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Need-based scholarships

511 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.

• Minnesota State Grant (MSG)

  State of Minnesota

  up to $12,536·Typically closes around October 2 — confirm with the provider

• Frank O'Bannon Grant

  $3,900–$12,400·Typically closes around April 15 — confirm with the provider

• Cal Grant B & Living Allowance

  $1,648–$11,006·Typically closes around April 2 — confirm with the provider

• Frank O'Bannon Freedom of Choice Award

  State of Indiana

  $10,600·April 15

• 21st Century Scholarship

  Indiana Commission on Higher Education

  $700–$10,400·April 15, 2027

• Bridging the Dream Scholarship for High School Seniors

  The Sallie Mae Fund, Inc. / Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)

  $10,000·Typically closes around April 25 — confirm with the provider

• Horatio Alger Denny Sanford Scholarship

  Dakota State University

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

• Garden State Guarantee

  New Jersey / Kean University

  up to $10,000·Typically closes around April 15 — confirm with the provider

• Rotary International District 2750 - Pacific Basin Group (PBG) Friendship Scholarship

  Rotary Club of Tokyo-West

  $10,000·APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS PASSED

• Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Scholarship

  The Sallie Mae Fund

  up to $10,000·Open

• Sallie Mae's Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program

  Sallie Mae Fund

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

• Susan G. Komen Foundation Scholarship

  Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

  $10,000·Typically closes around February 15 — confirm with the provider

• The GE-Reagan Scholarship Program

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

• Zolve Global Scholarship

  Zolve

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

• Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)

  New York State

  $9,550·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• DREAM Act

  State of California

  $9,358·Typically closes around March 2 — confirm with the provider

• DREAM Act Cal Grant

  State of California

  $9,358·March 2

• Illinois Monetary Award Program (MAP) Grant

  State of Illinois / Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC)

  $300–$8,400·See ISAC website for filing deadlines

• Oregon Opportunity Grant (OOG)

  Oregon Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC)

  $1,800–$8,352·Typically closes around May 15 — confirm with the provider

• Monetary Award Program (MAP)

  State of Illinois

  up to $8,064·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• State of Illinois MAP Grant

  State of Illinois

  $1,612–$8,064·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Grow Your Own (GYO) Teacher Scholarship

  State of Ohio

  up to $7,500·Typically closes around February 14 — confirm with the provider

• Robert D. & Dorothy W. Talty Endowed Scholarship

  $7,500·Typically closes around April 10 — confirm with the provider

• Jones Memorial Hospital Recruitment Scholarship

  SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

  $7,500·March 31