Education Portal offers a "Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Degrees --- Undergraduate Academic Award" in the amount of $500 to students who are planning to pursue either an associate's or bachelor's degree in fields related to criminal justice (law enforcement, forensic psychology, corrections, computer forensics or other related fields). One $500 scholarship is given out per year, and while financial need is not a factor in the selection process, applicants will be judged on the quality and diversity of their extracurricular activities. All applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security offers a number of scholarships for students pursuing a course of study in criminal justice or related research. The number and monetary amounts of each award vary from year to year; however, a total of 30 awards were bestowed in 2009 to both graduate and undergraduate applicants. Student focusing on 17 research areas of interest to DHS will be given priority in the selection process. A full list of these 17 areas of research are listed on the DHS website.
The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences offers two scholarship programs for criminal justice students. The first program of interest is The William L. Simon/Anderson Publishing Outstanding Student Paper Award, awarded to students presenting a criminal justice paper at an ACJS meeting. In addition, the organization offers the Minorities and Women Section Esther Madriz Student Travel Awards, targeted towards providing funding for masters-level criminal justice students to travel and speak at an ACJS conference. Finally, two ACJS Student Scholarship Awards are awarded each year: one to a PhD candidate and the other to a student seeking a masters degree,
The University of Louisiana at Monroe offers a total of 10 criminal justice scholarships and assistantships as well as a number of graduate fellowships. Among the scholarships are the Buddy Henderson Memorial Scholarship in Criminal Justice, a fund created in memory of a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officer who died in the line of duty. Another scholarship at ULM is the Kinsey Memorial Scholarship in Criminal Justice, which awards scholarships to students that vary from year to year depending on the interest earned by the endowment.
Created to honor an Akron, Ohio, police officer, the David E. Whitmire Scholarship Fund is available to college juniors, seniors and graduate students majoring in criminal justice, criminology or police administration. Applicants must be U.S. citizens with at least a 3.5 GPA and may be attending school full-time or part-time. One award is given per year in the amount of $500. The application is available online and must be mailed along with transcripts and a copy of your resume.