College is right around the corner for high school juniors and cost is probably heave on their mind. Here are scholarships open to high school juniors. 

$2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
Sponsor: Niche
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school, college, and graduate students and those planning to enroll within 12 months. Applicant must be a legal resident of the United States or an international student with a valid visa. Applicant must log in to Niche or create a free account to apply for the scholarship.

$2,500 Easy Scholarship: Certified Bestie
Sponsor: DoSomething
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Mental Health is a topic that can feel difficult to discuss. Only 46% of young people say they are comfortable talking to their friends about their mental health and less than one in five do so regularly. However, if you’re feeling the weight of the world on your shoulders, your friends may be experiencing it, too. Become a Certified Bestie by completing one (or both) of the free and easy Wellness Education Lab online training courses, and submit your certification(s) for the opportunity to earn a $2,500 scholarship.

$2,500 Easy Scholarship: Science Go Seek
Sponsor: DoSomething
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Despite growth in STEM jobs outpacing other fields, young people, especially those without a college degree, are more likely to believe that STEM is not useful for their careers. Choose something that interests you and find a way that science, technology, engineering, or math explain how it works. You’ll then share this in a 60-90 second video. Once you’ve uploaded your video, you’ll be entered for the opportunity to earn a $2,500 scholarship!

All About Education Scholarship
Sponsor: Unigo
Amount: $3,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students 14 years of age or older who are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia and are currently enrolled (or will enroll) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education. Applicant will need to submit a short response to a given prompt.

All Star Verified Scholarship
Sponsor: Verified Scholarships
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school, college, graduate, adult students, and parents of high school and college students. Applicant must fill out a short form and answer the following question: “What is the best or worst part about finding or applying to scholarships?”

Applily Easy College Money Scholarship
Sponsor: Appily
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school and college students in the United States who are/will be enrolled in college within the next 12 months. Applicant must create a Appily profile (if they don’t have one already), share about their extracurricular, leadership, and volunteer activities, and then search Appily for scholarships.

Courage to Grow Scholarship
Sponsor: Courage To Grow
Amount: $500
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to juniors and seniors in high school and college students with a minimum GPA of 2.5. Applicant must explain in 250 words or less why they believe they should be awarded the scholarship.

Dedman Essay Competition
Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin
Amount:
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Competition is only open to high school sophomores and juniors currently enrolled in a public or private high school in Texas. Applicant must submit an essay on the following prompt: “Can you imagine a time when someone’s lack of integrity led to more success? What can this teach us about the value of integrity?”

E-waste Scholarship
Sponsor: Digital Responsibility
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school students and current or entering college or graduate students at any level. Applicant must answer in 140-characters or less “the most important reason to care about e-waste is…”

Favorite Color Scholarship
Sponsor: CollegExpress
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students 13+ who are legal residents of the United States. Applicant must answer the following prompt in just one sentence: “What is your favorite color?”

MoolahSPOT $1,000 Scholarship
Sponsor: MoolahSPOT
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
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.

School Survey Sweepstakes
Sponsor: Niche
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: April 30, 2024
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.

Be Bold No-Essay Scholarship
Sponsor: Bold.org
Amount: $25,040
Closing Date: May 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students of all education levels, states, fields of study, and GPA. Applicant must create a Bold.org account and create a “bold” profile – bold does not mean “best,” or “most accomplished.” Being bold means being earnest, determined, and moving.

Dexter All-American Team Scholarship
Sponsor: U.S. Bowling Congress
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 1, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to USBC high school members who are nominated by a coach or team administrator.

NJSA Scholarships
Sponsor: National Swine Registry
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 1, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school and college students who are members of the National Junior Swine Association.

SWNAF Scholarship
Sponsor: Southwest Native American Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: May 1, 2024
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.

Access College Early (ACE) Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Nebraska’s Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: May 15, 2024
Description: Scholarship program is open to low-income high school students to enroll in college courses from Nebraska college or universities, either through dual-enrollment or early enrollment agreements with the institutions. Deadline is for Spring term classes.

MyImpact Challenge
Sponsor: Bill of Rights Institute
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: May 19, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Armed Forces schools abroad, and students in U.S. territories who are in middle or high school and between the ages of 13-19. Student must submit a project report, an essay on how their project aligns with Civic Virtues, and photo/video documentation. This is the due date for most states. Students in Arizona and Missouri should have submitted their project by March 31, 2024 to be eligible.

B. Davis Scholarship
Sponsor: Student Award Search Aid
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 21, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, as well as current college students. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to leadership.

Cameron Impact Scholarship
Sponsor: Bryan Cameron Education Foundation
Amount: Up to $50,000
Closing Date: May 22, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors (Class of 2024) who are planning to enroll in a full-time course of study toward a bachelor’s degree at an accredited four-year U.S. college or university. Applicant must maintain a minimum cumulative unweighted 3.7 GPA. This is the early application deadline. The regular application deadline is September 5, 2024. However, only the first 3,000 applications will be accepted.

$1,000 Easy Scholarship: Be An Advocate For STEM Education Funding
Sponsor: DoSomething
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: We know there are real equity gaps in STEM especially for marginalized students who don’t see themselves reflected in STEM professions and underresourced schools that don’t have funding to keep pace with how quickly the field is evolving. Take action by sending a letter to your state representative and urge them to invest in STEM education and programs!

A Voice for Animals Contest
Sponsor: Humane Education Network
Amount: Up to $500
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students between the ages of 14 and 18 years of age. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to animals.

Anthem Essay Contest
Sponsor: Ayn Rand Institute
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students in grades 8 through 12. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to Ayn Rand’s “Anthem.” There is no citizenship requirements to apply.

Catholic College Scholarship
Sponsor: Catholic College Info
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students 13 years of age or older who plan on attending a Catholic college or university.

Christian Connector Scholarship
Sponsor: Christian Connector
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students with plans to enroll for the first time as a full-time student at a Christ-centered Christian college or Bible college within 16 months.

Fifth Month Scholarship
Sponsor: Unigo
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students 14 years of age or older who are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are currently enrolled (or will enroll in the future) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education. Applicant must “write a letter to the number five explaining why five is important.”

Fourth Circuit Essay Contest
Sponsor: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Contest is open to current students in grades 6 through 12 from Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Applicant must submit an essay on the following prompt: “Has the decision in Brown, viewed through the lens of 2024, achieved its purpose of ensuring equal opportunity in public education?”

Protestant Faith Based College Scholarship Drawing
Sponsor: FaithBasedCollege
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship drawing is open to students 13 years of age or older who will request Faith Based college or university information, as well as those planning or considering attending a Faith Based college or university are eligible for the drawing.

Robert J. Trace Scholarship
Sponsor: The American Legion – Department of Pennsylvania
Amount: $500
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students 15 to 18 years of age who reside within the state of Pennsylvania. Applicant must be a child or grandchild of a Pennsylvania Legionnaire, decease Pennsylvania Legionnaire, or a child of a Pennsylvania soldier who was killed as a result of the war on terrorism.

Scholarship Detective Launch Scholarship
Sponsor: Scholarship Detective
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current students who are permanent residents of the United States. Applicant must fill out a short online application and share in 140 characters or less how they will use the scholarship.

Stop the Bleed Scholarship
Sponsor: Stop the Bleed
Amount: Up to $3,000
Closing Date: May 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school students in the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to “Stop the Bleed.”

Fountainhead Essay Contest
Sponsor: Ayn Rand Institute
Amount: Up to $25,000
Closing Date: June 7, 2024
Description: Contest is open to middle and high school students worldwide. Applicant must submit an on a given topic related to Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead.” There is no citizenship requirements to apply.

Young Filmmakers Contest
Sponsor: One Earth Film Festival
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: June 25, 2024
Description: Contest is open to students in grades 3 through college (ages 8 and up) from the United States. Student must create a film on one of many given topics (climate, energy, food, transportation, waste, water, Wildlife and Ecosystems) related to the Earth.

Because College is Expensive Scholarship
Sponsor: Cedar Education Lending
Amount: $500
Closing Date: June 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, adults looking to head back to school, current college students, and anyone else looking to attend college or graduate student. Applicant must fill out a short form.

No Sweat Scholarship
Sponsor: Cirkled In
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: June 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students 13 years of age or older who are legal residents of the United States or the District of Columbia. Applicant must create a free Circkled in account.

Smart Savings Scholarship
Sponsor: Dealspotr
Amount: $500
Closing Date: June 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school and college students in the United States who are U.S. Citizens. Applicant must submit a short TikTok or YouTube video (less than five minutes, preferably around 2-3 minutes) to share a savings tip.

Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship
Sponsor: Gen and Kelly Tanabe
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: July 31, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to students in grades 9-12, college, or graduate school students who are legal U.S. residents. Applicant must submit an essay answering why they deserve the scholarship or their academic or career goals.

Don’t Text and Drive Scholarship
Sponsor: Digital Responsibility
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: September 30, 2024
Description: Scholarship is open to high school students in grades 9-12 and current college or graduate school students. Applicant must complete a short form and share a 140-character statement explaining why they will not text and drive.

Apprentice Ecologist Initiative Youth Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Nicodemus Wilderness Project
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: December 31, 2024
Description: Scholarships are open to students between the ages of 13 and 21 who are candidates for a degree/diploma at a primary (middle school), secondary (high school), or accredited post-secondary educational institution from any country around the world. Applicant must conduct their own environmental stewardship project in 2024.