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 and March 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 55 scholarships for Saturday, February 10, 2024.
Access College Early (ACE) Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Nebraska’s Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship program is open to low-income high school students to enroll in college courses from Nebraska college or universities, either through dual-enrollment or early enrollment agreements with the institutions. Deadline is for Winter term classes.
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.
American Legion – Department of Kansas Scholarships
Sponsor: The American Legion – Department of Kansas
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors and current college students from the state of Kansas. In addition to general scholarships, there are scholarships open to children of veterans, Scouts, athletes, and students with talent in music and public speaking.
Arlington Foundation Excellence in Education Scholarships
Sponsor: Arlington Foundation of Excellence in Education
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to African-American students from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan area. In addition to general scholarships, there are specific scholarships for students studying STEM, business, literary arts, law and cosmetology.
ASSE Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
Amount: Up to $15,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who are studying occupational safety, health and the environment.
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.
Bullard Family Scholarship
Sponsor: Provision
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to North Carolina residents who have been accepted or currently enrolled full-time in a degree program at any institution of higher learning. Applicant must be committed to preparing for full-time Christian ministry and be a member (or parents are a member) of a church affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Scholarships
Sponsor: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who are residents of Wisconsin. There are multiple scholarships available – see website for details.
Continuing Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to VFW Auxiliary members, their spouses, or children to pursue a college degree or a career direction at technical school.
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.
Foot Locker Foundation, Inc-UNCF Scholarship
Sponsor: Foot Locker Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current undergraduate students who attend a UNCF member college or university.
GKVF Scholarships
Sponsor: The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
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.
GSF Scholarship
Sponsor: Good Samaritan Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current Nursing students. Applicant must provide a letter of intent, letter of recommendation, copy of an unofficial transcript, color photo, and a professional resume.
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.
Hmong Community Higher Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Amount: $500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to residents of Marathon, Lincoln, and Shawano Counties (Wisconsin) who are of Hmong descent and is a graduating high school senior or current undergraduate student. Applicant must demonstrate concern and commitment to improving the Hmong community.
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.
IAA Foundation Scholarship Program
Sponsor: IAA Foundation
Amount: Up to $7,500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school graduates and graduating high school seniors who are Illinois Farm Bureau members, spouses of a member, or a member’s child. Applicant must be accepted for enrollment or enrolled at an accredited college, university, community college or trade school majoring in agriculture, agribusiness, or a closely related field.
Iowa Cheerleading Coaches’ Association Scholarships
Sponsor: Iowa Cheerleading Coaches’ Association
Amount: $500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school senior cheerleaders from Iowa who display outstanding scholastic achievement.
Junior Duck Stamp Contest
Sponsor: United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: February 15, 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 Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Washington. Deadline for California and Maryland has already passed, but all other states have later deadlines – see website for details.
Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship Fund
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will transfer in the fall or spring following the award from a Contra Costa County (California) college to junior standing at a four-year accredited institution. Applicant must belong to a minority group under-represented in the California College and University system (African-American, Americans (North, Central, or South) derived from Spanish-speaking cultures, Native American, or Pacific Islander.
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.
Luther H. Butler Scholarship for NC Baptist Students
Sponsor: Provision
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students accepted for full-time enrollment in a degree program at specific North Carolina institutions of higher learning. Applicant must be a North Carolina resident and be a member of a church affiliated with Provision and/or the Baptist State Convention of NC.
Mildred Frances Thomas Music Scholarship
Sponsor: Provision
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to North Carolina residents who have been accepted for full-time enrollment and is a music major with an interest in piano and/or organ as their medium. Applicant must be a member of a church affiliated with Provision and/or the Baptist State Convention of NC.
Missouri STEM Signing Day Scholarship
Sponsor: Missouri Chamber Foundation
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to Missouri graduating high school seniors who plan to attend a Missouri two-year, four-year or technical college and pursue a STEM career path in college.
NABA Scholarship Program
Sponsor: National Association of Black Accountants, Inc.
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to African-American students studying accounting, finance, or business at an accredited college or university. Applicant must be an active student member of NABA.
Ned McWherter Scholars Program
Sponsor: Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation
Amount: $6,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholars program is open to Tennessee graduating high school seniors who have at least a 3.5 GPA and have a minimum composite score of 29 on the ACT (or concordant equivalent score on the SAT). Applicant must be planning to attend college in Tennessee.
OAC Scholarships
Sponsor: Ohio Agricultural Council
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors preparing to enter college or any other undergraduate student currently enrolled in college. Applicants or their parents or legal guardian must be a resident of the State of Ohio. Applicant must have declared, or plan to declare, a major in agriculture.
Past Chair’s Legacy Scholarship
Sponsor: National Hydropower Association
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to college juniors and seniors beginning fall 2023, 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.
Philadelphia Flyers Rising Leadership Scholarship
Sponsor: Philadelphia Flyers | UNCF
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to African American current first year college freshmen from the Philadelphia region with at least a 3.0 GPA and have demonstrated involvement with the sport of Ball or Hockey.
Princess Grace Dance Awards
Sponsor: Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to promising students who are majoring in dance at a non-profit school for at least one year. Applicant must submit online application, resume, personal statement, and work samples. Applicant must be recommended by a faculty member at their institution.
Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program
Sponsor: American Traffic Safety Services Association
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who are dependents of roadway workers killed or permanently disabled in roadway work zones.
Scholarships4mom.net Scholarship
Sponsor: Scholarships4Moms.net
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to legal U.S. residents who are at least 18 years of age and currently enrolled, or will be enrolled within the next three months, in a college or university in the United States. Applicant must be a mother or an expectant mother.
Sports Task Force/Al Young Sports Journalism Scholarship
Sponsor: Asian American Journalists Association
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to Asian American students who are AAJA student members. Applicant must demonstrate journalistic excellence and a strong interest in pursuing sports journalism as a career. Applicants must be an undergraduate enrolled with at least 12 credit units per semester at a junior college or university in the United States.
Technology Scholarship
Sponsor: Attorney Marketing Network
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current undergraduate students who are studying computer science, mathematics, science or engineering and have at least a 3.0 GPA.
Trust Fund Higher Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Delaware Tribe of Indians
Amount: Up to $400
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to Delaware Tribal members attending college. Applicant must have at least a 2.7 GPA in the last semester they attended.
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?”
Wyoming Auctioneers Association Scholarship
Sponsor: Wyoming Auctioneers Association
Amount: $500
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to Wyoming students who have graduated or will graduate from an accredited Wyoming High School or has completed the past year at a qualified University or school of higher education. Applicant must have at least a 2.5 GPA.
Wyoming State 4-H Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Wyoming State 4-H Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to Wyoming students who are current and/or past 4-H members in Wyoming.
Foundation for Rural Service Scholarships
Sponsor: Foundation for Rural Service
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 16, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who are from rural America. Applicant must have at least a C GPA and express an interest to return to a rural community following graduation. Applicant must be sponsored by a current NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association member.
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.
Jeannette Rankin Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Jeannette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 16, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to low-income women who are 35 or older and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Applicant must be pursuing a technical or vocational education, an associate’s degree, or a first bachelor’s degree.
KyCPA College Scholarships
Sponsor: Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 16, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are enrolled in an accredited Kentucky-based college or university who are at least a sophomore at the time of application. Applicant must have completed Principles of Accounting and either has completed or is enrolled in Intermediate Accounting.
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.
NEWH Harvey Nudelman Scholarship
Sponsor: NEWH – The Hospitality Industry Network | Fabricut Contract
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: February 16, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students actively enrolled in college with an interior design major with a career objective in the hospitality industry.
Simon Youth Scholarships
Sponsor: Simon Youth Foundation
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 16, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who attend one of the Simon Youth Foundation Academies, live near a Simon mall property, or are a son or daughter of an employee of Simon Property Group.
The Christophers Video Contest for College Students
Sponsor: The Christophers
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: February 16, 2024
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.
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.
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara Scholarship
Sponsor: Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 18, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to students who have attended school in Santa Barbara County (California) for at least four of the six years between grades 7-12 and plan to attend full-time at a Title IV approved institution in the next academic year. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or AB 540 eligible.
Web Design Scholarship
Sponsor: Lounge Lizard
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 18, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students in the United States. Applicant must submit a web design.
Archibald Rutledge Scholarship Program
Sponsor: South Carolina Department of Education
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: February 19, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in South Carolina with talent in creative writing, dance, music, theatre, or visual arts.
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.
Innovation in Education Scholarship
Sponsor: LaTutors
Amount: $500
Closing Date: February 20, 2024
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.
UNCF Ladders of Hope Scholarship
Sponsor: UNCF
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 20, 2024
Description: Scholarships is open to African American/Black college freshmen who are permanent residents of South Los Angeles and who are attending a UNCF member institution full-time.
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.
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