This page shares information and links about opportunities that the Department is aware of regarding external scholarships and award opportunities for High School Seniors–students apply to these opportunities directly.

If you receive an external award, we'd love to hear about it and celebrate your accomplishment – please email: awesome@cs.illinois.edu

Title (Link)	Institution/Sponsor	Deadline	Who	Award
ACM/CSTA Culter-Bell Prize	CSteachers.org	Applications open late 2020	Eligible applicants for the award will include graduating high school seniors residing and attending school in the US. Challenges for the award will focus on developing an artifact that engages modern computing technology and computer science. Judges will look for submissions that demonstrate ingenuity, complexity, relevancy, originality, and a desire to further computer science as a discipline.	Four $10,000 prize
Dell Scholars	Michael & Susan Dell Foundation	12/1/20	U.S. citizens or permanent residents graduating from high school and planning on college. 2.4+ GPA, financial need, participation in an approved college-readiness program during grades 11 and 12.	Support for tuition, fees, books, a laptop, room & board.
CIA Undergraduate Scholarship	Central Intelligence Agency	Application Window: 3/2/2021 - 7/7/2020	High School Seniors, College Sophomores, U.S. Citizens, 3.0+ GPA, commitment to work for the CIA, financial need.	Salary + up to $18,000 per year for tuition and fees.
WiseGeek's Asian American/Pacific Islander Scholarship	WiseGeek	8/1/2021	Current undergraduate OR high school senior Asian American/Pacific Islander student. Must be a US Citizen or permanent legal resident. All GPAs and majors are encouraged to apply.	$750

We will update the page as we become award of new opportunities.

If you have a listing you'd like us to add, or have questions about this page, please email Michelle Wellens.

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