Scholarships

Featured Scholarships: December 2024

As the calendar year comes to a close, we’re spotlighting some generous scholarship programs for students in specific fields, including awards for aspiring music educators, healthcare workers and culinary professionals. And if you’re not in one of those featured majors, don’t worry—there are lots of open scholarships to apply for…

Featured Scholarships: November 2024

With the Thanksgiving break coming up, it’s a perfect time to start exploring scholarship opportunities and refining your essay answers to give yourself the best shot at dollars for college. This month, we’re announcing an exciting $20,000 opportunity for students in every state, plus the renewable Dream Award direct from…

Featured Scholarships: October/November 2024

With fall in the air and midterms on students’ minds, it’s also time for some of the biggest scholarships of the season to start taking applications. The Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship is awarding 400 high school seniors with up to $40,000 plus internship opportunities; the SMART Scholarship provides full tuition…

Featured Scholarships: September 2024

As another school year kicks off, the scholarship season is already in full swing. At Scholarship America, we’re featuring three unique programs from our scholarship sponsors to start out September—from a history-making HBCU program to a $25,000 award from Chick-fil-A, as well as an award from United Health Foundation to…

What Now? (And What’s Next?) With the FAFSA

When the U.S. Department of Education announced the launch of the “Better FAFSA” for the 2024-25 school year, it was cause for optimism. The revised form would be simpler to fill out, more accessible to first-generation students and more likely to get aid into the hands of students in need.…