Llewellyn Barry Educational Fund
Established in 1938 under the Will of Llewellyn Barry, a former resident of Philadelphia who later resided permanently in Bar Harbor, this scholarship is traditionally awarded to graduating students at Mount Desert Island High School who do not reside on Mount Desert Island. The Maine Community Foundation partners with Bar Harbor Trust Services, Trustee, in administering this scholarship. This scholarship is nonrenewable.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
Llewellyn Barry Educational Fund application: The 2009 application deadline for this scholarship has passed. Please check back in January 2010 for your next opportunity to apply.
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
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
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
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: The 2009 application deadline for this scholarship has passed. Please check back in January 2010 for your next opportunity to apply.
Cushman Scholarship renewal information
Edith M. Daso Scholarship
Established in 1976 under the Will of Edith M. Daso, a long-time resident of Bar Harbor interested in children and the community, this renewable scholarship is traditionally awarded to graduating students of Mount Desert Island High School who do not reside on Mount Desert Island. Recipients must reapply each year. The Maine Community Foundation partners with Bar Harbor Trust Services, Trustee, in administering this scholarship.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
Edith M. Daso Scholarship application: The 2009 application deadline for this scholarship has passed. Please check back in January 2010 for your next opportunity to apply.
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
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 shall be 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
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 non-traditional and adult students 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 nonrenewable 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.
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
Iveney Scholarship
The Iveney Scholarship Fund supports graduating seniors of 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 their volunteer work or school leadership and who have demonstrated a diligent and industrious approach to school.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
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, Trustee, in administering this scholarship.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
Fred C. Lynam Scholarship application: The 2009 application deadline for this scholarship has passed. Please check back in January 2010 for your next opportunity to apply.
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 Hancock County 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 in any given year, 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
Neither Jack or Louise Saum were able 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 non-traditional students 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 graduates of Sumner Memorial High School 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: The 2009 application deadline for this scholarship has passed. Please check back in January 2010 for your next opportunity to apply.
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: The 2009 application deadline for this scholarship has passed. Please check back in January 2010 for your next opportunity to apply.
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: The 2009 application deadline for this scholarship has passed. Please check back in January 2010 for your next opportunity to apply.
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 who seek 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 fund was established in 1993 by the estate of Herbert Wardle to provide scholarship support to graduates of Mount Desert Island High School who are interested in studying orchids, botany, horticulture, or a related field at the post-secondary level.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Application Deadline: May 1
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