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
$500.00 Wally G. Beardsley Scholarship (Returning)
The Wally G. Beardsley Scholarship is awarded to returning students with...
Deadline02/01/2025
$1,000.00 Walter Stiern, Sr. Memorial Scholarship
The Walter Stiern, Sr. Memorial Scholarship is awarded to returning...
Deadline02/01/2025
$450.00 Wendy Theresa Simon Memorial Scholarship
The Wendy Theresa Simon Memorial Scholarship is awarded to full-time...
Deadline02/01/2025
$800.00 Wes Record Memorial (Ag) Scholarship
The Wes Record Memorial Scholarship is awarded to continuing Agriculture...
Deadline02/01/2025
Varies William (Bill) Kelly Family Scholarship
The Kelly Family Scholarship is awarded to returning or transfer...
Deadline02/01/2025
Varies William A. Nielsen Mathematics Award (Transfer)
The William A. Nielsen Mathematics Award is awarded to the graduating or...
Deadline02/01/2025
$500.00 William E. Evans Memorial Scholarship
The William E. Evans Memorial Scholarship is awarded to returning...
Deadline02/01/2025
$400.00 William Van Ewert Memorial (Returning) Scholarship
The William Van Ewert Scholarship is awarded to returning students...
Deadline02/01/2025
$300.00 Wylie Logan & May Louise Jones Scholarship
The Wylie Logan & May Louise Jones Scholarship is awarded to BC...
Deadline02/01/2025
$500 Young Family Scholarship
The Young Family Scholarship is awarded to incoming, returning and...
Deadline02/01/2025
$375.00 Bakersfield College Counseling Award
Automatic consideration based on a completed General Application does...
Deadline02/21/2025
$0.00 Honors Scholarship
The President’s Honors Scholarship grants an award of to $1,000 to a...
Deadline02/21/2025
$250.00 Judith Martin Memorial Scholarship
Judith Martin Memorial Scholarship has been created to assist preferably...
Deadline02/21/2025
$500.00 Kiwanis Club of The Golden Empire
The Kiwanis scholarship will be awarded to incoming or returning...
Deadline02/21/2025
$0.00 Steven Paul Brown Memorial
The Steven Paul Brown Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a continuing...
Deadline02/21/2025
$0.00 Tania Lynn Atkisson Memorial
The Tania Lynn Atkisson Memorial Scholarship is awarded to an incoming...
Deadline02/21/2025
$0.00 Ted Bachman Memorial Health Careers
The Ted Bachman Memorial Health Careers Scholarship is awarded to Cerro...
Deadline02/21/2025
$0.00 Teresa Allen Vocational Nursing
The Teresa Allen Vocational Nursing Scholarship is awarded to a student...
Deadline02/21/2025
$0.00 Vivian Boultinghouse Memorial
The Vivian Boultinghouse Memorial Scholarship is awarded to continuing...
Deadline02/21/2025
$0.00 Walter J. Sulek Memorial
The Walter J. Sulek Memorial Music Scholarship is awarded to high school...
Deadline02/21/2025
$0.00 Alice C. Ream Memorial Vocational Nursing
The Alice C. Ream Memorial Vocational Nursing Scholarship is awarded to...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Anton & Ruth Ozanich Family
The Anton & Ruth Ozanich Family scholarship is awarded to a freshman or...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Bertha Wilson-Cronin Memorial
The Bertha Wilson-Cronin Memorial is awarded to a student in their first...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Bill Moore Memorial
The Bill Moore Memorial Scholarship is for a Cerro Coso graduate from...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Bill Whitworth Memorial
The Bill Whitworth Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a freshman or...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Billy and Florence Halop Memorial
The Billy and Florence Halop Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Cerro Coso Promise 2022-2023
The Cerro Coso Promise is intended for hard-working, dedicated students...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Clyde Cherry Scholarship
The Clyde Cherry Scholarship is awarded to a student enrolled in a...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Connie Farrell Memorial Nursing
The Connie Farrell Memorial Nursing Scholarship is awarded to a first...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Cox-Veatch Family Memorial
The Cox-Veatch Family Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a freshman or...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Dallas E. Tirk Memorial
The Dallas E. Tirk Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a continuing...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Dick Malone Family
The Dick Malone Family Scholarship is awarded to a freshman or...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Don Kumferman Memorial
The Don Kumferman Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a high school...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Dorothy P. Leet Memorial
The Dorothy P. Leet Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a continuing...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 East Kern Youth Projects
The East Kern Youth Projects Scholarship is awarded to an entering...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Engility STEM Scholarships
The Engility STEM Scholarship is awarded to a graduating high school...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Eric Dean Blackwell Memorial
The Eric Dean Blackwell Memorial Scholarship is awarded to an entering...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Faculty Honors /Continuing Student
The Faculty Honors Scholarship is awarded to a full-time CCCC student in...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Fire Mountain Foundation
The Fire Mountain Foundation Scholarship is awarded to an incoming...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Frank Dickey Memorial
The Frank Dickey Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a full-time Cerro...
Deadline02/28/2025
$300.00 Gail Marie Petty Memorial
The Gail Marie Petty Memorial Scholarship is for a full-time current...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Gilbert Plain Family
The Plain Family Scholarship is for a freshman or continuing sophomore...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Golden Slipper M.H.C.
The Order of Golden Slipper M.H.C. Scholarship is available to...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 H.P. Leet
The H.P. Leet Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a top performing...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Helen Weals Family
The Helen Weal’s Family Scholarship is awarded to entering freshmen or...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Jewell Thornberry Memorial
The Jewell Thornberry Memorial Nursing Scholarship is awarded to a...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 John & Bobbie Ward
The John and Bobbie Ward Scholarship is awarded to an entering freshman...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 John Dunker Fine Arts Scholarship
The John Dunker Fine Arts Scholarship is awarded to a CCCC student...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 June Wasserman
The June Wasserman Scholarship is awarded to a full-time student...
Deadline02/28/2025
$0.00 Kielman Family
The Kielman Family Scholarship is awarded to Cerro Coso students...
Deadline02/28/2025