The National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) Líderes Initiative is a national program designed to create opportunities for Latino youth that will elevate their influence as leaders in the United States.

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HACU National Scholarships
Application deadline - Dec 30, 2013
state: National  type: Scholarships
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is accepting online applications for its Scholarship Program until Friday, June 10, 2011. More than $100,000 will be awarded to eligible students.

Students must meet the following criteria:
• Enrolled at a HACU-member college or university in the U.S. or Puerto Rico at the time applications are completed and scholarships awarded.
• Demonstrate financial need and be eligible for Federal Financial Aid (student must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident).
• Meet criteria for specific scholarships to which they are applying.
CHCI Scholarship
Application deadline - Dec 30, 2013
state: National  type: Scholarships

CHCI Scholarship Program Description
CHCI's scholarship opportunities are afforded to Latino students in the United States who have a history of performing public service oriented activities in their communities and who demonstrate a desire to continue their civic engagement in the future. There is no GPA or academic major requirement. Students with excellent leadership potential are encouraged to apply.

HSF General College Scholarship
Application deadline - Dec 30, 2013
state: National  type: Scholarships

HSF/ General College Scholarships are designed to assist students of Hispanic heritage obtain a college degree.

Jack Kent Cooke: Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships
Application deadline - Dec 30, 2013
state: National  type: Scholarships

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship honors excellence by supporting outstanding community college students with financial need to transfer to and complete their bachelor’s degrees at the nation’s top four-year colleges and universities.

The Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship
Application deadline - Dec 30, 2013
state: National  type: Scholarships

Scholarship Award
Through its Education and Leadership Development Program, the Jackie Robinson Foundation provides scholarships of up to $7,500 annually to minority high school students showing leadership potential and demonstrating financial need to attend an accredited 4-year college or university of their choice.

Google Scholarship Program
Application deadline - Jul 01, 2013
state: National  type: Scholarships

The Google Scholarship Program offers funds to students studying computer science or computer engineering who are juniors or seniors in college, or pursuing a Master's or PhD.  Selected scholars will be invited to an all-expenses paid trip to the Google Headquarters in California in the summer of 2012.

CALIFORNIA MINORITY YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
Application deadline - Dec 30, 2013
state: California  type: Other

The Institute is an intensive, science-based, residential, and highly educational 6 day long environmental education and environmental career program to be held August 5—10, 2012 at a variety of national and state parks; wildlife refuges; national forests; and other environmental sites in the Ventura, CA area (located about 55 miles north of Los Angeles). The Institute utilizes an Environmental STEM curriculum that teaches students using high-tech, professional-grade environmental science equipment.

The HACU National Internship Program (HNIP)
Application deadline - Jul 30, 2013
state: National  type: Internships

Since 1992 the HACU National Internship Program (HNIP) has recruited college students for paid summer- and semester-long internships at federal agencies and private corporations in Washington, D.C. and throughout the country. These ten and fifteen-week internship programs give college students direct experience in a diverse array of careers in the federal and corporate sectors.

HNIP has placed over 9,000 college students in rewarding and challenging internships matching their majors and career goals. Interns have enhanced their professional skills through placements in departments of public affairs, accounting, human resources and information technology, as well as laboratories, hospitals, airports, and national forests and parks, among others. Some intern assignments have included completing and analyzing research, writing speeches, conducting audits, performing land surveys, creating web pages, conducting community health surveys and developing outreach strategies for under-served populations.

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