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[Page 2] First-Generation College Student Scholarships to Apply for in 2024

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  1. Ethan To Scholarship

    Funded by
    Justin To & Ann Tran
    This scholarship aims to honor the memory of Ethan To by raising awareness of mental health struggles and supporting students as they pursue their goals.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    • Field of Study: Psychology and/or counseling
    • GPA: Undergraduate 3.5 or Graduate 3.2
    Amount:$2,000
    Deadline:Feb 16, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  2. Utah First Generation Student Scholarship

    Funded by
    Cohen Jones
    This scholarship seeks to support students who are the first in their families to complete their college degrees.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate student
    • State: Utah
    • Background: First-generation college student
    Amount:$2,800
    Deadline:Mar 10, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  3. Code Breakers & Changemakers Scholarship

    Funded by
    Ignite Arts and STEM
    This scholarship seeks to support underrepresented high school students who are passionate about pursuing careers in STEM.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Race: BIPOC
    • Background: First-generation college student
    • Experience: Non-profit or volunteering experience
    • Field of Interest: STEM
    • GPA: 2.4 or higher
    • Residency: US Citizen
    • Education Level: High school senior (2024-2025 school year)
    Amount:$2,000
    Deadline:Mar 15, 2025
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  4. Palette & Purpose Scholarship

    Funded by
    Ignite Arts and STEM
    This scholarship seeks to support first-generation BIPOC students who are interested in pursuing the arts.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Residency: US citizen
    • Race: BIPOC
    • GPA: 2.4 or higher
    • Field of Interest: Visual, studio, or performing arts
    • Background: First-generation college student
    • Experience: Non-profit or volunteering experience
    • Education Level: High school senior (2024-2025 school year)
    Amount:$2,000
    Deadline:Mar 15, 2025
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  5. Adam Montes Pride Scholarship

    Funded by
    Partridge
    This scholarship aims to honor the life of Adam Montes by supporting underrepresented students on the road to higher education.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Identity: LGBTQ+ and an underrepresented minority
    • Background: First-generation college student
    • Education Level: High school senior, Undergraduate, or Graduate
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Mar 22, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  6. Ryan McAuliffe Memorial Award

    Funded by
    Mirna McAuliffe
    This scholarship aims to support young women as they prepare to finish their high school years and begin college.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school student
    • Ethnicity: Hispanic
    • Gender: Female-identifying
    • State: Illinois
    Amount:$5,000
    Deadline:Mar 29, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  7. Aurora Rocha Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Rocha
    This scholarship seeks to honor the memory of Aurora Rocha by supporting Hispanic students who are pursuing college in order to make a difference.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Ethnicity: Hispanic
    • Field of Study: STEM
    • Background: First-generation college student
    • Involvement: Volunteering experience
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Mar 31, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  8. Lori Nethaway Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Stacey Sprenkel
    This scholarship will support a female high school senior in California.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior
    • State: California
    • Gender: Woman
    • Background: First-generation college student
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Apr 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  9. Spaghetti and Butter Scholarship

    Funded by
    McVeigh Family
    This scholarship aims to support first-generation students so they can overcome the hurdles they face and achieve their goals.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior
    • State: North Carolina
    • GPA: 3.0 or higher
    • Background: First-generation college student
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:Apr 02, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  10. Cyber Scholar Now Scholarship

    Funded by
    Chauncey Dawkins
    This scholarship will support a BIPOC, first-generation college student attending an HBCU.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate
    • School Type: HBCU
    • Race/Ethnicity: BIPOC
    • Background: First-generation college student
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  11. Golden State First Gen Scholarship

    Funded by
    Sirleaf-Gaskin
    This scholarship aims to support first-generation BIPOC students so they can access higher education and pave the path to their futures.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • State: California
    • Race: BIPOC
    • Background: First-generation college student
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:May 05, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  12. Mikey Taylor Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Amber Davis
    This scholarship will support first generation college students who have overcome mental health challenges.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate
    • Background: First generation college student and experience with mental health challenges
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:May 11, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  13. Jose Prado Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    MIRTA Prado
    This scholarship will support an undergraduate Hispanic/Latinx student as they pursue higher education.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate
    • Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latinx
    • Background: First generation college student
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:Jun 25, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  14. Dark and Light Scholarship

    Funded by
    Waynika Hall
    This scholarship seeks to help first-generation, BIPOC students from Georgia so they can continue their education and achieve their dreams.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Must be a senior in high school
    • Location: Must be from Georgia
    • Background: Must be a first-generation student
    • Race: Must be BIPOC
    Amount:$500
    Deadline:Jul 13, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  15. Dr. Christine Lawther First in the Family Scholarship

    Funded by
    Christine Lawther
    This scholarship aims to support students who are forging new paths for their families by obtaining college degrees.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Background: First-generation college student
    • Education Level: Four-year undergraduate student
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Jul 23, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  16. Charles Pulling Sr. Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Carrie Mochan
    This scholarship seeks to honor the memory of Charles Pulling Sr. by supporting those who want to provide a better life or experience for their families and feel furthering their education is the best way to do so.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Age: Over 25
    Amount:$2,000
    Deadline:Nov 17, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  17. Nikhil Desai "Perspective" Scholarship

    Funded by
    Nikhil Desai
    This scholarship is for anyone who has had one moment in their life shift their perspective and perception on what it means to live.
    All students are eligible
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Feb 01, 2021
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
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  18. Imagine Dragons Origins Scholarship

    Funded by
    Imagine Dragons
    The Imagine Dragons Origins Scholarship will help four refugee, immigrant, or first-generation American students to achieve their educational dreams.
    All students are eligible
    Amount:$13,269
    Deadline:Sep 14, 2021
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    4 winners
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  19. Finesse Your Education's "The College Burnout" Scholarship

    Funded by
    Finesse Your Education
    This scholarship is designed to raise awareness about burnout while giving students a chance to reflect on their college experience for the past year.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Identity: First-generation minority student
    Amount:$1,200
    Deadline:Mar 22, 2022
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
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  20. Mahlagha Jaberi Mental Health Awareness for Immigrants Scholarship

    Funded by
    Mahlagha Jaberi
    The Mahlagha Jaberi Mental Health Awareness for Immigrants Scholarship exists to support more awareness about the mental health of immigrants in the United States.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Background: First or second-generation immigrants in any field of study
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Jun 01, 2021
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
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  21. Eleven Scholarship

    Funded by
    Inspire11
    This scholarship aims to inspire high school seniors and undergraduate students who are pursuing degrees in STEM fields.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Race or Ethnicity: BIPOC student
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate student
    • Field of Study: STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math)
    Amount:$10,000
    Deadline:Apr 30, 2024
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    2 winners
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  22. Mark Caldwell Memorial STEM/STEAM Scholarship

    Funded by
    Rick Caldwell
    This scholarship is intended to honor the memory of Mark Caldwell by encouraging students with financial need to work toward STEM or STEAM careers.
    All students are eligible
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Jun 30, 2024
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
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  23. Rivera-Gulley First-Gen Scholarship Award

    Funded by
    Rachel Gulley
    This scholarship aims to support students who are the first in their families to attend college so they can navigate the challenges and costs of higher education.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Background: First-generation college student
    • Education Level: Four-year undergraduate student
    Amount:$2,000
    Deadline:Sep 15, 2024
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is in review
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  24. Life Reimagined First-Gen Scholarship

    Funded by
    Calvin Rosser
    This scholarship is for first-generation (first in their family to attend college) college students who are determined to succeed in a complex world rigged to favor those at the top.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Family Status: First generation college student (parents did not attend college)
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Dec 30, 2019
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
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  25. First-Generation, First Child Scholarship

    Funded by
    Donna Hoang
    The First-Generation, First Child Scholarship will assist students with the specific experience of growing up as a firstborn first-generation student with their academic ambitions
    All students are eligible
    Amount:$1,446
    Deadline:Apr 04, 2021
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
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  26. Harry & Mary Sheaffer Scholarship

    Funded by
    CM Global LLC
    This scholarship aims to support students pursuing higher education so they have the necessary resources to stay in school.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • Background: First-generation college student
    • GPA: 2.8 or higher
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Jul 02, 2024
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    2 winners
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  27. #BlackLivesMatter Scholarship

    Funded by
    Ornella Altunyan
    This scholarship will support a black student who has inspiring goals, across any field of study or desired career.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Ethnicity: African American
    Amount:$1,000
    Deadline:Aug 19, 2020
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
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  28. Sikora Drake STEM Scholarship

    Funded by
    Sikora Drake
    This scholarship aims to support minority students so they can pursue higher education in STEM.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Field of Study: STEM
    • Identity: Female identifying, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or first-generation
    Amount:$3,000
    Deadline:Nov 01, 2022
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    3 winners
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  29. Barbara J. DeVaney Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Funded by
    Estate of Barbara DeVaney
    This scholarship seeks to honor the legacy of Barbara J. DeVaney by supporting women from demographics who often fall through the cracks.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school, undergraduate, graduate, or trade school student
    • Gender: Women
    • Identity/Background: Single mother, widow, immigrant, woman of color, first-generation college student, and/or survivor of abuse
    Amount:$90,000
    Deadline:Sep 21, 2023
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    12 winners
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  30. Net Impact Berkeley Social Impact Scholarship

    Funded by
    Net Impact Berkeley
    This scholarship aims to support students who are passionate about making positive changes in the world.

    Eligibility Criteria:

    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Background: Underrepresented minority or first generation college student
    Amount:$3,000
    Deadline:May 14, 2023
    One Click Apply
    Scholarship is awarded to
    3 winners
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