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Need-based scholarships

442 need-based scholarships, with the amount, the deadline and who can apply for each. Awarded on demonstrated financial need, usually assessed from the FAFSA or CSS Profile. Applying costs nothing but the paperwork you have already filed.

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.

• Frost School of Music - Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation Scholarship

  Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation and University of Miami Frost School of Music

  $32,000–$250,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation College Scholarship

  Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

  $55,000·Typically closes November (up to $55,000/yr, renewable)

• Bhagat Family Foundation

  Bhagat Family Foundation

  $6,000–$50,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Brave of Heart Scholarship

  Brave of Heart Fund

  $5,000–$50,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Obama Voyager Scholarship for Public Service

  $50,000·March

• Beinecke Scholarship

  Private Foundation (Sperry Fund)

  $5,000–$35,000·Typically closes around March 31 — confirm with the provider

• The Dream.US National Scholarship

  The Dream.US

  up to $33,000·Typically closes around November 1 — confirm with the provider

• AIGC Scholarship & Fellowship Opportunities

  American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC)

  $30,000·Typically closes around July 15 — confirm with the provider

• Good Samaritan Foundation Scholarships

  Good Samaritan Foundation

  $30,000·Typically closes around March 1 — confirm with the provider

• Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship

  Jackie Robinson Foundation

  $30,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Daniels Scholarship Program

  Daniels Fund

  $25,000·October 17, 2026

• Horatio Alger National Scholarship

  Horatio Alger Association

  $25,000·Typically closes October (adversity + financial need under ~$65k household)

• APIA Scholarship

  Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund

  $20,000·Typically closes January (AAPI heritage; financial need)

• CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement

  California State University-Northridge

  $7,000–$20,000·Typically closes around April 10 — confirm with the provider

• Dell Scholars Program

  Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

  $20,000·Typically closes December (Pell-eligible; in a college-readiness program)

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship

  Federal (National Institutes of Health)

  up to $20,000·Typically closes around March 15 — confirm with the provider

• NIH Undergraduate Scholarship

  $20,000·March

• Veterans United Foundation Scholarship Program

  up to $20,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Scholarship

  Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters

  $18,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• TEXAS Grant

  Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

  up to $16,161·January 15, 2027

• Brother James Kearney Scholarship for the Blind

  Lavelle Fund For the Blind, Inc

  $15,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• CSU Trustee's Award for Outstanding Achievement

  CSU Chancellor's Office

  $6,000–$15,000·early Spring

• NSF S-STEM INSPIRED Scholars

  John Carroll University

  up to $15,000·Typically closes around January 20 — confirm with the provider

• Tuition Aid Grant (TAG)

  New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (NJ HESAA)

  up to $14,404·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider