There are thousands of scholarships out there. Below you will find many scholarships, most with general eligibility requirements. My goal is to share some lesser-known scholarships with my readers every Saturday.
Don’t wait. Apply for these great scholarships today! And, if you missed the last Scholarship Saturday, check it out. There are scholarships there that are still open! You can also find scholarships on my other scholarship lists, such as scholarships with requirements based on your state, major, grade level, ethnicity, or religion. And, lastly, check out my list of scholarships with August and September deadlines.
Only brief information about each scholarship is listed. Therefore, you are encouraged to visit the scholarship websites to get further details about eligibility and requirements.
Here are 30 scholarships for Saturday, August 26, 2023.
$1,000 Easy Scholarship: Uncensored
Sponsor: DoSomething
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: August 31, 2023
Description: You could earn a $1,000 scholarship by reading a banned book from our booklist and sharing your personal reflections. By discussing your experience reading the book and the value it adds to society, you’re helping to ensure all books remain uncensored.
Bryce Thomson Scholarship Award
Sponsor: National Ice Cream Retailers Association
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: September 4, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students as well as incoming college students. Applicant must be an employee of a member of the National Ice Cream Retailers Association.
Georgia Power Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: UNCF | Georgia Power Foundation
Amount: Up to $4,000
Closing Date: September 7, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to college juniors and seniors enrolled at a HBCU in the state of Georgia during the upcoming academic year. Applicant must be pursuing a STEM or business-related degree program.
Napier Park Scholarship
Sponsor: UNCF
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: September 7, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to full-time college juniors who are interested in pursuing a career in Investment Management or Finance. Eligible applicants must be enrolled at a four-year accredited college or university in the state of New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut.
Cameron Impact Scholarship
Sponsor: Bryan Cameron Education Foundation
Amount: Up to $50,000
Closing Date: September 8, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors (Class of 2024) who are planning to enroll in a full-time course of study toward a bachelor’s degree at an accredited four-year U.S. college or university. Applicant must maintain a minimum cumulative unweighted 3.7 GPA.
Youth Free Expression Film Contest: Truth to Power
Sponsor: National Coalition Against Censorship
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: September 8, 2023
Description: Contest is open to individuals living in the U.S. or its territories (but need not be citizens) who will be age 19 or younger on the day the film is submitted. Contestant must create a three minute film about engaging with the ideas you hate.
Love Your Career Scholarship
Sponsor: JonesTshirts.com
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: September 10, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students. Applicant must submit an essay describing at least three steps that they plan to take in the next year to start a path towards having a career that they love.
Beat the Odds Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Stand For Children | Oregon
Amount: $4,000
Closing Date: September 13, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors enrolled in an Oregon public high school who will graduate in Summer 2024. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA and have succeeded in spite of hardships such poverty, disability, homeless, or personal tragedy.
Be the Boss Scholarship
Sponsor: Go Skills
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to female high school and college students who want to start their own online business. Applicant must share all the reasons they are scared to start their business and who their female boss role model is.
Catching the Dream Scholarship
Sponsor: Catching the Dream
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
Description: Applicant must be 1/4 or more degree American Indian and be an enrolled member of a U.S. tribe. Applicant must be attending or planning on attending a college or university within the U.S. on a full-time basis that is fully accredited.
CBQ Method Scholarship
Sponsor: CBQ Method
Amount: $3,000
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who are majoring in Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or Neurolinguistic Programing who are currently operating research related to smoking cessation.
DefensiveDriving.com Scholarship
Sponsor: DefensiveDriving.com
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are legal residents of the United States and will be enrolled in call during the upcoming spring semester. Applicant must share who inspired them to go to college and further their education on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
Gates Scholarship
Sponsor: The Gates Scholarship
Amount: Cost of attendance that is not already covered by other financial aid and the EFC
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to exceptional, Pell-eligible, minority, high school seniors who are student leaders. Ideal candidates will have an outstanding academic record in high school (top 10% of graduating class), demonstrated leadership ability, and exceptional personal success skills.
Hispanic Health Professional Student Scholarship
Sponsor: National Hispanic Health Foundation (NHHF)
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled full-time in an accredited graduate program in dental, medical (allopathic or osteopathic), pharmacy, nursing, public health or health policy. Applicants are not required to be Hispanic, however, an affinity for the health of Hispanic communities and an interest in NHHF Scholars Alumnus activities is required. Student must be a U.S. Citizen, permanent lawful resident, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Injury Scholarship
Sponsor: The May Firm
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled at a Community College or University. Applicant must submit an essay on an traumatic experience they experienced in their life and how they overcome it.
Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers & Firemen Scholarship
Sponsor: Mississippi State Office of Financial Aid
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled full-time at the undergraduate level at any state-supported (public) college or university in Mississippi. Applicant must be a certified dependent child (under the age of 23) or spouse of any Mississippi law enforcement officer, full-time firefighter or volunteer firefighter who suffered fatal injuries or wounds or became permanently and totally disabled which occurred in the performance of the official and appointed duties of his or her office.
NEWH | South Florida Scholarship
Sponsor: NEWH: The Hospitality Industry Network – South Florida Chapter
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students attending an accredited college in South Florida. Applicant must have completed at least half the requirements for a degree and must be pursuing a career objective in the Hospitality industry (Hotel/Restaurant Management, Culinary, Food Service, Architecture, Design, etc.)
Varsity Tutors College Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: Varsity Tutors
Amount: $200
Closing Date: September 15, 2023
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 on the following prompt: “If you had the authority to change your school in a positive way, what specific changes would you make and why?”
Freethought Day High School Essay Scholarship
Sponsor: Freethought Day
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: September 16, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to California high school students (grades 9-12) who plan to pursue post-secondary education at a community college, four-year college, trade school, or vocation school. Applicant must submit an essay on the following prompt, “Why is science education so important?”
We The Future Contest
Sponsor: Constituting America
Amount: Varied based on class standing
Closing Date: September 17, 2023
Description: Contest is open to K-12 students, college students, law school students, graduate schools students, adults 25 years of age and older, and seniors 65 years of age and older. Contest is about the U.S. Constitution. Each age group has different requirements, so applicants should visit website for details.
DDSRank Dental Scholarship
Sponsor: DDSRank
Amount: $500
Closing Date: September 18, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college and graduate students who want to pursue a career as a dentist or dental hygienist.
Ethical Torch Essay Scholarship
Sponsor: BBB Pacific Southwest
Amount: Up to $1,500
Closing Date: September 19, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students in grade 9-12 (graduating classes of 2024-2027) residing and enrolled in school in Orange County (California). Applicant must submit an essay on a ethical issue that they faced and how they handled it.
Leadership Excellence Scholarship
Sponsor: Law Office of Philip W. Moore Jr.
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: September 19, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited college or university in the United States. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA and is currently or will be in the future a member of their university’s Greek life OR honors program.
UNCF-Ralph Lauren Scholarship
Sponsor: UNCF | Ralph Lauren
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: September 19, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to African American students enrolled full-time at an accredited four-year HBCU who are college seniors (class of 2024).
Fund for Education Abroad Scholarship
Sponsor: Fund for Education Abroad
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: September 20, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are currently enrolled as an undergraduate at a college or university in the U.S. Applicant must be planning to study abroad and program must be eligible for credit at the student’s educational institution.
Innovation in Education Scholarship
Sponsor: LaTutors
Amount: $500
Closing Date: September 20, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in high school or college within the United States with at least 3.0 GPA. Applicant must be a citizen of, permanent resident, or hold a valid student visa in the United States or Canada. Applicant must have designed an innovative project that makes a difference in the lives of others and submit an essay describing the goal of the particular project and provide supporting documentation.
Oracle Corporate Scholars Program
Sponsor: Oracle | UNCF
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: September 20, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to college sophomores and juniors who are majoring in finance, business, accounting, marketing, computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, development, Information Technology, Information Management Systems, Data Analytics, Health Informatics, or any closely related discipline from traditionally underrepresented communities, namely: Black, Indigenous people, LatinX, and women.
Oracle Developer Scholars Program
Sponsor: Oracle | UNCF
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: September 20, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to college sophomores and juniors who are majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering/Development, Product Development, Cyber Security, and related majors. Applicant must be from an underrepresented background, including African American, Indigenous people, and Latinx. Selected candidates must complete a summer internship at one of Oracle’s locations: Austin, TX, Redwood City, CA, or Seattle, WA.
Your Future Is Now Sweepstakes
Sponsor: Fastweb
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: September 20, 2023
Description: Sweepstake is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 16 years of age.
AEF Scholarship
Sponsor: Acorn Equality Fund
Amount: Up to $4,000
Closing Date: September 22, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will retain permanent residence in the AEF service area of downstate Illinois and attend any accredited, post-secondary educational institution. Scholarships are designed to provide academic financial support for gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered students, allies, or the children of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered parents.
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