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 January and 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 45 scholarships for Saturday, January 20, 2024.
Media Plan Case Competition
Sponsor: Washington Media Scholars Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: January 28, 2024
Description: Competition is open to undergraduate students enrolled at a college or university in the United States. Applicant must team up with another student (does not need to attend same institution) to submit a competitive media plan.
Future of Agriculture Scholarship
Sponsor: Iowa Corn
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students who are an Iowa Corn Growers Association member or son/daughter of an ICGA member. Applicant must be planning to study a field that can equip them to contribute to the agriculture industry in Iowa.
Georgia United High School Scholarship Competition
Sponsor: Georgia United Credit Union
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to Georgia graduating high school seniors who are members of Georgia United Credit Union in good standing. Applicant must submit a video sharing how they are going to use their education to help their community.
G-III Apparel Scholarship
Sponsor: G-III Apparel Group | UNCF
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to African American college sophomores majoring in a business-related discipline.
Global Citizen Scholarship
Sponsor: MPOWER Financing
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to international students allowed to legally study in the U.S. or Canada (U.S. permanent resident, protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, or have a valid visa that permits study in the U.S.) Applicant must be accepted at, or enrolled in, a full-time degree program at a U.S. or Canadian school.
Golden 1 Credit Union Scholarship
Sponsor: Golden 1 Credit Union
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to Golden 1 members (California) and their dependents. Applicant must be a graduating high school seniors or current college student attending an accredited, nonprofit college or university in California during the 2024-2025 school year.
Hamilton Award
Sponsor: Alexander Hamilton Scholars
Amount: $500
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Award is open to high school juniors who are college bound with a strong record of community service and academic achievement. Student must have financial and/or personal need.
Harvey Simon Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: The Simon Cancer Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be enrolled in a four-year college or university during the Fall 2024 term. Applicant must have had a form of cancer sometime during their lifetime.
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarship
Sponsor: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Amount: Up to $20,000 over four years
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors who are Texas residents and plan to attend a Texas college or university. There are multiple scholarships with specific requirements.
I Have a Dream Scholarship
Sponsor: Unigo
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: January 31, 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 will enroll in the future) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education. Applicant must submit a short essay (250 words or less) about a dream.
Irene and Daisy MacGregor Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high scholastic standing and character students who have been accepted into or are pursuing an approved course of study to become a medical doctor (no pre-med, veterinarian or physician assistant) at an approved, accredited medical school. There is a preference to females “if equally qualified.”
Jet Future Business Leaders Scholarship
Sponsor: Jet Insurance Company
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current enrolled college students who are interested in pursuing a career in business.
Leo W. and Alberta V. Thomas Utz Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: $4,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to three top students (one in each of the following areas – Math, and English).
Leslie Andree Hanna Medical Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to deserving female students who are U.S. citizens attending medical school.
Lillian and Arthur Dunn Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to deserving sons and daughters of members of the NSDAR for four years of college.
LPGA Scholarships
Sponsor: LPGA Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to female graduating high school seniors who played golf in high school. There are scholarships for students who are planning on playing collegiate golf and for students not planning on playing collegiate golf. In addition to general scholarships, there are scholarships open to minority female students.
Lucinda Beneventi Findley History Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who have demonstrated advance interest in history and are planning to major in or pursue the study of history in a full-time accredited college or university in the United States.
Madeline Pickett (Halbert) Cogswell Nursing Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are accepted or enrolled in an accredited school of nursing. Applicant must be a DAR member, a descendant of members or be eligible for membership in NSDAR.
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship
Sponsor: College Success Foundation – Washington State
Amount: $4,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors from specific Washington state zip codes 98104, 98108, 98118, 98122, 98134, 98144). Applicant must be a member of a racial or ethnic group that in underrepresented in higher education (American Indian or Alaska Native, Cambodian, Filipino, Laotian, Vietnamese, African or Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, or Multi-racial).
Mary Elizabeth Lockwood Beneventi MBA Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students attending graduate school full-time in an accredited college or university and majoring in business administration. Applicant must have a minimum GPA of 3.25.
Midwest Member Chapter Scholarships
Sponsor: Association for Iron & Steel Technology
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors who will be enrolling in college for the fall semester, or a First, Second, or Third year student currently enrolled in a full-accredited college or university. Applicant must be members of the AIST Northeastern Ohio member chapter or the dependent of a member of the AIST Northeastern Ohio chapter.
National CPR Foundation Healthcare and Education Scholarship Program
Sponsor: National CPR Foundation
Amount: $500
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students who are at least 18 years of age and have a minimum GPA of 2.8. Applicant must be currently or planning to be enrolled in school majoring in a healthcare or education-related field.
National Eagle Scout Association Scholarships
Sponsor: National Eagle Scout Association
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors through college juniors who are Eagle Scouts.
NBA Scholarship
Sponsor: Nebraska Bankers Educational Foundation
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to Nebraska residents who have demonstrated high academic success and who are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in finance, accounting, economics, marketing or another banking-related major.
NCGA William C. Berg Academic Excellence in Agriculture Scholarship
Sponsor: National Corn Growers Association
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students entering at least their second undergraduate year at an accredited junior college, college or university and pursuing a degree in agriculture, agribusiness, or an Ag vocation field. Applicant must be a NCGA member or son/daughter of an NCGA member.
NDFU Scholarship
Sponsor: North Dakota Farmers Union
Amount: At least $500
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current undergraduate students who are Farmers Union members. Applicant must have at least a 2.5 GPA. The field of study is not limited to agribusiness, farm operation or production agriculture, but should relate to or benefit rural America.
Nellie Love Butcher Music Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students pursuing an education in piano or voice. Applicant must submit a performance CD. Special consideration shall be given to students currently attending the Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
NEWH | Dallas Scholarship
Sponsor: NEWH | Dallas
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to currently enrolled students attending an accredited college in Northern Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, or Kansas. Applicant must have a career objective in one of the areas of the Hospitality Industry (i.e., Hotel/Restaurant Management, Culinary/Foodservice, Architecture, Interior Design, etc.)
Nitro College Scholarship
Sponsor: Nitro
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia who are enrolled in an accredited college or university located in the United States at the time of awarding the prize. Applicant must complete a scholarship survey, and answer three short-answer questions.
Norma Ross Walter Scholarship
Sponsor: The Willa Cather Foundation
Amount: Up to $3,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to female students who are graduating high school seniors at a Nebraska high school and plans to enroll as an English major at an accredited college or university.
North Dakota Corn Growers Association Scholarship
Sponsor: North Dakota Corn Growers Association
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who are pursuing a degree in an agriculture field. Applicant must be a North Dakota Corn Growers Association member or son/daughter of a NDCGA member.
NurseThink – AACN Scholarship
Sponsor: American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in master’s and doctoral nursing programs at AACN member institutions who have a desire to become future nurse faculty.
Occupational/Physical Therapy Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students who have financial need and have been accepted or are attending an accredited school of occupational therapy (including art, music, or physical therapy).
Opportunity Scholarship for Locked-Out Dreamers
Sponsor: TheDream.US
Amount: Up to $80,000 over four years
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and high school graduates who live in targeted, locked-out states that do not offer in-state tuition to DREAMers, or bars them from attending state colleges and universities all together.
PanHellenic Scholarship Awards
Sponsor: PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to full-time undergraduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are of Hellenic descent (applicant must have at least one great-grandparent with Hellenic roots). Applicant must have at least a 3.5 GPA.
Philadelphia Flyers Rising Leadership Scholarship
Sponsor: Philadelphia Flyers | UNCF
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: January 31, 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.
Pinellas Education Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Pinellas Education Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who attend school in Pinellas County, Florida. There are multiple scholarships – see website for details.
Playstation Career Pathways Program
Sponsor: UNCF
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Program is open to Black/African American undergraduate students with a declared major in computer science or computer engineering with at least a 3.0 GPA.
Princeton Prize in Race Relations
Sponsor: Alumni Association of Princeton
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Award is for students currently enrolled in ninth through twelfth grades in a participating region (Alabama, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Connecticut, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Nashville, New Jersey, NYC, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rochester, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St Louis, or Washington, DC) who have been actively involved in a volunteer activity that has had a significant, positive impact on race relations in their school or community.
Public Education Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: The Public Education Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors from Nevada. There are multiple scholarships with specific requirements – see website for details.
R2C Scholarship
Sponsor: Return2College
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and legal residents who are starting a program of higher education (college or graduate school) within the next 12 months or are currently enrolled. Applicant must be 17 years of age or older and there is no maximum age limit. Applicant must share in three sentences of less why they are getting their degree.
Richard and Elizabeth Dean Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors with a 4.0 GPA.
Robert Hunter Swadley Horticulture Scholarship
Sponsor: Daughters of the American Revolution
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors with a minimum 3.0 GPA who will be entering an accredited college or university located in the United States as a Freshman with a major in horticulture. The applicant must be a U.S. citizen residing in the state of California.
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Scholars Program
Sponsor: Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in Ventura County, California who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, character, communication skills, academic achievement, and commitment to Ventura County.
SAA Native American Scholarships
Sponsor: Society of American Archaeology
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: January 31, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to all native peoples from anywhere in the Americas, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indigenous Pacific Islanders. Applicant must be a current undergraduate or graduate students in archaeology.
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