Our Opportunities

Welcome to the Kern Community College District Scholarship Portal! Here you will find hundreds of scholarship opportunities for Bakersfield College, Cerro Coso Community College, and Porterville College. Please note: You must complete a General Application to apply for any of the scholarships listed below. All students are encouraged to apply!

The 2024-2025 application period will officially open on October 1, 2024.

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
$300 Kern County Historical Society-Lucretia Shoesmith Scholarship
The Kern County Historical Society-Lucretia Shoesmith Scholarship is...
Deadline02/01/2025
$350.00 Kern County Rose Society Scholarship
The Kern County Rose Society Scholarship is available to returning...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,000.00 Kern Delta Milk Producers Scholarship
Kern Delta Milk Producers scholarship is available to students who are...
Deadline02/01/2025
$2,000 Kern Family Health Care Scholarship
The Kern Family Health Care Scholarship is for students who are in the...
Deadline02/01/2025
$250.00 Kern Registered Nurses Society Scholarship
The Kern Registered Nurses Society Scholarship is awarded to BC...
Deadline02/01/2025
$800.00 Kim Schmidt Memorial Scholarship
Kim Schmidt Memorial Scholarship Recipients must have a 3.3 GPA and be...
Deadline02/01/2025
$300.00 Kimm Family Scholarship
The Kimm Family Scholarship is to be awarded to returning students who...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,000 Knox Williams Scholarship
The Knox Williams Scholarship provides for one (1) $1,000 scholarship to...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,450 Kris Kreiser (Osher) Memorial Scholarship
The Kris Kreiser (Osher) Scholarship follows the Osher Scholarship...
Deadline02/01/2025
$250.00 Larry Robinson, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
The Larry Robinson, Jr. Memorial Scholarship shall be awarded to second...
Deadline02/01/2025
$700.00 Laurence B. & Dorothy C. Nourse Memorial Scholarship
The Laurence B. & Dorothy C. Nourse Memorial Scholarship is awarded to...
Deadline02/01/2025
$600.00 Lawrence, Johnson, Bradford & Matlock Scholarship (Returning)
The Lawrence, Johnson, Matlock, & Bradford Scholarship is awarded to...
Deadline02/01/2025
Varies Leo J. Pierucci Memorial Award
This scholarship is for returning Bakersfield College students who...
Deadline02/01/2025
$500.00 Little Ray & Isaac Estrada Memorial Scholarship
The Little Ray & Isaac Estrada Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to...
Deadline02/01/2025
$500.00 Louis J. Barbich Accounting Scholarship
The Louis Barbich Accounting Scholarship will be available to students...
Deadline02/01/2025
Varies Louis Lemucchi Memorial Award
The Louis Lemucchi Award is awarded to BC returning or transfer students...
Deadline02/01/2025
Varies Louise Kruger Lambert Award (Transfer)
The Louise Kruger Lambert Award is awarded to students majoring in...
Deadline02/01/2025
Varies Louise Kruger Lambert Scholarship
The Louise Kruger Lambert Scholarship is awarded to returning BC...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,200.00 Lucretia & Walter Shoesmith Scholarship
The Lucretia & Walter Shoesmith Scholarship is awarded to transfer...
Deadline02/01/2025
$175.00 Luetta Bramlett Memorial Scholarship
The Luetta Bramlett Memorial Scholarship is awarded to returning African...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,000.00 Maggie Small LVN Scholarship
The Maggie Small LVN Scholarship is awarded to full-time (12 units or...
Deadline02/01/2025
$500 Manny Fernandez Industrial Automation Scholarship
The Manny Fernandez Industrial Automation scholarship is awarded to...
Deadline02/01/2025
$2,000.00 Manohara Nursing Scholarship
The Manohara Nursing Scholarship is for students enrolled in the Nursing...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,000.00 Manuel Gonzales Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Manuel Gonzales Jr. Memorial Scholarship Two of the scholarships shall...
Deadline02/01/2025
$2,000.00 Margaret Catherine Haight Scholarship (Culinary Arts)
The Margaret Catherine Haight Scholarship is awarded to a returning...
Deadline02/01/2025
$2,000.00 Margaret Catherine Haight Scholarship (Industrial Arts)
The Margaret Catherine Haight Industrial Arts Scholarship is available...
Deadline02/01/2025
$2,250.00 Margaret Catherine Haight Scholarship - Nursing
The Margaret Catherine Haight Scholarship is awarded to returning...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,000 Marge Lindsey Scholarship (Returning)
The Marge Lindsey Scholarship shall be awarded to returning Bakersfield...
Deadline02/01/2025
$725 Marguerite Johnson Nursing Scholarship
The Marguerite Johnson Nursing Scholarship is awarded to a first year BC...
Deadline02/01/2025
$2,200.00 Marie Poehner Memorial Scholarship
The Marie Poehner Memorial Scholarship is awarded to BC returning and...
Deadline02/01/2025
Varies Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship
The Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship is to support incoming freshmen,...
Deadline02/01/2025
$500.00 Mary Gordon Trichell Scholarship
The Mary Gordon Trichell Scholarship is awarded to BC returning and...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,600 Merchants Association of Bakersfield /Herbert P. Sears Scholarship (Transfer)
The Merchants Association of Bakersfield Scholarship is awarded to full...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,000.00 Michael & Janie Budy Scholarship (Transfer)
The Michael & Janie Budy Scholarship will be awarded to a student...
Deadline02/01/2025
$450.00 Michael Kerfoot Memorial Scholarship (Ag)
The Michael Kerfoot Memorial Scholarship is awarded to returning...
Deadline02/01/2025
$250.00 Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg Future Educator Scholarship
The Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg Future Educator Scholarship will be awarded to...
Deadline02/01/2025
$250 Nancy J. Perkins Scholarship (Radiological Technology)
The Nancy J. Perkins Scholarship is awarded to returning students...
Deadline02/01/2025
$350.00 Nancy Rouse Memorial Scholarship
The Nancy Rouse Memorial Scholarship is awarded to returning, admitted...
Deadline02/01/2025
$400.00 Nelson Richardson Award (Art)
The Nelsen Richardson Scholarship is awarded to Computer Graphics Arts...
Deadline02/01/2025
$2000 New Chance Nursing Scholarship
The New Chance Nursing Scholarship is awarded to a single mother who is...
Deadline02/01/2025
$250.00 Norm Hoffman Memorial Award
The Norm Hoffman Memorial Award goes to a BC student who is a member of...
Deadline02/01/2025
$2,000.00 Norman Levan Annual Scholarship (Incoming Freshmen)
The Norman Levan Annual Scholarship (Incoming freshmen) is awarded to...
Deadline02/01/2025
$2,000.00 Norman Levan Annual Scholarship (Returning Students)
The Norman Levan Annual Scholarship (Returning) is awarded to returning,...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,500.00 Norman Levan Hispanic and Native American Culture Award
The Norman Levan Hispanic and Native American Culture Award is for...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,000.00 Norman Levan Humanities Essay Scholarship (Incoming)
The Norman Levan Humanities Essay Scholarship is awarded to incoming...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,000.00 Norman Levan Humanities Essay Scholarship (Returning)
The Norman Levan Humanities Essay Scholarship is awarded to BC returning...
Deadline02/01/2025
Varies Oildale/Rosedale Highway Lions Club Scholarship
The Oildale/Rosedale Highway Lions Club Scholarship is awarded to BC...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,450 Osher Scholarship (BC)
The Osher Scholarship is awarded to Bakersfield College students based...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,400 Ozie B. African American Female Track and Field Scholarship
“The Ozie B. African American Female Track and Field Scholarship was...
Deadline02/01/2025
$300.00 Padrinos Scholarship
The criteria for the Padrinos Scholarship are: • 2.0 + (target is...
Deadline02/01/2025