 4 grants valued at $2,500 each, to high school students.  Winners will also be partnered with a mentor/advisor to help support them through the upcoming year of their journey

  Eligibility

  (1) high school juniors or seniors attending a school in New York State

  (2) want to pursue a career in media, communications, journalism, business, or a closely related field

  (3) have a business idea, start-up, related to those fields

  (4) launched within the last year or planning to launch by June 2024. 

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by  Friday May 26th, 2023.  Winners will be announced in June 2023.

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• Parle Endeavors Scholarship

  Details

  They will provide 4 scholarships valued at $2,500 each, and 4 grants valued at $2,500 each, to high school students.  Winners will also be partnered with a mentor/advisor to help support them through the upcoming year of their journey

  Eligibility

  (1) attending a high school in New York State

  (2) on track to graduate high school in June or August of 2023

  (3) planning on attending a 2 or 4-year post-secondary program

  (4) pursuing a degree and a career in media, communications, journalism, business, or a closely related field.

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by  Friday May 26th, 2023.  Winners will be announced in June 2023.

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• Center for Architecture's Walter A. Hunt Jr. Scholarship

  Details

  Single award in the amount of $10,000 per year for two years. After recipients complete their first year, they will submit a transcript, a recommendation from a professor, and a reflection of the year to the committee for the second year disbursement.

  Recipients also have the opportunity to be mentored by a committee of Walter A. Hunt’s colleagues to bolster their education and career in architecture if they so choose.

  Eligibility

  Applicants must be current New York City public high school seniors who have been accepted to a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture program at a NAAB-accredited School of Architecture in the U.S. Students at NYC Charter High Schools are eligible. Students at private, parochial or other schools where tuition is charged are not eligible. Applicants must provide a digital copy of their final graduation high school transcript in order to accept the award.

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by May 26, 2023.

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• NMAC HBCU 2023 Scholarship

  Details

  The North American Manhattan Alumnae Chapter Scholarship was established to help African American women in need of financial assistance, peruse a degree-granting program directly from high school. This is a four-year scholarship of up to $2,000.00 per year.

  Eligibility

  limited to student attending a public high school in Upper Manhattan with a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 or better. Additionally, you must be a current high school senior expected to graduate in June 2023.

  Deadline

  Application and material must be submitted by April 22, 2023.

  Application Link + More Information

  • 2023 NMAC Scholarship Letter.pdf

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