College Scholarships for the Class of 2025 High School Seniors
Award Amount: $5,000 The Flavorful Futures Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA to be eligible for this award.
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: $5,000 - $10,000
The ExploraVision Science Competition is open to students in grades K-12. You must work in a group of two to four students. Each team must select a technology, or an aspect of a technology, which is present in the home, school, or community, or any other technology relevant to their lives. They will explore what the technology does, how it works, and how, when, and why it was invented. The students must then project into the future what that technology could be like 10 or more years in the future and determine what scientific breakthroughs need to occur to make it a reality.
Award Amount: Varies
The DCBF Annual College Scholarship Competition is open to high school seniors between the ages of 16 and 18. You must have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $25,000 The One for Two Scholarship is available to high school seniors and current college students. You must have a minimum 3.7 GPA to be eligible for this award. Recipients of this award must pledge to pay for a comparable scholarship grant for two persons, who are not related by blood, adoption, or marriage, during their lifetime.
Award Amount: Varies The Shari Simon Greenberg Community Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors who show academic promise. You must live near a Simon mall or in a surrounding community, be a legal U.S. resident, and demonstrate financial need to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $25,000 The Call to Action Scholarship Program is open to graduating high school seniors. You must be a resident of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Nevada, or Utah and have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $5,000 - $20,000 The MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge is open to high school juniors and seniors. In this challenge, students will be given 14 continuous hours to solve an open - ended, realistic, applied math - modeling problem focused on a real - world problem. The challenge is entirely internet - based. Students choose which day they wish to work on challenge weekend. Each high school may enter up to two teams of three to five students.
Award Amount: $200 - $1,500 The Scholars Helping Collars Scholarship is available to high school seniors. To be considered, you must submit an essay detailing your volunteer efforts to help animals in need, and how that involvement has changed your life or shaped your perceptions on the importance of animal welfare.
Award Amount: $1,500 - $2,500 The DCU Memorial Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must demonstrate academic merit and involvement in extracurricular and community activities to be considered for this award.
Award Amount: $1,250 - $2,500
The AFSA National High School Essay Contest is open to high school students. To be considered, you must submit a 1,000 - to 1,500 - word essay on the following topic: "Critically assess what you believe to be the most significant effects of the Foreign Service's work during the Vietnam War on contemporary U.S. diplomacy."
Award Amount: $5,000 The AFA Teens for Alzheimer's Awareness College Scholarship is available to high school seniors who have been impacted by Alzheimer's disease. To be considered, you must submit a 1,500 - word essay or four - minute video describing the impact of Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia - related illness has had on yourself, your family, or your community, and what you have learned.
Amount: $20,000 The Engebretson Foundation Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and / or be in the top five percent of your graduating class, have a minimum 28 ACT / 1240 SAT score, and demonstrate financial need to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $10,000 The Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest is open to students who are at least 14 years of age. To enter, you must submit an original design for a Christmas card, holiday card, birthday card, or all - occasion greeting card. All designs or photographs must be the original work of the applicant.
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. You may enter as an individual or as a team.
Award Amount: $500 - $2,500 The President Gerald R. Ford Student Writing Challenge is open to high school students. To be considered, you must submit a 500 - to 750 - word essay sharing what the theme of unity in diversity means to you.
Award Amount: Up to $20,000
The Kailee Mills Foundation Scholarship Program is open to high school juniors and seniors and current undergraduate students. To be considered, you must complete a seat belt awareness campaign in your school and / or community. You must also locate, meet, and interview a family who has lost someone due to non - seat belt use, and submit a report sharing what you learned and how it impacted you.
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: $25,000 The Emmy Noether Award is available to female high school seniors who reside or attend school in Louisiana or Mississippi. You must be planning to pursue a research based graduate degree and career in a STEM field and have a minimum ACT score of 28 to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $1,500 The Tzu Chi USA Scholars Program is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award. To be considered, you must submit a two - page essay about Tzu Chi, based on information you've gathered from websites, publications, news articles, etc. Please explain what you've learned about Tzu Chi that inspires you and why.
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: $1,000 The Vegan Teens Are The Future Scholarship is available to high school juniors and seniors and current undergraduate students who plan to pursue studies that will enable them in a life committed to part - time or full - time, passive or active, vegan activism. You must have been a vegan for at least one year to be eligible for this award. You must also submit a 400 - to 600 - word essay on the following topic: "Please describe why you decided to become a vegan and why veganism is important to you. What are your dreams and plans to use your education or experiences to grow the vegan movement in the future?"
Award Amount: $5,000 The Hatfield Foundation Scholarship is available to high school seniors who will be first - generation college students. You must have participated in a college readiness program, have a minimum 2.5 GPA, and demonstrate financial need to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $1,000 The RealtyHop Scholarship is available to high school seniors and current undergraduate students. To be considered, you must submit a 500 - word essay on the following topic: "Imagine yourself 10 years in the future after having graduated college and living the life of your dreams: find a listing on RealtyHop you picture yourself living in and write what your favorite room or feature is on the listing and why it is important to your future life."
Award Amount: $2,500
The Rover College Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors and current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. To be considered, you must submit a 400 - to 500 - word essay on the following topic: "How did growing up with a pet in your life (could be a friend's or family member's) impact the person you are today?"
Award Amount: $250 - $10,000 The #ScienceSaves High School Video Scholarship is available to high school seniors. To be considered, you must create a 20 - to 30 - second video answering one of the following questions: "What has science done for me?" or "What has science done for somebody I know?" You must add #sciencesaves to your video to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $500 The Andrea R. Lacy "Grit Award" Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and submit a 500 - word essay describing your "grit story" to be eligible for this award.
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: Full-Tuition The Posse STEM Program is open to high school seniors who are leaders in their schools and communities. You must be a resident of Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, or New York to be eligible to participate. Posse Scholars will receive leadership scholarships to attend Brandeis University, Bryn Mawr College, Middlebury College, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin - Madison, or Texas A&M University. Nomination by a high school or community-based organization is required.
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.
It's time to break out that picture of you as a kindergarten graduate. Place it on the mantel as your reminder; you'll soon be attending your dream college or university. You wrapped up your junior year, and the school year you've been waiting on has FINALLY arrived. You're now leaders of your high school—high school seniors class of 2025!
JUMP TO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2025
Now, before you get too excited, you have a lot of work to do to ensure you attend college. Such as:
• Working on college applications and the college admission process
• Writing college admission essays
• Getting your recommendation letters ready
• Submitting your FAFSA in December
• Visiting your top-choice colleges
• Applying for college scholarships
Flavorful Futures Scholarship
Deadline: 1/31/25Award Amount: $5,000 The Flavorful Futures Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA to be eligible for this award.
Goodwall #ScholarshipNow Challenge
Deadline: 1/31/25Award 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.
ExploraVision Science Competition
Deadline: 1/31/25Award Amount: $5,000 - $10,000
The ExploraVision Science Competition is open to students in grades K-12. You must work in a group of two to four students. Each team must select a technology, or an aspect of a technology, which is present in the home, school, or community, or any other technology relevant to their lives. They will explore what the technology does, how it works, and how, when, and why it was invented. The students must then project into the future what that technology could be like 10 or more years in the future and determine what scientific breakthroughs need to occur to make it a reality.
DCBF Annual College Scholarship Competition
Deadline: 1/31/25Award Amount: Varies
The DCBF Annual College Scholarship Competition is open to high school seniors between the ages of 16 and 18. You must have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award.
One for Two Scholarship
Deadline: 2/1/25Award Amount: $25,000 The One for Two Scholarship is available to high school seniors and current college students. You must have a minimum 3.7 GPA to be eligible for this award. Recipients of this award must pledge to pay for a comparable scholarship grant for two persons, who are not related by blood, adoption, or marriage, during their lifetime.
Shari Simon Greenberg Community Scholarship
Deadline: 2/14/25Award Amount: Varies The Shari Simon Greenberg Community Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors who show academic promise. You must live near a Simon mall or in a surrounding community, be a legal U.S. resident, and demonstrate financial need to be eligible for this award.
Call to Action Scholarship Program
Deadline: 2/20/25Award Amount: $25,000 The Call to Action Scholarship Program is open to graduating high school seniors. You must be a resident of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Nevada, or Utah and have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award.
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge
Deadline: 2/21/25Award Amount: $5,000 - $20,000 The MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge is open to high school juniors and seniors. In this challenge, students will be given 14 continuous hours to solve an open - ended, realistic, applied math - modeling problem focused on a real - world problem. The challenge is entirely internet - based. Students choose which day they wish to work on challenge weekend. Each high school may enter up to two teams of three to five students.
Scholars Helping Collars Scholarship
Deadline: 2/24/25Award Amount: $200 - $1,500 The Scholars Helping Collars Scholarship is available to high school seniors. To be considered, you must submit an essay detailing your volunteer efforts to help animals in need, and how that involvement has changed your life or shaped your perceptions on the importance of animal welfare.
DCU Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: 2/28/25Award Amount: $1,500 - $2,500 The DCU Memorial Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must demonstrate academic merit and involvement in extracurricular and community activities to be considered for this award.
AFSA National High School Essay Contest
Deadline: 3/1/25Award Amount: $1,250 - $2,500
The AFSA National High School Essay Contest is open to high school students. To be considered, you must submit a 1,000 - to 1,500 - word essay on the following topic: "Critically assess what you believe to be the most significant effects of the Foreign Service's work during the Vietnam War on contemporary U.S. diplomacy."
AFA Teens for Alzheimer's Awareness College Scholarship
Deadline: 3/1/25Award Amount: $5,000 The AFA Teens for Alzheimer's Awareness College Scholarship is available to high school seniors who have been impacted by Alzheimer's disease. To be considered, you must submit a 1,500 - word essay or four - minute video describing the impact of Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia - related illness has had on yourself, your family, or your community, and what you have learned.
Engebretson Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: 3/1/25Amount: $20,000 The Engebretson Foundation Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and / or be in the top five percent of your graduating class, have a minimum 28 ACT / 1240 SAT score, and demonstrate financial need to be eligible for this award.
Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest
Deadline: 3/3/25Award Amount: $10,000 The Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest is open to students who are at least 14 years of age. To enter, you must submit an original design for a Christmas card, holiday card, birthday card, or all - occasion greeting card. All designs or photographs must be the original work of the applicant.
Courageous Persuaders Video Contest
Deadline: 3/10/25Award 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. You may enter as an individual or as a team.
President Gerald R. Ford Student Writing Challenge
Deadline: 3/14/25Award Amount: $500 - $2,500 The President Gerald R. Ford Student Writing Challenge is open to high school students. To be considered, you must submit a 500 - to 750 - word essay sharing what the theme of unity in diversity means to you.
Kailee Mills Foundation Scholarship Program
Deadline: 3/15/25Award Amount: Up to $20,000
The Kailee Mills Foundation Scholarship Program is open to high school juniors and seniors and current undergraduate students. To be considered, you must complete a seat belt awareness campaign in your school and / or community. You must also locate, meet, and interview a family who has lost someone due to non - seat belt use, and submit a report sharing what you learned and how it impacted you.
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.
Emmy Noether Award
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $25,000 The Emmy Noether Award is available to female high school seniors who reside or attend school in Louisiana or Mississippi. You must be planning to pursue a research based graduate degree and career in a STEM field and have a minimum ACT score of 28 to be eligible for this award.
Tzu Chi USA Scholars Program
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $1,500 The Tzu Chi USA Scholars Program is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award. To be considered, you must submit a two - page essay about Tzu Chi, based on information you've gathered from websites, publications, news articles, etc. Please explain what you've learned about Tzu Chi that inspires you and why.
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.
Vegan Teens Are the Future Scholarship
Deadline: 4/9/25Award Amount: $1,000 The Vegan Teens Are The Future Scholarship is available to high school juniors and seniors and current undergraduate students who plan to pursue studies that will enable them in a life committed to part - time or full - time, passive or active, vegan activism. You must have been a vegan for at least one year to be eligible for this award. You must also submit a 400 - to 600 - word essay on the following topic: "Please describe why you decided to become a vegan and why veganism is important to you. What are your dreams and plans to use your education or experiences to grow the vegan movement in the future?"
Hatfield Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: 4/15/25Award Amount: $5,000 The Hatfield Foundation Scholarship is available to high school seniors who will be first - generation college students. You must have participated in a college readiness program, have a minimum 2.5 GPA, and demonstrate financial need to be eligible for this award.
RealtyHop Scholarship
Deadline: 4/30/25Award Amount: $1,000 The RealtyHop Scholarship is available to high school seniors and current undergraduate students. To be considered, you must submit a 500 - word essay on the following topic: "Imagine yourself 10 years in the future after having graduated college and living the life of your dreams: find a listing on RealtyHop you picture yourself living in and write what your favorite room or feature is on the listing and why it is important to your future life."
Rover College Scholarship
Deadline: 5/1/25Award Amount: $2,500
The Rover College Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors and current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. To be considered, you must submit a 400 - to 500 - word essay on the following topic: "How did growing up with a pet in your life (could be a friend's or family member's) impact the person you are today?"
#ScienceSaves High School Video Scholarship
Deadline: 5/5/25Award Amount: $250 - $10,000 The #ScienceSaves High School Video Scholarship is available to high school seniors. To be considered, you must create a 20 - to 30 - second video answering one of the following questions: "What has science done for me?" or "What has science done for somebody I know?" You must add #sciencesaves to your video to be eligible for this award.
Andrea R. Lacy "Grit Award" Scholarship
Deadline: 5/27/25Award Amount: $500 The Andrea R. Lacy "Grit Award" Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and submit a 500 - word essay describing your "grit story" to be eligible for this award.
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.
Posse STEM Program
Deadline: VariesAward Amount: Full-Tuition The Posse STEM Program is open to high school seniors who are leaders in their schools and communities. You must be a resident of Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, or New York to be eligible to participate. Posse Scholars will receive leadership scholarships to attend Brandeis University, Bryn Mawr College, Middlebury College, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin - Madison, or Texas A&M University. Nomination by a high school or community-based organization is required.
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.
I'm a high school senior. Is it too late to apply for scholarships?
It's not too late to begin applying for scholarships in your senior year of high school. If you haven't started applying for scholarships regularly, you'll need to jump right in and begin ASAP. Many 12th grade students can begin to feel overwhelmed, so keep your mental health top of mind. Start with small scholarship application goals you can achieve. As you progress and feel like you've established a solid scholarship application habit, challenge yourself by increasing your weekly or monthly application goal. Many successful scholarship applicants use this technique to ensure they get in as many applications as possible. The more you apply for your senior year of high school, the better your chances of winning.What's the easiest scholarship to get?
Should you have an extremely busy week ahead, work to submit easy-apply scholarships. Fastweb's Featured Scholarships are quick to apply for. Most of them you can apply for in less than five minutes, and many people consider them the easiest scholarships to get.What is a scholarship? What are the four types of scholarships?
Scholarships are a type of financial aid that is awarded to help students pay for college. They can be merit-based, essay-based, academic achievement-driven, or athletic. One of the most helpful aspects of scholarships is that winners do not have to pay them back like financial aid such as student loans do.You Might Also Like
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