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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.

• Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program

  Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC)

  $2,850·September 1, 2026

• 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

• Educational Opportunity Scholars (EOS)

  New Jersey State

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

• Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)

  U.S. Department of Education

  $100–$2,500·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Georgia College Completion Grant (GCCG)

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

• Georgia REACH Scholarship

  REACH Georgia

  $2,500–$10,000·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) Community Advisory Committees (CACs) Scholarship

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

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

  New Mexico Higher Education Department

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

• O'Brate Foundation Traditional College Scholarship

  $500–$5,000·Typically closes around May 1 — confirm with the provider

• Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (SEOG)

  Federal

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

• The Beverly J. Smith Memorial Scholarship

  $2,500·July 31, 2026

• William P. Willis Scholarship

  Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

  $2,400·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Adult Student Grant

  Indiana Commission on Higher Education

  up to $2,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• American Indian Services (AIS) Scholarship

  American Indian Services

  $500–$2,000·Typically closes around February 1 — confirm with the provider

• CBCF General Mills Health Scholarship

  Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

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

• Federal and State College Work Study

  U.S. Department of Education / State of Texas

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

• Indiana Retired Teachers Association Foundation Scholarship

  Indiana Retired Teachers Association Foundation (IRTAF)

  $2,000·Typically closes around April 1 — confirm with the provider

• Kansas Comprehensive Grant

  Kansas Board of Regents

  up to $2,000·February 1, 2027

• National Merit Finalist Scholarships

  Rose-Hulman, corporations, and National Merit Foundation

  $1,000–$2,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Nevada Agricultural Foundation Scholarship

  Nevada Agricultural Foundation

  $2,000·Typically closes around March 15 — confirm with the provider