Scholarships for students Hawaii. Some scholarships specifically open to Hawaii students, and others give preference to students in Hawaii.

Palama Settlement Scholarships
Sponsor: Palama Settlement
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 28, 2023 – extended to March 31, 2023
Description: Scholarships are open to high school and college students who are permanent residents of Hawaii. Applicant must have financial need. In addition to the college scholarships, there is a scholarship for private school tuition.

HEA Scholarships
Sponsor: Hawaii Education Association
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: April 3, 2023
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors and current college students who are HEA members, children of HEA members, or grandchildren or legally adopted grandchildren of HEA members.

Carl N. & Margaret Karcher Founders’ Scholarship
Sponsor: Carl’s Jr.
Amount: Up to $10,000
Closing Date: April 5, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to students, age 21 and under, who reside in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington or Wyoming. Application must be a high school senior or graduate who plans to enroll for the first time in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

Celebrate the West High School Art Competition
Sponsor: Western Governors’ Association
Amount: Up to $1,500
Closing Date: April 30, 2023
Description: Competition is open to high school students (grades 9-12) in public, private, charter, and alternative schools. Home-schooled students in that age group also may enter. Student must be in a school in a WGA member state: Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Applicant must submit a two-dimensional art piece on what their state means to them.

Hana Lima Scholarship
Sponsor: Alu Like, inc.
Amount: $1,500
Closing Date: Application accepted all year long
Description: Scholarship is open to students of Native Hawaiian Ancestry who are residents of the State of Hawaii and enrolled at least half-time in a vocational degree or certificate program in one of the approved educational institutions in Hawaii listed on the application. Preference will be given to non-traditional students: single parents, disabled (meets ADA definition), houseless, sole-income providers, previously incarcerated and wards of the court.

Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Hawaiian Civic Club of Hawaii
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: April 30, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to residents of Hawai’i who are full-time students in an accredited two- or four-year college as a classified undergraduate student or a vocational program full-time student in or out of the State of Hawai’i. Applicant must have at least a 2.5 GPA and priority will be given to currently paid members of Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu (HCCH), including directly related family members.

Tweet Coleman Aviation Scholarship
Sponsor: American Association of University Women (AAUW) Honolulu Branch
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: April 30, 2023
Description: Scholarship is open to females who reside in Hawaii or are stationed with the military, who are college graduates or enrolled in a college or university in Hawaii at the time of application. Applicant must be working to obtain a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Pilot Certificate.