Hancock County Scholarships
Llewellyn Barry Educational Fund
Established in 1938 under the Will of Llewellyn Barry, a former resident from Philadelphia who later resided permanently in Bar Harbor, this scholarship is traditionally awarded to graduating student(s) 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
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Maryann Snow Bates Scholarship Fund
The Maryann Snow Bates Scholarship Fund provides scholarship support to residents of Brooksville, Maine, pursuing post-secondary education.
Contact: MSBE Foundation, PO Box 277, Brooksville, ME 04617
Gretchen Behre Music Scholarship Fund
Established in memory of Gretchen Behre Breckwoldt in 1994, the fund provides 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
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Edward Coles Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Edward Coles Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Edward Coles who died in a carriage accident while summering in Bar Harbor. 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 considerate of others.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Isabel Grindel Condon Scholarship Fund
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, PO Box 277, Brooksville, ME 04617
Cushman Scholarship Fund
The Cushman Scholarship Fund provides renewable scholarship assistance to Hancock County residents pursuing education in the medical or Christian education fields.
Contact: Hancock County High School guidance offices or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
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Edith M. Daso Scholarship Trust
Established in 1976 under the Will of Edith M. Daso, long-time resident of Bar Harbor interested in children and the community, the renewable scholarship is traditionally awarded to graduating student(s) 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 administering this scholarship.
Contact:Mount Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
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Carolyn Hodgdon Dolliver Memorial Trust Fund Scholarship
The Carolyn Hodgdon Dolliver Memorial Trust supports residents of Southwest Harbor or Tremont who have successfully completed four years at Mt. 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
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Stanya Dorr Scholarship Fund
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 Fund
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
Ellsworth Center Scholarship Fund
The Hancock County Higher Education Center has provided access to UM system courses and degree programs for Hancock County residents since 1989. 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
Margaret B. & Mary E. Franklin Scholarship Fund
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
Application Deadline: March 18
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Margaret Harriman Dyer Scholarship Fund
The Margaret Harriman Dyer Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 to provide scholarship assistance to a Mount Desert Island High School graduate or graduates seeking to further their education in the field of music. Preference shall be given to qualified students from Bar Harbor.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Ross Irwin Eckenroad Scholarship Fund
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
Application Deadline: April 1
Arthur George Goodrich Scholarship Trust
Established by Winifred L. Goodrich of Bar Harbor in memory of her husband, this Trust awards nonrenewable scholarships to graduating student(s) of Mt. Desert Island High School and residents of Mt. Desert Island who 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 Fund
Family members and friends of Stephen 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 Mt. 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: Mt. Desert Island High School guidance office
Clifton & Martha A. Hale Scholarship Fund
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.
Application Deadline: April 1
Doris K. Harding Scholarship Fund
The Doris K. Harding Scholarship Fund provides support to graduating high school seniors at Mt. 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 Fund
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
Edward G. Kaelber Scholarship for Maine Students of Outstanding Promise
The Maine Community Foundation and College of the Atlantic created the Edward G. Kaelber Scholarship for Maine Students of Outstanding Promise to honor Edward Kaelber’s leadership and his contributions to the fields of education and philanthropy in Maine. Dozens of donors contributed to the Kaelber Scholarship, which will be awarded annually to COA students from Maine who have the potential for the kind of bold leadership Kaelber personifies and who will use their skills and talents to bring about change in their communities.
Contact: College of the Atlantic
Cooper E. King Memorial AFS Scholarship
The Cooper E. King Memorial AFS Scholarship was established with the support of family and friends in 2006 to commemorate Cooper's life by helping a high school students gain an understanding of life and people in other countries through the AFS program. Cooper was a young man, gifted musically and artistically, who spent the second half of his high school senior year in Belgium as an AFS student. Cooper was able to thrive immersed in Belgian culture, language, education and family life. He made friends based on respect and mutual appreciation, not ethnicity or nationality, and returned home confident and inspired by his achievement.
This Fund supports eligible high school students enrolled in an AFS School Program. Preference will be given to students for whom the experience promises to be life changing, those students who have not traveled widely or experienced life beyond their community.
Geographic priority in order of preference is: Ellsworth High School students, Sumner High School students, residents of Hancock County, and, lastly, residents of Maine. There is not an application for this scholarship. The recipient will be chosen annually from the pool of Maine high school students who have been accepted into an AFS School Program.
Contact: Maine Community Foundation
Ralph and Edith Leland Scholarship Fund
The Ralph and Edith Leland Scholarship Fund supports graduating seniors at Mt. 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 Trust
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
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Corey C. Nuss Memorial Scholarship Fund
His 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. Two scholarships will be given each year: one to a student pursuing a career in writing or the arts and another to a student exemplifying "good citizenship".
Contact: Ellsworth High School guidance office
Lee Patterson Scholarship Fund for Classical Voice Training
Lee Patterson established this scholarship in 2001 for classical voice training (opera, operettas and art song literature composed between 1600-1920). 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 Fund
The Pinkham Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Harry F. Pinkham.The fund will provide scholarship 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 Fund
The Point Harbor Scholarship Fund was founded in 1985 to provide scholarships to outstanding graduates of Sumner Memorial High School attending private liberal arts colleges or universities of national stature, and provide support, as funds permit, during their years of undergraduate study.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Application Deadline: April 1
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Prospect Harbor Woman's Club Scholarship Fund
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 Fund
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 Fund
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
Blaisdell Schulz Scholarship Fund
The Blaisdell Schulz Scholarship Fund provides scholarship assistance to graduates of Sumner Memorial High School who are residents of Franklin, ME, pursuing post-secondary education.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Spurling Scholarship Fund
The Spurling Scholarship Fund was founded in 1984 to provide scholarships to students and adults from the Cranberry Isles; Frenchboro, Long Island; Swans Island; and Mt. Desert Island seeking vocational training or education. Preference will be given to applicants from the outer islands with the greatest financial need.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Application Deadline: May 15
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Emily Trussell Stupak Scholarship Fund
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
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Sumner Memorial High School Scholarship Fund
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 who are enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution.
Contact: Sumner Memorial High School guidance office
Application Deadline: April 1
Swans Island Education Achievement Trust Fund
The Swans Island Education Achievement Trust Fund will provide scholarship assistance to residents of Swans Island, Maine, pursuing further 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: Mt. Desert Island High School guidance office or Maine Community Foundation
Application Deadline: May 1
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Oscar Thurston Memorial Scholarship Fund
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 them. 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 Fund
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
Herbert Wardle, Jr. Fund
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
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Herb Watson Scholarship Fund
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 Fund
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 Mt. Desert.
Contact: Mount Desert Island High School guidance office
Shayne Worcester Memorial Scholarship Fund
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 a 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 Fund
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 be actively working for biodiversity and especially for the preservation of underwater species in various parts of the world.
Contact: College of the Atlantic financial aid office