Below are some of the best scholarships for high school juniors, the Class of 2026:
Award Amount: $50 - $2,500 The Stossel in the Classroom Essay Contest is open to students between the ages of 10 and 18. You must submit a 500 - to 1000 - word essay on one of four topics to be considered for this award.
Award Amount: Full-Tuition The QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program is open to high school juniors who have shown outstanding academic ability despite facing economic challenges. Recipients of this award will receive scholarships covering the full cost of tuition and supplies for summer programs at top - tier colleges.
Award Amount: Varies The Courageous Persuaders Video Contest is open to high school students. To be considered, you must create a 30 - second television commercial targeted to middle school students to warn them about the dangers of drinking and driving or distracted driving.
Award Amount: $1,000
The Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. You must log into your Fastweb account to obtain your personal referral link. For each person who registers for Fastweb via your personal referral link during the Promotion Period, you and your referral will be entered as a pair into the current drawing.
Award Amount: $2,500
Participate in the #ScholarshipNow challenge for a chance to win $2,500! To participate, download the Goodwall app and simply share a video telling us how winning this scholarship would help you achieve your educational goals, on the hashtag #ScholarshipNow.
Award Amount: $8,000 The Project Yellow Light Video Contest Scholarship is available to high school juniors and seniors and full - time undergraduate students. To be considered, you must create a 10 or 25 second video that discourages distracted driving, specifically texting while driving.
Award Amount: $25,000 The Path $25,000 Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors and entering graduate students. You must have minimum 2.5 GPA to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $1,000 - $5,000 The We The Future Contest is open to high school and college students. To enter, you must submit an essay, song, STEM project, short film, social media video, or PSA on a given topic related to the Constitution.
Award Amount: $1,000 The American Heart Challenge is open to high school juniors and seniors. You must have a passion for impacting the health of your community and participate in your school's American Heart Challenge event to be considered for this award.
Award Amount: $1,000 - $15,000 The Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest is open to high school and homeschool students who create and wear prom attire made entirely from Duck® Brand Duct Tape! Students may enter the Contest as an individual only. Each individual must create and wear prom attire consisting of either a complete dress or a complete tuxedo and accessories made using Duck brand duct tape and/or Duck brand crafting tape. Other materials, in addition to Duck brand duct tape, may be used or incorporated into the design. You are NOT required to attend prom in order to enter. You must submit at least one high resolution color photo, a written essay, or video showing you wearing your Duck Tape Prom Attire. Assistance from family and/or friends is permitted in creating the Prom attire; however, paid professionals cannot participate in any way.
Award Amount: Full-Tuition The Cameron Impact Scholarship is available to high school juniors. You must have a minimum 3.7 GPA and be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for this award. You must also excel in a broad variety of extracurricular activities, demonstrate active participation in community service and in civic - minded arenas, and be a motivated leader with a strong work ethic and social acumen. Only the first 3,000 applications will be accepted.
Award Amount: $1,000 The Carson Scholars Program is open to students in grades four through eleven. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and display humanitarian qualities through community service to be eligible for this award. Interested students MUST be nominated by an educator at their school. Only one student from each school is able to apply.
Award Amount: $20,000 - $25,000 The American Legion National Oratorical Contest is open to junior high and high school students who are under the age of 20 and are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States. To be considered, you must prepare an oration on some aspect of the U.S. Constitution, with emphasis on a citizen's duties and obligations to our government. A complete list of topics are available on the Legion's Web site. Each individual state winner certified into and participating in the first round of the national contest receives a $2,000 scholarship.
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Stossel in the Classroom Essay Contest
Deadline: 3/21/25Award Amount: $50 - $2,500 The Stossel in the Classroom Essay Contest is open to students between the ages of 10 and 18. You must submit a 500 - to 1000 - word essay on one of four topics to be considered for this award.
QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program
Deadline: 3/23/25Award Amount: Full-Tuition The QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program is open to high school juniors who have shown outstanding academic ability despite facing economic challenges. Recipients of this award will receive scholarships covering the full cost of tuition and supplies for summer programs at top - tier colleges.
Courageous Persuaders Video Contest
Deadline: 3/24/25Award Amount: Varies The Courageous Persuaders Video Contest is open to high school students. To be considered, you must create a 30 - second television commercial targeted to middle school students to warn them about the dangers of drinking and driving or distracted driving.
Winter 2025 Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $1,000
The Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. You must log into your Fastweb account to obtain your personal referral link. For each person who registers for Fastweb via your personal referral link during the Promotion Period, you and your referral will be entered as a pair into the current drawing.
Goodwall #ScholarshipNow Challenge
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $2,500
Participate in the #ScholarshipNow challenge for a chance to win $2,500! To participate, download the Goodwall app and simply share a video telling us how winning this scholarship would help you achieve your educational goals, on the hashtag #ScholarshipNow.
Project Yellow Light Video Contest Scholarship
Deadline: 4/1/25Award Amount: $8,000 The Project Yellow Light Video Contest Scholarship is available to high school juniors and seniors and full - time undergraduate students. To be considered, you must create a 10 or 25 second video that discourages distracted driving, specifically texting while driving.
Path $25,000 Scholarship
Deadline: 4/5/25Award Amount: $25,000 The Path $25,000 Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors and entering graduate students. You must have minimum 2.5 GPA to be eligible for this award.
We The Future Contest
Deadline: 5/31/25Award Amount: $1,000 - $5,000 The We The Future Contest is open to high school and college students. To enter, you must submit an essay, song, STEM project, short film, social media video, or PSA on a given topic related to the Constitution.
American Heart Challenge
Deadline: 5/31/25Award Amount: $1,000 The American Heart Challenge is open to high school juniors and seniors. You must have a passion for impacting the health of your community and participate in your school's American Heart Challenge event to be considered for this award.
"Stuck at Prom" Scholarship Contest
Deadline: 6/4/25Award Amount: $1,000 - $15,000 The Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest is open to high school and homeschool students who create and wear prom attire made entirely from Duck® Brand Duct Tape! Students may enter the Contest as an individual only. Each individual must create and wear prom attire consisting of either a complete dress or a complete tuxedo and accessories made using Duck brand duct tape and/or Duck brand crafting tape. Other materials, in addition to Duck brand duct tape, may be used or incorporated into the design. You are NOT required to attend prom in order to enter. You must submit at least one high resolution color photo, a written essay, or video showing you wearing your Duck Tape Prom Attire. Assistance from family and/or friends is permitted in creating the Prom attire; however, paid professionals cannot participate in any way.
Cameron Impact Scholarship
Deadline: 9/3/25Award Amount: Full-Tuition The Cameron Impact Scholarship is available to high school juniors. You must have a minimum 3.7 GPA and be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for this award. You must also excel in a broad variety of extracurricular activities, demonstrate active participation in community service and in civic - minded arenas, and be a motivated leader with a strong work ethic and social acumen. Only the first 3,000 applications will be accepted.
Carson Scholars Program
Deadline: VariesAward Amount: $1,000 The Carson Scholars Program is open to students in grades four through eleven. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and display humanitarian qualities through community service to be eligible for this award. Interested students MUST be nominated by an educator at their school. Only one student from each school is able to apply.
American Legion National Oratorical Contest
Deadline: VariesAward Amount: $20,000 - $25,000 The American Legion National Oratorical Contest is open to junior high and high school students who are under the age of 20 and are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States. To be considered, you must prepare an oration on some aspect of the U.S. Constitution, with emphasis on a citizen's duties and obligations to our government. A complete list of topics are available on the Legion's Web site. Each individual state winner certified into and participating in the first round of the national contest receives a $2,000 scholarship.
High school seniors can find a scholarship list, too! While it's never too soon to begin your college scholarship search, many United States students begin looking for scholarship opportunities their junior year of high school. Your junior year will be busy, filled with campus visits, college-admissions prep work and deciding what you'd like to go to college for. JUMP TO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR JUNIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2026
