If you are a member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer + community, there are scholarships out there just for you. In addition, many of these scholarships are also open to LGBTQ+ allies.

Alexander Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: The Alexander Foundation
Amount: Up to $3,000
Closing Date: March 26, 2023 – extended to March 31, 2023
Description: Scholarships are open to LGBTQIA+ students in Colorado who are seeking an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited institution in the State of Colorado.

API Study Abroad and Intern Abroad Scholarships
Sponsor: API Study Abroad
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 31, 2023
Description: Scholarships are open to API program participants. There are multiple scholarships with specific requirements – see website for details. In addition to general scholarships, there are scholarships specifically open to community college students, military veterans, non-traditional students, students with disabilities, minority students, LGBTQ students, STEM majors, and student athletes.

Gamma Mu Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Gamma Mu Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: March 31, 2023
Description: Scholarships are open to gay men under 35 years of age who have completed high school by June of the current year, and are U.S. citizens.

LGBTQ Scholarship
Sponsor: Brown and Caldwell
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning and who are enrolled in his/her Junior, Senior year or graduate program at an accredited college or university and applicant must have a declared major in civil, chemical, or environmental engineering or one of the environmental sciences.

Markowski-Leach Scholarships
Sponsor: Markowski-Leach Scholarship Fund
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current undergraduate and graduate students at select institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer.

PFLAG Norman Scholarship
Sponsor: PFLAG Norman
Amount: $3,000
Closing Date: March 31, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to current residents of Norman who are/will be attending a post-secondary institution. Applicant must promote inclusion and support people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Audria M. Edwards Scholarship
Sponsor: Peacock in the Park
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: April 1, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be pursuing post-secondary, undergraduate education in an accredited institution or program during the coming school year. Applicant must be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender OR have a LGBT parent AND applicant must have resided for at least one year in the state of Oregon or in Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania, or Wahkiakum County in Washington.

PFLAG Omaha Scholarship
Sponsor: PFLAG Omaha
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: April 1, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who self-identify as LGBTQIAA_ or an ally and who is a resident of the state of Nebraska or Western Iowa.

V&E Diversity Scholarships
Sponsor: Vinson & Elkins
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: April 1, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors who are members of a racial/ethnic group which has been historically underrepresented in the legal profession (Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or Multiracial/two or more races) and/or identify as a member of the LGBT community. Applicant must have U.S. citizenship, residency in Houston, Dallas, Austin or surrounding areas for continuous seven years, have an interest in the legal profession, and be in the top 20% of their class.

Marc E. Lewis Youth Scholarship
Sponsor: FLAG Flag Football
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: April 7, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to Massachusetts graduating high school seniors who have made a high school and/or community sports program safer for and more inclusive of LGBTQ student-athletes, as either a role model or ally.

Carter Stroupe Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: PFLAG Greensboro
Amount: Up to $2,000
Closing Date: April 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students who are residents of Guilford, Rockingham, Randolph or Alamance County, North Carolina and self-identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or straight ally.

LEAGUE Foundation LGBTQ Scholarship
Sponsor: LEAGUE Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: April 15, 2023
Description: Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors who self-identify as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender.

Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: April 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to osteopathic medical school students who practice in the Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington). In addition to the general scholarships, there are scholarships open specifically to women, students of color, and LGBTQ+ students.v

Sandy Lane Scholarship
Sponsor: PFLAG Blairsviille
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Closing Date: April 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to self-identified members of the LGBTQ community or a proven ally who is a resident of one of the communities of the North Georgia Mountains (Counties of Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, and White). Applicant must be an incoming or current college student.

Tang Scholarship
Sponsor: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: April 17, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to self-identified Asian/Pacific Islander students (at least 25% API ancestry) who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender and have/will graduate from a high school in one of the nine Bay Area counties (California).

New York Ramblers Scholarship
Sponsor: New York Ramblers Soccer
Amount: $2,500
Closing Date: May 1, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students who are athletes and self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex person OR a demonstrated and committed ally.

PFLAG South Orange County Scholarship
Sponsor: PFLAG South Orange County
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: May 6, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and college/vocational students who are residents (or children of residents) of Orange County between the ages of 17-24 and who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or queer/questioning, and to straight allies.

Hampton Roads Pride Scholarship
Sponsor: Hampton Roads Pride
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: May 15, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and community college, undergraduate, graduate, and trade school students who identify as LGBTQ or an ally of the LGBTQ community. Applicant must reside in the Commonwealth of Virginia.