The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation announced that 10 scholarships are available to students for the 2021 season. The scholarships will be awarded from local donors. These scholarships also will be offered to home-schooled students.

SRCCF will award five $1,000 scholarships through the Carol and Dick Janko Scholarship Fund for Young Entrepreneurs.

The scholarship reflects a lifelong commitment to youth, education, economic development and philanthropy.

Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited university or college for the 2021 school year and must be able to demonstrate recent studies or work-related activities focused on entrepreneurship with the intent to become an entrepreneur.

SRCCF also will award two $1,500 scholarships through the Internet of Things Scholarship for Science, Engineering and Technology by B+B SmartWorx in Ottawa.

The scholarships will be offered to one male student and one female student who have studied IoT and who will pursue a career in engineering, science and/or technology.

The Rising Star Scholarship is available to students residing in Seneca or Marseilles who will be pursuing a degree in elementary education at Illinois State University.

This scholarship provides a $5,000 award and was established through SRCCF by Ethel McConnell, a lifelong educator and learner who taught at Jefferson Elementary School in Ottawa and Marseilles Elementary School.

McConnell created a $10,000 Mac-Aero Scholarship in memory of her late husband, Ed, who was an engineer and an aviation mechanic. He also owned Mac-Aero on Boondox Field in Seneca.

The Mac-Aero Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior pursuing a degree in Aeronautics or Aviation.

This year, SRCCF announced its newest scholarship: the $1,000 Pie It Forward Scholarship for Inclusion.

This scholarship was established by the Tangled Roots Beverage Company in Ottawa. The applicant must be a resident of La Salle, Bureau or Putnam counties and must be enrolled in an accredited, degree-granting college or university for the 2021 school year.

Applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 and can demonstrate through their background, studies or related activities a focus on how they can positively effect change in the world toward the goal of ending inequity.

Winners of all SRCCF Scholarships are selected by the Foundation’s Scholarship Committee. Applications are available at all area high schools, online at www.srccf.org or by calling Cathy at 815-252-2906, ext. 2.

The application deadline is Feb. 26, and the Scholarship Committee will determine and award the scholarships by March 26.