Timeline
- Application Season: November 1, 2025 - January 20, 2026
- Notification: April 10, 2026
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Opportunities
View the guidelines for our current opportunities here! Opportunities range from $250 to $20,000. Opportunities allow scholars to use funds for tuition, and many also allow scholars to receive funds directly and use for other educational expenses such as books, computers, and living expenses. They include the:
- Begelman Scholarship
- Cesar Pie Cyber Defender Scholarship
- Elise M. Lavidor Book Award
- Gilles Driesman Scholarship
- James Cafritz Scholarship
- Janet Carroll Merit Scholarship
- Joy Odom Mathematics Scholarship
- Paul Vance Scholarship
- Ruth & Norman Rales–Patricia Baier O’Neill Scholarship Recognizing Academic Excellence
- Wilma Watkins Ulmer Memorial Scholarship
Current & Past Scholars
If you are a current or past scholar, visit your MCPSEF Student Scholarships & Awards Dashboard for key information and forms.
Congratulations to MCPSEF Scholars!
In 2025, MCPSEF awarded nearly 200 scholarships, totaling $2M.
MCPSEF recognized the following Class of 2025 scholarships and awards:
- Business Management & Finance Cluster Scholarship
- Cesar Pie Cyber Defender Scholarship
- Dr. Frieda K. Lacey Distinguished African American Scholarship
- Elise M. Lavidor Book Award
- Gilles Driesman Scholarship
- Hazel M. Bratt Language Scholarship
- James Brawley Award for Excellence in Chemistry
- Joseph D. Byrd Scholarship
- Laureen O'Neill Robbins Memorial Award
- League of Educators for Asian American Progress Scholarship
- Ledyard Marsh Scholarship
- Paul Vance Scholarship
- Ruth & Norman Rales–Patricia Baier O’Neill Scholarship Recognizing Academic Excellence
- Wilma Watkins Ulmer Memorial Scholarship
Class of 2025 MCPS Educational Foundation Scholars
MCPSEF recognized the following Class of 2024 scholarships and awards:
- Cesar Pie Cyber Defender Scholarship
- Elise M. Lavidor Book Award
- Frieda K. Lacey Scholarship
- Gilles Driesman Scholarship
- Hazel M. Bratt Language Scholarship
- James Brawley Memorial Award
- Joseph D. Byrd Scholarship
- Joy Odom Mathematics Scholarship
- Lamphier-Castelli New American Dream for the Future Scholarship
- Laureen O’Neill Robbins Memorial Award
- League of Educators for Asian American Progress Scholarship
- Ledyard Bruce Marsh Scholarship
- Pamela Bryant-Roland G. Hollins Scholarship
- Dr. Paul L. Vance Scholarship
- Dr. Paul L. Vance Scholarship for Future MCPS Educators
- Roger M. Smith Scholarship
- Ruth & Norman Rales - Patricia Baier O'Neill Scholarship Recognizing Academic Excellence
- Wilma Watkins Ulmer Memorial Scholarship
Class of 2024 MCPS Educational Foundation Scholars
MCPSEF recognized the following Class of 2023 scholarships and awards:
- Elise M. Lavidor Book Award
- Frieda K. Lacey Scholarship
- Hazel M. Bratt Language Scholarship
- James Brawley Memorial Award
- Joseph D. Byrd Scholarship
- Joy Odom Mathematics Scholarship
- Laureen O’Neill Robbins Memorial Award
- League of Educators for Asian American Progress Scholarship
- Ledyard Bruce Marsh Scholarship
- Pamela Bryant-Roland G. Hollins Scholarship
- Dr. Paul L. Vance Scholarship
- Ripple of Kindness Scholarship
- Roger M. Smith Scholarship
- Ruth & Norman Rales - Patricia Baier O'Neill Scholarship Recognizing Academic Excellence
- Wilma Watkins Ulmer Memorial Scholarship
Class of 2023 MCPS Educational Foundation Scholars