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Don't let winter's chilly weather get you down.  Warm up with these winter-themed scholarships.

Note: Many of these scholarships are school-specific. Also, you may not be eligible for all scholarships. FastWeb recommends that you check the scholarship sponsor Web sites for availability and eligibility.

Snowboard Scholarship

Hit the half-pipe with your pockets full of cash by applying to this snowboarding scholarship, which is open to students at Sierra Nevada College. You'll have to join the ski/snowboard team in order to qualify.
Learn more about this scholarship.

Thomas A. Macari Ice Hockey Scholarship

Forget crosschecking and slashing. Pass up this scholarship and you'll get hit with a five-minute major. This scholarship is a one-timer any hockey player can appreciate. Open to hockey players at the University of Rhode Island.
Learn more about this scholarship.

Jocelyn Botterell Staton Scholarship

Winning a scholarship is sort of like landing a triple axel: It requires a lot of hard work and patience. Open to female students at Georgia Tech. First preference is given to students who have demonstrated achievement in figure skating and is renewable with a minimum 2.5 GPA.
Learn more about this scholarship.

AccuWeather Undergraduate Scholarship

When the latest winter storm hits your area, do you race to your computer or television to monitor the Doppler readings? If so, you're a perfect candidate for this meteorology scholarship, open to undergraduate sophomores (or higher) who are majoring in operational meteorology.
Learn more about this scholarship.

Marion Richter Nordic Ski Scholarship

If the words "cross country" make you rummage through your closet for your skis, this is the award for you. To qualify, you must be a female student at Alaska Pacific University, have an interest in Nordic skiing and be a member of the APU ski team.
Learn more about this scholarship.

Bernard Steur Scholarship

If you secretly smile at people who buy scarves to keep warm while you're purling through a back loop, you might be interested in this scholarship, which is available for textile engineering students at Philadelphia University who have a strong interest in knitting.
Learn more about this scholarship.

Winter Wonderland Scholarship

No, it won't be necessary to build a towering snow castle or defeat the Abominable Snowman to win this award. All it takes is a minimum 2.0 GPA and enrollment in at least six credit hours at Tomball College.
Learn more about this scholarship.

Ruby Ashby Snowman Memorial Scholarship

Have your carrot nose, charcoal eyes and sticks for the arms all set to go? Sorry to disappoint you, but they won't be necessary. However, you can win this award by being a full-time student and Maine resident who is majoring in education and attending the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
Learn more about this scholarship.

The Merlyn D. Freeze Memorial Endowment Scholarship

We're pretty sure that Merlyn isn't related to the villain of Batman fame, so we are proud to endorse this scholarship which provides assistance to students taking classes in the field of tool and die making. You must have a GPA of 3.0 or above and attend Carl Sandburg College.
Learn more about this internship.

Frosty and Cynthia R. Frease English Scholarship

There's no way we're leaving out a scholarship named after Frosty Frease, maybe the greatest winter-themed name ever! To apply, you must be an outstanding full-time junior majoring in English at the University of Northern Colorado who shows demonstrated ability and academic promise.
Learn more about this scholarship.

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