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 February 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 80 scholarships for Saturday, January 25, 2025.
Bart Kamen Memorial FIRST Scholarship
Sponsor: FIRST
Amount: $10,000.00
Closing Date: February 1, 2025
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.
Alliant Energy Innovation Scholarship
Sponsor: Alliant Energy
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
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.
Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Northwestern Mutual
Amount: $5,000.00
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
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.
Debt.com Scholarship for Aggressive Scholarship Applicants
Sponsor: Debt.com
Amount: $500.00
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who are applying for other scholarships. Applicant must submit proof of scholarship search.
Determined Scholars Award
Sponsor: Dream Big Fort Worth
Amount: Up to $20,000 over four years
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors from a Tarrant County (TX) public school. Applicant must have demonstrated need for financial assistance and demonstrated ability to overcome obstacles.
High West Energy Scholarships
Sponsor: High West Energy
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska high school seniors and recent graduates who have a parent or legal guardian who is a co-op member.
James L. and Nellie M. Westlake Scholarship Program
Sponsor: James L. and Nellie M. Westlake Scholarship Foundation
Amount: $2,000.00
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and community college students in Missouri. Applicant must demonstrate limited financial resources and have at least a 2.5 GPA.
Legacy Awards Contest
Sponsor: Elks National Foundation
Amount: $4,000.00
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
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, 2022, or a charter member of a Lodge that was instituted on or after April 1, 2022.
Malcolm X Scholarship for “Exceptional Courage”
Sponsor: Spike Lee | UNCF
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate students who are enrolled at one of the UNCF institutions. Applicant must have overcome difficult circumstances or challenges in pursuit of their college education.
Modern Woodmen Scholarship
Sponsor: Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who are Modern Woodmen members, covered by Modern Woodmen life insurance for at least two years. Applicant must have at least 40 hours of volunteer experience in the past two years.
Racine AAUW Scholarship
Sponsor: Racine AAUW
Amount: Up to $4,000
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to female students who are legal residents of Racine County, Wisconsin. Applicant must be enrolled in either a two or four-year accredited degree-granting institution as a full-time student and have at least a 3.0 GPA. Students enrolled at four-year institutions must either be a junior or senior.
Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation | UNCF
Amount: $3,666.66
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to Black/African American college juniors with at least a 2.75 GPA. Applicant must be attending one of the following HBCU institutions: Bennett College, North Carolina Central, University, North Carolina A&T State University, Saint Augustine’s University, Tennessee State University, Tuskegee University, Cheyney University, Florida A&M University, Norfolk State University, or Wiley College.
Topeka Community Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Topeka Community Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors in the Topeka, Kansas area. There are many scholarships available – see website for specific eligibility requirements.
Wyoming Trucking Association Scholarship
Sponsor: Wyoming Trucking Association
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 3, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduates of a Wyoming high school who plan to pursue a course of study which will lead to a career in the Highway Transportation Industry with the following approved courses of study: business management, computer skills, accounting, office procedures and management, safety, diesel mechanics and truck driving. Applicant must be attending a Wyoming institution of higher learn.
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Sponsor: The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Amount: Up to $30,000
Closing Date: February 4, 2025
Description: Scholars program is open to full-time junior-level students at four-year institutions pursuing a bachelor’s degree during the current academic year. Applicant must have an extensive record of public and community service and is committed to a career in government or elsewhere in public service.
Elizabeth Gardner Norweb Summer Environmental Scholarship
Sponsor: The Garden Club of America
Amount: $3,000.00
Closing Date: February 5, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate students for summer study following their freshman, sophomore, or junior year. Applicant must be planning a career in the environmental field and scholarship can be used for field work, research, or classroom work in the environmental field.
Fund for Education Abroad Scholarship
Sponsor: Fund for Education Abroad
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 5, 2025
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.
McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship
Sponsor: McDonald’s
Amount:
Closing Date: February 6, 2025
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.
PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship Program
Sponsor: PGA WORKS
Amount: $8,000.00
Closing Date: February 6, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors, graduates, and current post-secondary undergraduates who plan to enroll full-time undergraduate study at one of the 18 accredited PGA Golf Management universities.
A+ Federal Credit Union Scholarships
Sponsor: A+ Federal Credit Union
Amount: $2,000.00
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to current A+FCU members (Texas) or children or grandchildren of A+FCU members. Applicant must be a graduating high school senior planning to study any major, current college students with at least 60 collegiate hours AND successfully admitted into the School of Education and teachers working on a master’s degree.
Ag Day Essay Contest
Sponsor: Agriculture Council of America
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Contest is open to students in grades 9 through 12 in the 2024-2025 school year who are U.S. citizens. Applicant must submit a written or video essay on a given topic related to agriculture.
Agricultural Scholarships
Sponsor: California Table Grape Commission
Amount: Up to $25,000
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors graduating in 2025 or high school graduates who are residents in the Coachella or Joaquin Valleys and are planning to enroll in a California university with a declared major tied to the future in the California table grape industry.
Alltricity Scholarship
Sponsor: Alltricity Scholarship Foundation
Amount: Up to $3,000
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors, and current undergraduate students. Applicant must be pursuing or plan to pursue an electric industry position certificate or be pursuing or plan to pursue an undergraduate degree with an intent to pursue a career in the electric energy industry.
AOPA Flight Training Scholarship Program
Sponsor: AOPA Foundation
Amount: Up to $14,000
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
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.
ASCPA Scholarships
Sponsor: Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students in the state of Arizona. Applicant must be majoring in or planning to major in Accounting.
Costco Employee Scholarship
Sponsor: Costco | College Success Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to Costco Wholesale Employees who reside in the United States and will be attending a two or four year undergraduate program next academic year.
Injury Scholarship
Sponsor: Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
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.
Jimmy Rane Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Jimmy Rane Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors and current college freshmen and sophomores who are no older than 20 years of age as of August 1, 2025. Applicant must reside in one of the following states or the District of Columbia: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or West Virginia. Students will be selected based on academic excellence, community involvement, leadership skills, awards and honors, and financial need.
LRAEF Scholarship
Sponsor: Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to Louisiana students who are currently enrolled or accepted in a bachelor and/or associate degree program for at least two consecutive semesters/terms after award date. Applicant must be pursuing a career in the culinary and/or hospitality industry.
NJCL Scholarships
Sponsor: National Junior Classical League
Amount: Up to $4,000
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to members in good standing of the NJCL for at least three years who are planning to enter college or current college students planning to major in and teach Latin, Greek or the Classics.
Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Applicant must be a current undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at an accredited four-year college or university. Applicant must have an interest in pursuing a career in fraud examination.
TSCRF Scholarship
Sponsor: Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Foundation (TSCRF)
Amount: At least $2,000
Closing Date: February 7, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are accepted or enrolled at an accredited university in Texas or Oklahoma with plans to pursue a degree program in agriculture or an agriculture-related program (Animal Science, Pre-Vet, Agribusiness, Range Management or Wildlife).
Dr. Arnita Young Boswell Scholarship
Sponsor: National Hook-Up of Black Women, Inc.
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 8, 2025
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.
Dr. W. A. Frazier Scholarship
Sponsor: National Hook-Up of Black Women, Inc.
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 8, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to female African-American students who are at least 21 years of age and are accepted to a college or university. Applicant must demonstrate special talents gained through previous academic work, civic contributions, and/or social services.
HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union Scholarship
Sponsor: HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union
Amount: $2,000.00
Closing Date: February 8, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to HawaiiUSA members who are presently a high school senior or currently attending an accredited institution of higher education.
Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Scholarship
Sponsor: The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 9, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to current sophomore and junior journalism students enrolled in an accredited college or university with a primary residence in one of the 29 counties of Western Pennsylvania.
AMEA Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
Amount: $2,500.00
Closing Date: February 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in Alabama whose parent or legal guardian receives electric service from an AMEA Member utility. Applicant must be planning to attend a four-year college/university, community, or vocational/trade school within the state of Alabama.
Applegate-Jackson-Parks Future Teacher Scholarship
Sponsor: National institute For Labor Relations Research
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduate and undergraduate students majoring in education in institutions of higher learning throughout the United States.
Diabetes, Incorporated Scholarship
Sponsor: Diabetes, Incorporated
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students who either have diabetes or have an immediate family member who has diabetes AND is a current Diabetes, Incorporated member.
Elevate Scholarship
Sponsor: Mountain America Credit Union
Amount: $2,000.00
Closing Date: February 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and student who graduated high school no earlier than spring 2022 and delayed higher education. Applicant must live within Mountain America’s footprint in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, or New Mexico.
Kittie M. Fairey Scholarship
Sponsor: The Kittie Moss Fairey Scholarship
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to South Carolina residents who are high school seniors and have at least a 3.0 GPA. Applicant must have financial need and plan to attend a higher education institution in South Carolina.
Live Out Loud Educational Scholarship
Sponsor: Live Out Loud
Amount: $5,000.00
Closing Date: February 10, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors who identify as LGBTQ and are from the Tri-State area (New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey).
NFBPA Scholarship Program
Sponsor: National Forum for Black Public Administrators
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship program is designed to recognized African-American and minority students who are currently enrolled full-time at a traditional four-year college or university, preferably a HBCU, and exemplify outstanding scholarship and leadership.
Robert E. Applebaum Scholarship
Sponsor: Saint Paul Foundation
Amount: Up to $12,500
Closing Date: February 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to college graduates pursuing an advanced graduate degree or certificate and juniors and seniors in college working towards a bachelor’s degree. Applicant must be attending an institution in Minnesota and have at least a 3.0 GPA.
Supporting Our Heroes Scholarship
Sponsor: The Vet Law Office
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program (including law school) within the United States who plan to pursue a career in advocating on behalf of veterans.
Arts for Life Scholarship
Sponsor: Arts For Life!
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 11, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to Florida high school seniors who demonstrate academic and artistic excellence in creative writing, dance, drama, music, or visual arts.
First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association Annual Scholarship Program
Sponsor: First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association (FCSLA)
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 11, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to members in good standing with the Association for at least three years prior to date of application. Applicant must also have a policy with the organization in his or her own name. Scholarships are open to students in grades 1-12, as well as college and graduate students. Award must be used towards tuition for the upcoming academic year.
Community Impact Scholarship
Sponsor: The Law Office of Jerry D. Andrews, P.C.
Amount: $2,500.00
Closing Date: February 12, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate students with at least a 3.5 GPA and can demonstrate active involvement in community service and exhibit strong leadership qualities. Applicant must submit an essay explaining why they think it is so important to volunteer within their community.
Davidson Fellows Scholarship
Sponsor: Davidson Institute for Talent Development
Amount: Up to $50,000
Closing Date: February 12, 2025
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.
Elizabeth J. Davis Scholarship
Sponsor: VNAs of Vermont
Amount: Up to $3,000
Closing Date: February 12, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to Vermont students who are enrolled in a certified college (does not have to be a Vermont college) who are studying either nursing (RN or LPN), physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, or medical social work.
Empowering Families Scholarship
Sponsor: Law Office of J. Kevin Clark, PC
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 12, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate students who are interested in becoming a family law attorney. Applicant must have at least a 3.5 GPA and be from Texas. Applicant must create a video on the following prompt: “How will you use your legal education to positively impact families facing divorce or other family law challenges?”
GKVF Scholarships
Sponsor: The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 12, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors and current college students in West Virginia. There are over 100 scholarships available – see website for details.
Heroes’ Legacy Scholarships
Sponsor: Fisher House Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 12, 2025
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 2025.
Scholarships for Military Children
Sponsor: Fisher House Foundation
Amount: $2,000.00
Closing Date: February 12, 2025
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 2025 in a full-time undergraduate program of study leading to a Bachelor’s degree.
Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County Scholarships
Sponsor: The Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 13, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors who attend school in San Luis Obispo County. There are multiple scholarships available – see website for details.
Dorothy Ross Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: The Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 13, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to students between the ages of 18 and 25 who have spent time in the San Luis Obispo Juvenile Detention Services Center and can demonstrate a life change and commitment to higher education.
Past Chair’s Legacy Scholarship
Sponsor: National Hydropower Association
Amount: $2,500.00
Closing Date: February 13, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to college juniors and seniors beginning fall 2024, or graduate students with at least a 3.0 who are pursuing a study that is related to the hydropower industry: Engineering, Sciences (Biology, Fisheries, and Hydrology), communications, or environmental studies.
The Christophers Video Contest for College Students
Sponsor: The Christophers
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: February 13, 2025
Description: Contest is open to current undergraduate and graduate college students. Applicant must create a film or video (five minutes or less) that best communicates the message and mission of the The Christophers and its belief that one person can make a difference.
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