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Merit scholarships

2,624 merit scholarships, with the amount, the deadline and who can apply for each. Awarded for academic achievement, test scores or class standing rather than financial need — these reward the work already on your transcript.

Amounts come from the provider. A large figure is sometimes the total a fund awards across all its recipients rather than what one student receives — confirm the individual award with the provider before you apply.

• Ayn Rand Essay Contests

  up to $25,000·Amounts and Deadlines Vary

• Bobs from Sketcher Paws Scholarship

  $10,000·September 30, 2026

• Bridging the Dream Scholarship

  Sallie Mae Fund and Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)

  $10,000·2025-2026 academic school year

• Dale M. Schoettler Scholarship for Visually Impaired Students

  California State University-Northridge

  $10,000·Ongoing

• Colin Higgins Youth Courage Award

  Colin Higgins Foundation

  $10,000·unknown

• College Club of Cincinnati Scholarship

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Davis Projects for Peace

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Edvisors Scholarship

  Edvisors

  $10,000·January 1, 2050

• Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for Artists

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Fashion for Scholarship Fund (FSF) Scholarship

  Fashion for Scholarship Fund

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• IFSA Diversity Scholarship

  IFSA

  $1,250–$10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Karen Mashburn Environmental Scholars Program

  Friends of the Everglades

  $10,000·Typically closes around March 16 — confirm with the provider

• Killam Fellowships Program

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Minnesota GI Bill

  State of Minnesota

  up to $5,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Minuteman Scholarship

  U.S. Army

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• My Missouri "MyMO" Scholarship Promise

  Missouri Scholarship & Loan Foundation

  $10,000·Typically closes around December 31 — confirm with the provider

• Nebraska Career Scholarship

  State of Nebraska / Bellevue University

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Enhancement Education

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• PNC Student Solution Scholarship

  PNC

  $10,000·Biannual Deadline (around June 1 and December 1)

• Power Your Education Scholarship

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Pride Foundation Scholarships

  Pride Foundation

  $5,000–$10,000·unknown

• Project for Peace

  Davis Projects for Peace

  $10,000·February

• Projects for Peace Grant

  $10,000·December 9, 2026

• PVH Fashion Forward x FSF Named Scholarship

  PVH

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider