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General Scholarships
- 10 Words or Less Scholarship ($1000/November 15, 2024)
- Empowering Women in Tech Scholarship ($3000/November 30, 2024)
- Future Leaders Scholarship (various deadlines)
- ADHD Advisor Test Mental Health Advocate Scholarship ($1000/August 1, 2024)
- ADHDAdvisor.org’s Quarterly Mental Health Scholarship for Women ($1000/various deadlines)
- AES Engineering Scholarship ($500/October 8, 2024)
- AFSA High School Seniors Scholarship ($1000/January 1, 2025)
- American Chemical Society Scholarship for minority chemistry students ($5000/March 1, 2025)
- American Culinary Federation Scholarships ($2500/October 31, 2024 & April 30, 2025)
- American Indians Scholarships for Native Americans (awards vary/January 31, 2025)
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Scholarships (Various amounts and deadlines)
- American Nuclear Society Scholarships for STEM (up to $5000/April 1, 2025)
- Americanism Essay Contest ($1500/December 1, 2024)
- Andrew Flusche & Fitzgerald Scholarship ($500/November 30, 2024)
- Appily Easy Money Scholarship ($1000/August 31, 2024)
- Around the Corner from College Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2024 & June 30, 2025)
- Aspire Scholarship ($1000/September 30, 2024)
- AWS Welder Training Scholarship ($1000/November 30, 2024)
- Aya Healthcare Future Travel Nurse Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2024)
- Ayn Rand Essay Contests (Up to $10,000/deadlines vary)
- Barbara Cain Literary Scholarship ($1000/September 21, 2024)
- Beatrice Diaz Memorial Scholarship ($500/March 15, 2025)
- Beauty & Wellness Professionals Scholarship ($2500/September 1, 2024/March 1, 2025)
- Big Future Scholarship ($500-$40,000/monthly opportunities to win)
- Bright Lights Scholarship for underrepresented/1st generation students ($550/December 25, 2024)
- Brooks Law Group Car Accident Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2024)
- Burger King Scholars Program ($1,000-$50,000/December 15, 2024)
- Buy-Rite's Annual Beauty School Scholarship ($1000/November 1, 2024)
- Caffarelli Scholarship for male students (up to $20,000/February 28, 2025)
- Cards Direct Future Designer Scholarship ($1000/May 1, 2025)
- Career Test Scholarship ($1000/September 1, 2024)
- Charles Butt Scholarship for Aspiring Teachers (up to $10,000/various deadlines)
- Chick-Fil-A Community Scholars Program ($25,000/October 30, 2024)
- Coca-Cola Scholars Program ($20,000/September 30, 2024)
- College Here I Come Essay Scholarship ($1000/January 31, 2025)
- Common App Scholarship ($2000/November 30, 2024)
- Concerto High School Musicians Scholarship ($2500/November 15, 2024)
- Cooke College Scholarship for those with under $95k annual income (up to $55,000/November 14, 2024)
- Customized Girl Annual Scholarship ($500/December 31, 2024)
- DDSRank Dental Scholarship ($500/September 20, 2024)
- Defensive Driving Scholarship ($1000/September 30, 2024)
- Defining the Disability Scholarship ($1000/October 31, 2024)
- Dell Scholars Program for students with financial need ($20,000/December 1, 2024)
- Derrick Car and Truck Accident Injury Scholarship ($1000/December 15, 2024)
- DP Law Aspiring Attorney Scholarship ($1000/October 31, 2024)
- Dr. Juan Andrade Jr. Scholarship for Young Hispanic Leaders ($1000/November 30, 2024)
- Driver Education Initiative Annual Scholarship ($500/November 30, 2024)
- Duckett Local Conservation Scholarship ($1000/October 31, 2024)
- Education Matters Scholarship ($5000/November 30, 2024)
- Elevate Women in Technology Scholarship ($500/November 30, 2024)
- Elijah's Helping Hand Scholarship Award ($500/May 12, 2025)
- Elks National Foundation Legacy Awards for those with an Elks family member ($4000/February 3, 2025)
- Elks National Scholarship ($7500/November 12, 2024)
- Encouraging Diversity Scholarship ($1000/October 31, 2024)
- Family Adversity Scholarship ($1000/September 30, 2024)
- Fields-of-Corn Photo Contest ($500/November 15, 2024)
- Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2024)
- Geraldine Polly Bednash Scholarships for nursing students ($5000/4 deadlines throughout the year)
- Golden Door Scholarship for Undocumented Immigrant Students (Cost of Attendance/October 1, 2024)
- GoTranscript Academic Scholarship Program ($5000/applications accepted year round)
- Hagan Scholarship for students with family income under $85,000 (up to $90,000/December 1, 2024)
- HEB UIL Scholarships for students who competed in any UIL event ($2000/February 2, 2025)
- HeySunday Eco Innovation Scholarship ($1000/September 1, 2024)
- HeySunday Eco Warrior Scholarship ($1000/November 20, 2024)
- HOLA Scholarship for Hispanic students in high tech (up to $20,000/March 13, 2025)
- Home Depot Foundation Path to Pro Scholarship for trade schools ($2000/deadlines vary)
- Innovation in Education Scholarship ($500/the 20th of each month)
- Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship for minority students (up to $35,000/January 9, 2025)
- JFK Profile in Courage Essay Contest ($10,000/January 17, 2025)
- John Lewis Good Trouble Scholarship ($1000/October 3, 2024)
- Just Poetry! Scholarship ($500/Deadlines vary)
- Keep Going Forward No Essay Scholarship ($1500/October 30, 2024)
- Key Thinkers Scholarship ($1000/September 30, 2024; March 31, 2025)
- King Eagle Scout Contest ($10,000/deadlines vary)
- Lamber-Goodnow Scholarships ($1000/December 1, 2024)
- Learner’s Women in STEM Scholarship ($500/November 20, 2024)
- Live it Up Quarterly Community Health Ambassador Scholarship for Nurses ($1000/September 1, 2024)
- Live it Up Quarterly Women in Healthcare Scholarship ($500/September 1, 2024)
- LPA Scholarship for females & minorities in engineering or design ($5000/December 2, 2024)
- Make the U Scholarship ($10,000/November 3, 2024)
- Maodong Xu Science & Technology Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2024)
- Maryknoll Student Essay Contest for students in a Catholic Youth Program ($1000/November 18, 2024)
- Michael Moody Fitness Scholarship for health or fitness students ($1500/August 1, 2025)
- Mindscape Big Picture Scholarship ($10,000/December 31, 2024)
- Money Metals Exchange Scholarship ($1000-2000/October 31, 2024)
- Monroe Justice and Equality Memorial Scholarship for criminal justice or law ($1000/April 1, 2025)
- MyMozaic Monthly Scholarship ($1000/Monthly deadlines)
- National AG Day Essay Contest ($1500/February 9, 2025)
- National Rice Month Scholarship Video Contest ($5000/October 31, 2024)
- National Space Club Scholarship for STEM students ($15,000/November 1, 2024)
- Naval Helicopter Association Scholarship ($4500/January 31, 2025)
- Niche "No Essay" $2000 Scholarship ($2,000/August 31, 2024)
- Nike Hispanic Serving Institution Scholarship ($5,000-$10,00/September 15, 2024)
- Nike Hispanic Serving Institution Scholarship
- NSCA High School Scholarship for degrees involving strength & conditioning ($2000/October 15, 2024)
- NSHSS Scholarships ($various amounts/various dates)
- Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Scholarship for manufacturing careers ($3500/various deadlines)
- Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship ($500/November 15, 2024)
- OHM Advisors Diversity Scholarship for women and minorities studying STEM ($1000/October 15, 2024)
- Overachievers Student Grant Scholarship ($15,000/December 30, 2024)
- Overcoming the Impossible Scholarship ($1000/November 30, 2024)
- Owl Scholarship ($1000/various deadlines)
- Pettable Mental Health Importance Scholarship ($1000/November 1, 2024)
- Point Flagship Scholarships for LGBTQ students (Amount varies/deadlines vary)
- Pretty Photoshop Actions Scholarship for students who know how to use Adobe ($500/October 15, 2024)
- PrimePutt Scholarship for Women Golfers ($1000/December 1, 2024)
- QuestBridge Match Scholarship (September 26, 2024; full cost of 4 years)
- Redefining Victory Scholarship ($2500/April 1, 2025)
- Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholarship ($250,000/November 7, 2024)
- Responsify Empowering Others Scholarship ($1000/October 5, 2024)
- Return 2 College Scholarship ($1000/September 30, 2024)
- Rubincam Youth Writing Competition ($500/December 15, 2024)
- Sack the Stigma Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2024)
- Safe Cycling Scholarship ($1000/November 30, 2024)
- Sallie Mae "No Essay" Scholarship ($2,000/August 31, 2024)
- Sander Cohen Scholarship for firefighting, EMT, & law enforcement ($1500/March 1, 2025)
- Scholarship for Tomorrow's Entrepreneur ($2000/November 15, 2024)
- SDMS Foundation Sonography Student Scholarship Program ($2500/December 31, 2024 & June 30, 2025)
- Sean Kelly Memorial Scholarship for high school athletes ($2000/November 22, 2024)
- Shout It Out Scholarship ($1500/September 30, 2024)
- SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program (Full ride plus a stipend/December 6, 2024)
- SP Scholarship ($2500/Ausut 31, 2024)
- Stand Up to Distracted Driving Scholarship ($1000/November 13, 2024)
- Stokes Educational Scholarship ($30,000/October 31, 2024)
- Stranger Things Fanatic Scholarship ($500/September 1, 2024)
- Strong Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship ($1000/August 25, 2024)
- Take Care of Texas Video Contest ($2500 /December 6, 2024)
- TBA Accounting Student Scholarship Program ($1500 per semester up to $12,000/various dates)
- Ted & Holly Rollins Scholarship ($5000/December 1, 2024)
- Terry Traditional Scholarship for public colleges in Texas (Full Ride/varies by school)
- The Donohue Family SkillPointe Scholarship ($2000/September 30, 2024)
- Helen Laughlin AM Mode Memorial Scholarship for Texas AM Radio Operators($1000/December 31, 2024)
- The Justice Solutions Group ‘Future Mentors’ Scholarship ($2,500/September 30, 2024)
- Thiel Fellowship for someone wanting to start their own business ($100,000/No deadline to apply)
- Tide and Downy Back to School Scholarship ($10,000/September 30, 2024)
- Top Nutrition Coaching Annual Heroes' Legacy Scholarship ($500/November 20, 2024)
- Top Nutrition Coaching First-Gen Futures Quarterly Scholarship ($1000/deadlines vary)
- Top of the Mountain Memorial Scholarship ($5000/October 22, 2024)
- Top Ten List Scholarship ($1500/December 31, 2024)
- Tuition Solution Scholarship for STEM Students ($500/January 31, 2025)
- U.S. Bank Student Scholarship (up to $20,000/various deadlines)
- Underdog Scholarships (Various amounts/various deadlines)
- Unigo $10K Scholarship ($10,000/December 31, 2024)
- US Bank Scholarship ($20,000/various deadlines)
- Varsity Tutors College Scholarship Contests ($200/new contest each month)
- Vegetarian Resource Group College Scholarship ($10,000/February 20, 2025)
- Visionary Scholarship (Cost of the first year of college/December 1, 2024)
- Voice of Democracy Scholarship (Up to $35,000/October 31, 2024)
- Washington University in St. Louis Scholarships (Amount and Application Deadlines vary)
- We The Future Contest (up to $5000/May 31, 2025)
- Women in Aviation International Scholarships ($20,000/October 11, 2024)
About The Defensive Driving Scholarship
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The Defensive Driving Scholarship is one-time check-dispensed award to assist tomorrow’s leaders with their financial responsibilities with regards to furthering their education. Only one winner will be selected out of all applicants per scholarship year. Apply now!
AWARD AMOUNT: $1,000
DEADLINE: September 30, 2024
