Welcome to HBCUConnect's Scholarship/Grant section! Use this site as a resource for finding
scholarships and grants to help defer the costs of college. Scholarships/Grants in this section
will be opportunities listed by both HBCUConnect staff and members of the HBCUConnect community. This directory includes HBCU Specific Scholarships/Grants AND hundreds of Minority Scholarships/Grants you can apply for...
Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest
The Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest is open to full - time undergraduate students enrolled in an American college or university. To enter, you must submit a 1500 - to 5000 - word essay on the following topic, "Several American presidents, including ideological opposites George W. Bush and Barack Obama, have stated that they have either... Posted: 07/18/2017 | Dollar Amount: $1,500
Building Strong Foundations Scholarship
The Building Strong Foundations is available to high school, undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at an accredited college or university. You must be at least 16 years of age and have a minimum GPA of 3.0 to be eligible for this award. Additionally, you must submit an essay and a brief, , 15-30 second summary of your essay via Instagram, Yo... Posted: 07/18/2017 | Dollar Amount: $500
Summer Vacation Scholarship
Course Hero will post one question online each month and allow registered, eligible entrants up to 150 words to submit a response. Each month, Course Hero will select one winner with the best response from among all Contest entrants. This month’s Contest winner will receive a $5,000 Scholarship, depending on such winner’s eligibility category.... Posted: 07/18/2017 | Dollar Amount: $5,000
Prevent Texting and Driving Scholarship
You could win an easy $5,000 scholarship just by making and sharing Thumb Socks! Thumb Socks are little coverings for your thumbs: when you wear them, you can’t text on a touchscreen phone! These socks take just 5 minutes to make, and we’ll show you how. Giving Thumb Socks to friends will remind them not to text and drive, and automatically enter y... Posted: 07/18/2017 | Dollar Amount: $5,000
Do Something Fun With Your Friend Scholarship
You could win an easy $5,000 scholarship just by finding an activity your friend loves to do and asking them to do it with you! We’ll give you easy instructions to make an IOU (“I owe you”) booklet with fun activities to do with a friend. You’ll celebrate what makes your friend bold and different, AND you’ll enter to win a $5,000 scholarship!... Posted: 07/18/2017 | Dollar Amount: $5,000
College JumpStart Scholarship
The College JumpStart Scholarship is available to high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and current college students. To be considered for this award, you must be committed to going to school and be able express your goals for getting a higher education.... Posted: 07/18/2017 | Dollar Amount: $1,000
The Beauty + Wellness Scholarship
The Beauty + Wellness Scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to female college students who are leading healthy lifestyles. Students are asked to write a brief 500 word essay on their experiences maintaining health + wellness while enrolled in college. Award Amount: $500 Deadline: September 30, 2017 (offered quarterly after that wi... Posted: 07/18/2017 | Dollar Amount: $500
Innovation in Education Scholarship
We at LA Tutors are passionate about sparking the creative genius in students and would love to commend those outstanding students who have a made a difference in the lives of others in some innovative or technological fashion. In order to achieve this, we have established a scholarship for students who meet certain criteria. Criteria * Must curren... Posted: 07/14/2017 | Dollar Amount: $500
Key Thinkers Scholarship by MoneyKey
Here at MoneyKey we are very proud and excited to announce a new scholarship program for undergraduate and post graduate students. We want to help provide financial assistance to students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement with a $2,500 USD Scholarship towards tuition books and other expenses. All that you have to do in order to be co... Posted: 07/13/2017 | Dollar Amount: $2,500
ClickitTicket's Annual Scholarship Program
We want to help the next generation. And of course we love live sports, music and theater. So what better way to celebrate both than by offering a college scholarship to a qualified student who writes a heartfelt story about a live event they went to? That's all you have to do. Send us an original essay about a live concert, game or show you attend... Posted: 07/12/2017 | Dollar Amount: $500
Ivey Engineering Scholarship
The Ivey Engineering $1,000 Scholarship is open to high school seniors and college students attending a college or university in the United States or Canada. In order to be considered for this award, you must submit an essay of between 800 and 1,000 words on one of these topics: Ten ways to analyze and test the integrity of a commercial HVAC design... Posted: 07/11/2017 | Dollar Amount: $500
UNCF General Scholarship
The UNCF General Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students attending a UNCF member college or university. You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA to be eligible for this award.... Posted: 07/11/2017 | Dollar Amount: $5,000
Lexington Law Scholarship Award
The Lexington Law Scholarship Award is available to currently enrolled students. You must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 to be eligible for this award. To be considered, you must submit an essay of at least 500 words about how you repaired or established your good credit. ... Posted: 07/11/2017 | Dollar Amount: $2,500
One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest
The One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest is open to students who are at least eight years of age. You must submit a video between three and eight minutes that shares and highlights solutions to the issues discussed in the chosen sustainability topic(s) chosen from the list on the sponsor's website. The film entry’s theme must be solution-based. The f... Posted: 07/11/2017 | Dollar Amount: $1,000
Stop Texting and Driving Video Scholarship Contest
The Stop Texting and Driving Video Scholarship Contest is available to high school juniors, seniors and full-time college students. You must submit a 30 to 60 second video on YouTube that will convince others not to text and drive in order to be considered for this award. There are three (3) awards available.... Posted: 07/11/2017 | Dollar Amount: $1,000
Welcome to HBCUConnect's Scholarship/Grant section! Use this site as a resource for finding
scholarships and grants to help defer the costs of college. Scholarships/Grants in this section
will be opportunities listed by both HBCUConnect staff and members of the HBCUConnect community.
