Weekend Scholarship Watch April 25th
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Amount: $1,000 (1 winner).
Eligibility: BIPOC high school senior or undergraduate student in Texas with financial need and volunteering experience. Must be interested in the arts and/or sciences.
Requirements: Essay (400-600 words) about what you're planning to study and how you foresee yourself using your education to benefit your community.
Deadline: April 25, 2026.
Amount: $1,000 (1 winner).
Eligibility: High school or undergraduate students who are pursuing nursing. Preference for applicants focusing on OBGYN care.
Requirements: Essay (400-600 words) about passion for nursing, career goals, desired field, and impact.
Deadline: April 29, 2026.
Amount: $1,000 (1 winner).
Eligibility: High school seniors pursuing a 4-year college degree who are driven to expand their knowledge.
Requirements: Essay about a movie that has had a great impact on your life and why.
Deadline: April 29, 2026.
Amount: $1,000 (2 winners, $500 each).
Eligibility: High school seniors or undergraduate students with at least a 2.5 GPA. Applicants should be thoughtful, self-motivated, goal-oriented, and use education to rise above challenges.
Requirements: Essay (750-1000 words) on how education shaped goals, challenges overcome, and how education will create a better future.
Deadline: April 29, 2026.
Amount: $500 - $4,000 (1 award).
Eligibility: High school seniors and college students who are children or grandchildren (including by adoption) of current and deceased Americal Division Veterans Association members.
Requirements: Essay, proof of enrollment, academic transcript, and letter of recommendation.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $2,175 (1 winner).
Eligibility: High school seniors with a minimum 3.0 GPA who play a sport and have volunteering experience. Must demonstrate commitment to kindness, friendship, inclusivity, leadership, empathy, authenticity, courage, resilience, and bravery.
Requirements: Essay (400-600 words) responding to two of three prompts about acts of kindness, being your true self, or creating connection.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: Up to $5,000 (1 award).
Eligibility: High school seniors who are daughters of Air Force personnel. Must be planning to attend college to major in a STEM field. Special consideration for first-generation college students or those demonstrating financial need.
Requirements: Not explicitly stated in provided excerpts, but Scholarships360 often requires essays.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $1,000 (1 award).
Eligibility: High school, college, or graduate students who have something to say about e-waste. Open to U.S. Citizens, Canadian Citizens, Permanent Residents, DACA, and other international students.
Requirements: A 140-character message addressing the “worst thing about e-waste”. Finalists may need to submit a 500-1,000 word essay.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $2,000 (10 winners).
Eligibility: Graduating high school seniors or currently enrolled undergraduate students with a minimum 2.5 GPA. Must be a dependent child of a full-time EMS team member with at least one year of continuous service.
Requirements: Personal statement (goals, motivations), information about EMS family member, headshot, and redacted 1040 copy.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $5,000 - $10,000 (Multiple awards).
Eligibility: High school seniors, college freshmen, sophomores, or juniors pursuing a degree in computer and video game arts and sciences. Must be part of an underrepresented group (e.g., women, racial/ethnic minorities). Must demonstrate financial need and be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate program at a four-year college/university.
Requirements: Essay and academic transcript.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $1,000 - $5,000 (20 awards).
Eligibility: Latino student leaders residing in Texas. High school seniors & college students. Minimum GPA 2.5.
Requirements: Essay, academic transcript, letter of recommendation, and FAFSA.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: Up to $2,000 (2 awards).
Eligibility: Students aged 17-25 currently enrolled or planning to enroll at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). High school seniors or undergraduates studying for a bachelor’s degree. Minimum GPA 3.0. U.S. Citizens only. Full-time enrollment only.
Requirements: A 500-word essay, academic transcript, and three letters of recommendation.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $1,000 (1 winner).
Eligibility: Any high school student with an interest in pursuing photography.
Requirements: Submit 4-5 best original photographs showcasing vision, technical skill, and creative perspective, plus a short paragraph explaining the selection. An essay (200-400 words) about the journey in creating the submitted portfolio.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $5,000 (2 winners, $2,500 each).
Eligibility: Any high school senior in Texas with at least a 3.0 GPA who has been affected by cancer. Preference for students who are Christian or involved in music, arts, cancer research, mentoring, communication/speech, or volunteering/advocacy.
Requirements: Essay (400-600 words) about yourself, your interests, how cancer affected your life journey (positive/negative), and what you hope to accomplish by attending college.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $1,000 (1 winner).
Eligibility: Any high school or undergraduate student who has a connection to brain cancer and are devoted to raising awareness and supporting those affected.
Requirements: Essay (400-600 words) on your personal connection to brain cancer, advocacy efforts, and educational/career goals related to brain cancer awareness and support.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $10,000 (1st winner), $5,000 (2nd winner), $2,500 (3rd winner), $1,500 (4th winner), $500 (5th winner).
Eligibility: High school senior & undergraduate LGBTQIA+, Women, and/or BIPOC students who are majoring in computer science and also pursuing other interests.
Requirements: Essay (400-600 words) about computer science goals, non-computer science goals, and how to combine them in the future.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $500 (2 winners).
Eligibility: Any first-generation high school senior, undergraduate, trade school, or graduate student who is an immigrant.
Requirements: Essay (400-600 words) about your immigrant experience and career aspirations.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $500 (1 winner).
Eligibility: Any underrepresented minority high school or undergraduate student who is pursuing the veterinary field.
Requirements: Essay on why you are pursuing a career in the veterinary field.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $655 (1 winner).
Eligibility: High school or undergraduate students majoring in a health and/or family services-related field. Preference for applicants with work experience or a background in childhood illness/injury.
Requirements: Essay (400-600 words) about a time you faced tremendous adversity, how you viewed it, your plan of action, and how it impacted your perception of life.
Deadline: April 30, 2026.
Amount: $1,000.
Eligibility: High school senior heading into college.
Requirements: A short video (3 minutes) or sample of highlighted performances or artwork, a resume of musical, theatre, art, or chorus background, up to three letters of reference, and a copy of the college acceptance letter (or listing of applications with plans to attend).
Deadline: May 1, 2026.
Amount: Up to $10,000 annually (maximum $40,000 for a 4-year enrollment).
Eligibility: Children adopted at or after age 13, or who have exited foster care to permanent guardianship. Must demonstrate financial need through FAFSA. Incoming or current college students, age 21 or younger. Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA.
Requirements: Completed application with four short answer/essays, three letters of recommendation, most recent high school transcript and first semester grades, copy of Student Aid Report (FAFSA), and adoption/legal guardianship paperwork. ACT/SAT scores if required for admission.
Deadline: May 1, 2026.
Amount: $1,000 (1 winner).
Eligibility: U.S. residents 17 years of age and older. Must be a full-time student enrolled in a post-secondary institution or formally accepted to one that will begin within the next calendar year.
Requirements: Submit an original holiday card design (jpeg, 300 dpi, max 25MB) via email. Includes name, date of birth, phone, institution name, and official artwork.
Deadline: May 1, 2026.
Amount: $2,500.
Eligibility: Black / African-American U.S. College/University Freshman. Must plan to attend a U.S. two-year community college or four-year college.
Requirements: Letter of recommendation, transcript, photo, and essay on "What has been your driving force in your pursuit with education?".
Deadline: May 1, 2026
Amount: $2,500 (1 winner).
Eligibility: High school senior or undergraduate student with volunteering or community service experience who is majoring in History.
Requirements: Essay (400-600 words) explaining interest in history and how passion will be used in a future career.
Deadline: May 1, 2026.
Amount: $1,500 (1 winner).
Eligibility: High school seniors in the U.S. who plan to attend a university or community college in 2026.
Requirements: Short essay (300-500 words) sharing how they demonstrate school spirit.
Deadline: May 1st, 2026.
