Weekend Scholarship Watch – October 18th
- Andrea Sadberry
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
College Xpress Scholarship
Amount: $2,000
Eligibility: Open to high school, college, and graduate students in the US.
Requirements: Answer the question: Do you think you would survive a zombie apocalypse?
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Open to high school, college, and graduate students in the US.
Requirements: For students who value creative writing, they must submit one 250-word original piece of work
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Amount: Up to $20,000
Eligibility: Open to high school, college, and graduate students in the US.
Requirements: Complete short online lessons on financials habits
Deadline: October 30, 2025
Amount: $2,500
Eligibility: Must be a high school senior of parent of a high school senior
Requirements: Short application form
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Amount: $2,000
Eligibility: Must be a high school senior or parent of a high school senior
Requirements: Short application form
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Amount: $35,000 grand prize, smaller prizes available
Eligibility: Must be a U.S. resident
Requirements: Students must submit a three to five-minute audio essay on this year’s theme: “How Are You Showing Patriotism and Support for Our Country?”
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Financial Goals Scholarship
Amount: $2,000
Eligibility: US residents 18 or older who are planning to enroll or currently enrolled in a college degree program
Requirements: Complete the entry form, which includes responding to an essay prompt in 500 words.
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Amount: Annual grand prize of $22,000 with additional prizes between $1,000 and $3,000
Eligibility: Open to high school students, college undergraduates, and graduate students
Requirements: Write an essay between 800 and 1,600 words responding to the prompt related to the book Atlas Shrugged.
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Amount: $5,000
Eligibility:
· Engaged in or planning to pursue political science research and scholarship primarily focused on race, ethnicity, gender, systemic racism, LGBTQ politics, disability politics, indigenous politics, or tribal sovereignty and governance.
· Be a US citizen, US national, US permanent resident (holder of a Permanent Resident Card), or an individual granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) at the time of application.
· Able to demonstrate an interest in teaching and potential for research in political science.
Requirements: Application, three letters of recommendation, and transcript
Deadline: October 26, 2025
Amount: $2,000
Eligibility: Must be a high school senior of parent of a high school senior
Requirements: Application form
Deadline: October 31, 2025
