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General Scholarships
- 10 Words or Less Scholarship ($1000/November 15, 2025)
- Able Flight Scholarship ($5000/October 31, 2025)
- Acker Warren Fresh Start Scholarship ($1000/November 5, 2025)
- AES Engineering Scholarship ($500/October 8, 2025)
- AIAA Lockheed Martin Marillyn Hewson Scholarship ($10,000/December 31, 2025)
- Americanism Essay Contest ($1500/December 1, 2025)
- Andrew Flusche & Fitzgerald Scholarship ($500/November 30, 2025)
- Anidjar & Levine Community Service Scholarship ($2500/October 1, 2025)
- Appily Easy Money Scholarship ($1000/September 30, 2025)
- Around the Corner from College Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2025 & June 30, 2026)
- Autumn Apple Choice Award ($2000/September 30, 2025)
- AWS Welder Training Scholarship ($1000/November 30, 2025)
- Aya Healthcare Future Travel Nurse Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2025)
- Ayn Rand Essay Contests (Up to $25,000/deadlines vary)
- Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers ($3000/December 1, 2025)
- Be Bold Scholarship ($25,000/ October 1, 2025)
- Big Future Scholarship ($500-$40,000/monthly opportunities to win)
- Bright Lights Scholarship for underrepresented/1st generation students ($600/December 12, 2025)
- Brooks Law Group Car Accident Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2025)
- Bryant X. Phelps Endowed Scholarship($4,400/October 13, 2025)
- Burger King Scholars Program ($1,000-$60,000/Opens Oct. 15 - Dec. 15, 2025)
- Buy-Rite's Annual Beauty School Scholarship ($1000/November 1, 2025)
- Chick-Fil-A Community Scholars Program ($25,000/October 25, 2025)
- Chuck Hall Star Of Tomorrow Scholarship for Bowlers ($6000/December 1, 2025)
- Coca-Cola Scholars Program ($20,000/September 30, 2025)
- Common App Scholarship ($2000/December 15, 2025))
- Concerto High School Musicians Scholarship ($2500/November 15, 2025)
- Cooke College Scholarship (up to $55,000/November 12, 2025)
- Defining the Disability Scholarship ($1000/October 31, 2025)
- Delete Cyberbullying Beyond School Walls Scholarship Award ($1000/October 31, 2025)
- Dell Scholars Program for students with financial need ($20,000/Opens Dec. 15 - Feb. 15, 2026
- Derrick Car and Truck Accident Injury Scholarship ($1000/December 30, 2025)
- Design Thinking Scholarship ($1000/July 31, 2026 for the Fall semester))
- Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway ($100,000/September 30, 2025)
- Duckett Local Conservation Scholarship ($1000/October 31, 2025)
- Dustan Biegler Memorial Scholarship for Construction Students ($4200/November 1, 2025)
- Education Matters Scholarship ($5000/November 30, 2025)
- Elks National Scholarship ($7500/November 12, 2025)
- Empowering Women in Tech Scholarship ($3000/November 30, 2025)
- Everett J. Collins, Jr. Music Scholarship ($2000/October 1, 2025)
- Fields-of-Corn Photo Contest ($500/November 17, 2025)
- Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2025)
- Girls Impact the World Scholarship ($5000/October 1, 2025)
- GoTranscript Academic Scholarship Program ($5000/applications accepted year round)
- Hagan Scholarship for students with Financial Need/December 1, 2025)
- Healthcare Leaders Scholarship ($1500/December 31, 2025)
- Helen Laughlin AM Mode Memorial Scholarship for Texas AM Radio Operators($1000/January 4, 2026)
- Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards ($10,000/November 2, 2025)
- Home Depot Foundation Path to Pro Scholarship for trade schools ($2500/September 30, 2025)
- In the Driver’s Seat Scholarship ($3000/December 1, 2025)
- Innovation in Education Scholarship ($500/the 20th of each month)
- Interstellar Research Group Scholarships ($2,500/December 15, 2025)
- Just Poetry! Scholarship ($500/Deadlines vary)
- Kelly Law Autism Scholarship ($1000/December 19, 2025)
- King Eagle Scout Contest ($10,000/deadlines vary)
- Lamber-Goodnow Scholarships ($1000/December 1, 2025)
- Learner Calculus Scholarship ($500/August 1, 2026)
- Learner's Innovators of Color STEM Scholarship ($500/March 26, 2026)
- Learner’s Women in STEM Scholarship ($1000/November 20, 2025)
- Live it Up Quarterly Women in Healthcare Scholarship ($3000/June 1, 2026)
- Make the U Scholarship ($10,000/December 31, 2025)
- Making an Impact Scholarship ($1,500/November 1, 2025)
- Maryknoll Student Essay Contest for students in a Catholic Youth Program ($1000/November 17, 2025)
- Money Metals Exchange Scholarship ($1000-2500/October 31, 2025)
- MyMozaic Monthly Scholarship ($1000/Monthly deadlines)
- National Rice Month Scholarship Video Contest ($5000/October 31, 2025)
- Niche "No Essay" $2000 Scholarship ($2,000/September 30)
- Niche Scholarship ($45,000/October 15, 2025)
- NSCA High School Scholarship for degrees involving strength & conditioning ($2000/October 15, 2025)
- NSHSS Scholarships ($various amounts/various dates)
- Numerous Business Scholarships (Various amounts with various deadlines)
- Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Scholarship for manufacturing careers ($3500/September 30, 2025)
- Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship ($500/November 15, 2025)
- OHM Advisors Diversity Scholarship for studying STEM ($1000/November 30, 2025)
- Online Learning Innovator Scholarship ($1000/January 2, 2026)
- Overachievers Student Grant Scholarship ($100,000/December 15, 2025)
- Overcoming the Impossible Scholarship ($1000/November 30, 2025)
- Owl Scholarship ($1000/September 29, 2025)
- Perseverance Scholarship (December 31, 2025; full cost of 4 years)
- 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, 2025)
- PrimePutt Scholarship for Women Golfers ($1000/December 1, 2025)
- Proactive Senior Scholarship ($1000/October 31, 2025)
- Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholarship ($250,000/November 6, 2025)
- Responsify Empowering Others Scholarship ($1000/October 5, 2025)
- Return 2 College Scholarship ($1000/September 30, 2025)
- Ron Brown Scholarship for African-Americans ($40,000/December 1, 2025)
- Rubincam Youth Writing Competition ($500/December 15, 2025)
- Sabrina Carpenter Superfan Scholarship ($500/October 1, 2025
- Scholarship for Tomorrow's Entrepreneur ($2000/November 15, 2025)
- SDMS Foundation Sonography Student Scholarship Program ($2500/December 31, 2025 & June 30, 2026)
- Shout It Out Scholarship ($1500/September 30, 2025)
- SMART Scholarships ($38,000/December 5, 2025)
- Stand Up to Distracted Driving Scholarship ($1000/November 12, 2025)
- Stantec Future Leaders Scholarship ($10,000/October 15, 2025)
- Stokes Educational Scholarship ($30,000/October 31, 2025)
- Take Care of Texas Video Contest ($2500 /December 5, 2025)
- TBA Accounting Student Scholarship Program ($1500 per semester up to $12,000/various dates)
- Terry Traditional Scholarship for public colleges in Texas (Full Ride/varies by school)
- The AvaCare Medical Scholarship ($1000/December 15, 2025)
- The National Space Club Scholarship ($20,000/November 17, 2025)
- Thiel High School Fellowship ($200,000-2 awards/December 31, 2025)
- Top Nutrition Coaching Annual Heroes' Legacy Scholarship ($500/April 1, 2026)
- Top Ten List Scholarship ($1500/December 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, 2025)
- UTI Academic Excellence Grant ($3000/September 30, 2025)
- Visionary Scholarship (Cost of the first year of college/December 1, 2025)
- Voice of Democracy Scholarship (Up to $35,000/October 31, 2025)
- Washington University in St. Louis Scholarships (Amount and Application Deadlines vary)
- Women in Aviation International Scholarships ($20,000/October 15, 2025)
- Women's Ministries Scholarship Program ($20,000/October 31, 2025)
Helpful Information on the FAFSA and Financial Aid
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What is FAFSA?
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is how you apply for grants, scholarships, work-study, and federal student loans for college or career school.
Click on FAFSA Application Quick Guide for more information and how to get started.
Please click on the link to a document that helps students prepare information needed to complete the FAFSA application:
Frequently Asked Questions about the FAFSA
