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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.

• MASSGrant

  Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Assistance

  $500–$3,000·Typically closes around June 30 — confirm with the provider

• Michigan Competitive Scholarship (MCS)

  State of Michigan

  $3,000·Typically closes around March 1 — confirm with the provider

• Michigan Tuition Grant

  up to $3,000·Typically closes around May 1 — confirm with the provider

• Second Chance Grant for Transfer and Re-admitted Students

  State of Ohio

  up to $3,000·Funding for 2025-26 has been exhausted

• South Carolina Need-Based Grant

  State of South Carolina

  up to $2,500·Typically closes around March 1 — confirm with the provider

• The Darlene Hooley Scholarship for Oregon National Guard and Reserves

  up to $3,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Ty Cobb Scholarship

  Ty Cobb Foundation

  $2,000–$3,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Nursing Students Scholarship Program (SNS)

  Houston Christian University

  $300–$2,905·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Access Missouri

  $1,500–$2,850·Typically closes around February 1 — confirm with the provider

• Missouri Access

  State (Missouri)

  $1,500–$2,850·Typically closes around February 1 — confirm with the provider

• Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students

  Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

  up to $2,850·rolling

• Tennessee Non-Traditional HOPE Scholarship - TN Reconnect Grant Pathway

  State of Tennessee

  up to $2,850·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• West Virginia Higher Education Grant

  West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission

  up to $2,600·Typically closes around April 15 — confirm with the provider

• Completing the Dream Scholarship

  Sallie Mae Fund, Inc. and Thurgood Marshall College Fund

  up to $2,500·Typically closes around December 1 — confirm with the provider

• Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)

  U.S. Department of Education

  $100–$2,500·March 1, 2027

• Georgia College Completion Grant (GCCG)

  State of Georgia

  up to $2,500·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Georgia REACH Scholarship

  REACH Georgia

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

• Hearing & Visually Handicapped Student Grant

  Wisconsin Higher Education Aids Board

  up to $2,500·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship Program

  Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation

  $2,500·Typically closes around December 1 — confirm with the provider

• Massachusetts Gilbert Grant

  Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  $200–$2,500·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Miami-Dade County Community Action and Human Services Department (CAHSD) CAC College Scholarships

  $2,500·Typically closes around April 1 — confirm with the provider

• New Mexico Student Incentive Grant/Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (NMSIG/LEAP)

  Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus

  $200–$2,500·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Oliva M. Marquart Scholarships

  $2,500·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• PA Ready to Succeed Scholarship (RTSS) Program

  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  $1,250–$2,500·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider