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There are many scholarships for Fairfield students. If you are searching for scholarships for a particular high school located in Fairfield, please select the appropriate school from the list below. The scholarship database contains scholarships for Fairfield students in the following categories:

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Scholarships360 "No Essay" Scholarship
Deadline: Jun 30, 2025
$10,000
The Scholarships360 $10,000 “No Essay” Scholarship is open to all students who want some extra help paying for their education. Whether you are a high school student who hopes to go to college, a graduate student who’s in a master’s program, or an adult learner who wants to return to school, you are eligible for our no essay scholarship.This scholarship...
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Common App Scholarship
Deadline: Nov 30, 2024
$2,000
To encourage students to spend more time preparing for the Common App, Scholarship Guidance has created an annual scholarship to reward students.To be eligible for the Scholarship Guidance "Common App Scholarship" a student must:A) Be in Grade 11 or Grade 12B) Be attending college or university no later than October 1, 2026.C) Have achieved a GPA of 2.5 or greater...
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Thiel Fellowship
Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$100,000
Founded by technology entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel in 2011, the Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who want to build new things. Thiel Fellows skip or stop out of college to receive a $100,000 grant and support from the Thiel Foundation's network of founders, investors, and scientists.What is the Fellowship?The Thiel Fellowship is a two-year, $100,000...
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Path to Pro Scholarship Program
Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$2,000
The Home Depot Foundation works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap and support communities impacted by natural disasters. The Foundation has pledged to invest $50 million in training the next generation of skilled tradespeople and bridging the opportunity gap through its Path to Pro program.We want to help create...
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Roger W. Kahn Scholarship
Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$10,000
The Roger W. Kahn Scholarship was created to honor the memory of Roger Kahn (1907–1962) and his passion for aviation and entertainment. Kahn spent the latter part of his career at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation as a test pilot and then managed the technical service and sales division. In the 1940s, Kahn was actively involved with the Institute of the...
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Angelo Rodriguez High Armijo High Charles L. Sullivan Middle Dover Middle Fairfield High Golden West Middle Grange Middle Mary Bird Secondary Community Day Sem Yeto Continuation High Solano County Community Solano Juvenile Hall Travis Education Center High Vanden High

Fairfield is the county seat of Solano County and hosts a population of approximately 110,000 people. It is situated within Northern California on the north-eastern part of San Francisco Bay. The city has a very convenient central location; with both Sacramento and San Francisco being about 38 miles away. Fairfield was named by Robert H. Waterman, a clippership captain, in 1859 after his hometown in Fairfield, Connecticut. Less then eighteen miles away from Fairfield is Napa Valley and about twenty four miles away is Oakland. The Benicia Bridge and the Carquinez Bridge are also located nearby. (15 and 13 miles, respectively) Fairfield shares a border with Suisun city. Some cities within a reasonable travel distance are Vacaville, Benicia, Napa, and Vallejo.

Located due south of Fairfield is Suisun Bay and San Pablo Bay is located to the southwest. The biggest West Coast saltwater marsh is located Suisan Bay known as the Suisun Marsh. In the east is the Sacramento Valley.

The economy of Fairfield is somewhat diverse, with many industries comprising government, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, commercial and professional construction sectors. Jelly Belly and Clorox are among a few of the popular companies situated here. Anheuser-Busch has a Budweiser brewery located here, and Fairfield is also the home of the Travis Air Force Base.

According to the 2008 GDP of the Vallejo-Fairfield area was 13,340 million dollars. After the adjustment of inflation, the right GDP was thought to be closer to $10,151 million.

Fairfield's largest industry is currently construction, as this industry produces 5.8% of the economic output ($776 million). The second and third largest industries are wholesale trade () and Financial/Insurance ($467 million). The professional/business services sector created the most income during the year 2008, with a total of $989 million. After that were the utilities and transport sector (at $497 million) and the leisure and hospitality sector at $424 million.