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
$450 Speck and Lorraine Haslam Memorial Scholarship
The Speck and Lorraine Haslam Memorial Scholarship is awarded to...
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Varies Stephanie Marie Gonzalez Memorial Scholarship
The Stephanie Marie Gonzalez Memorial Scholarship is awarded to...
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$1,000.00 Sterling Silver Scholarship
The Sterling Silver Scholarship is sponsored by the Bakersfield College...
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$300.00 Steven Pritchard Industrial Automation Scholarship
The Steven Pritchard Industrial Automation Scholarship is available to...
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$0.00 The Lionel Alex Jauregui Ortiz Memorial Scholarship
The Lionel Alex Jauregui Ortiz Memorial Scholarship opportunity is for...
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$300.00 Tom Lindley Memorial Track and Field Award
Tom Lindley Memorial Track and Field Award This is an award for a male...
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$300.00 Umoja ASTEP Scholarship
The Umoja ASTEP Scholarship is awarded to Umoja Community ASTEP students...
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Varies Verna L. Kelly Memorial Scholarship (Agriculture)
The Verna L. Kelly Memorial Scholarship is awarded to students majoring...
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$500.00 Virginia Vasquez Scholarship
Virginia Vasquez Scholarship The scholarship is provided to returning or...
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$500 Virtuous RN Student Award
This student award is available to current Bakersfield College 4th...
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$120 Wallace Jones Memorial Track Award
This award is made available to students who were members of the BC...
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$500.00 Wally G. Beardsley Scholarship (DSP&S)
The Wally G Beardsley Scholarship is awarded to returning DSP&S students...
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$500.00 Wally G. Beardsley Scholarship (Returning)
The Wally G. Beardsley Scholarship is awarded to returning students with...
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$1,000.00 Walter Stiern, Sr. Memorial Scholarship
The Walter Stiern, Sr. Memorial Scholarship is awarded to returning...
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$450.00 Wendy Theresa Simon Memorial Scholarship
The Wendy Theresa Simon Memorial Scholarship is awarded to full-time...
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$800.00 Wes Record Memorial (Ag) Scholarship
The Wes Record Memorial Scholarship is awarded to continuing Agriculture...
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Varies William (Bill) Kelly Family Scholarship
The Kelly Family Scholarship is awarded to returning or transfer...
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Varies William A. Nielsen Mathematics Award (Transfer)
The William A. Nielsen Mathematics Award is awarded to the graduating or...
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$400.00 William Van Ewert Memorial (Returning) Scholarship
The William Van Ewert Scholarship is awarded to returning students...
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$300.00 Wylie Logan & May Louise Jones Scholarship
The Wylie Logan & May Louise Jones Scholarship is awarded to BC...
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$500 Young Family Scholarship
The Young Family Scholarship is awarded to incoming, returning and...
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$250.00 City of Shafter Scholarship
The City of Shafter scholarship is awarded to incoming freshman who will...
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Varies Culinary Arts Scholarship
The Culinary Arts Scholarship is awarded to students majoring in...
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$500.00 Ed & Elsie Fanucchi Memorial Scholarship
The Ed & Elsie Fanucchi Memorial Scholarship is awarded to BC returning...
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$400.00 Jazz Crusader Scholarship (Incoming Students)
This scholarship is for incoming student majoring in the Jazz Studies...
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$1,000.00 Kern Delta Milk Producers Scholarship
Kern Delta Milk Producers scholarship is available to students who are...
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$2,000.00 Margaret Catherine Haight Scholarship (Culinary Arts)
The Margaret Catherine Haight Scholarship is awarded to a returning...
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$2,000.00 Norman Levan Annual Scholarship (Incoming Freshmen)
The Norman Levan Annual Scholarship (Incoming freshmen) is awarded to...
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Varies Richard L. Davis Culinary Arts Scholarship
The Richard L. Davis Culinary Arts Scholarship is awarded to returning...
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$0.00 Honors Scholarship
The President’s Honors Scholarship grants an award of to $1,000 to a...
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$0.00 Steven Paul Brown Memorial
The Steven Paul Brown Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a continuing...
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$0.00 Tania Lynn Atkisson Memorial
The Tania Lynn Atkisson Memorial Scholarship is awarded to an incoming...
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$0.00 Ted Bachman Memorial Health Careers
The Ted Bachman Memorial Health Careers Scholarship is awarded to Cerro...
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$0.00 Teresa Allen Vocational Nursing
The Teresa Allen Vocational Nursing Scholarship is awarded to a student...
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$0.00 Vivian Boultinghouse Memorial
The Vivian Boultinghouse Memorial Scholarship is awarded to continuing...
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$0.00 Walter J. Sulek Memorial
The Walter J. Sulek Memorial Music Scholarship is awarded to high school...
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$2,400.00 Gene Haas Scholarship
The Gene Haas Scholarship(s) will be awarded to Bakersfield College...
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$0.00 Alice C. Ream Memorial Vocational Nursing
The Alice C. Ream Memorial Vocational Nursing Scholarship is awarded to...
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$0.00 Anton & Ruth Ozanich Family
The Anton & Ruth Ozanich Family scholarship is awarded to a freshman or...
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$0.00 Bertha Wilson-Cronin Memorial
The Bertha Wilson-Cronin Memorial is awarded to a student in their first...
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$0.00 Bill Moore Memorial
The Bill Moore Memorial Scholarship is for a Cerro Coso graduate from...
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$0.00 Bill Whitworth Memorial
The Bill Whitworth Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a freshman or...
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$0.00 Billy and Florence Halop Memorial
The Billy and Florence Halop Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a...
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$0.00 Cerro Coso Promise 2022-2023
The Cerro Coso Promise is intended for hard-working, dedicated students...
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$0.00 Clyde Cherry Scholarship
The Clyde Cherry Scholarship is awarded to a student enrolled in a...
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$0.00 Connie Farrell Memorial Nursing
The Connie Farrell Memorial Nursing Scholarship is awarded to a first...
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$0.00 Cox-Veatch Family Memorial
The Cox-Veatch Family Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a freshman or...
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$0.00 Dallas E. Tirk Memorial
The Dallas E. Tirk Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a continuing...
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$0.00 Dick Malone Family
The Dick Malone Family Scholarship is awarded to a freshman or...
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$0.00 Don Kumferman Memorial
The Don Kumferman Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a high school...
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