Here is a list of scholarships, all of which have February deadlines.
Amount: up to $500
Apply By: February 1, 2022
Description: Essay contest is open to girls and boys in grades 3-12. Applicant must submit an essay that salutes engineering’s role in meeting and defeating the challenges presented by COVID-19.
Sponsor: EngineerGirl
Amount: Varies
Apply By: February 1, 2022
Description: Applicants must be one-quarter Northern-Native American Indian and enrolled in undergraduate studies at a university, junior college, or technical school. Applicant needs to maintain at least a 2.25 GPA.
Sponsor: American Indian Services (AIS)
Amount: $10,000
Apply By: February 1, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to female graduating high school seniors who wish to attend a women’s college in the United States. Applicants must have a GPA of 3.7 or higher.
Sponsor: The Sunflower Initiative
Amount: Up to $8,000
Apply By: : February 1, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to Jewish students who are in their junior or senior years of undergraduate studies or graduate students who were born and raised in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Sponsor: JVS Chicago
Amount: Up to $4,000
Apply By: February 1, 2022
Description: Open to undergraduate and graduate students planning a career related to gardening, landscape design, environmental issues, floral design or horticulture.
Sponsor: GardenClub.org
Amount: Up to $30,000
Apply By: February 2, 2022
Description: Scholars program is open to full-time junior-level students at four-year institutions pursuing a bachelor’s degree during the 2019-2020 academic year. Applicant must have an extensive record of public and/or community service and be committed to a career in government or in public service.
Sponsor: The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Amount: $5,000
Apply By: February 4, 2022
Description: pen to students entering their freshman year of college in the fall of 2020 and must be planning to pursue a degree in the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences.
Sponsor: American Meteorological Society
Amount: $1,000
Apply By: February 5, 2022
Description: Open to graduating high school seniors and current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors between the ages of 16 and 22. Applicant must submit an essay on how texting helped sustain and strengthen their relationships during COVID-19.
Sponsor: SimpleTexting
Amount: Varies up to $10,000
Apply By: February 08, 2022
Description: The ExploraVision competition for K-12 students engages the next generation in real-world problem solving with a strong emphasis on STEM. Projects must also include an abstract, project description, bibliography, and five sample Web pages.
Sponsor: Toshiba/NSTA
Amount: Up to $50,000
Apply By: February 12, 2022
Description: Open to young people, 18 and under, who have completed a significant piece of work. Application categories are Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Literature, Music, Philosophy and Outside the Box.
Sponsor: Davidson Fellows
Amount: $500
Apply by: February 14, 2022
Description: Open to student at least 18 years old; currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited U.S. college or university; and have 3.0 GPA or higher.
Sponsor: Elite lawyers
Amount: Up to $5,000
Apply by: February 15, 2022
Description: Open to students of Hispanic descent who are graduating high school seniors, community colleges students, transfer students, college students, or graduate students. All majors and graduate fields are accepted, with an emphasis on STEM majors.
Sponsor: Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
Amount: $12,500 (renewable)
Applyby: February 16, 2022
Description: Scholarship money is available to offspring of those working in the financial services industry. Each GAR scholarship is worth up to $50,000 (approximately $12,500/year) awarded to hardworking high school students who have a financial need.
Sponsor: Gordon A Rich Memorial Foundation
Amount: $1,000
Apply by: February 20, 2022
Description: Open to all student sat an accredited school within the United States, or be accepted to begin school at an accredited school within 6 months of application who can submit a design or live URL. The web design can be from past or present.
Sponsor: Lounge Lizard
Amount: Up to $10,000
Apply by: February 20, 2022
Description: Contest is open to graduating U.S. high school students who have promoted vegetarianism in their schools and/or communities.
Sponsor: Vegetarian Resource Group
Amount: Varies
Apply by: February 21, 2022
Description: Open to all cancer survivors or those undergoing treament for cancer between the ages of 17-26.
Sponsor: The Ruth Cheatham Foundation
Amount: $5,000
Apply by: February 26, 2022
Description: Open to a high school senior girl and/or female identified person enrolled in a San Francisco accredited high school and have enrolled in or will be enrolled in an accredited four-year California college or university as a full-time student.
Sponsor: Soroptimist International of San Francisco
Amount: Varies up to $29,000
Apply by: February 28, 2022
Description: Applicant must be a DREAMer who is DACA eligible and has applied for or received DACA approval. Applicants should be a first time college student and intend to attend a partner college.
Sponsor: The Dream.US Scholarship Program
Amount: $500
Apply By: February 28, 2022
Description: Open to incoming and current college students studying interior design. Applicant must submit an essay on the rug industry.
Sponsor: Cyrus Rugs
Amount: $1,500
Apply By: February 28, 2022
Description: Open to students from across the U.S. who can tell the best story, describing the impact he or she made in the life of a rescue animal or animal welfare cause in general.
Sponsor: PetPlay.com
Amount: $5,000
Apply By: February 28, 2022
Description: Scholarship is open to new and current students who love hair coloring and are currently or will be attending an accredited beauty school.
Sponsor: Beauty Changes Lives Foundation
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