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Scholarship details
Scholarship Name	Amount	Deadline
$1,000 All Star Verified Scholarship	$1,000	August 31
$1,000 JumpStart Scholarship	$1,000	October 17
$1,000 Moolahspot Scholarship	$1,000	August 31
Cashtelligent Financial Literacy Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
SuperCollege Scholarship	$1,000	August 31
Academic Excellence Award	$1,000	November 12
Achieving Your Goals Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
Adelman Travel Scholarship Award	$500	November 30
Advocates Law Scholarship	$1,000	January 31 (fall) and June 30 (spring)
AES Scholarship	$500	October 8
Ag Day Essay Contest	$1,000	January 31
Against All Odds Scholarship	$1,000	January 31
Americanism Essay Contest	$2,500-$5,000	December 1
Ashley Soule Conroy Foundation Scholarship	$4,000	October 1, June 1
Barbizon's College Tuition Scholarship	$100,000	December 31
Be the Boss Scholarship	$2,000	September 15, March 15
Blaze Your Own Trail Scholarship	$1,000	January 14
Boomer Benefits Scholarship	$2,000	August 27
Bright!Tax Global Scholar Initiative	$1,000	June 1, November 1
Burger King Scholars Program	$1,000-$50,000	December 15
Car Covers $1,000 Scholarship	$1,000	December 15
Carson Scholars	$1,000	January 15
Center for Alcohol Policy (CAP) Essay Contest	$1,000-$5,000	January 8
Christophers Video Contest for College Students	$500-$2,000	January 17
CIA Undergraduate Scholarship Program	Varies	August 31
Civic Expression Award	$1,000	December 1
CJ Pony Parts Scholarship Video Contest	$500	April 15, October 15
Clubs of America Scholarship Award for Career Success	$1,000	August 31
Coca-Cola All-State Community College Academic Team	$1,000-$1,500	December 15
Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Program	Varies	December
Coolidge Scholarship	Full tuition	January 20
Corporate Culture Scholarship	$1,000	October 1
Create Real Impact Contest	$500 and $1,500	November 12
Dell Scholars Program	Varies	December 1
Dirk Derrick Car & Truck Accident Injury Scholarship	$1,000	December 15
Dixie Belle Paint Company Scholarship	Up to $2,500	November 15
Dr. Edward Jacobson Healthy Living Scholarship	$500	December 31
Driven Decade Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
Education Accessibility Scholarship	$1,000	December 31
EK Insurance Scholarship	$500	December 30
Equitable Excellence Scholarship	Up to $25,000	December 15
Express Medical Supply Scholarship Program	$500	December 30
Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund	Varies	October 1
First Generation Immigrant Scholarship	$1,000	December 31
Florida Rentals Annual Dream Vacation Scholarship	$1,000	August 31
Foreclosure.com Scholarship Program	$500-$2,500	December 15
Free Speech Essay Contest	Up to $10,000	December 31
Fulbright Grants	Varies	October 13
Getting Real about Distracted Driving	$1,500	December 31
Global Citizen Scholarship	Educational tour expenses	August 15; November 15; February 15; May 15
GMR Transcription Academic Scholarship	$500	June 15 and December 15
Golden Door Scholars	Varies	October 25
Hagan Scholarship	Varies	December 1
Hamilton Award	$500	January 27
Hayek Fund for Scholars	Up to $750	Rolling
Heer Law Entrepreneurship Scholarship	$2,000	December 31
Horatio Alger Association Scholarship Program	$25,000	October
Humane Studies Fellowships	Up to $15,000	April 1, August 1, December 1
Immerse Education University Scholarship	Up to $1,000	January 15
InfoTracer Scholarship	$1,000	October 31
International Bipolar Foundation High School Essay Contest	$250-$1,000	December 1
Intoxalock Drunk Driving Prevention Scholarship	$3,000	December 31
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation College Scholarship Program	Up to $40,000 per year for four years	November 18
Josephine De Karman Fellowship	$14,000-$22,000	January 31
Kopfler & Hermann Overcoming Adversity Scholarship	$1,000	November 30
LA Tutors Innovation in Education Scholarship	$500	Monthly
Leifert & Leifert Right to Privacy Scholarship	$1,000	August 31
Lemelson-MIT Student Prize	Up to $15,000	September
Life Reimagined First-Gen Scholarship	$1,000	December 31
Live Mas Scholarship	$5,000-$25,000	January 20
Luigi Wewege Foundation Scholarship	$1,500	December 1
Make a Difference Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
Making for Good Challenge	Up to $15,000	January 30
Marshall Memorial Fellowship	Varies	September
Marshall Scholar	Varies	September 28
McCraw Law Group First Responders Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
McCraw Public Safety Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
Mensa Education and Research Foundation Scholarship Program	$2,500	January 15
Mixed Martial Arts Scholarship	$900	November 15
Most Valuable Student Scholarships	$4,000-$12,500	November 15
National College Match Program	Full tuition plus room and board	September 29
National Merit Scholarship Program and National Achievement Scholarship Program	$2,500	October PSAT test date
OFAC Law Group Eco-Friendly Scholarship	$500	December 31
Oleg Fastovsky Outstanding Citizenship Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
One Earth Award	$1,000	December 1
Opioid Epidemic Scholarship	$1,000	November 30
Overcoming Obstacles Scholarship	$1,000	December 31
Parking Boxx	$1,000	October 15
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans	Up to $90,000 over 2 years	October 28
Photo Essay Scholarship Contest	$500	January
Pursuing a Positive Impact Scholarship	$3,000	October 31
RCA Hope for Addiction Scholarship	$1,000	January 31
Redfin Scholarship	$2,500	August 1
Responsify Empowering Others Scholarship	$1,000	October 5
Rhodes Scholar	Full tuition plus stipend	October 6
Safe Cycling Scholarship	$1,000	November 30
Sarah Josephine Langstaff Memorial Scholarship	$500-$1,000	November 1
Scholarship America Dream Award	$5,000-$15,000	October 15
Scholarship for International Students	$5,000	September 30
Selfless Act of Giving Scholarship	$1,000	October 31
ServiceScape	$1,000	November 29
Sleeknote Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
Social Biases in the Courtroom Scholarship	$1,000	December 31
SportsHi College Scholarship Award	Up to $2,500	August 10
Steve Duckett Local Conservation Scholarship	$1,000	October 31
Stokes Educational Scholarship Program	Up to $30,000	November 15
Stop-painting.com Scholarship	$1,000	June 15 (fall) and November 15 (spring)
Striving for Justice Scholarship	$1,000	November 30
Student Transportation Video Contest	$500	November 30
StudentCam Competition	Varies	January 20
Supporting the Community Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
Survivor Scholarship	$1,000	December 31
Telluride Association Summer Programs	Summer program tuition and fees	January
Texting and Driving Prevention Scholarship	$1,000	September 30
TicketCity Annual College Scholarship Program	$3,000	December
Titan Machinery Service Technician Sponsorship Program	Varies	March 1; December 1
TransgenderFirst Scholarship	$2,500	December 31
Travel Photography and Savings Scholarship	$500	August 1
Travel Scholarship	$500-$1,000	December 31
Travel Video Contest	$4,000	October 13
U.S. JCI Senate Scholarship Grants	$1,000	January 21
Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship	Up to $40,000	January 10
United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Denny's Hungry for Education	$1,000	December 10
Unpakt College Scholarship	$1,000	December 31
Varsity Tutors College Scholarship Contest	$200	Monthly
Visa Reservation Scholarship	$500	March 15 and August 15
Voice of Democracy Audio Essay Contests	$1,000-$30,000	October 31
Water Safety Scholarship	$1,000	October 31
Watson Travel Fellowship	Up to $30,000	November 1
We The Future Contest	Up to $2,000	September 17
Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship	$40,000	November 1
Zavodnick, Zavodnick and Lasky	$1,000	October 15, April 15