The Top 2025 Scholarships
Below are 25 scholarships students should consider applying for in 2025:- Orange Scholars Program - The Homer Fund
Deadline: 1/17/25
Award Amount: $2,500 The Orange Scholars Program is open to high school seniors and current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. You must be a dependent of an hourly associate of The Home Depot and its subsidiaries to be eligible for this award. Elie Wiesel Prize In Ethics Essay Contest
The Elie Wiesel Prize In Ethics Essay Contest is open to full - time college juniors and seniors. To be considered, you must articulate with clarity an ethical issue that you have encountered, and analyze what it has taught you about ethics and yourself.
Deadline: 1/20/25- Goodwall #ScholarshipNow Challenge
Deadline: 1/31/25
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. - Flavorful Futures Scholarship
Deadline: 1/31/25
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. - Union Plus Scholarship
Deadline: 1/31/25
Award Amount: $500 - $4,000 The Union Plus Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students. You must be a current or retired member of a participating union or the spouse or dependent child of a member to be eligible for this award. - Truman Scholars Program
Deadline: 2/4/25
Award Amount: $30,000 The Truman Scholars Program is open to full-time students in their penultimate year of school interested in pursuing any graduate degree, other than the MBA, in a field that will likely lead to a career in public service. - The Christophers Video Contest for College Students
Deadline: 2/13/25
Award Amount: $2,000 The Christophers Video Contest for College Students is open to students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program. To be considered, you must create a five-minute film or video on the following theme: "One Person Can Make a Difference." - Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship
Deadline: 2/20/25
Award Amount: $5,000 - $10,000 The Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship is available to high school students. You must have actively promoted vegetarianism in your school and/or community. To be considered for this award, you must have demonstrated compassion, courage, and a strong commitment to promoting a peaceful world through a vegetarian diet/lifestyle. - Optimist International Essay Contest
Deadline: 2/25/25
Award Amount: $2,500 The Optimist International Essay Contest is open to students who are under the age of 19. To be considered for this award, you must submit a 700 - to 800-word essay on the following topic: "Optimism: How It Connects Us." - Create-a-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest
Deadline: 3/3/25
Award Amount: $10,000 The Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest is open to students at least 14. 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. - CJ Pony Parts Scholarship Video Contest
Deadline: 4/15/25
Award Amount: $500 The CJ Pony Parts Scholarship Video Contest is open to students enrolling in post-secondary education. You must submit a video of up to three minutes responding to one of the prompts on the topic of Mustangs. - Create Real Impact Contest
Deadline: 4/15/25
Award Amount: $250 - $1,000 The Create Real Impact Contest is open to full-time students between the ages of 14 and 22. To enter, you must create original work (video, music, creative writing, or artwork) showcasing your idea for a solution or strategy to fix the problem of distracted and reckless driving. - RealtyHop Scholarship
Deadline: 4/30/25
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." - Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody Scholarship The Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students majoring in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or a related life science. You must have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award. Deadline: 4/30/25
- Future Designer Scholarship Deadline: 5/1/25 Award Amount: $1,000 The Future Designer Scholarship is available to full-time students at least 17 years of age. You must submit an original design for a holiday greeting card to be considered for this award. The winning design will be featured as product on CardsDirect.com.
- The Paradigm Challenge
Deadline: 5/1/25
Award Amount: $500 - $100,000 The Paradigm Challenge is open to students up to the age of 18. You may work in a team or alone in creating an original and creative way to help solve real-life problems in homes, schools, communities, and/or worldwide. Entries may come in posters, videos, inventions, messages, community events, websites, mobile apps, or anything else that will help save lives. Additionally, you must submit a brief statement of your idea (140 characters or less) in order to qualify for this award. - We The Future Contest
Deadline: 5/31/25
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. - American Heart Challenge
Deadline: 5/31/25
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. - Creativity Leads to Success Scholarship
The Creativity Leads to Success Scholarship is available to high school, college, and graduate students who are 18 years or older. To be considered, you must submit a maximum of 500-word essay that answers the following question: "How has creativity helped you in problem-solving?"
Deadline: 6/15/25
Award Amount: $750 - $1,250 - Spirit of Giving Scholarship
Deadline: 7/31/25
Award Amount: $1,000 The Spirit of Giving Scholarship is available to high school seniors and current college students. You must submit an essay of between 500 and 750 words on one of the following three topics to be considered for this award: How have you advanced the spirit of giving in your community or abroad through service or giving? How has the spirit of giving affected you personally? How will your college or post-secondary education allow you to be of service to others or give to others? - Clubs of America Scholarship Award
Deadline: 8/31/25
Award Amount: $1,000 The Clubs of America Scholarship Award is available to currently enrolled students who have a minimum GPA of 3.0. You must submit an essay of at least 600 words about your career aspirations and how your current course load will help you achieve success. YouTube video submissions are also accepted and should be no longer than five minutes. - Doodle for Google Contest
Deadline: Coming in 2025: Check back for the next application window.
Award Amount: $5,000 - $30,000 The Doodle for Google Contest is open to grades K through 12 students. To be considered, you must use your imagination and any material you want to create a Google Doodle based on what you're grateful for. - Coca-Cola Scholars Program
Deadline: Coming in 2025: Check back for the next application window.
Award Amount: $20,000 The Coca-Cola Scholars Program is open to high school seniors who plan to pursue a degree at an accredited post-secondary institution in the U.S. Home-schooled students may also apply. - "Stuck at Prom" Scholarship Contest
Deadline: Coming in 2025: Check back for the next application window.
Award Amount: $20,000 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. Everyone 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 to enter. You must submit at least one high-resolution color photo showing you wearing your Duck Tape Prom Attire and a written essay or three - to five-minute video documenting your journey. Assistance from family and/or friends is permitted when creating the prom attire; however, paid professionals cannot participate in any way. - The Gates Scholarship
Deadline: Coming in 2025: Check back for the next application window.
Award Amount: Full-Tuition The Gates Scholarship is available to African-American, American Indian / Alaska Native, Asian / Pacific Islander American, and/or Hispanic-American high school seniors. You must have a minimum 3.3 GPA and be Pell-eligible to be considered for this award.
Award Amount: $1,000 - $10,000
Award Amount: $5,000 - $10,000
Goals for Scholarship Wins in 2025
Include your scholarship journey as part of your New Year's Resolutions for 2025. Be sure to shape your 2025 scholarship goals to fit your schedule. Consider each month's workload and commitments and shape your scholarship application goal to work for YOU! This is the trick to scholarship success. Check out Fastweb's 2025 scholarship resolution ideas below: • Streamline your 2025 scholarship application process by using a scholarship application checklist as you apply for scholarships throughout the New Year. • Apply for one Featured Scholarship each week. • Apply for five video scholarships in 2025. • Apply for four essay scholarships in 2025. • Create an electronic scholarship application folder to house important and commonly used documents (to make applying for scholarships easier). Include items like: Transcripts Student resume Personal statements Recommendation letters Videos Be sure to check out these scholarship lists, too: Scholarships for Graduate Students 2025 Scholarships for College Students 2025 Scholarships for the Class of 2025 Scholarships for the Class of 2026 To find even more 2025 scholarships – specifically the scholarships YOU should consider applying for – create your free Fastweb profile. Your custom profile highlights the 2025 scholarship matches that fit you.You Might Also Like
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Shawna Newman is the Managing Editor and a writer at Fastweb. She has over 10 years of experience in higher education. Her direct work with college admissions teams, financial aid officers, college deans, ...
