Illinois Retired Teachers Association Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Illinois Retired Teachers Association Foundation
Amount: Up to $4,500
Closing Date: March 7, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to rising college juniors and seniors in Illinois who are pursing a degree in education.

King’s Daughters Health Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: King’s Daughters Health Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: March 7, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors in Boyd, Carter, Greenup, or Lawrence counties, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Ohio, or Wayne County, West Virginia. In addition to a general scholarship, there is a scholarship open to students planning to enroll in a health career field at an educational institution in Kentucky, Ohio, or West Virginia.

Nikon Photo Contest
Sponsor: Nikon
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 7, 2025
Description: Contest is open to everyone, professional and amateur photographers, regardless of nationality, age, and sex. Applicant must submit photography or video using a Nikon device.

PAF’s Scholarships for Survivors
Sponsor: Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF)
Amount: $3,000 annually up to four consecutive years, as long as applicant meet the guidelines of the program
Closing Date: March 7, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to students undergraduate and graduate students (under the age of 25 for undergraduate students and under the age of 35 for graduate students) who have been diagnosed with or treated for cancer, a chronic, or life threatening debilitating disease within the past five years. In addition to the national undergraduate program, there is a scholarships specifically for undergraduate student from Virginia.

Royal Vagabonds Foundation, Inc.
Sponsor: Royal Vagabonds Foundation, Inc.
Amount: $1,500.00
Closing Date: March 7, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to African American high school seniors who live in the city of St. Louis or St. Louis County, St. Charles County, Madison County, IL or St. Clair County, IL and have at least a 2.5 GPA.

Udall Undergraduate Scholarship
Sponsor: Udall Foundation
Amount: Up to $7,000
Closing Date: March 7, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to college sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment. Students must receive the application from the Udall faculty representative on their college campus – see website for details.

Union Health Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Union Health Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 7, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled or accepted into an accredited health care degree program at a college or university. Applicant must be a resident of the Wabash Valley, limited to Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Greene, Vermillion, and Migo counties in Indiana and Clark, Crawford, Edgar counties in Illinois.

Women’s Western Golf Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Women’s Western Golf Foundation (WWGF)
Amount: $10,000 over four years
Closing Date: March 7, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to female high school seniors who are active participants in the sport of golf and have at least a 3.5 GPA.

AAUW Wilmington (DE) Branch Scholarships
Sponsor: AAUW Wilmington (DE) Branch
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 8, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to women residents of the state of Delaware.

Ruiz 4 Kids Scholarships
Sponsor: Ruiz 4 Kids
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: March 8, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors who live within 35 or 50 miles of an area with a Ruiz Foods presence (Dinuba or Tulare, California; Denison, Texas; Frisco, Texas; or Florence, South Carolina – see website for details).

Species on the Edge 2.0 Social Media Contest
Sponsor: Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: March 8, 2025
Description: Contest is open to high school students from across New Jersey. Applicant must create their own original content (video, photograph, computer graphic, etc) or utilize existing Conserve Wildlife Foundation content to illustrate why it is important to protect New Jersey’s rare wildlife. Student must register by March 3. The video submission deadline is April 18, 2025.

International Association of Structural Movers Scholarship
Sponsor: International Association of Structural Movers
Amount: $1,500.00
Closing Date: March 9, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who are children or grandchildren of IASM member companies, employees of IASM member companies, or employee’s children.

NEXT for AUTISM Fellows Scholarship
Sponsor: Autism Fellows
Amount: $5,000.00
Closing Date: March 9, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at a partner school (University Illinois Chicago, Hunter College, Mercy University, PACE University, SUNY Empire, Temple University) who are majoring in Health or Human Services, or a related field. Applicant must have an interest in supporting autistic adults. If selected, student will work 800 hours annually as a DSP (pay starts at $16 per hour).

Charleston Family Trust Scholarship
Sponsor: Charleston Family Trust | UNCF
Amount: $3,000.00
Closing Date: March 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to African-American undergraduate students who have at least a 2.5 GPA. Applicant must be a legal resident of the United States and must have completed the FAFSA and demonstrate financial need.

CIF Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Sponsor: California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
Amount: $10,000.00
Closing Date: March 10, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors with a minimum 3.5 GPA who have demonstrated outstanding athletic performance in a minimum of two years of varsity play in California.

Courageous Persuaders Video Contest
Sponsor: Courageous Persuaders
Amount: Up to $3,000
Closing Date: March 10, 2025
Description: Contest is open to Michigan high school students in grades 9-12. Student must create a commercial targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of underage drinking or texting while driving.

Annual Kaplun Essay Contest
Sponsor: Morris J. and Betty Kaplun Foundation
Amount: Up to $1,800
Closing Date: March 12, 2025
Description: Contest is open to students in grades 7 through 12 anywhere in the world. Applicants must submit an essay on a given topic related to Judaism.

BNSF Railway Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: UNCF | BNSF Railway Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: March 12, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to high-achieving students from Tarrant County, Texas who are full-time enrolled degree seeking candidates at a UNCF-member institution OR at any other fully accredited U.S. located college or university. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA and have demonstrated unmet need.

Dominion Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Dominion
Amount: $3,000.00
Closing Date: March 12, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who are children or grandchildren of a retired or current, permanent, full-time Dominion employee.

PEC Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 12, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who have a parent or legal guardian in PEC’s service territory (Texas).

Rising Stars Scholarship
Sponsor: Jeffery Coller, Knoxville Criminal Defense Attorney
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: March 12, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to current undergraduate students who can demonstrate they have included their GPA by at least one point from semester to semester. Applicant must submit an essay on the following prompt: “What steps did you take to increase your grade point average? Describe the challenges you faced and the efforts you made to improve your academic performance. What lessons did you learn during this time, and how do you expect to use the skills you have gained in your future career?”

Women Legislators of Missouri Scholarship
Sponsor: Women Legislators of Missouri
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: March 12, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to female graduating high school seniors from Missouri.

Microsoft disAbility Scholarship
Sponsor: Microsoft
Amount: $5,000 per year, up to $20,000 total
Closing Date: March 13, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors living with a disAbility who plan to attend an undergraduate program following graduating. Applicant must plan to declare a major in engineering, computer science, computer information systems, law, business, or a related field.

Women at Microsoft Scholarship
Sponsor: Microsoft
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: March 13, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to promising high school senior women and non-binary people who plan to attend a vocation or academic college and target career in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math).

Note: Please use my scholarship lists as just one of the resources you use to look for scholarships. Here are 16 places to look for scholarships.