Bold.org Community No-Essay Scholarship
Invite your friends to Bold.org from your Invite Friends page. When at least 2 of them sign up and verify their accounts in the same month, you're eligible for that month's Community Scholarship. The count starts over every month, so you can qualify again.
Bold.org is committed to helping students fund their education with less student debt, which is why we offer no-essay scholarships you can apply to straight from your Bold.org profile.
Open to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students at any school, in any field of study, and with any GPA.
Your Bold.org profile is your application. Each month's winner will be the applicant with the boldest profile: the one that best shows their ambition, their drive, and what they're working toward.
No essay, file upload, or additional link is required.
Explore All Kinds of Scholarships for All Kinds of Students
Winners and Finalists
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December 2023
December 2022
November 2021
November 2020
How it works
Bold.org is Built to Make Scholarships Feel Possible
Step 01
Start with your story
Bold.org helps students show donors who they are beyond a transcript.
Step 02
Where scholarships are awarded
Every scholarship is funded by donors and managed directly on Bold.org.
Step 03
Fund your future
Scholarship dollars are disbursed through Bold.org to help students pay for school.
FAQ
The application deadline is Nov 30, 2026. Winners will be announced on Dec 1, 2026.
Your privacy is a top priority on the Bold.org platform, and you can find our privacy policy in full here. You may opt out of communications from Bold.org at any time, and unless we’ve first notified you and gotten your consent, you’ll never receive communication from any third parties related to personal information you give us.
Award amounts per winner are designated by the donor. Check the award amount for a detailed breakdown.
The winner will be publicly announced on Dec 1, 2026. Prior to the announcement date, we may contact finalists with additional questions about their application. We will work with donors to review all applications according to the scholarship criteria. Winners will be chosen based on the merit of their application.
Award checks will be sent to the financial aid office of the winner's academic institution or future academic institution in their name to be applied to their tuition, and in the name of their institution (depending on the school's requirements). If the award is for a qualified educational non-tuition expense, we will work with the winner directly to distribute the award and make sure it goes towards qualified expenses.
Before we award the scholarship, the winner will be required to confirm their academic enrollment status. Depending on the circumstances, verification of Student ID and/or their most recent transcript will be required.
If you have any questions about this scholarship or the Bold.org platform, just email contact@bold.org and we’ll get back to you as quickly as we can.
Yes. The terms and conditions for this scholarship can be found here.
