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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.

• Cal Grant

  California Student Aid Commission

  $3,042–$5,503·Typically closes around March 2 — confirm with the provider

• Minnesota State Grant (MSG)

  State of Minnesota

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

• The Horatio Alger Denny Sanford Scholarship

  Horatio Alger Association

  $12,500·Typically closes around March 1 — confirm with the provider

• Frank O'Bannon Grant

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

• Law Enforcement Personnel Dependents Grant Program (LEPD)

  California Student Aid Commission

  $100–$12,192·Applications accepted throughout the academic year

• 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

  $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

• Fund for Education Abroad

  $1,250–$10,000·approx. Jan. 15 each year

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

  Rotary Club of Tokyo-West

  $10,000·APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS PASSED

• Susan G. Komen Foundation Scholarship

  $10,000·February 15

• The Bright Futures Scholarship

  Silicon Valley Community Foundation

  up to $10,000·September 14, 2026

• The Voyager Scholarship

  $25,000–$50,000·Typically closes around April 30 — confirm with the provider

• Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)

  $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

  Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC)

  $300–$8,400·February 1, 2027

• Oregon Opportunity Grant (OOG)

  $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

• Robert D. & Dorothy W. Talty Endowed Scholarship

  CSU Foundation

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

• Federal Pell Grant

  U.S. Department of Education

  up to $7,395·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Educational Aide Exemption (EAE) Program

  State of Texas

  $7,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider