Earl K. Kintner Public Service Scholarship
Sponsor: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
Amount: $5,000.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who have at least one parent (or guardian) who is currently a federal government employee or federal judge and a member of the Federal Bar Association.
General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant
Sponsor: Air Force Aid Society (AFAS)
Amount: Up to $4,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Applicant must be a dependent of an Air Force member, spouse of an Active Duty member, or a surviving spouse of an Air Force member. Applicant must be a high school graduate enrolled or accepted as a full-time undergraduate student during the 2026-2027 academic year.
Help a Hero Scholarship
Sponsor: Veterans of Foreign Wars | SportClips Haircuts
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are retired, honorably discharged, active duty, or a member of the National Guard or Reserve. Applicant must participate in, be accepted to, or currently enrolled in a VA-approved program or school at an accredited post-secondary institution.
I Am Texas Contest
Sponsor: The Bryan Museum
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Contest is open to students in grade 2 through 12 in Texas. Applicant must submit an essay or their original artwork on a topic related to Texas.
IDDBA’s Scholarship for Growing the Future
Sponsor: International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current full- or part-time employees of an IDDBA-member company. Applicant must work a minimum of 13 hours per week during the school year for an IDDBA-member company to be eligible. Applicant must be a incoming, current or returning college or vocational/technical school student with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher.
IWSH Essay Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO)
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students enrolled full-time in an accredited technical school, community college, trade school, or four-year college or university. Applicant must submit an essay on the following prompt: “Why should the government and private sector come together to provide improved access to safe sanitation?”
Joe Lieberman Connecticut Scholarship
Sponsor: Joe Lieberman Connecticut Scholarship Fund
Amount: $5,000.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors from Connecticut with at least a 3.8 GPA and can demonstrate outstanding leadership potential and a record of community service.
Juvenile Justice Scholarship
Sponsor: The Law Offices of Mark Sherman
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current undergraduate and graduate students who have at least a 3.0 GPA and have demonstrated their interest in serving the less privileged in their community. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to juvenile justice.
Life Parts Express Scholarship
Sponsor: Lift Parts Express
Amount: $500.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students between the ages of 16 and 21 who will be attending school in the fall. Applicant must submit an essay on how they expect to pay for college.
MoolahSPOT $1,000 Scholarship
Sponsor: MoolahSPOT
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students at least 16 years or older who plan to attend, or are currently attending, college or graduate school. Students may be of any nationality and reside in any country. Applicant must submit a short form and a short essay.
Outdoor Communicators of KS Scholarship
Sponsor: Kansas Wildscape
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors enrolled in a Kansas high school who plan to attend a college in Kansas and study wildlife or nature-based curriculum or outdoors journalism. University students enrolled in a wildlife or nature-based curriculum, or pursuing outdoors journalism are also eligible.
R2C Scholarship
Sponsor: Return2College
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and legal residents who are starting a program of higher education (college or graduate school) within the next 12 months or are currently enrolled. Applicant must be 17 years of age or older and there is no maximum age limit. Applicant must share in three sentences of less why they are getting their degree.
School Survey Sweepstakes
Sponsor: Niche
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Sweepstakes is open to current high school students, high school alumni who graduated within the last four years, and the parents of those students or alumni. Individual must take a survey on a United States high school.
Shawn Carter Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Shawn Carter Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors, students with GED diplomas, undergraduate (two-year or four-year) college students, and students at trade or vocational schools. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents, 25 years of age or younger, and have a minimum GPA of 2.0.
Snowdrop Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Snowdrop Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to college bound pediatric cancer patients.
Sttark Scholarships
Sponsor: Sttark
Amount: $3,000.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students who are U.S. citizens. Applicant must submit an essay and create an original label design to show how products can be labeled but people can’t OR a 5-minute unboxing video that shows the contents of your life that make you who you truly are.
The $1,000 SuperCollege Scholarship
Sponsor: SuperCollege.com
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors, college students, graduate school students and returning adult students who will enroll in a college or university. Applicant must fill out a short form.
Think For Yourself Essay Contest
Sponsor: Let Grow
Amount: Up to $8,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on one of four given prompts with a compelling story of independence, thinking for yourself, and personal growth.
Veterans United Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Veterans United Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: April 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current active-duty service members, veterans of the United States Armed Forces, spouses of a service member or veteran, surviving spouse or child of a fallen service member, or children of a service member or veteran. Applicant must also be currently pursuing a post-secondary degree at an accredited college or university, or plan to attend a college or university in the following academic year.
All-Star College Scholarship
Sponsor: UMPS Care Charities
Amount: Up to $5,000 every semester (for a four-year institution)
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming college freshmen under the age of 20 who have been adopted at or after the age of thirteen.
Blaine Barrilleaux Scholarship
Sponsor: The Law Offices of Blaine Barrilleaux
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current Louisiana college students with at least a 2.5 GPA. Applicant must submit a brief biography and an essay describing a significant challenge or obstacle they have faced in their life and how they overcame it.
DutchCrafters Heritage Scholarship
Sponsor: DutchCrafters
Amount: $500.00
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time student at an accredited four-year undergraduate institution located in the United States. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or maintain legal residency in the United States and have a 3.0 GPA. Student must submit an essay on how their cultural heritage will shape their vocational aspirations.
Earl Warren Scholarship
Sponsor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Amount: $10,000.00
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in their final year of college/university or their first year of law school. Applicant must be studying law. Applicant must have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to racial justice and civil rights.
Francis Maria Scholarship
Sponsor: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
Amount: $10,000.00
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to Antiochian Orthodox Christian students who are in their first three years of undergraduate college studies in the fall following their application. Applicant must submit an application and a short autobiographical essay.
Humans of Dementia Scholarship
Sponsor: Hilarity for Charity (HFC)
Amount: $1,500.00
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to high school and college students in the United States and Canada. Applicant must submit a written profile or photo essay featuring someone currently living with or who has passed away from Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.
Lawrence Medeiros Scholarship
Sponsor: Lawrence Madeiros Scholarship Fund
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students who have inherited bleeding disorders or other chronic disorders who are attending an accredited college or university.
Marks & Harrison Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Marks & Harrison
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, as well as current community college and undergraduate students. Applicant must submit an essay or video on a topic related to distracted driving.
RoadRunner Auto Transport Annual Scholarship
Sponsor: RoadRunner Auto Transport
Amount: $1,500.00
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students between the age of 17 and 21 who are enrolled full-time at any U.S. college or university. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to auto transport.
Rover Scholarship
Sponsor: Rover
Amount: $2,500.00
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. residents who are graduating high school seniors or college freshmen, sophomores, or juniors. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to pets.
School Spirit Scholarship
Sponsor: 1st Place Spiritwear
Amount: $1,500.00
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who will be attending college in the fall. Applicant must submit an essay showing how they demonstrate school spirit.
Study Abroad Scholarships
Sponsor: IES Abroad
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who will be studying abroad for the fall or full academic year and have financial need.
Swim with Mike Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship
Sponsor: Swim with Mike
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to athletes who participated in organized competitive youth, high school or collegiate athletics and subsequently have sustained a life changing accident or illness (e.g. paralysis, blindness, cancer, amputation, head injuries).
SWNAF Scholarship
Sponsor: Southwest Native American Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to Native American studies who are enrolled in a high school summer program, vocational school, college/university, or graduate school. Applicant must be an enrolled member of a U.S. Federally Recognized American Indian or descendant of a base roll member, have Lineal descendancy from someone named on the tribe’s base roll or relationship to a tribal member who descended from someone named on the base roll, or meet other conditions such as Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, tribal residency, or continued contact with the tribe.
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