Ladies’ Branch of the New Bedford Port Society Scholarship

Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts

This scholarship is graduating seniors who of the Greater New Bedford area, which includes the following Massachusetts cities: New Bedford, Dartmouth, Westport, Fairhaven, Acushnet, Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must have one or more of the following: documented family ties to the sea; have received an acceptance letter from a Maritime Academy; or will major in maritime science. First consideration is given to families of descendants of seamen.