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General Scholarships
- 10 Words or Less Scholarship ($1000/November 15, 2025)
- A Better Financial Future Scholarship ($2000/October 31, 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)
- American Culinary Federation ($2500/October 31, 2025)
- Americanism Essay Contest ($1500/December 1, 2025)
- Andrew Flusche & Fitzgerald Scholarship ($500/November 30, 2025)
- Around the Corner from College Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2025 & June 30, 2026)
- Atlantic Housing Foundation Scholarship($5000/February 1, 2026)
- Automotive Women's Association Scholarship ($5000/January 16, 2026)
- 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)
- Christopher T. Muschalek Memorial Scholarship ($1000/December 17, 2025)
- Chuck Hall Star Of Tomorrow Scholarship for Bowlers ($6000/December 1, 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)
- DAR American Indian Scholarship ($4000/January 31, 2026)
- 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
- Denny's Hungry for Education Scholarship ($2000/December 8, 2025)
- Derrick Car and Truck Accident Injury Scholarship ($1000/December 30, 2025)
- Design Thinking Scholarship ($1000/July 31, 2026 for the Fall semester))
- 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)
- Fields-of-Corn Photo Contest ($500/November 17, 2025)
- Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2025)
- Golden Door Scholarship (October 31, 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)
- 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)
- Military Child of the Year Award ($10,000/December 2, 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 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)
- 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)
- Ron Brown Scholarship for African-Americans ($40,000/December 1, 2025)
- Ronald D. Weiss Scholarship ($3500/December 15, 2025)
- Rubincam Youth Writing Competition ($500/December 15, 2025)
- Scholarship for Tomorrow's Entrepreneur ($2000/November 15, 2025)
- Science Buddy Scholarship ($2500/December 31, 2025)
- SDMS Foundation Sonography Student Scholarship Program ($2500/December 31, 2025 & June 30, 2026)
- 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)
- Students with Disabilities ($5000/November 14, 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)
- United States JCI Senate Foundation Scholarship ($10,000/January 12, 2026)
- 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)
About the A Better Financial Future Scholarship
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The scholarship is open to all residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, age 17 or older at the time of entry. One entry will be selected at random at the end of the Scholarship entry window.
Scholarship Amount: $200
Application Deadline: October 31, 2025
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