CLEARINGHOUSE!
Make sure to look at the scholarships here at the Scholarship Clearinghouse where dozens of scholarships are listed and organized according to their deadline. Be sure to also use the scholarship list on Naviance for a more complete list of scholarships and sign up to fastweb.com to be matched to scholarships that fit your profile. Every year some private and federal scholarships/grants are unclaimed – you can get some of that funding!
The College Office refreshes these lists periodically, but if the site is not current try Googling the name of the scholarship plus the current year (2020-2021) to update.
Scholarship Search Engines (deadlines vary)
SCHOLLY
Cappex
Fastweb.com
Scholarships.com
CollegeBoard.com
United Negro College Fund Scholarships
Philadelphia Foundation
Unigo.com
Horatio Alger Association – various scholarships with various deadlines
Scholarships for Trade/professional schools
Maguire Scholarship – see list of participating schools
Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus
Scholarship Bulletin – very specific scholarships, for example ‘child of an AFT member’, ‘member of Freedom Credit Union’ – many of these are quite generous!
Rolling Deadlines RaiseMe – Earn micro-scholarships for college for your achievements in high school.
Various deadlines, Writer’s Square– awards scholarships for writing and photography entries.
Various programs and deadlines, Philadelphia Futures offers financial and college-readiness support through several different grant programs.
Scholarships for Survivors of Health Issues – criteria and deadlines vary. Drexel and St. Joseph’s also offer scholarships for survivors.
Bonner Scholars –The Bonner Program provides a generous four-year scholarship to undergraduate students enrolled with participating colleges in exchange for weekly commitment to intensive and meaningful service with a community organization. For more information and to see the list of participating colleges visit HERE.
College Green Light – This site aggregates summer programs, fly-in opportunities, and enrichment with a focus on underrepresented and economically challenged students. Explore the site HERE.
Featured Scholarships–SLA students have applied to a number of the following scholarships.
SEPTEMBER 2020
Opens Sept AXA Achievement Scholarship Community service
Sept 15 Catching the Dream Scholarship ¼ or more Native American
Sept 15 Gates Scholarship
Sept 17 We the Future Contest Constitution essay
Sept18 DirectTextbook.com
Sept 18 Tweet for Success Scholarship Contest Career essay
Sept 30 Don’t Text and Drive Scholarship
Sept 30 Scholarship Poetry Contest
Sept 30 Shout It Out Scholarship
Sept 30 Writers of the Future Contest (Quarterly contest)
Sept 30 Illustrators of the Future Contest
Sept 30 Shipdig Scholarship Essay writing
Various Deadlines GTFO Scholarship Community Service
OCTOBER 2020
Sign up for Notification Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Committed to sports
Opens in Oct. Due in Jan. Asian American & Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution Scholarship Fund 2 different scholarships. See list of affiliated institutions HERE.
Check in Fall for details Colgate-Palmolive Hispanic Scholarship
Opens October 1 Dell ScholarsDemonstrate financial need
Oct 5 AES Engineering Also open to non-engineering students
October 16 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Essay contest.
Due Oct 20 Mutual of Omaha Actuarial Scholarship for Minority Students
Oct 25 (1st deadline, for state & national scholarships) Horatio Alger Association Scholarship The site lists a number of scholarships; deadlines and criteria differ.
Due Oct 30 Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship – high achieving, financial need
Due Oct 31 Voice of Democracy Veterans of Foreign Wars recorded essay contest
Due Oct 31Coca-Cola Scholars ProgramCommunity service
NOVEMBER 2020
Due Nov 1 Lax Scholarship Fund for Gay Men
Open – Due in Jan. Ron Brown Scholar Program African-American, Economic challenges
Due Nov 10 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Due Nov 16 Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition
Nov 29 Youth Volunteer Scholarship Award Minimum 50 hours of volunteer work
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DECEMBER 2019 |
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| Due | Scholarship Name | Special Criteria/Note |
| Dec 1 | Dell Scholars | Demonstrated financial need |
| Dec 2 | Cooper Industries | (UNCF Scholarship for business and engineering) |
| Dec 6 | Comcast Leaders and Achievers | |
| Dec 15 | Derrick Law Car and Truck Accident Scholarship | (affected by vehicle injury) |
| Dec 15 | Burger King Scholars Program | |
| Dec 15 | AXA Achievement Scholarship | |
| JANUARY 2020 | ||
| Due | Scholarship Name | Special Criteria/Note |
| Jan 3 | GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program | |
| Jan 3 | Foot Locker Scholar Athletes | (applications open in early fall) |
| Jan 15 | Drexel Liberty Scholars Program | |
| Jan 15 | Washington Crossing Foundation (government careers) | |
| Jan 15 | Mensa Education and Research Foundation | |
| Jan 15 | McNulty Scholarship (girls, St. Joe’s) | |
| Jan 17 | Alzheimer Awareness Essay Scholarship | |
| Jan 22 | Asian-American scholarships | |
| Jan 30 | Technology Addiction Awareness | write 140 character message about the dangers of technology addiction |
| Jan 31 | Union Plus Scholarship | (family membership in participating Unions) |
| Jan 31 | KPMG Women’s Leadership Awards | |
| Jan 31 | William B. Ruggles Journalist Scholarship | |
| FEBRUARY 2020 | ||
| Due | Scholarship Name | Special Criteria/Note |
| *Feb 1 | Temple Outstanding Achievement Scholarship | (Must be nominated by SLA/see Ms. Hirschfield) |
| Feb 1 | Jackie Robinson Scholarship | (minority students; opens in November) |
| Feb 5 | McDonald’s HACER Hispanic Scholarship | |
| Feb 12 | Davidson Fellows Scholarship | |
| Feb 14 | Alpha Phi Alpha Scholarship (Af.Am.male) | |
| Feb 14 | Continental Societies Scholarship | |
| Feb 15 | Hispanic Scholarship Fund | (opens January 1) |
| Feb 15 | Drexel Liberty Scholars Program | (regular decision) |
| Feb 21 | Urban League of Philadelphia Community Scholars | |
| *Feb 22 | Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Scholarship | (must be nominated, see Ms. HIrschfield) |
| Feb 28 | P.L.A.Y. Scholarship | (interested in rescue animals/animal welfare) |
| Feb 28 | Youth Foundation Grant | (updates Feb 1) |
| Feb 28 | Zeta Omicron Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha (Af.Am. Males | |
| Feb 28 | Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia Annual Scholarship | |
| MARCH 2020 | ||
| Opens/Due | Scholarship Name | Special Criteria/Note |
| March | Mayor’s Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania | Must be applying to Penn; the website updates automatically in February |
| March/April | UNCF Scholarships | Must be a minority |
| Mar 1 | Marion Luckers Kidney Foundation Scholarship | Must have been impacted or have had a family member or friend impacted by kidney disease. |
| Mar 1 | The Pennsylvania House of Representatives Scholarship | Must be planning to continue education in Pennsylvania |
| Mar 1 | Philadelphia City Scholarship | Must be enrolling at a school in Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia, Montgomery, or Bucks County |
| Mar 1 | Anna M. Vincent Scholarship Trust | Must have held a paying job while in school |
| Mar 1 | Mckee Scholarship | Must be a male with an absent father |
| Mar 1 | Herb it Forward | Must demonstrate strong financial need |
| Mar 1 | Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association | Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management |
| Mar 1 | Quaker City Chapter of DST Sorority | African American |
| Mar 2 | James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship | Parent/guardian must be a teamster member |
| Mar 2 | Design a Greeting Card | This contest runs for a year (begins in May); the prize is $10,000 |
| Mar 2 | PayPal paid internship (Af. Am.) | |
| Mar 2 | Cecilia Moy Yep Scholarship | For Asian American Women |
| Mar 3 | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | |
| Mar 12 | Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarships | Underrepresented; financial need |
| Mar 15 | Mel Klein Scholarship | Must be planning to apply to Tulane, Colgate, Columbia, or Stanford |
| Mar 16 | UNCF Boule Scholarship – a notice at the top of this link says the application is closed, but scroll down to the bottom to see the current 2020 deadline | Must be African American |
| Mar 19 | UNCF STEM Scholarship | Minority students |
| Mar 20 | GSK Opportunity Scholarship | For students who face/have faced significant adversity |
| Mar 20 | Feinstein Fund | |
| Mar 22 | Samuel A. Green Scholarship | Website might be blocked by SDP |
| Mar 23 | Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Scholarships Click links for 2 scholarships, 1 internship | African American women |
| Mar 25 | Colleges that Change Lives | Must be admitted to one of the Colleges That Change Lives. |
| Mar 29 | UNCF (member school) Scholarships | |
| Mar 30 | Leon H. Sullivan Charitable Trust: for application email here | African American student |
| Mar 31 | R.W. Sorrel Scholarship | |
| Mar 31 | Christine B.Dexter Foundation Scholarships | Must be applying to New England schools |
| Mar 31 | First Eight Scholarship for Women | Minimal requirements for eligibility other than gender |
| April 2020 | ||
| Opens/Due | Scholarship Name | Special Criteria/Note |
| Apr | Imagine America Foundation | For students enrolling in trade schools |
| Apr 1 | American Fire Safety Association | |
| Apr 1 | Pennsylvania Land Surveyors’ Foundation | Enrolling in a Land Surveyor program |
| Apr 1 | Wilt Chamberlain Scholarship Fund | Must demonstrate financial need |
| Apr 3 | Bryn Mawr Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Scholarship | Preference given to students related to or sponsored by alumni |
| Apr 3 | Joseph and Jessie Coleman Scholarship | Demonstrated financial need |
| Apr 3 | Richard A. Ash Scholarship | College or trade school |
| Apr 3 | Crouthamel Family Nursing Scholarship | |
| Apr 3 | Mervyn Sluizer Scholarship | For Boy Scouts |
| Apr 6 | CGCS Bernard Harris Scholarship Program | For minorities continuing STEM education |
| * | Dunkin’ Philadelphia Regional Scholarship | Opens in March |
| Apr 15 | Barron Prize for Young Heroes | For students working on inspiring service projects (not large groups) |
| Apr 15 | We the Students Essay Contest | |
| Apr 17 | Beech Scholarship | For students of color going to Temple University, Cheyney University, Lincoln University, or Community College of Philadelphia |
| Apr 20 | Lions Chapter 14a link blocked by philasd | For students with disabilities |
| Apr 30 | E-Waste Scholarship | |
| Apr 30 | Asian Bank Scholarship Program | For Asian Americans |
Due in May 2020
May 4, 2020 D. Coleman Witte Scholarship (interest in architecture/design)
May 8, 2020 Robert C. Digges Scholarship (not need based)
May 8, 2020 Karsch Scholarship
May 8, 2020 Walter Thakray Scholarship
May 8, 2020 Elizabeth Harrison Scholarship
May 12, 2020 Luther and Mary Ida Vandross Scholarship (HBCU)
May 29, 2020 Walmart Associate Scholarship
May 30, 2020 1800 Wheelchair Scholarship
May – June Various Check out these ‘easy’ scholarships!
Due in June 2020
June 1, 2020 Thomas J. Lynch Scholarship (STEM)
June 1, 2020 PhillySEEDS (public housing/HCV)
June 12, 2020 Hussain Scholarship (underprivileged, South Asian descent)
June 30, 2020 Writers and Illustrators of the Future
August 31, 2020 Student Map and Poster Competition
