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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.

• NYS Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

  New York State / Higher Education Service Corporation (HESC)

  $500–$5,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Osher Scholarship

  Osher

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

• Pass the Torch Teacher Scholarships

  Teachers Test Prep

  $5,000·Typically closes around July 31 — confirm with the provider

• Paula Kovarick Segalman ALS Scholarship

  EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases

  up to $5,000·Typically closes around June 16 — confirm with the provider

• #RAREis Scholarship Fund

  EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases and Amgen

  up to $5,000·Typically closes around April 28 — confirm with the provider

• Roshan Rahbari Scholarship Fund

  Roshan Rahbari Scholarship Fund

  $5,000·Open/No Deadline

• Scholarship for Study Abroad (Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship)

  U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

  up to $5,000·Typically closes around October 3 — confirm with the provider

• S.C. Tuition Grant

  State of South Carolina

  $5,000·Typically closes around August 1 — confirm with the provider

• SC Tuition Grant Program

  South Carolina

  up to $5,000·June 30, 2027

• SIT Diversity Abroad Scholarship

  SIT Study Abroad

  $500–$5,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• South Carolina Tuition Grant

  South Carolina

  up to $5,000·August 1, 2026

• The George Foundation Scholarship

  The George Foundation

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

• Watson-Brown Foundation Scholarship

  $5,000·Typically closes around April 15 — confirm with the provider

• Will County HEROES Health Services and Education Scholarship

  Will County

  $2,500–$5,000·rolling

• Ohio College Opportunity Grant

  Ohio Department of Higher Education

  up to $5,000·Typically closes around September 30 — confirm with the provider

• California Dream Act Service Incentive Grant (DSIG)

  California Student Aid Commission

  $4,500·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Dream Student Incentive Grant

  California Student Aid Commission

  $4,500·Annually

• The Reboot Transfer Success Fund (Last Mile Education Fund)

  Last Mile Education Fund

  $595–$4,500·rolling deadline

• Tennessee Reconnect Scholarship

  State of Tennessee

  up to $4,200·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Alaska Education Grant (AEG)

  $500–$4,000·Typically closes around June 30 — confirm with the provider

• Richard K. Leffingwell Scholarship

  California State University-Northridge

  $4,000·Typically closes around April 10 — confirm with the provider

• D.C. Mayor's Scholars Undergraduate Program

  $4,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• D.C. Tuition Assistance Program Initiative for TANF (TAPIT)

  $4,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Federal Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)

  U.S. Department of Education

  $2,000–$4,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider