Scholarships with January Deadlines

By Mindy Trotta

Scholarships with January Deadlines

By Mindy Trotta

Published December 14, 2019

Employment BOOST College Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

Apply by: Year round

Description: Open to both high school and college students. One scholarship is open to students studying any major and is also eligible for students who are currently undecided about their course of study. The second scholarship is available to students who will major or are majoring in business or STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math).

Sponsor: Employment Boost

MIT THINK Scholars Program

Amount: $1,000 budget, chance to win $500 scholarship, mentorship, and a trip to MIT

Apply by: January 1, 2023

Description: Open to current high school students at a school in the United States who submit a project proposal on a science, technology, or engineering idea.

Sponsor: MIT THINK

Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards

Amount: Up to $36,000

Closing Date: January 5, 2023

Description: Open to Jewish teens who are between the ages of 13 and 19 who have demonstrated impressive leadership and are actively engaged in community service projects that embody the value of tikkun olam (repair of the world).

Sponsor: Helen Diller Family Foundation

Marvel Optics National Scholarship

Amount: $1,500

Apply by: January 5, 2023

Description: Open to any current, full-time student at an accredited two-year or four-year American university or college who must answer a prompt.

Sponsor: Marvel Optics

GE – Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program

Amount: $10,000

Apply by:: January 5, 2023

Description: Open to high school seniors who demonstrate leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship at school, at the workplace, and in the community and also demonstrate financial need.

Sponsor: Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute and GE

“Don’t Wait to Reach Your Potential” Scholarship

Amount: $500-$1,000

Apply by: January 6, 2023

Description: Open to college-bound teens in grades 9-12

Sponsor: Potential Magazine

Ron Brown Scholar Program Scholarship

Amount: $10,000

Apply by: January 9, 2023

Description: Open to all talented and economically-challenged African-American high school seniors who demonstrate a keen interest in public service, community engagement, business entrepreneurship and global citizenship –

Sponsor: Ron Brown Scholar Program

The Profile in Courage Essay Contest

Amount: Up to $10,000

Apply by: January 13, 2023

Description: Open to high school students who submit a 700 – to 1000 – word essay that describes and analyzes an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official who served during or after 1917, the year John F. Kennedy was born. GED students under the age of 20 may also apply.

Sponsor: John F Kennedy Library Presidential Library and Museum

F. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship

Amount: Up to $10,000

Apply by: January 15, 2023

Description: Open to residents of the northeast region of Pennsylvania who can show that the scholarship will aid them in their development into professional artists.

Sponsor: BelinArts

Aviation Scholarship

Amount: At least $1,500

Apply by: January 15, 2023

Description: Open to individuals between the ages of 16 and 24 years of age who are pursuing their private pilot certificate.

Sponsor: The Lyons Aviation Foundation

Video Contest for College Students

Amount: Up to $2,000

Apply by: January 16, 2023

Description: Open to college students who can create a video that must interpret some variation of the theme, “One Person Can Make a Difference.”

Sponsor: Christophers.org

APIA Scholarship

Amount:Varies from one-time $2,500 awards to multi-year $20,000 awards.

Apply by: January 19, 2023

Description: Open to underserved APIA students with a special focus on those who live at or below the poverty level, or are otherwise of low socioeconomic status.

Sponsor: APIA Scholars

Elite Lawyer Scholarship

Amount:$1,000

Apply by: January 19, 2023

Description: Open to students pursuing higher education to make a difference in their own communities.

Sponsor: Elite Lawyer

C-SPAN’s StudentCam Documentary Competition

Amount: Up to $5,000

Apply by: January 20, 2023

Description: Competition is open to all students in grades 6-12 who will explore the issue you most want presidential candidates to address during the campaign. Grades 6-8 compete in the Middle School category, and grades 9-12 compete in the High School category. (The competition requires a video submission.)

Sponsor: C-Span/StudentCam

Edison Scholars Scholarship

Amount: Up to $10,000 per year, totaling $40,000 over four years

Apply by: January 23, 2024

Description: Scholars program is open to high school seniors planning to pursue science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) at a four-year college or university on a full-time basis. Applicant must also have at least a 3.0 GPA and live in the Southern California Edison service territory.

Sponsor: Edison International

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program

Amount: Up to $7,500

Apply by: January 27, 2023

Description: Open to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.

Sponsor: Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program

Safe Jobs for Youth Month Poster Contest

Amount: Up to $300

Apply by: January 27, 2023

Description: Open to California teens between the ages of 14 and 18 years old who have created a poster focusing on workplace health safety as it relates to teens.

Sponsor: YoungWorkers.org

Technology Addiction Awareness Scholarship

Amount: $1000

Apply by: January 30, 2023

Description: Open to high school, undergraduate or graduate students. You must be U.S. citizen or legal resident and submit a 140-character message that relates to technology addiction to qualify for this award.

Sponsor: Digital Responsibility

Center for Reintegration Scholarship

Amount: Varies from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.

Apply by: January 31, 2023

Description: Open to students who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and are actively involved in rehabilitative or reintegration efforts, such as clubhouse membership, part-
or full-time employment, volunteer efforts or school enrollment

Sponsor: Center for Reintegration

The National Ag Day Essay Contest

Amount: $1000

Apply by: January 31, 2023

Description:Open to high school students who submit an original essay of 450 words or less, or a two-minute video, on the following topic: “Agriculture: Food for Life. How Does Our Nation Lead the Way?”

Sponsor: Agriculture Council of America

Opportunity Scholarship for Locked-Out Dreamers

Amount: Up to $80,000 over four years

Apply by: January 31, 2023

Description: Open to graduating high school seniors and high school graduates who live in targeted, locked-out states that do not offer in-state tuition to DREAMers, or bars them from attending state colleges and universities all together.

Sponsor: TheDream.US