Every scholarship dollar helps when paying for college, so we encourage students to apply to all opportunities available. To provide some help, we’ve compiled a list of college scholarships below. Read the descriptions and set aside some time to submit your applications before the corresponding deadlines. Remember, every scholarship awarded will reduce your out-of-pocket cost and help ease your mind as you plan for college.
Project Yellow Light Billboard Design Contest Scholarship
How to Apply: Create a billboard design (or video or radio spot) to motivate, persuade, and encourage your peers to not drive distracted.
Eligibility: Open to high school students and full-time undergraduate students
Amount: $2,000 to $8,000
Deadline: March 1, 2025 for billboards and April 1, 2025 for video and radio submissions
Website: https://www.projectyellowlight.com/
DAV Auxiliary Scholarship
How to Apply: Complete the application and submit an essay of no more than 500 words describing your career aspirations and provide a list of what you have done to serve disabled veterans or their families during the past two years.
Eligibility: Open to high school seniors and full-time students attending an accredited college, university, or vocational school in the U.S. with at least a 2.5 GPA
Amount: Up to $2,500
Deadline: March 21, 2025
Website: https://auxiliary.dav.org/membership/programs/
Houzz Residential Design Scholarship
How to Apply: Create a Houzz student profile that showcases your portfolio and write an essay of no more than 400 words on your biggest residential design style influences.
Eligibility: Open to students studying interior design, architecture, or landscape architecture at the undergraduate or graduate level who want to pursue residential design professionally
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Website: https://www.houzz.com/scholarships
Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody Scholarship Program
How to Apply: Complete the online application and write a short essay that discusses the role of spatial biology in understanding cellular interactions and tissue organization.
Eligibility: Open to U.S. citizens who are college or graduate students
Amount: Awards range from $5,000 to $10,000
Deadline: April 30, 2025
Website: https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/antibodies/thermo-fisher-scientific-antibody-scholarship-program.html
Global Perspectives Scholarship
How to Apply: Write an essay no more than 500 words on the most meaningful summer experience you’ve had.
Eligibility: Open to high school and college students attending an accredited college or university in 2025
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: August 27, 2025
Website: https://rusticpathways.com/students/scholarships/global-perspectives-scholarship
Sports Gear Swag Scholarship
How to Apply: Write a 500-word essay on one of three topics related to the benefits of playing sports.
Eligibility: Open to college-bound high school seniors, undergraduate students, and graduate students
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: October 1, 2025
Website: https://www.sportsgearswag.com/scholarship
Stromberg’s Chicken Scholarship
How to Apply: Write a 500-word essay on one of three topics related to chicken farming and sustainability.
Eligibility: Open to high school seniors, undergraduate students, and graduate students who are enrolled, or planning to enroll, in agricultural sciences and other related studies
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Website: https://www.strombergschickens.com/scholarship/
Mann Lake Beekeeping Scholarship
How to Apply: Write a 500-word essay on one of three topics related to bees, their behavior, and the challenges they face.
Eligibility: Open to undergraduate students who are enrolled or planning to enroll in any entomology program, agriculture & environmental sciences major, or other related studies
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Website: https://www.mannlakeltd.com/scholarship/
Scholarships should be considered a small—yet still important—source of revenue for college. Data shows that most families pay for college using parent and student income, savings, and loans. Most scholarship recipients receive $2,500 or less, and only 0.1% of undergraduate students receive $25,000 or more in scholarship funds. In addition to looking for scholarships to help pay for college, families should apply for financial aid and consider saving in a dedicated college savings account.
