SCHOLARSHIPS & OPPORTUNITIES
Find more opportunities at: https://gearup.wa.gov/educators/scholarships and our list of scholarship search engines and databases.
TI Photo Contest. Glow up your TI graphing calculator for back to school with your very own custom design. Enter the photo contest for a chance to win weekly giveaways and an electrifying grand prize. Runs through Sept. 15.
Jack Cooke Kent College Scholarships. Rising high school seniors can sign up here to receive notifications about the next application cycle, which opened Sept. 1 and closes on Nov. 18.
College Board Opportunity Scholarships. When deciding which colleges you want to apply to, aim to have at least six schools on your list, including three reach, two matches, and one safety. Seniors who strengthen their college list will earn a chance at a $500 scholarship!
Campus Pride Social Justice Mini-Grants for Activism. Grant Awards: Up to $600 to individuals, student organizations, or campuses. Priority consideration: Efforts that focus on 18-26-year-old young adults. Advocating for LGBTQ awareness, programming, and initiatives within a social justice lens addressing intersections of ethnicity, race, class, ability, faith/spirituality, etc. Rolling deadlines.
Poetry Out Loud. This national poetry recitation competition is for 9-12 graders. Register by Nov. 19.
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Open to K-12 students, college students, law school students, graduate schools students, adults 25 years of age and older, and seniors 65 years and older. Each age group has different requirements, so applicants should visit the website for details. Amount varies.
9/17
QuestBridge National College Match
Online platform that helps outstanding low-income HS seniors gain admission and full 4-year scholarships to some of the nation's most selective colleges.
9/28
Don’t Text and Drive Scholarship
($1,000) - Complete the application form, including a 140-character message about texting while driving. The top 10 applications will be selected as finalists. The finalists will be asked to write a full-length 500- to 1,000-word essay about texting while driving.
9/30
Scholarship Poetry Contest - Winter Issue
($100-$500) - Applicant must submit an original poem with 20 lines or less.
9/30
($1,500) - In 250 words or less, submit an online written response to the question: "If you could say one thing to the entire world at once, what would it be and why?"
9/30
SchoolHouse Connection Youth Leadership and Scholarship Program
Provides scholarships to youth who have experienced homelessness to ensure their completion of a post-secondary education program. Assists youth with financial aid processes, mental health advocacy and referrals, professional legal advocacy and referrals, and assistance in locating and establishing local contacts for general support and services. $2,000 scholarship award ($1,000 for the 1st year, $1,000 for the 2nd year of college). Undocumented students who meet these criteria are eligible.
10/15
Horatio Alger Scholarship - National Scholarships
($25,000) - The Horatio Alger National Scholarship Program is one of the major scholarship programs nationally that specifically assists high school students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their young lives.
10/25
Horatio Alger Scholarship - State Scholarships
($10,000) - State scholarships are awarded to eligible students in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. The program specifically assists high school students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their young lives.
10/25
Disney Dreamers Academy Applications.
(Academy) - Disney Dreamers Academy is a 4-day, power-packed event in which 100 select high school students, ages 13 to 19, are inspired, motivated, and prepared to dream big.
10/31
Coca-Cola Scholars Scholarship
($20,000) - High school seniors with a minimum 3.0 unweighted GPA may apply on our website in August of their senior year until the Oct. 31 deadline. 150 Coca-Cola Scholars are selected each year to receive this $20,000 scholarship.
10/31
($2,000) - In 250 words or less, submit a response to the question: "Imagine your high school or college has been overrun with zombies. Your math professor, the cafeteria ladies, and even your best friend have all joined the walking dead. Flesh out a plan to avoid the zombies, including where you’d hide and the top-five things you’d bring to stay alive."
10/31
Voice of Democracy Scholarship.
($30,000) Voice of Democracy audio-essay program provides high school students with the unique opportunity to express themselves in a democratic and patriotic-themed recorded essay. The national first-place winner receives a $30,000 scholarship paid directly to the recipient’s American university, college, or vocational/technical school.
10/31