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 60 scholarships for Saturday, February 8, 2020.
Bobette Bibo Gugliotta Memorial Scholarship for Creative Writing
Sponsor: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: February 14, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating seniors and graduates of public or private high schools in San Mateo or Santa Clara Counties (California) who are planning to enroll or are currently enrolled in a four-year college or university as a full-time student. Applicant must submit two writing samples.
Danone North America, Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant
Sponsor: The Dannon Company, Inc.
Amount: $25,000
Closing Date: February 14, 2020
Description: Fellowship is open to current, full-time graduate students who excel in science and have an interest in the field of the gut microbiome’s effect on human health and well-being, or in the nutritional and functional benefits of yogurt.
Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives Scholarship
Sponsor: Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners & Nurse Midwives
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: February 14, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in an accredited MSN, DNP, or PhD program in Nursing and who either live in Kentucky or are enrolled in a Kentucky program. Applicant must also be a current member of KCNPNM.
Society of Women Engineers Scholarships
Sponsor: Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 14, 2020
Description: Scholarships are open to women who are current undergraduate and graduate students, and reentry students who will be pursuing an ABET-accredited degree in engineering, engineering technology, or computer science.
Wyoming FFA Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Wyoming FFA Foundation
Amount: $500
Closing Date: February 14, 2020
Description: Scholarships are open to incoming and current college students in the state of Wyoming who are studying Agriculture.
Bullard Family Scholarship
Sponsor: The North Carolina Baptist Foundation, Inc.
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 15, 2020
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.
GSF Scholarship
Sponsor: Good Samaritan Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 15, 2020
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.
KYPTA Scholarships
Sponsor: Kentucky PTA
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and parent PTA members who plan to attend a Kentucky accredited college or university and pursue a degree in education.
Varsity Tutors College Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: Varsity Tutors
Amount: $200
Closing Date: February 15, 2020
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: “If you were to start a nonprofit organization, what or who would it benefit and why?”
A+ Federal Credit Union Scholarships
Sponsor: A+ Federal Credit Union
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: February 17, 2020
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.
Alliant Energy Innovation Scholarship
Sponsor: Alliant Energy
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 17, 2020
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 plans to enroll in, for the first time, beginning in the fall of 2020, a full-time undergraduate course of study in a business or STEM major at an accredited institution within the Alliant Energy service territory (Iowa or Wisconsin).
Goya Foods Culinary Arts Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Goya Foods
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: February 17, 2020
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.
Income Inequality Essay Contest
Sponsor: Stossel in the Classroom
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 17, 2020
Description: Contest is open to writers aged 12-18. Applicant must submit an essay on what they think about income inequality.
KyCPA College Scholarships
Sponsor: Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 17, 2020
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.
Oracle Corporate Scholars Program
Sponsor: Oracle | UNCF
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 17, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to African-American college students who are currently pursuing a major in one of the following disciplines: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business, Mathematics, Marketing, or Human Resources, and related majors. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA.
The Christophers’ Poster Contest for High School Students
Sponsor: The Christophers
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: February 18, 2020
Description: Contest is open to students in grades nine through twelve. Contestant must create an original poster based on the theme, “You Can Make A Difference.”
Autism Scholarship
Sponsor: Dentistry by John Barras DDS
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 19, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and wish to continue their education at a university/college/junior college or trade/vocational school. Applicant must be a graduating high school senior, current college student, or student returning to school within a year of scholarship award.
PAF’s Scholarships for Survivors
Sponsor: Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF)
Amount: $3,000 annually up to four consecutive years, as long as applicant meet the guidelines of the program
Closing Date: February 19, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to students pursuing a Bachelor’s degree or higher who are under the age of 25 and have been diagnosed with or treated for cancer, a chronic, or life threatening debilitating disease within the past five years.
Simon Youth Scholarships
Sponsor: Simon Youth Foundation
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 19, 2020
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.
Women’s Cyber Security Scholarship
Sponsor: Raytheon
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: February 19, 2020
Description: Scholarships are open to women pursuing a degree with an information security/cybersecurity focus who are high school seniors, first year undergraduate students, or mid-career professionals pursuing an undergraduate degree (freshman, sophomore, or junior year). Applicant must have at least a 3.3 GPA.
$1,000 February Scholarship
Sponsor: Niche
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to high school, college, and graduate students, and those planning to enroll within 12 months. Applicant must be a legal resident of the United States or an international student with a valid student visa. Applicant must fill out a short form.
Collision Repair Education Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Collision Repair Education Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
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.
DCHA Higher Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Dairy Calf and Heifer Association
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to members of DCHA, or the sons, daughters or legal dependents of a DCHA members. Applicant must be currently enrolled in an agriculture-related field (e.g. dairy science, animal/veterinary science, agricultural technical course, ag communications, etc.) at an accredited college or university.
Gordon A. Rich Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Gordon A. Rich Memorial Foundation (GAR)
Amount: Up to $50,000 ($12,500 per year)
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
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.
Income Inequality Video Contest
Sponsor: Stossel in the Classroom
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
Description: Contest is open to filmmakers aged 14-23. Applicant must create a 1-3 minute video on income inequality.
Innovation in Education Scholarship
Sponsor: LaTutors
Amount: $500
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
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.
Optimist International Essay Contest
Sponsor: Optimist International
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
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 a topic related to “iMagine.”
Orion Fund Grants
Sponsor: The Orion Fund
Amount: Up to $3,000
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
Description: Scholarships are open to California college students with serious illness or injury. Applicant must be under the age of 30 and have a serious medical condition affecting their ability to stay in school.
Ruiz 4 Kids Scholarships
Sponsor: Ruiz 4 Kids
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors who live within 35 or 50 miles of an area with a Ruiz Foods presence (Dinuba or Tulare, California; Denison, Texas; or Florence, South Carolina – see website for details).
Tozer Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Tozer Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,750
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current undergraduate students who are residents of, or attended high school in Kanabec, Pine or Washington counties in Minnesota.
Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship
Sponsor: Vegetarian Resource Group
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 20, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors graduating in the spring of 2020. Applicant must be a vegetarian and have promoted vegetarianism in their school and/or community.
CAWV Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Contractors Association of West Virginia
Amount: Up to $6,000
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to West Virginia residents who are college sophomores, juniors or seniors enrolled, or planning to enroll, in civil engineering or a construction related four-year degree program in a West Virginia college or university.
CISCO Scholarships
Sponsor: Construction Industry Service Corporation (CISCO)
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to children of building trade union members and employees of union contractors. Applicant must be a high school senior who is a U.S. citizen and has been provisionally accepted as a full-time student into an undergraduate degree program at a two or four-year accredited college or university.
Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Scholarship
Sponsor: Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
Description: Scholarships are open to residents of the counties of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Tyler and Wetzel in West Virginia and Jefferson and Belmont in Ohio. The majority of the scholarships are open to high school seniors, but there are some open to current college students and non-traditional students. Multiple scholarships available – see website for details.
ESA Scholarships for Children of First Responders
Sponsor: Electronic Security Association (ESA)
Amount: Up to $7,500
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in Nevada who have a father, mother, or natural guardian who is a first responder. This deadline is for Nevada students only. Students in Connecticut must apply by March 20; students in Wisconsin must apply by March 6; and all other students must apply by April 10.
Gateway to Research Scholarships
Sponsor: American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE)
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
Description: Scholarships are open to students who are enrolled full-time in a Pharm.D program or a Baccalaureate degree program and have completed at least one year of the degree program in an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy. Applicant must be nominated by a faculty member.
Greater St. Louis Mothers of Twins Club Scholarship
Sponsor: Greater St. Louis Mothers of Twins Club
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to multiple-birth graduating high school seniors seeking enrollment in an accredited post high school education or training. Applicant must reside within the St. Louis, Missouri-Illinois metropolitan statistical area.
Iowa Financial Know-How Challenge: Senior Scholarship
Sponsor: Iowa Student Loan
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who are permanent residents of Iowa and plan to attend college in fall 2020. Applicant must complete two online financial literacy tutorials and a related online assessment.
Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Scholarship
Sponsor: Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
Description: Scholarships are open to students pursuing careers in the dairy industry, and must be a son, daughter, or employee of a Maryland or Virginia member, or the child of a Maryland or Virginia employee currently enrolled at a two or four-year accredited college, university or trade school.
Mathworks Math Modeling Challenge
Sponsor: MathWorks
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
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.
SPJ High School Essay Contest
Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: February 21, 2020
Description: Contest is open to students enrolled in grades 9-12 in U.S. public, private, and home schools within the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on the topic, “During a presidential election cycle, how can local journalism help foster more civil discussion in communities around politics and democracy?”
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum Student Essay Contest
Sponsor: Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
Amount: Up to $500
Closing Date: February 23, 2020
Description: Contest is open to all public, private, parochial and home school students in grades 5-12. Applicant must submit an essay on where we are in society now compared to 1995.
(ISC)2 Undergraduate Scholarships
Sponsor: Center for Cyber Safety and Education
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: February 24, 2020
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.
Forest County Potawatomi Scholarships
Sponsor: Forest County Potawatomi Foundation
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 24, 2020
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors, technical college, and students who plan to transfer to a four-year institution who are Wisconsin residents.
Heroes’ Legacy Scholarships
Sponsor: Fisher House Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 24, 2020
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 2020.
Marc E. Lewis Youth Scholarship
Sponsor: FLAG Flag Football
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 24, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to Massachusetts graduating high school seniors who have made a high school and/or community sports program safer for and more inclusive of LGBTQ student-athletes, as either a role model or ally.
Scholarships for Military Children
Sponsor: Fisher House Foundation
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: February 24, 2020
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 2020 in a full-time undergraduate program of study leading to a Bachelor’s degree.
Sowers Club of Nebraska Scholarship – High School Seniors
Sponsor: The Sowers Club of Nebraska Foundation
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 24, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who are residents of Nebraska and planning to attend a college in Nebraska.
Student Speakers Contest
Sponsor: Lions Clubs International MD4
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: February 24, 2020
Description: Contest is open to California residents in grades 9-12. Applicant must perform a 5-10 minute speech on a given topic related to integrity and civility. Applicant must apply with their local club (see website for details).
CEMS Fund Scholarship
Sponsor: Cynthia E. Morgan Scholarship Fund
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: February 25, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to current residents of the state of Maryland who are high school juniors or seniors or currently attending an accredited Maryland post-secondary school. Applicant must be the first person in his/her immediate family who will be attending a Maryland accredited post-secondary school and studying (or planning to study) in the medical field.
First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association Annual Scholarship Program
Sponsor: First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association (FCSLA)
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 25, 2020
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 2020-2021 academic year.
Richard and Louise Varco Scholarship
Sponsor: Richard and Louise Varco Scholarship Fund, Saint Paul and Minnesota Communication Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 25, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to students who plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate, graduate or professional level study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school in Minnesota for the entire 2020-2021 academic year. Applicant must have at least a 2.5 GPA OR be a worker displaced under extraordinary circumstances.
Beth Carew Memorial Scholarship Program
Sponsor: The Colburn-Keenan Foundation, Inc.
Amount: Up to $6,000
Closing Date: February 26, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors with hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, or a related inherited bleeding disorder.
TeenDrive365 Video Challenge
Sponsor: Discovery Education
Amount: Up to $15,000
Closing Date: February 26, 2020
Description: Challenge is open to legal U.S. residents who are at least 13 years of age and are enrolled in grades 9-12 at a public, private or parochial school in the United States. Student must create a 30-60 second video that demonstrates the importance of safe teen driving.
College Counts Scholarship
Sponsor: State of Alabama
Amount: Up to $4,000
Closing Date: February 27, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors or first-time college freshmen beginning in fall 2020 who are Alabama residents and planning to attend an Alabama eligible education institution. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and have at least a 2.75 GPA.
Emerge Scholarships
Sponsor: Emerge – Empowering Women Through Education
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 27, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to women who are Georgia residents and non-traditional students (at least 25 years of age or older).
Integra Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
Sponsor: Integra Foundation, Inc. | UNCF
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 27, 2020
Description: Scholarship is open to permanent residents of the states of New Jersey (Somerset, mercer, or Middlesex counties), Massachusetts (greater Boston area), and Ohio (greater Cincinnati area) who are attending a UNCF member institution and majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
Jeannette Rankin Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Jeannette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 27, 2020
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.
Student Video Contest
Sponsor: World of 7 Billion
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: February 27, 2020
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.
TheDream.US National Scholarship Program
Sponsor: The Dream.US Scholarship Program
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 27, 2020
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).
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