External Scholarship Opportunities

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation will award Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships to outstanding community college students who plan to enroll full-time in a baccalaureate program at an accredited college or university and begin studies in fall 2027. Each award will fund a portion of the student’s educational costs for the final two or three years of a bachelor’s degree, including tuition, room and board, books and other required fees. The award, which is last dollar funding after all institutional aid, can be as much as $55,000 per year.

To be eligible to apply for the scholarship program, a candidate must, at a minimum, meet all of the following requirements:

· Be a current student at an accredited U.S. community college or two-year institution with sophomore status as of January 1, 2027, or a recent graduate (since spring 2022)

· Plan to enroll full-time in a baccalaureate program at an accredited college or university in the fall of 2027

· Possess a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent)

· Demonstrate unmet financial need

· No previous enrollment or attendance at a four-year institution.

If you need additional information, contact Dr. Carla Cribbs, the JKCF Faculty Representative at Wallace Community College.  She may be contacted at ccribbs@wallace.edu or 334-556-2502.

T.E.A.C.H Early Childhood Alabama is a scholarship program that helps early learning professionals increase their level of education and effectiveness in the classroom by making the educational process more attainable and affordable, and by increasing their potential to earn higher wages and reduce staff turnover.

Leadership in Childcare Scholarship: If you work in a licensed or exempt from licensure child care facility