Maryann Snow Bates Scholarship
The Maryann Snow Bates Scholarship Fund provides scholarship support to residents of Brooksville, Maine, pursuing post-secondary education.
Contact: MSBE Foundation, P.O. Box 277, Brooksville, ME 04617
Gretchen Behre Music Scholarship
Established in memory of Gretchen Behre Breckwoldt in 1994, the fund provides renewable scholarship support to graduates of Mount Desert Island High School who seek to further their education in the field of music.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Gretchen Behre Music Scholarship renewal information
Edward Coles Memorial Scholarship
The Edward Coles Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Edward Coles, who died in a carriage accident while summering in Bar Harbor. This fund supports a graduating senior at Mount Desert Island High School. The recipient will be chosen by schoolmates (without regard to scholarship or athletics) based upon the following criteria: the student who is the most honorable and upright, the cleanest living, most unselfish, and most considerate of others.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Isabel Grindel Condon Scholarship
The Isabel Grindel Condon Scholarship Fund was established in 2001 to provide support to residents of Brooksville, Maine, to pursue post-secondary education. Preference will be given to students preparing for careers in education, including adults returning to school to earn teaching degrees.
Contact: MSBE Foundation, P.O. Box 277, Brooksville, ME 04617
Faye Austin Cosentino Scholarship
Faye Austin Cosentino was a Brooksville native who pursued a career as a thoughtful and innovative nurse. She developed protocols for new mothers to avoid pulmonary embolisms and initiated a review of IV procedures with the Centers for Disease Control that resulted in new standards. Faye and her fellow committee members traveled throughout the United States and to China in the 1980s to present their findings. She was the author of many technical papers and books in her area of specialty, and she was the first nurse to have a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Faye returned to Brooksville in 1990 to retire and subsequently researched and published nine books of historical interest to the town.
This scholarship in her memory supports residents of Brooksville who are pursuing post-secondary education who share a similar passion for innovation. Preference is given to students enrolled in a degree program preparing for a career in nursing or studies in history.
Contact: MSBE Foundation, P.O. Box 277, Brooksville, ME 04617
Phyllis Ames Cox Scholarship
The Phyllis Ames Cox Scholarship Fund was established in 2008 to support residents of Brooksville pursuing post-secondary education with a preference for students preparing for careers in veterinary medicine or in international relations.
Contact: MSBE Foundation, P.O. Box 277, Brooksville, ME 04617
Cushman Scholarship
The Cushman Scholarship Fund provides renewable scholarship assistance to Hancock County residents pursuing post-secondary education in the medical or Christian education fields.
Contact: Hancock County high school guidance offices or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
Cushman Scholarship application: PDF | RTF
Cushman Scholarship renewal information
Edith M. Daso and Llewellyn Barry Scholarship Trusts
Graduating students at Mt. Desert Island High School who do not reside on Mt. Desert Island are eligible to apply for these non-renewable awards. Preference is given to students ranked in the top 75% of the class. The Maine Community Foundation partners with Bar Harbor Trust Services, Trustee, in administering this scholarship. Students who received an Edith M. Daso award prior to 2010 may apply for renewal consideration.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
Edith M. Daso and Llewellyn Barry Scholarship application: PDF | RTF
Edith M. Daso Scholarship renewal information
Carolyn Hodgdon Dolliver Memorial Trust Fund Scholarship
The Carolyn Hodgdon Dolliver Memorial Scholarship Fund supports residents of Southwest Harbor or Tremont who have successfully completed four years at Mount Desert Island High School. Preference will be given to hard-working students pursuing post-secondary education in a trade or vocation.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Ruth O. Dority Fund
The Ruth O. Dority Fund provides scholarships to residents of Sedgwick pursuing post-secondary education.
Contact: George Stevens Academy or Deer Isle-Stonington High School guidance offices
Ruth O. Dority Scholarship renewal information
Stanya Dorr Scholarship
The Stanya Dorr Scholarship Fund provides scholarship assistance to residents of Steuben, Maine, who are graduating seniors at Sumner Memorial High School pursuing post-secondary education.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Downeast Scholarship Fund
The Downeast Scholarship Fund, a collaboration of The Boston Foundation and the Maine Community Foundation, has made a ten-year commitment to support students who are prepared for the challenge of furthering their education beyond high school by awarding renewable scholarships that will meet a major portion of their financial need. During the early stages of the fund, there will be a minimum of 10 new scholarships awarded annually.
Eligible applicants are graduating seniors at high schools in Washington County and Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan pursuing post-secondary education in a degree program at the University of Maine at Orono, University of Maine at Machias, Maine Maritime Academy, or Washington County Community College. Students attending Hancock County Technical Center, St. Croix Regional Technical Center and Coastal Washington County Institute of Technology are eligible if they graduate from one of the high schools above or from their technical school. Applicants must be enrolled full-time (minimum of 12 credits per semester). Recipients who successfully complete a two-year degree program at WCCC and plan to pursue an undergraduate degree at UMO, UMM or Maine Maritime Academy and meet all other requirements of the scholarship may apply for renewal consideration.
Contact: High school guidance offices or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: April 15
Downeast Scholarship Fund application: PDF | RTF
Dick and Lucky Dyer Scholarship
The Dick and Lucky Dyer Scholarship Fund supports residents of Franklin, Maine, pursuing post-secondary education, including vocational education.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Margaret Harriman Dyer Scholarship
The Margaret Harriman Dyer Scholarship provides support to Mount Desert Island High School graduates seeking to further their education in music. Preference is given to qualified students from Bar Harbor.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Ross Irwin Eckenroad Scholarship
The Ross Irwin Eckenroad Scholarship Fund provides scholarship assistance to graduates of Sumner Memorial High School. Established by the friends, family and the estate of Ross Eckenroad in 1993, this scholarship memorializes the energy and enthusiasm of a young man who was a 1986 graduate of Sumner Memorial High School.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Ellen H. Emery Scholarship Fund
The Ellen H. Emery Scholarship Fund supports a graduating senior at Mt. Desert Island High School pursuing post-secondary education at a Catholic college or university in the United States. The recipient does not need to be a member of the Catholic faith. Eligible applicants are self-aware, hard-working students with clear goals who demonstrate financial need and the academic potential to succeed in college. Their extra-curricular and/or community activities should demonstrate their sincere empathy for others.
Contact: Mt. Desert Island High School guidance office
Margaret B. & Mary E. Franklin Scholarship
The Franklin Scholarship Fund was established in 1992 to provide scholarship support to graduates of Ellsworth High School who seek a degree in education, preferably elementary education, from the University of Maine at Farmington. If there are no eligible students in any given year, the scholarship may be awarded to a graduating senior pursuing the required course of study at the University of Maine, Orono.
Contact: Ellsworth High School guidance office
Margaret B. & Mary E. Franklin Scholarship renewal information
Friends of the Ellsworth Center Scholarship
The purpose of the fund is to provide scholarship assistance to adult learners registered through the Hancock County Higher Education Center.
Contact: The student services coordinator at the Hancock County Higher Education Center, Ellsworth
Arthur George Goodrich Scholarship
Established by Winifred L. Goodrich of Bar Harbor in memory of her husband, this trust awards non-renewable scholarships to graduating students of Mount Desert Island High School who are residents of Mount Desert Island, would benefit from additional education, and are in need of financial support. The Maine Community Foundation partners with Bar Harbor Trust Services, Trustee, in administering this scholarship. There is no application for this award. Recipients will be selected annually from the pool of eligible graduating seniors.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
Stephen P. Grindle Scholarship
Stephen's family and friends established the Stephen P. Grindle Scholarship Fund in honor of his generosity of spirit, which extended far into the Seal Harbor community. The fund provides scholarship assistance to graduating seniors at Mount Desert Island High School who have resided in Seal Harbor, Maine, for at least one year, to attend post-secondary college or technical school.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Clifton & Martha A. Hale Scholarship
The Hale Scholarship Fund was founded in 1986 to provide scholarship support to residents of Sorrento and Sullivan, Maine, who are graduating seniors or recent graduates of Sumner Memorial High School and are enrolled in an accredited college, university, or community college.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office.
Doris K. Harding Scholarship
The Doris K. Harding Scholarship Fund provides support to graduating high school seniors at Mount Desert Island High School who are pursuing studies in health professions, with a strong preference for nursing.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Allen C. & Leurene F. Hodgkins Scholarship Fund
The Allen C. & Leurene F. Hodgkins Scholarship Fund provides renewable scholarship support for residents of Lamoine who are graduating high school seniors or who have graduated from high school within the previous five years, to pursue post-secondary education. Recipients will be chosen based on evidence of academic achievement and financial need.
Contact: Contact: Lamoine Town Hall (207-667-2242)
Application Deadline: June 1
Allen C. and Leurene F. Hodgkins Scholarship Application: PDF | RTF
Iveney Scholarship
The Iveney Scholarship Fund supports graduating seniors at Mount Desert Island High School seeking post-secondary or technical education. Preference will be given to applicants who are residents of the Town of Mount Desert.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Donald A. and Maxine W. Jordan Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Donald A. and Maxine W. Jordan Memorial Scholarship Fund supports graduates of Ellsworth High School pursuing post-secondary education at an accredited college, university, or technical school in the United States. Eligible applicants are gifted students who show a marked interest in obtaining an education beyond high school and who have a real and persistent desire to do so.
Contact: Ellsworth High School guidance office
Ralph & Edith Leland Scholarship
The Ralph and Edith Leland Scholarship Fund supports graduating seniors at Mount Desert Island High School who are residents of Trenton planning to attend a two-year community college or four-year college or university. Preference will be given to applicants with the greatest financial need who contribute to their school or community through volunteer work or school leadership and who have demonstrated a diligent and industrious approach to school.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Hattie A. and Fred C. Lynam Scholarship
In 1943, Fred C. Lynam, Bar Harbor Banking and Trust's first vice president--and later, treasurer and president--established a trust under his Will "they may consider particularly beneficial to and advantageous for the people of Mount Desert Island." In 1949 at the discretion of the Board of Directors, they decided to use these charitable funds to award scholarships. These renewable awards are restricted to graduates of Mount Desert Island High School who are residents of Mount Desert Island. Recipients must reapply each year. The Maine Community Foundation partners with Bar Harbor Trust Services in administering this scholarship.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
Hattie A. and Fred C. Lynam Scholarship application: PDF | RTF
Hattie A. and Fred C. Lynam Scholarship renewal information
Corey C. Nuss Memorial Scholarship
Corey’s family and friends established the Corey C. Nuss Scholarship Fund in January 1998 in memory of Corey, a senior at Ellsworth High School who died in a tragic automobile accident. The fund will provide assistance to graduating seniors of Ellsworth High School who are pursuing degrees at accredited colleges or universities.
Contact: Ellsworth High School guidance office
Lee Patterson Scholarship for Classical Voice Training
Lee Patterson established this scholarship in 2001 for classical voice training (opera, operettas, and art song literature composed between 1600 and 1920). Recipients will agree to sing with the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine during the term of their scholarship. Minimum age to apply is 14. Preference will be given to residents of Hancock and Washington Counties.
Contact: Lee Patterson, Box 200, Mount Desert, ME 04660
Application Deadline: March 15
Harry F. Pinkham Scholarship
The Harry F. Pinkham scholarship provides assistance to a graduating senior from Narraguagus High School and Sumner High School (who is a resident of Steuben) to enroll in a technical or trade program at a post-secondary college.
Contact: Narraguagus and Sumner High School guidance offices
Point Harbor Scholarship
The Point Harbor Scholarship Fund was established in 1985 by Dr. Leslie and Mary Hotson who spent many summer holidays in Sorrento (originally known as Point Harbor). Dr. Hotson received a scholarship to attend Harvard College, an experience which greatly helped him to become one of the world’s best-known Shakespearean scholars. Remembering that lifelong advantage and in appreciation of their warm friendships in Maine, Dr. and Mrs. Hotson established the Point Harbor Scholarship Fund to support outstanding graduates of Sumner Memorial High School attending private liberal arts colleges or universities of national stature.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Point Harbor Scholarship renewal information
Prospect Harbor Woman's Club Scholarship
The Prospect Harbor Woman's Club disbanded in 2007. Using their remaining assets, they established this fund to permanently endow the scholarship the club had offered in the past. The Prospect Harbor Woman's Club Scholarship Fund provides assistance to residents of Gouldsboro, Maine, pursuing post-secondary education at a two- or four-year college or university.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Robert F. Rich Scholarship
The Robert F. Rich Scholarship Fund supports graduating seniors of Mount Desert Island High School who wish to pursue advancement in the maritime or shipbuilding trades. If there are no eligible applicants , the purpose may be broadened to include students attending technical programs at a post-secondary institution.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Jack and Louise Saum Scholarship
Jack and Louise Saum were unable to go to college because their families didn’t have the resources to send them, and their wages were needed at home. They always regretted this and made sure their own children had that opportunity. This award is made to honor their belief in the importance of education. This fund supports graduating seniors at Bucksport High School who are pursuing post-secondary education in a two- or four-year program within the University of Maine System.
Contact: Bucksport High School guidance office
Henry L.P. Schmelzer College Transitions Scholarship Fund
Throughout his tenure as President and CEO of the Maine Community Foundation, Hank Schmelzer was a consistent advocate for the importance of higher education in Maine and helped to launch the Maine Compact for Higher Education in 2003. At his retirement in December 2008, generous donors recognized Hank’s leadership by establishing the Henry L.P. Schmelzer College Transitions Scholarship Fund to support the post-secondary aspirations of Maine adults returning to school.
This fund supports adult learners who have successfully completed the Onward program and have matriculated into the University of Maine, Orono. Consideration may also be given to students who have successfully completed at least one year of the Onward Program but who have yet to matriculate into the University of Maine, Orono. Preference will be given to residents of (in priority order) Hancock County, Washington County, and statewide. There is no application for this scholarship. Recipients will be chosen annually from the pool of eligible Onward Program students.
Contact: College Success Programs at UMaine or Maine Community Foundation
Blaisdell Schulz Scholarship
The Blaisdell Schulz Scholarship Fund provides scholarship assistance to Sumner Memorial High School graduates who are residents of Franklin, Maine, pursuing post-secondary education.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Percy D. and Jean Young Smith Health Care Scholarship
The Percy D. and Jean Young Smith Health Care Scholarship Fund was established in 2008 to provide scholarship assistance to a graduating senior at Bucksport High School who is pursuing post-secondary education in the health care field, with a preference for nursing.
Contact: Bucksport High School guidance office
Spurling Scholarship
The Spurling Scholarship Fund was established in 1984 to provide renewable scholarship support to residents of the Cranberry Isles; Frenchboro, Long Island; Swans Island; and Mount Desert Island pursuing post-secondary education at a college, community college, or vocational training program. Preference will be given to applicants from unbridged islands with the greatest financial need.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 15
Spurling Scholarship application: PDF | RTF
Emily Trussell Stupak Scholarship
The Stupak Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors from high schools in the Penobscot Valley Conference who are furthering their education at an accredited college or university. Scholarship awards will be based on a demonstrated, passionate dedication to and excellence in a chosen athletic pursuit that the student plans to continue at the college level.
Contact: High school guidance offices or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
Emily Trussell Stupak Scholarship application: PDF | RTF
Sumner Memorial High School Scholarship
The Sumner Memorial High School Scholarship Fund was founded in 1989 to provide scholarship support to graduating seniors and/or alumni of Sumner Memorial High School enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Swans Island Education Achievement Trust
The Swans Island Education Achievement Trust Fund will provide scholarship assistance to residents of Swans Island, Maine, pursuing education at a post-secondary institution. Awards will be based upon scholarship, achievement, service to the community, and financial need, and may be renewable for a maximum of four years based upon the continued performance and need of the student.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
Swans Island Education Achievement Trust scholarship application: PDF | RTF
Swans Island Education Achievement Trust scholarship renewal information
Oscar Thurston Memorial Scholarship
This fund honors the memory of Oscar Thurston, who believed strongly in the value of education and its ability to give young men practical skills to support themselves. The Oscar Thurston Memorial Scholarship Fund provides assistance to young men who are graduates of Mount Desert Island High School, seeking post-secondary vocational or technical education. Preference is given to residents of Tremont.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Adam Vickerson Scholarship
Adam Vickerson was an avid fan of the Maine Black Bears hockey team and the Boston Red Sox. He loved history and collected stamps. His proudest accomplishment was achieving the rank of Eagle Scout in 1990, an especially challenging goal for Adam as he was afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis. This fund celebrates Adam's zest for life and his determination to always do his best. It supports graduating seniors at Deer Isle-Stonington High School who are pursuing post-secondary education.
Contact: Deer-Isle Stonington High School guidance office
Herbert Wardle, Jr. Scholarship
This renewable scholarship supports graduates of Mount Desert Island High School pursuing post-secondary education in horticulture, landscape horticulture, botany, plant science & horticulture, landscape design, forestry, agriculture or a related field. Mr. Wardle was an orchid enthusiast, and the committee would be delighted to receive an application from a student who shares this passion!
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Herb Watson Scholarship
The many friends and students of Herb Watson, who served as gym teacher, coach and athletic director at Mount Desert Elementary School from 1968-2001, established this fund in the spring of 2001. The fund supports participation in winter sports activities by Mount Desert Elementary School students and awards summer camp scholarships, particularly athletic camp scholarships, to deserving boys and girls residing in the Town of Mount Desert.
Contact: Mount Desert Elementary School
Women's Club of Northeast Harbor Scholarship
The Women’s Club of Northeast Harbor Scholarship Fund provides scholarship support to a graduating senior from Mount Desert Island High School who is a resident of the Town of Mount Desert.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Shayne Worcester Memorial Scholarship
This fund was established in 2001 by the family and friends of Shayne Conley Worcester, a compassionate and gifted writer, filmmaker, poet, musician, and athlete. The fund supports a graduating senior at Mount Desert Island High school pursuing post-secondary education who has demonstrated the most improvement in track and field and who has inspired others by his/her dedication and achievement.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Alice Blum Yoakum Scholarship
The Alice Blum Yoakum Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 to provide scholarship support to undergraduate students at College of the Atlantic who plan to actively work for biodiversity and especially for the preservation of underwater species in various parts of the world.
Contact: College of the Atlantic financial aid office