$1,000 College Survey Scholarship
Sponsor: Niche
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students and alumni who have graduated within the last four years. Applicant must take a short survey on their college.

$1,000 Graduate School Survey Scholarship
Sponsor: Niche
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to current graduate students and alumni who have graduated within the last four years. Applicant must take a short survey on their graduate school.

$1,000 Local Survey Sweepstakes
Sponsor: Niche
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Sweepstakes is open to all U.S. residents over the age of 18. Applicant must take a short survey on their local area.

$2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
Sponsor: Niche
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
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.

A Better Financial Future Scholarship
Sponsor: Smarter College
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to all residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are age 17 or older at the time of entry.

ACFEF Scholarships for Apprenticeship, Certificate and Post-Secondary Degree Programs
Sponsor: American Culinary Federation
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarships are open to exemplary students who are currently enrolled in an accredited, post-secondary college, with a major in either culinary or pastry arts, or be an ACFEF registered apprentice.

AFCCE Scholarships
Sponsor: Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to college students undertaking a full-time undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited U.S. college or university with a major in engineering or science and related to the telecommunications field.

American Bullion Scholarship Program
Sponsor: American Bullion, Inc.
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate students currently enrolled at an accredited college or university within the United States who are legal residents of the United States or hold a valid U.S. student visa. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to gold.

Appily Easy College Money Scholarship
Sponsor: Appily
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to students 13 years of age or older who will be attending college in the future. 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.

Bat Conservation International Scholarships
Sponsor: Bat Conservation International
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are registered and in good standing with a recognized academic institution. Applicant must submit a proposal for research on bats.

Beyond School Walls Scholarship
Sponsor: Delete Cyberbullying
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to high school students (9th-12th graders), college students, and graduate students attending or planning to enter an accredited U.S. college or university. Applicant must submit an essay on a topic related to cyberbullying.

Black and Latino Men Read Essay Contest
Sponsor: Tate’s Consultant Services, LLC
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Contest is open to Black and Latino young men, 14 years of age or older, who are enrolled in either a high school, community college/ and/or four-year college or university. Applicant must submit an essay on the following prompt: “Write about a fictional character or a person in a nonfiction book who faced a challenging obstacle. Describe both the efforts the person took to overcome the obstacle and the lessons learned. Would you have handled the obstacle the same way or differently?”

Brains or Bust Sweepstakes
Sponsor: CollegExpress
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to legal residents of the United States who ate at least 13 years of age at the time of entry. Applicant must share whether they think they would survive a zombie apocalypse.

Chemistry Scholarship
Sponsor: BOC Sciences
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled as an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. students majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, chemical technology, or other chemistry-related sciences.

Combating Campus Issues Scholarship
Sponsor: Goldstein & Bashner
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to all students enrolled in a community college, junior college, undergrad or graduate institution located anywhere in the United States. Applicant must submit an essay explaining how they will raise public awareness about combating issues they have experienced on campus.

Dyslexia/Auditory Processing Disorder Scholarship
Sponsor: Gemm Learning
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to students who will be enrolled in college during fall and who have dyslexia. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to living with dyslexia.

EA Madden Scholarship Program
Sponsor: EA Sports | UNCF
Amount: Up to $12,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to Black/African American college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who attend specific HBCUs (see website for list of eligible colleges). Scholarship is open to all majors with a preference for computer science, software engineering, interactive entertainment, game design and art.

Encouraging Diversity Scholarship
Sponsor: DP Law
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current undergraduate and graduate students who will be enrolled during the Spring semester. Applicant must be a minority and be a pre-law or law school student.

FX Storytelling Legacy Scholarship
Sponsor: The Walt Disney Company | UNCF
Amount: $5,000.00
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarships are to encourage and empower the next generation of fearless storytellers following legendary director and producer John Singleton’s footsteps by pursing career in film or television production, directing, or screenwriting. Applicant must be a college junior or senior.

General Prize Essay Contest
Sponsor: U.S. Naval Institute
Amount: Up to $6,000
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Contest is open to all persons eligible for membership (including those already members) in the institute. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to the U.S. Naval Institute’s mission.

Golden Door Scholars Program
Sponsor: Golden Door Scholars
Amount: Full tuition, room and board for a year-year degree at a Golden Door partner school. Students at other schools will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Closing Date: October 31, 2025
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and recent high school graduates who are eligible for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) or TPS (Temporary Protected Status). Applicants from states where DACA students must pay out-of-state tuition at public universities and community colleges will be given strong preference.

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