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  1. Frantz Barron Scholarship

    Funded by
    Patrick Barron
    This scholarship will support low-income, male high school seniors who will be first-generation college students.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Gender: Male
    • Background: Low-income, first-generation college student
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:May 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  2. Vermell Segars Murphy Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Reginald Murphy
    This scholarship aims to recognize and support students at West Charlotte High School who exemplify the values that Vermell Segars Murphy held dear.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior
    • School Name: West Charlotte High School
    • State: North Carolina
    • Race: African American
    • Gender: Female-identifying
    Amount:$2,500
    Deadline:May 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  3. Minority/BIPOC Students in STEM Scholarship

    Funded by
    Floyd|Snider
    This scholarship seeks to support underrepresented students as they prepare to pursue their college education.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate student
    • Field of Study: Environmental or civil engineering, geology, or environmental science
    • Race: BIPOC
    • State: Oregon, Idaho, or Washington
    Amount:$10,000
    Deadline:May 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  4. Dr. Fletcher L. Gamble Scholarship

    Funded by
    GLEN FISHER
    This scholarship aims to support students who are preparing to make the leap from high school to college so they can be set up for success.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school student graduating in 2025
    • Gender: Male-identifying
    • Race: African American
    • Background: First-generation college student
    • College Plans: Will attend an HBCU
    Amount:$6,000
    Deadline:May 03, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  5. Organic Formula Shop Single Parent Scholarship

    Funded by
    Organic Formula Shop
    This scholarship will be awarded to one student who is a single parent and is currently attending college while caring for their child.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Parental Status: Single Parent
    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    Amount:$4,000
    Deadline:May 05, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  6. Ms Ida Mae’s College Bound Scholarship

    Funded by
    Ms Ida Mae's
    This scholarship seeks to honor the memory of Ms. Ida Mae Foster Whittaker by providing financial assistance and community support to students from historically underrepresented populations in the United States.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • State: Washington
    • GPA: 2.8 or higher
    • Identity: Underrepresented population
    • Education Level: High school senior
    Amount:$2,000
    Deadline:May 06, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  7. She Rose in Health Equity

    Funded by
    The She Rose Foundation USA
    This scholarship seeks to empower future leaders in health equity so they can make a difference in the field.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    • Race: Black
    • Gender: Female-identifying
    • Location: DMV area (Washington, D.C., Maryland, or Virginia)
    • Field of Study: Health advocacy or public health efforts to address healthcare inequities
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:May 06, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  8. Sunflowers of Hope Scholarship

    Funded by
    Arlett Gutierrez
    This scholarship aims to honor the life of an incredible daughter by supporting students who share her passion for art and her background of living with disabilities.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Race: BIPOC
    • State: California
    • GPA: 2.7 GPA or higher
    • Background: Disability
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:May 16, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  9. Teenage Moms Deserve College Graduation Scholarship

    Funded by
    Shalom Johnson
    This scholarship aims to support students who are single mothers so they can get the encouragement and assistance they need to achieve their goals.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate student
    • Age: 17-21 years old
    • Race: African American
    • Background: Single mother
    Amount:$2,550
    Deadline:May 16, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  10. Williams Foundation Trailblazer Scholarship

    Funded by
    Williams Foundation
    This scholarship seeks to recognize and celebrate young trailblazers who are forging their own paths in life.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Financial Background: Low-income
    • GPA: 2.5 or higher
    • Race: BIPOC
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:May 19, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  11. Aaron and Ruby Dicks Scholarship

    Funded by
    Dicks-Bussey
    This scholarship seeks to honor the lives of Aaron and Ruby Dicks by supporting students in South Carolina who are pursuing higher education.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate student
    • Race: Black
    • State: South Carolina
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:May 21, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  12. Sunshine "DC" Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Latrice Green
    This scholarship seeks to honor the legacy of Diega by supporting students who give back to their communities and those involved in their schools' programs/events.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • State: Maryland
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate
    • Ethnicity: African American
    • GPA: 2.5+
    Amount:$1,025
    Deadline:May 23, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  13. Ojeda Multi-County Youth Scholarship

    Funded by
    Geanette Rodriguez-Ojeda
    The Ojeda Multi-County Youth Scholarship will be awarded to two deserving inner-city high school students to help pay for tuition and books.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Race: BIPOC
    • GPA: 2.9 or higher
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:May 25, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  14. Chineye Emeghara’s Outside the Binary: Black Women in Tech Scholarship

    Funded by
    Chineye Emeghara
    This scholarship aims to support young women who are multifaceted in their interests and pursuits so they can achieve their goals.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school student
    • Gender: Female-identifying
    • Race: Black
    • Background: Interest in technology but also outside of the field
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:May 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  15. Gayle McKinney-Griffith Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    McKinney- Griffith
    This scholarship supports underrepresented minorities majoring in dance.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Field of Interest: Dance
    • Education Leve: High school or Undergraduate
    • Identity: Person of color
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Jun 01, 2025
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  16. Rose Ifebigh Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Adaora Ifebigh
    This scholarship aims to support female immigrants so they can overcome the obstacles they face and complete their college degrees.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior or two or four-year undergraduate
    • Gender: Female
    • Background: Immigrant or foreign student
    Amount:$2,000
    Deadline:Jun 10, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  17. Eunice Z. Gaddis Legacy Scholarship

    Funded by
    Alisha Mills
    This scholarship aims to honor the memory of Eunice Z. Gaddis by supporting students who share her commitment to education.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate student
    • Race: African American
    • Background: Single mother
    • Field of Study: Early childhood education
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:Jun 13, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  18. Future Planner Scholarship

    Funded by
    Gian Events
    This scholarship seeks to support women of color who are working to pursue higher education in order to become the leaders of tomorrow.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school student or two or four-year undergraduate student
    • Background: Leadership or event planning experience
    • Race: BIPOC
    • Gender: Female-identifying
    Amount:$993
    Deadline:Jun 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  19. 1st Generation People Of Color Patrick Copney Memorial Music/Arts Scholarship

    Funded by
    Robin Copney
    This scholarship will honor the memory of Patrick Copney and help support first generation students who are pursuing a music or arts degree.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate
    • Race/Ethnicity: Black/African American
    • Background: Low-income and will be or is a first-generation student
    • Major/Field: Music or Arts
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Jul 05, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  20. Dr. Soronnadi Nnaji Legacy Scholarship

    Funded by
    Nnaji Family
    This scholarship seeks to honor Dr. Soronnadi Nnaji by supporting students who are first or second-generation African immigrants as they pursue higher education.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • GPA: 3.0 or higher
    • Background: First or second-generation African immigrant
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate student
    Amount:$5,000
    Deadline:Jul 12, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  21. Dark and Light Scholarship

    Funded by
    Waynika Hall
    This scholarship seeks to help first-generation, BIPOC students from Georgia so they can continue their education and achieve their dreams.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Must be a senior in high school
    • Location: Must be from Georgia
    • Background: Must be a first-generation student
    • Race: Must be BIPOC
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:Jul 13, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  22. Mcristle Ross Minority Painter's Scholarship

    Funded by
    Mister Ross
    This scholarship seeks to honor the memory of Mcristle Ross by supporting minority students who are pursuing artistic degrees in college.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate student or high school student accepted to a college or university
    • Race: African American
    • Field of Study: Art or art history
    Amount:$1,500
    Deadline:Jul 15, 2025
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  23. Hue Ta Asian American Scholarship

    Funded by
    Tuan Ta
    This scholarship seeks to celebrate and empower young leaders who are championing mental health and disability rights within the Asian American community and beyond.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • Race: Asian American
    • Background: Volunteering experience
    • Field of Study: Mental health
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:Aug 11, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  24. Drs. Julieto and Marlyn Eltanal Scholarship

    Funded by
    Rossana Eltanal
    This scholarship aims to honor Julieto and Marlyn Eltanal by supporting the next generation of doctors as they finish their education.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Graduate student
    • School: Cornell University
    • Field of Study: Medicine
    • Ethnicity: Chinese or Filipino
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    Amount:$10,000
    Deadline:Aug 12, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  25. Christian ‘Myles’ Pratt Foundation Fine Arts Scholarship

    Funded by
    Rakeia Pratt and Family
    To honor the life and legacy of Christian ‘Myles’ Pratt, this scholarship will be awarded to one student from a minority background who has big aspirations for their artistic career.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Major of Interest: Ceramics, Computer Animation, Game Design, Drawing, Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting, Sculpture
    • Ethnicity: BIPOC
    Amount:$1,100
    Deadline:Aug 12, 2025
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  26. Jesus Baez-Santos Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Sandra Cruz
    This scholarship seeks to honor the memory of Jesus-Baez-Santos by supporting students who have faced obstacles when pursuing higher education.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Race: BIPOC
    • Background: First-generation college student
    • State: New York
    • Education Level: High school senior or freshman undergraduate
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Sep 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  27. Dr. Sami Shafiq-Barker Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Carl Barker
    This scholarship aims to honor the memory of Dr. Sami Shafiq-Barker by supporting students who are following in her footsteps.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Graduate student
    • Field of Study: Pharmacy
    Amount:$2,000
    Deadline:Sep 22, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  28. William A. Lewis Scholarship

    Funded by
    Edwards_Lewis Family
    This scholarship aims to honor the legacy of William A. Lewis by supporting underrepresented students interested in pursuing careers in mathematics or other STEM fields.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    • School Type: Historically Black College or University (HBCU)
    • Race: BIPOC
    • Field of Study: STEM
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Nov 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  29. Charles Cheesman's Student Debt Reduction Scholarship

    Funded by
    Cheesman Family
    This scholarship will provide for college students or adults currently in a career, who have student debt. Students must be African American or Hispanic/Latino and first-generation students in order to apply.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student, college graduate
    • Race/Ethnicity: African American or Hispanic/Latino
    • Debt Status: Has student loan debt
    • Background: Was/is a first generation student
    Amount:$10,000
    Deadline:Nov 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  30. Bubba Wallace Live to Be Different Scholarship

    Funded by
    Bubba Wallace
    This scholarship exists to support one student who strives to live a different and more inclusive lifestyle every day.
    All students are eligible
    Amount:$10,000
    Deadline:May 31, 2021
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
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