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Scholarships with April Deadlines

Scholarships with April Deadlines

Scholarships with April Deadlines

Published March 10, 2020 | Last Updated March 18th, 2025 at 12:51 pm

Scholarships with April Deadlines

 

AFA Teens for Alzheimer’s Awareness College Scholarship Essay Contest

Amount: $5,000

Apply by: April 1, 2025

Description: This is an annual competition for college-bound high school seniors.  Applicants are asked to write a 1,500-word (maximum) essay or submit a video that describes the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on themselves, their families or their communities, and what they have learned in light of coping with the brain disorder.

Sponsor: Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

Aircraft Electronics Association Scholarship

Amount: Varies

Apply by: April 1, 2025

Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors and current college students who plan to or are majoring in an aviation field.

Sponsor: Aircraft Electronics Association

Steinberg Law Firm Scholarship Program

Amount: $2,000

Apply by: April 4, 2025

Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in South Carolina who plan to attend a four-year institution of higher learning in the fall. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to moral leadership.

Sponsor: Steinberg Law Firm

Club Z! Annual Achievement Award

Amount: Varying amounts

Apply by: date TBD

Description: Scholarship is open to students in grades 5-12 who have overcome obstacles, shown leadership in the classroom or on the field, or who demonstrated improvement and a positive attitude this year.

Sponsor: Club Z!

ESA Scholarships for Children of First Responders – Ohio

Amount: $1,000

Apply by: April 4, 2025

Description: Open to graduating high school seniors in Ohio who will be attending an accredited four-year college or university in the fall. Applicant’s parent must be a full-time paid, active duty law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or EMT (public sector).

Sponsor: Ohio Security & Fire Alarm Association

Eye on the Future Video Contest

Amount: $2,000

Apply by: April 20, 2025

Description: Open to high school students who submit a video showing why science is important to them.

Sponsor: NEI

CREW Network Scholarship

Amount: Up to $5,000

Apply by: April 2, 2025

Description: Scholarship is open to women enrolled full-time as college juniors, seniors, or graduate students who are pursuing a career in commercial real estate.

Sponsor: Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network

Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

Amount: $10,000

Apply by: April 15, 2025

Description: Award is open to students between the ages of eight and 18  currently residing in the U.S. or Canada, who must be currently working on an inspiring service project or have done so within the past 12 months.

Sponsor: Barron Prize

Nebraska Bowties and Books Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

Apply by: April 26, 2025

Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students enrolled in an accredited four-year university/college, or currently enrolled in a two-year college and planning to transfer to a four-year college/university. Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, hold permanent residency or be a DACA recipient. Applicant must submit an essay on why they are attending the college they are/will be attending.

Sponsor: Bottlinger Law L.L.C.

Patty & Melvin Alperin First Generation Scholarship

Amount: Up to $1,500

Apply by: April 14, 2025

Description: Open to all students whose parents did not graduate from college (including community college or a college in a foreign country) and have been accepted or enrolled in an accredited two- or four-year college.

Sponsor: Rhode Island Foundation

Aaron and Rita Slom Scholarship Fund for Freedom and Diversity

Amount: $500

Apply by: April  25, 2025

Description: Open to high school seniors who must submit an interpretive work focusing on the George Washington Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, RI, in context with the present time.

Sponsor: Touro Synagogue Foundation

Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships

Amount: Up to 5,000

Apply by: April 21, 2025

Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current undergraduate students who are in a design or art discipline and intend to pursue that discipline as a career. The scholarship is open for anyone who fits the criteria, however, minority students will have an advantage in the selection process.

Sponsor: AIGA

ASID Scholarships

Amount: Up to $5,000

Apply by: April 15, 2025

Description: Open to current undergraduate and graduate students who are studying interior design.

Sponsor: American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)

Joel Polsky Academic Achievement Award

Amount: $5,000

Apply by: April 15, 2025

Description: Award recognizes an interior design research project or thesis project conducted by an undergraduate or graduate student related to wellness and design.

Sponsor: ASID

A Better Future – No Essay Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

Apply by: April 30, 2025

Description: Award aims to empower and support the next generation of exceptional talent.

Sponsor: Juno

Educators Rising Scholarships

Amount: Up to $2,000

Apply by: April 2, 2025

Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors who intend to attend college and major in education.

Sponsor: Educators Rising

E-Waste Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

Apply by: April 30, 2025

Description: Open to high school students or a current (or entering) college or graduate school student of any level. Homeschooled students are also eligible. Must write a statement about what it mean to be digitally responsible.

Sponsor: DigitalResponsibility.org

LetGrow Think for Yourself Essay Contest

Amount: Up to $5,000

Apply by: April 30, 2025

Description: Open to high school students who write an essay about the importance of free speech, curiosity, and open-mindedness in their everyday lives

Sponsor: LetGrow.org

Making a Difference for Autism Scholarship

Amount: $500

Apply By: April 29, 2025

Description: Open to incoming and current college students with autism enrolled in a post-secondary program (college, community college, vocational program, etc.).

Sponsor: KFM Making a Difference

Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody Scholarship

Amount: Up to $10,000

Apply by: April 30, 2025

Description: Scholarship is open to legal U.S. residents 16 years of age or older at the time of application and enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student for the Fall, 2025 term. Applicant must have a declared major of biology, chemistry, bio-chemistry, or related life science field.

Sponsor: Thermo Fisher Scientific

Brightsprout Crossword Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

Apply by: April 30, 2025

Description: Open to all incoming undergraduate students who create one 15×15 newspaper-style crossword puzzle on Crossword Maker.

Sponsor: Brightsprout (formerly Crossword Hobbyist)

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