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California scholarships

128 scholarships open to students in California, with the amount, the deadline and who can apply for each. State and local awards draw a far smaller applicant pool than national ones, which usually makes them the better use of an afternoon.

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.

• California Chafee Grant for Foster Youth

  California Student Aid Commission (CSAC)

  up to $5,000·March 2, 2027

• Chafee Grant

  up to $5,000·Typically closes around March 2 — confirm with the provider

• Kimpact Foundation Grant

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

• Nitro College Scholarship

  Nitro College

  $5,000·Open/No Deadline

• Roshan Rahbari Scholarship Fund

  Roshan Rahbari Scholarship Fund

  $5,000·Open/No Deadline

• Crankstart Scholarships for California Community College Transfer Students

  University of California-San Diego

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

• Jendy Dennis Scholarship

  University of California-San Diego

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

• Nonresident Transfer WUE Scholarship

  Utah State University

  $5,000·August 1, 2026

• 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

• Community College Partnership Scholarship

  University of San Francisco

  up to $6,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• WUE+ First-Year Scholarship

  Utah State University

  $3,500·August 1, 2026

• Mark E. Reed Scholarship

  Green Diamond

  $3,000·February 28, 2027

• Gerald and Inez Grant Parker Foundation Scholarship

  University of California-San Diego

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

• Amazon Web Services InCommunities Renewable Scholarship

  Amazon Web Services

  $2,500·Typically closes around March 29 — confirm with the provider

• Cardinal Out-of-State Grant

  State University of New York at Plattsburgh

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

• Osher Foundation Scholarships

  University of California-San Diego

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

• California Association of Bilingual Education (CABE)

  California Association of Bilingual Education

  $2,000·Typically closes around December 31 — confirm with the provider

• John & Evelyn Ford Crayton Non-Endowed Student Scholarship

  Grambling State University

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

• MetLife Foundation Scholarship

  MetLife Foundation

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

• Cal Grant B

  $1,648–$9,358·March 2, 2027

• Humboldt First Scholarship

  California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt

  $500–$1,000·January 31, 2027

• CalRTA, Solano County

  CalRTA

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

• GE Appliances HBCU Connect Scholarship

  GE Appliances / HBCU Connect

  $1,000·Application closed for 2023