Scholarships

1 for 2 Education Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: 1 for 2 Education Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to highly motivated students who resident in the United States and are applying to attend or are already attending an accredited U.S. four-year college or university. Applicant must have at least a 3.7 GPA.

Association of Women in Mathematics Essay Contest
Sponsor: Association for Women in Mathematics
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students in grades 6 through 12 and undergraduate students. Student must submit an essay based on an interview with a women currently working in a mathematical career.

Be Bold No-Essay Scholarship
Sponsor: Bold.org
Amount: $25,015
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students of all education levels, states, fields of study, and GPA. Applicant must create a Bold.org account and create a “bold” profile – bold does not mean “best,” or “most accomplished.” Being bold means being earnest, determined, and moving.

Bulkofficesupply.com Scholarship
Sponsor: Bulkofficesupply.com
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and college Freshmen and Sophomores in the United States. Applicant must have an interest in teaching, art or owning their own business.

California PTA Scholarships
Sponsor: California PTA
Amount: $500
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors who are graduating from a California high school between January 1 and June 30 of the current academic year. Applicant must demonstrate volunteer service in the school and community.

Childhood Cancer Sibling Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Northwestern Mutual
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students who are siblings of individuals who are in current treatment, have survived or passed away from pediatric childhood cancer.

Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Northwestern Mutual
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to cancer survivors, age 25 and under, who are high school seniors or graduates, or current postsecondary undergraduates. Applicant must have a minimum GPA of 2.5.

EngineerGirl Writing Contest
Sponsor: EngineerGirl
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Essay contest is open to girls and boys in grades 3-12. Applicant must writing an essay exploring the lifecycle of an abject that they use in their daily life.

Junior Duck Stamp Contest
Sponsor: United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students in grades K-12 who attend public, private, or home schools in the United States and the U.S. territories. Contestant must draw, paint, or sketch a picture of an eligible North American waterfowl species. Deadline only for California and Maryland only.

National Excellence in Academics & Community Service Award
Sponsor: Mary E. Smith Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship award is open to incoming and current college students who are brain tumor patients/survivors or closely related to someone diagnosed with a brain tumor.

SME Education Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors, current undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degree students who are pursuing degrees in manufacturing or a related field at a two-year or four-year college or university. Multiple scholarships are available.

W.H. “Howie” McClennan Scholarship
Sponsor: International Association of FireFighters
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to sons, daughters and legally adopted children of firefighters killed in the line of duty in the United States or Canada who are planning to attend a university, accredited college, or other institution of higher learning.

Wings Over America Scholarship
Sponsor: Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate and trade school students who are dependent children or spouses of active duty, retired, honorably discharged, or deceased Enlisted or Officer U.S. Navy personnel who serve or have served in U.S. Navy Aviation.

Winston Classical Voice Scholarships
Sponsor: National Society of Arts and Letters
Amount: $12,000
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens between the ages of 16 and 22 years of age. Applicant must submit a ten-minute vocal performance. Scholarship funds are for private study, special training or personal advancement in the applicants’ future careers. The funds cannot be used for college tuition, housing or travel.

Winston Two-Dimensional Art Scholarships
Sponsor: National Society of Arts and Letters
Amount: $12,000
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens between the ages of 16 and 22 years of age. Applicant must submit five (5) art works done within the past two years. Scholarship funds are for private study, special training or personal advancement in the applicant’s chosen art field – funds cannot be used for college tuition, housing or travel.

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Scholarships
Sponsor: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 1, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to Zetas and non-Zetas who are high school seniors and current college students. In addition to the general scholarships, there are scholarships specifically to students studying Anthropology, Counseling, Education, Health Sciences, Medicine or Social Work. In addition, there is a scholarship for students who will be studying abroad.

VTF Scholarship
Sponsor: Vega Teens Are The Future
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 2, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors who are vegans.

Wischer Scholarship
Sponsor: Frost Bank Trustee
Amount: Up to $11,000
Closing Date: February 2, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be an undergraduate or graduate students in Fall 2024 who is a legal resident. Applicant must be of good character and preference will be given to “applicants who are Christians and attend church regularly.”

AMS Freshman Undergraduate Scholarships
Sponsor: American Meteorological Society
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: February 3, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students entering their freshman year of college in the fall and must be planning to pursue a degree in the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences.

Museum of Flight Student Scholarships
Sponsor: The Museum of Flight
Amount: Up to $30,000
Closing Date: February 4, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors planning to attend a college or university in science, engineering or mathematics related to the field of aviation or aerospace.

Legacy Awards Contest
Sponsor: Elks National Foundation
Amount: $4,000
Closing Date: February 5, 2024
Description: Award is open to high school seniors who are children, step-children, grandchildren, step-grandchildren, or legal wards of a living Elk who joined the order on or before April 1, 2021, or a charter member of a Lodge that was instituted on or after April 1, 2021.

Shred Nations Scholarship
Sponsor: Shred Nations
Amount: Up to $7,500
Closing Date: February 6, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students with at least a 3.0 GPA and have an interest in business, environmental studies or the shredding and recycling industry.

Ag Day Essay Contest
Sponsor: Agriculture Council of America
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 9, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students in grades 9 through 12 in the 2023-2024 school year who are U.S. citizens. Applicant must submit a written or video essay on a given topic related to agriculture.

AOPA Flight Training Scholarship Program
Sponsor: AOPA Foundation
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 9, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents who are at least 15 years of age at the time of application and plan on becoming a pilot.

Injury Scholarship
Sponsor: Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 9, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students who have suffered a serious injury and are committed to demonstrating a determination to rebuild their lives by attending college. Applicant must submit an essay related to their injury and how it has affected their education.

NextStepU Win Free Tuition
Sponsor: NextStepU
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: February 9, 2024
Description: Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the U.S. and Canada, age 15 or older, who are in college or will be enrolled in college within three years of 2/28/2024. Applicant must create a NextStepU account (free) or log into their account.

NPPF Scholarship
Sponsor: National Press Photographers Foundation
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date:  – extended to February 9, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are currently enrolled in an accredited four-year college or university in the U.S. or Canada or have been accepted at a four-year institution. Applicant must provide evidence for an aptitude for photojournalism as well as academic ability and financial need.

Que Llueva Café Scholarship
Sponsor: Chicano Organizing and Research in Education (CORE)
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 10, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school, college bound, undocumented students of Chicano/Latino descent. Applicant must demonstrate financial need.

Success for Survivors Scholarship
Sponsor: General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: February 10, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled or planning to enroll at an accredited public or private post-secondary or vocational institution who has survived intimate partner abuse.

Texting and Driving Prevention Scholarship
Sponsor: Hodge & Langley Law Firm
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 10, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students accepted to or currently enrolled in an accredited community college, undergraduate, or graduate program in the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to distracted driving.

Dr. Arnita Young Boswell Scholarship
Sponsor: National Hook-Up of Black Women, Inc.
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 11, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to female African-American graduating high school seniors with at least a 2.75 GPA. Applicant must be involved in school and community activities and must have completed at least 200 hours of documented community service.

McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship
Sponsor: McDonald’s
Amount:
Closing Date: February 13, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors who is eligible to attend a two or four-year college, university, or vocational/technical school. Applicant must have at least one parent of Hispanic/Latino heritage, be a legal U.S. Resident, U.S. Citizen, or a DREAMer/DACA recipient, and have at least a 2.8 GPA.

Davidson Fellows Scholarship
Sponsor: Davidson Institute for Talent Development
Amount: Up to $50,000
Closing Date: February 14, 2024
Description: Program is open to students who are 18 years of age or younger. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen residing in the United States, or a Permanent Resident of the United States residing in the United States, or be stationed overseas to active U.S. military duty. Applicant must submit a significant piece of work in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, literature, music, philosophy, or “outside the box.” Program is looking for students whose projects are at, or close to, the college graduate level with a depth of knowledge in their particular area of study.

Heroes’ Legacy Scholarships
Sponsor: Fisher House Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 14, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to dependent unmarried children under the age of 23 of active duty personnel, Reserve/Guard, and retired military members, or survivors of service members who died while on active duty. Applicant must be enrolled, or planning to enroll, in a full-time undergraduate program leading to a bachelor’s degree at an accredited U.S. college or university in the fall term of 2024.

Scholarships for Military Children
Sponsor: Fisher House Foundation
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: February 14, 2024
Description: Applicant must be a dependent, unmarried child under the age of 23 of an active duty, reserve/guard or retired military member or survivors of service members who died while on active duty or survivors of individuals who died while receiving retired pay from the military. Student must be enrolled, or planning to enroll, in the fall of 2022 in a full-time undergraduate program of study leading to a Bachelor’s degree.

Alliant Energy Innovation Scholarship
Sponsor: Alliant Energy
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to a dependent child of a current customer, or current customers, of one of Alliant Energy’s utility subsidiaries (Interstate Power and Light or Wisconsin Power and Light) who is age 24 or under, enrolling for the first time in full-time undergraduate study in business or a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) field at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school located within the Alliant Energy Corporation service territory (Iowa and Wisconsin) for the entire upcoming academic year.

Beverage Industry Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Christermon Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to children, grandchildren and legal guardians of persons who currently hold full-time employment with a company with a valid California beer, liquor or wine license. This includes restaurants, hotels, retail and wholesale grocery, airlines, breweries, wineries, distributors, etc. Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or community college transfer student who will be attending an accredited four-year college or university in the United States.

DEED Educational Scholarships
Sponsor: American Public Power Association (APPA)
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current full-time students attending an accredited institution in the United States. Applicant must be working toward a career at an electric utility. Applicant must also be attending school in a county with at least one DEED member utility and be sponsored by a DEED member. See website for specific information.

H.U. Lee Memorial Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: H.U. Memorial Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students who have at least a 3.0 GPA and have practiced Taekwondo.

HSF General College Scholarships
Sponsor: Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students of Hispanic descent who are graduating high school seniors, community colleges students, transfer students, college students, or graduate students. All majors and graduate fields are accepted, but there is an emphasis on STEM majors.

Land Legal Group Scholarship
Sponsor: Land Legal Group
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current undergraduate pre-law students or law school students. Applicant must submit an essay on a the topic of student’s choice related to the area of law they intend to pursue.

Varsity Tutors College Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: Varsity Tutors
Amount: $200
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 16 years of age or older. Applicant must submit an essay answering the prompt: “What personal experiences led you to select your chosen major?”

Gordon A. Rich Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Gordon A. Rich Memorial Foundation (GAR)
Amount: Up to $50,000 ($12,500 per year)
Closing Date: February 16, 2024
Description: Applicant must be a dependent child of a full-time employee in the financial services industry. Employee must be presently employed with five years of experience OR no longer employed in the field but had ten years of experience which ended no longer than five years prior to scholarship. Scholarship is open to high school seniors who are enrolling as a full-time first-year student in pursuit of a four-year bachelor’s degree at an accredited college or university in the United States. Applicant must have at least a 3.5 GPA, demonstrate financial need, and be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.

Mathworks Math Modeling Challenge
Sponsor: MathWorks
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 16, 2024
Description: Scholarship challenge is open to high school juniors and seniors. Applicants must form a team of three to five students and one teacher from the same school.

Journalism Diversity Scholarship
Sponsor: The National Press Club
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 18, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors with at least a 3.0 GPA who are planning to have a career in journalism and will bring diversity to U.S. journalism.

Richard G. Zimmerman Journalism Scholarship
Sponsor: National Press Club
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: February 18, 2024
Description: Applicant must be a graduating high school senior who plans to pursue a career in journalism. Applicant must submit three work samples and other application materials.

Live Deliberately Essay Contest
Sponsor: The Walden Woods Project/Thoreau Institute
Amount: Up to $500
Closing Date: February 19, 2024
Description: Contest is open to youth ages 14-18 around the globe. Applicant must submit an essay or visual essay on a topic related to a quotation by Henry David Thoreau.

Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship
Sponsor: Vegetarian Resource Group
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 20, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors graduating in the spring of 2024. Applicant must be a vegetarian and have promoted vegetarianism in their school and/or community.

AMS Scholarship for Underserved Communities
Sponsor: American Meteorological Society
Amount: $6,000
Closing Date: February 23, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who have been traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, especially Hispanic, Native American, and Black/African American students, who will be entering their freshman year of college in the fall of 2024 and are planning to pursue careers in the atmospheric or related oceanic and hydrologic sciences.

Virginia Mae Scholarship
Sponsor: Bella J Custom Designs
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 23, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to Christian graduating high school seniors who will be attending a two or four-year college/university in the fall. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA.

Bart Kamen Memorial FIRST Scholarship
Sponsor: FIRST
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: February 25, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who have been accepted to, or applied for admission, to an eligible undergraduate program, which means a full-time program in Biomedical Engineering, pre-medical studies, or a program that allows students to pursue a chosen major while simultaneously completing a subset of medical school prep courses. Applicant must have participated as a team member for a minimum of one year on a FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge, or FIRST Robotics Competition team.

Morelli Scholarship
Sponsor: Joseph James Morelli Legacy Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 25, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students diagnosed or presumed to have a learning challenge who are interested in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition
Sponsor: Aluminum Extruders Council
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 26, 2024
Description: Competition is open to currently enrolled high school, college/university, technical school, and graduate school students who are studying design, engineering, architecture, or related fields. Applicant must enter their unique and original design that shows off their talent, ingenuity and creativity by designing components, systems, products, or product assemblies that feature aluminum extrusions.

Scholars Helping Collars Scholarship
Sponsor: Pets Lifestyle and You (P.L.A.Y.) Inc.
Amount: Up to $1,500
Closing Date: February 26, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. residents who are enrolled as full-time high school seniors. Applicant must submit 2-3 photos of their volunteer efforts to help animals in need and an essay that explains how their involvement has changed their lives or shaped their perception on the importance of animal welfare.

Antonia Scholarship
Sponsor: The Willa Cather Foundation
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 28, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in the United States who plan to enroll as a English or History major.

Optimist International Essay Contest
Sponsor: Optimist International
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 28, 2024
Description: Applicant must be under the age of 19 and have not yet graduated from high school or the equivalent. Applicant must contact their local Optimist Club and submit an essay on the following theme: “Optimism: How It Connects Us.”

Sweet and Simple Scholarship
Sponsor: Unigo
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: February 28, 2024
Description: Applicant must be 14 years of age or older, be a resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, and be currently enrolled (or enroll in the future) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education. Applicant must submit a short written response about a gift they received.

Whistleblower Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Tony Munter Whistleblower Attorney
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 28, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate, graduate, and law school students, as well as incoming college freshman at an accredited U.S. school. Applicant must submit an essay on a time they have stood up for something they believe in or a time they spoke out against wrongdoing.

(ISC)2 Undergraduate Scholarships
Sponsor: Center for Cyber Safety and Education
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 29, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who must be pursuing, or planning to pursue, a degree with a focus on cyber security or information assurance.

Dermer Appel Ruder Scholarship
Sponsor: Dermer Appel Ruder, LLC
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 29, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be pursuing undergraduate degrees in pre-law studies or students entering law school in the Fall 2024 semester. Applicant must submit an essay on a topic of their choice related to an area of law that interests them.

Millie Brother Scholarship for Hearing Children of Deaf Adults
Sponsor: Children of Deaf Adults, Inc.
Amount: $3,000
Closing Date: February 29, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to hearing children of deaf adults who are incoming or current undergraduate or graduate students. International students are welcome to apply.

SAE Scholarships
Sponsor: Society of Automotive Engineers
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 29, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to incoming and current undergraduate and graduate students who are U.S. residents. Applicant must be pursuing an engineering or related science degree through an ABET accredited program. There are multiple scholarships available with specific GPA and/or test score requirements.

TheDream.US National Scholarship Program
Sponsor: The Dream.US Scholarship Program
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 29, 2024
Description: Applicant must be a DREAMer who is DACA eligible and has applied for or received DACA approval. Applicant must be a first time college student and intend to attend a partner college (details available on website). In addition to the national scholarship, there is location specific scholarships (states where they face paying out-of-state tuition or will not admit students to their universities).

ACS Scholars Program
Sponsor: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to African-American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian students who are graduating high school seniors or college freshmen, sophomores or juniors intending to or already majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or a chemically related science.

Anchor Scholarship Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Anchor Scholarship Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to family members (children and spouses) of qualified Surface Navy sailors who are/will be enrolled in undergraduate study.

Arthur L. Littleworth BBK Diversity Scholarship
Sponsor: Best Best & Krieger LLP | Association of California Water Agencies
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be classified as an undergraduate freshman or sophomore during the next academic year, and who is of diverse or underrepresented background and shows a passion for and career trajectory in water law, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Banatao Family Filipino American Education Fund
Sponsor: Asian Pacific Fund
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming college freshmen of Filipino heritage (at least 50%) who will be majoring in engineering, mathematics, computer science, environmental or physical science. Applicant must be a permanent resident of California.

Cancer Unwrapped Teen Writing Contest
Sponsor: Cancer Pathways
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to teens in the United States in grades 9-12. Applicant must submit an essay about their experience with cancer their own diagnosis or that of a loved one).

Children of Warriors National Presidents’ Scholarship
Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary (ALA)
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who are daughters, sons, grandsons, granddaughters, great-granddaughters, great-grandsons or veterans who served in the Armed Forces during WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Lebanon and Grenada, Panama, or Desert Shield/Storm Gulf/War on Terrorism.

Columbus Citizens Foundation Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Columbus Citizens Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming freshman (high school and college) OR students entering medical school AND of Italian descent (at least 25% Italian). Applicant must have financial need and at least a 3.5 GPA.

Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: The Gallery Collection
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship contest is open to all high school, college and university students who are at least 14 years of age. Applicant must be a legal resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, or U.S. territories. Applicant must submit a photo, artwork or computer graphic for the front of a greeting card.

Daughters of American Agriculture Scholarship
Sponsor: American Agri-Women
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to any farm, ranch or agribusiness woman or her daughter who are graduating high school seniors, current college students, or returning students who are pursuing accredited courses in agriculture leadership, communications, rural sociology, medicine, or any other courses directly related to agriculture.

DCU Memorial Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU)
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who will be attending college in the Fall. Applicant must submit two references and an essay on why they should receive the scholarship.

Directing Change Program and Student Film Contest – California
Sponsor: Each Mind Matters
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Contest is open to middle school and high school students (grades 7-12) and youth between the ages of 14 and 25 years of age from the state of California. Applicant must create a 30 or 60-second film about suicide prevention and mental health.

Engebretson Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Engebretson Foundation
Amount: $5,000 per semester (for one year)
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in the United States who plan to attend a four-year college. Applicant must have achieved a score of at least 28 on the ACT or at least 1240 on the SAT AND have at least a 3.75 GPA and/or be in the top 5% of their graduating class. Applicant must be in need of financial assistance in order to attend a four-year college.

Goya Foods Culinary Arts Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Goya Foods
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming college freshman who will be majoring in Culinary Arts or Food Science. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or qualify for DACA.

Ira Mitzner Collegiate Boxing Scholarship
Sponsor: United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current undergraduate students who are/ will be competitive boxers for the United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association.

James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund
Sponsor: Teamsters
Amount: Up to $10,000 over four years
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to sons, daughters, and financial dependents of Teamster members who are graduating high school seniors.

National Italian American Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: The National Italian American Foundation
Amount: Up to $12,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors, undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, medical, and legal students who will be enrolled in higher education for the Fall 2024 semester and have a GPA of at least 3.5. Applicant must have at least one ancestor who immigrated from Italy. In addition to general scholarships, there are scholarships open to specific majors, female students, and state residency.

Project Yellow Light Scholarship Competition – Billboard
Sponsor: Advertising Council
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Competition is open to high school juniors and seniors and current undergraduate students. Applicant must design a billboard advertisement to warn their peers of the dangers of texting and driving.

Scholar Chess Player Awards
Sponsor: U.S. Chess Federation
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors who are current U.S. Chess members.

Scout of the Year
Sponsor: Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Program is open to members of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts who display standout citizenship, patriotism, and love of country. Applicant must be at least 15 years of age and enrolled in high school at the time of selection.

SEED Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: SEED Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who are of Asian-Indian heritage with at least one parent of Indian ancestry.

SEG Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Foundation
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Applicant must be either a high school senior planning to enter college next fall or an undergraduate or graduate student whose grades are above average. Applicant must be intending to pursue a college curriculum directed towards a career in applied geophysics or a closely related field.

Spirit of Youth Scholarship Fund
Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to junior members of the American Legion who are high school seniors with at least a 3.0 GPA. Applicant must submit an essay on what they will do to make their college or university a better place, as well recommendations from their principal or guidance counselor, a member of the clergy, and two other adult citizens (a total of four recommendations).

Tailhook Educational Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Tailhook Educational Foundation
Amount: Up to $15,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school graduates and children of a current or former Naval Aviator, Naval Fight Officer, or Air-crewman OR children/grandchildren of individuals who served on board a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

Undergraduate & Associate Degree Scholarship
Sponsor: Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are the children of active duty and veterans who are incoming college freshman, currently in college, our pursuing a bachelor’s degree, associates, or certificate.

USPAACC – Denny’s Hungry for Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Denny’s | USPAACC
Amount: $3,000
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school students who are Asian American or Pacific Islander and living in the United States.

Yvonne Ballentine Memorial Reflections Scholarship
Sponsor: Alabama PTA
Amount: $500
Closing Date: March 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors who have participated in the Reflections program.

CIF Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Sponsor: California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: March 4, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors with a minimum 3.5 GPA who have demonstrated outstanding athletic performance in a minimum of two years of varsity play in California.

Student Video Contest
Sponsor: World of 8 Billion
Amount: Up to $1,200
Closing Date: March 5, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students in grades 6-12 worldwide. Applicant must create a short video (up to 60 seconds) about the human population growth that highlights one of the given global challenges.

AFA Leader and Academic Scholarships
Sponsor: Agriculture Future of America
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 6, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students enrolled in an agriculture-related degree programs across the U.S.

DNA Day Essay Contest
Sponsor: American Society of Human Genetics
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: March 6, 2024
Description: Contest is open to high school students in grades 9-12. Applicant must submit an essay on a topic related to genetics.

Altria Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Altria | TMCF
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 8, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current undergraduate students who will be attending a TMCF member-school during the academic school year. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be able to demonstrate financial need.

Collision Repair Education Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Collision Repair Education Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 8, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and students currently attending a school that offers an auto collision/auto body program and student must be taking auto collision/auto body classes.

Friends of the California State Fair Scholarship Program
Sponsor: California State Fair
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 8, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who are legal residents of California. There are 14 categories of scholarships – see website for details. In addition to the general scholarships, there are specific scholarships open to Agriculture, Art, Business, Culinary Arts, Education, Enology, Hospitality Management or Viticulture majors.

Women’s Western Golf Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Women’s Western Golf Foundation (WWGF)
Amount: $10,000 over four years
Closing Date: March 8, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to female high school seniors who are active participants in the sport of golf and have at least a 3.5 GPA.

Courageous Persuaders Video Contest
Sponsor: Courageous Persuaders
Amount: Up to $3,000
Closing Date: March 11, 2024
Description: Contest is open to Michigan high school students in grades 9-12. Student must create a commercial targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of underage drinking or texting while driving.

Annual Kaplun Essay Contest
Sponsor: Morris J. and Betty Kaplun Foundation
Amount: Up to $1,800
Closing Date: March 12, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students in grades 7 through 12 anywhere in the world. Applicants must submit an essay on a given topic related to Judaism.

NIADA Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 12, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors who are legally residing in one of the four NIADA Regions. Applicant must submit completed application and an essay discussing their interest in the automotive industry.

Blacks at Microsoft Scholarships
Sponsor: Blacks at Microsoft (BAM)
Amount: Up to $20,000 over four years
Closing Date: March 13, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors of African descent who plan to attend a four-year college or university in the fall. Applicant must be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, computer information systems or select business programs. Applicant must demonstrate a passion for technology, demonstrate leadership, and have at least a 3.3 GPA.

Microsoft disAbility Scholarship
Sponsor: Microsoft
Amount: $5,000 per year, up to $20,000 total
Closing Date: March 13, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors living with a disAbility who plan to attend an undergraduate program following graduating. Applicant must plan to declare a major in engineering, computer science, computer information systems, law, business, or a related field.

Women at Microsoft Scholarship
Sponsor: Microsoft
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 13, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to promising high school senior women and non-binary people who plan to attend a vocation or academic college and target career in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math).

ACPA College Scholarship
Sponsor: American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who have a diagnosis of cleft lip and/or cleft palate or other congenital craniofacial difference). Preference will be given to rising first-year students in any field and to currently enrolled students in a field of study related to cleft or craniofacial conditions (e.g. genetic counseling, speech-language pathology).

AHLA Scholarships
Sponsor: AHLA Foundation
Amount: Up to $7,500
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to incoming freshman through graduate students who are enrolled in a hospitality management degree program. Multiple scholarships available.

Beyond the Boroughs Scholarship
Sponsor: Beyond the Boroughs National Scholarship Fund
Amount: Up to $20,000
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who have been accepted to an accredited four-year college, university, or equivalent and are from a low-income household. Applicant must submit personal essays and an essay on their community.

College Scholars Program for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Sponsor: Children’s Cause Cancer Advocacy
Amount: Up to $4,000
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to legal residents of the United States under the age of 25 and pursuing a Bachelor’s degree or higher during the upcoming Fall term. Applicant must submit an application and written documentation from a treating physician outlining the applicant’s medical history that includes cancer diagnosis.

Equipment Leases Inc. College Scholarships
Sponsor: Equipment Leases
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled or have been accepted to enroll in an accredited college or university in the U.S. Applicant must submit an essay on the following prompt: “If you were to own a business, explain how you would treat employees, vendors, suppliers, and customers. What kind of corporation would it be and what assets or skills would you be able to bring to the industry to make it successful?”

Fighter Scholarship
Sponsor: The Quell Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students who are being treated for a diagnosed mental health condition. Applicant must have at least a 3.2 GPA.

First Responder Legacy Scholarship
Sponsor: The Quell Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students who have experienced the devastating loss of a parent (who served as a first responder- ie law enforcement, fire, EMS, dispatch, corrections) to a line of duty death or suicide.

Gabriela Blanco College Scholarships for Siblings of Childhood Cancer Survivors
Sponsor: Sofia’s Hope
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to siblings of a childhood cancer survivor, or a patient who is currently diagnosed with a childhood cancer and is in treatment. Sibling must live in same household as childhood cancer patient. Applicant must be enrolled in or accepted for enrollment to an accredited undergraduate or graduate program.

Kim and Harold Louis Family Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: The Kim and Harold Louie Family Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and individuals entering their freshman year of college during the upcoming academic year. Applicant must have at least a 3.5 GPA and demonstrate outstanding personal achievements, academic merit, leadership qualities and/or community service. Special consideration will be noted for applicants who have parents who are U.S. veterans or currently in the U.S. military, students with financial need, first generation college students, and students with a documented significant disability.

Lillian Cooper Droke Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Mental Health America | Thomas M. Droke
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in college or technical training who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. Other students pursing a career in the mental health field may also be considered if no eligible mental health consumer applies.

Navy League of the United States Scholarships
Sponsor: Navy League of the United States
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors who will attend an accredited institution of higher education in the fall. Applicant must be a child or grandchild of a member of the sea services, to include the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard, and a U.S. flag Merchant Marine.

NPCA Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: NPCA Foundation
Amount: Up to $20,000
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students who are/will be pursuing careers related to the precast concrete industry (manufacturing, engineering, etc.)

Pediatric Dentist of Tomorrow Scholarships
Sponsor: SmileReef.com
Amount: $500
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older and have aspiration of entering the dental field in the future.

Pilot International Scholarships
Sponsor: Pilot International
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors, undergraduate and graduate students. Applicant must be studying for a career in one of Pilot’s chosen areas of service focus – encouraging brain safety and health and/or supporting those who care for others.

Richard Holland Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Holland Family Legacy Foundation
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors with at least a 3.5 GPA and current undergraduate students with at least a 3.0 GPA. Applicant must submit a 3-5 minute video essay, a personal essay, an adult and peer appraisal, and their transcript.

Shell Oil Company Technical Scholarship
Sponsor: Shell Oil Company
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who will be enrolling in engineering or geosciences. Applicant must have expressed an interest in the energy industry and demonstrated an aptitude in mathematics and science.

Sofia Blanco College Scholarships for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Sponsor: Sofia’s Hope
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to childhood cancer survivors or someone currently diagnosed with a childhood cancer who is enrolled in or accepted for enrollment to an accredited undergraduate or graduate program.

Survivor Scholarship
Sponsor: The Quell Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students who have experienced the devastating loss of a parent, caregiver, or sibling to suicide. Applicant must have at least a 3.5 GPA.

UCT Heaston Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Order of United Commercial Travelers of America (UCT)
Amount: Up to $6,000 per year for four years.
Closing Date: March 15, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors who demonstrate evidence of hard work to overcome obstacles, academic success, extracurricular success in high school, and commitment to community service.

Michael A. Hunter Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Orange County Community Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 16, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors, community college and four-year university students who are Leukemia/Lymphoma patients or survivors and/or are children of non-surviving Leukemia/Lymphoma patients may apply.

Discover the Difference National Academic Scholarship
Sponsor: Trial Pro, P.A.
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: March 20, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students with at least a 3.0 GPA.

Operation Thank an Officer Scholarships
Sponsor: Operation Thank an Officer
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: March 22, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students who are pursuing a degree in law enforcement, current law enforcement officials who are pursuing an advanced degree and children of law enforcement officials.

Stossel in the Classroom Essay Contest
Sponsor: Stossel in the Classroom
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: March 22, 2024
Description: Contest is open to writers aged 10-18 (grades 5-12). Applicant must submit an essay on one of four given topics: Housing storage, concert tours, presidential campaign priorities, or the U.S. energy policy.

Stossel in the Classroom Video Contest
Sponsor: Stossel in the Classroom Video Contest
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: March 22, 2024
Description: Contest is open to filmmakers aged 10-23. Applicant must create a 1-3 minute video one one of four given topics: Housing storage, concert tours, presidential campaign priorities, or the U.S. energy policy.

Chin: Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Scholarship
Sponsor: Asian Pacific Fund
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: March 29, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current undergraduate college students who has done community advocacy and social justice work on behalf of Asian American, immigrant, gay and lesbian and/or other progressive causes. Applicant or parents must be current or former employee at an Asian-owned or Asian cuisine resident.

$1,000 Easy Scholarship: Be An Advocate For STEM Education Funding
Sponsor: DoSomething
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: We know there are real equity gaps in STEM especially for marginalized students who don’t see themselves reflected in STEM professions and underresourced schools that don’t have funding to keep pace with how quickly the field is evolving. Take action by sending a letter to your state representative and urge them to invest in STEM education and programs!

$2,000 Easy Scholarship: Science Go Seek
Sponsor: DoSomething
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Despite growth in STEM jobs outpacing other fields, young people, especially those without a college degree, are more likely to believe that STEM is not useful for their careers. Choose something that interests you and find a way that science, technology, engineering, or math explain how it works. You’ll then share this in a 60-90 second video. Once you’ve uploaded your video, you’ll be entered for the opportunity to earn a $2,000 scholarship!

Because College is Expensive Scholarship
Sponsor: Cedar Education Lending
Amount: $500
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school students, adults looking to head back to school, current college students, and anyone looking to attend college or graduate school within 12 months. Applicant must submit a short form.

College Raptor Scholarship
Sponsor: College Raptor
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to student who are enrolled (or will enroll no later than the fall of 2026) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher learning. Applicant must sign up with College Raptor (free) and submit an essay one of four given topics related to college.

Dr. Arthur A. Kezian DDS Science Scholarship
Sponsor: Dr. Arthur A Kezian
Amount: $1,200
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be attending a college or university in the Fall of 2024 and majoring in a science field. Applicant must be a resident of the United States or Canada. Applicant must submit an essay on why they deserve the scholarship and a 1-minute video introduction.

Driver Education Initiative Award
Sponsor: National Driving and Traffic School
Amount: $500
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Award is open to students currently enrolled in either high school, university or college as a full-time student. Applicant must submit an essay on one of four given prompts related to being a safe and educated driver.

Folds of Honor Scholarship
Sponsor: Folds of Honor
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to dependents of service members enrolled in grades Kindergarten – 12 and students enrolled in college. Funds may be used for approved/accredited private school tuition, IRS approved educational tutoring from an approved tutoring company, approved/accredited home school curriculum, required books, and required school uniforms.

Houzz Scholarship Programs
Sponsor: Houzz
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to students 18 years of age or older who are currently enrolled or plan to enroll in interior design, architecture, landscape, architecture, architectural engineering, or construction management programs in the U.S.

Illustrators of the Future Contest
Sponsor: L. Ron Hubbard Library
Amount: $500
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Contest is open to new and amateur artists who have not been professionally published and paid for more than three black-and-white story illustrations, or more than one process-color painting, in media distributed broadly to the general public.

NetJets Scholarship
Sponsor: The Columbus Foundation
Amount: $25,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students who are/will be majoring in Aviation or Hospitality. Applicant must have at least a 3.5 GPA.

No Sweat Scholarship
Sponsor: Cirkled In
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students 13 years of age or older who are legal residents of the United States or the District of Columbia. Applicant must create a free Cirkled in account.

1. Buckley Moss Endowed Scholarship
   Sponsor: P. Buckley Moss Foundation
   Amount: $1,000
   Closing Date: March 31, 2024
   Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors with financial need, a certified language-related learning difference, and artistic talent who plan a career in visual arts.

Paul S. Mills Scholarship
Sponsor: Foundation for Financial Service Professionals
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled or accepted into an undergraduate college or university program and pursuing a course of study in a financial service field.

Pride in Your Heritage GRHS Youth Essay Contest
Sponsor: Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS)
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students attending public, private, parochial, or home schools, and to students attending accredited universities as full-time undergraduate students. Student must submit an essay on a topic related to German Russian history, heritage or culture. Student does not need to be ethnic German-Russian to enter contest.

Robert Redick Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Kisling, Nestico & Redick, LLC
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to United States citizens and permanent residents who are accepted to or currently enrolled in an accredited college, university or graduate program within the United States. Applicant must submit an application and develop a plan that will persuade young adults from distracted driving.

Scholarship Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Live Poets Society of New Jersey
Amount: Up to $500
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to all U.S. high school students. Applicant must submit an original poem with 20 lines or less.

SkillPointe Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: SkillPointe Foundation
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 16 years of age or older. Applicant must be pursuing non-credit courses at an approved community college, technical college, or other training institution.

Society of Women Engineers Scholarships for Freshmen Students
Sponsor: Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 31, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to women who are graduating high school seniors and who will be pursing an ABET-accredited baccalaureate degree in engineering, engineering technology, and computer science.