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[Page 4] Top Scholarships for Black students with Upcoming Deadlines in December 2025

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  1. Jae'Sean Tate BUILT Scholarship

    Funded by
    Jae'Sean Tate
    This scholarship will help minorities/BIPOC service workers to achieve their educational goals and reduce their debt.
    • Work Experience: Service Industry
    $10,000
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:May 06, 2022
    One Click Apply
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  2. Hakim Mendez Scholarship

    Funded by
    Hakim Mendez Scholarship Fund
    This scholarship will support students attending or planning to attend an HBCU.
    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate
    • GPA: 2.5 or higher
    • Type of School: Historically black college or university (HBCU)
    $1,150
    Scholarship is awarded to
    2 winners
    Deadline:Dec 04, 2023
    One Click Apply
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  3. Renee Scholarship

    Funded by
    Dapper Down To Earth LLC
    This scholarship exists to support students looking to find themselves and their niche at an HBCU.
    All students are eligible
    $1,050
    Scholarship is awarded to
    2 winners
    Deadline:Mar 30, 2022
    One Click Apply
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  4. Fairbairn FisioTherapy Fund

    Funded by
    DeShawn Fairbairn
    This scholarship will support undergraduate and graduate BIPOC students who are pursuing a career in physical therapy.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate and graduate students
    • Race/Ethnicity: BIPOC
    • Career Field: Physical Therapy
    $1,940
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Jun 01, 2022
    One Click Apply
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  5. Black Students in STEM Scholarship

    Funded by
    Mechanism Ventures
    This grant will be awarded to an African American woman at any education level who is currently building or who aspires to build a new business.
    • Ethnicity: African American
    $1,000
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Dec 11, 2020
    One Click Apply
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  6. Black Excellence Scholarship

    Funded by
    Shafer
    This scholarship will support an African American student who embodies the 8 attributes of excellence.
    • Education Level: High school senior, undergraduate, or graduate
    • Race/Ethnicity: African American
    • Additional Requirements: Embody some or all of the 8 attributes of Black Excellence
    • Major: STEAM, business, law, entrepreneurship, or other creative endeavors
    $950
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Dec 31, 2024
    One Click Apply
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  7. Future Women In STEM Scholarship

    Funded by
    Keisha Durham
    This scholarship seeks to foster gender equity in male-dominated fields by supporting women who are pursuing STEM disciplines.
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate student
    • Gender: Female-identifying
    • Field of Study: STEM
    • Background: Member of a historically underrepresented group
    $1,040
    Scholarship is in review
    Deadline:Dec 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  8. Melissa Ludwig Diversity in Yoga Scholarship

    Funded by
    Melissa Ludwig
    The Melissa Ludwig Diversity in Yoga Scholarship exists to better represent our country's diversity in the yoga community by providing a person of color with the funds necessary to take courses toward becoming a yoga teacher.
    All students are eligible
    $700
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Apr 06, 2021
    One Click Apply
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  9. Black Engineering Leaders Grant

    Funded by
    Mechanism Ventures
    This grant will be awarded to a Black student or recent graduate who plans on (or already is) pursuing a career in engineering at a start-up.
    • Ethnicity: African American
    $1,000
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:May 11, 2021
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  10. Louise Speller Cooper Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Chelsea Watson
    In loving memory of Louise Speller Cooper, this scholarship will support one young African American female student who has the dream of attending college and doing well for herself and her family.
    • Ethnicity: Identify as Black
    • Gender: Female
    $1,036
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Oct 01, 2021
    One Click Apply
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  11. Charles Cheesman's Student Debt Reduction Scholarship

    Funded by
    Cheesman Family
    This scholarship will provide for college students or adults currently in a career, who have student debt. Students must be African American or Hispanic/Latino and first-generation students in order to apply.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student, college graduate
    • Race/Ethnicity: African American or Hispanic/Latino
    • Debt Status: Has student loan debt
    • Background: Was/is a first generation student
    $10,240
    Scholarship is in review
    Deadline:Nov 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  12. Pereira Art & Technology Scholarship

    Funded by
    The Pereira Foundation
    This scholarship aims to support students who are pursuing higher education despite the circumstances they were born into.
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate student
    • Field of Study: Technology, arts, or business
    • Race: BIPOC
    • Experience: Non-profit or volunteering experience
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    $3,000
    Scholarship is in review
    Deadline:Oct 05, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  13. Sewing Seeds: Lena B. Davis Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Nekia Davis
    This scholarship aims to support underrepresented students.
    • Education Level: High school or four-year undergraduate student
    • GPA: 3.0 or higher
    • Identity: Underrepresented minority
    $1,650
    Scholarship is awarded to
    3 winners
    Deadline:Jul 11, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  14. Giving Back to the Future Scholarship

    Funded by
    Demetrious Baylis
    This scholarship aims to support African American undergraduate students who are dedicated to using their platform to give back to their community in some way after graduation.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate
    • Race: African American
    • Background: Volunteering Experience
    $1,844
    Scholarship is awarded to
    2 winners
    Deadline:Mar 03, 2022
    One Click Apply
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  15. African-American Journalism Scholarship

    Funded by
    Mechanism Ventures
    This grant will be awarded to a Black student at any education level who plans on (or already is) pursuing a career in journalism.
    • Ethnicity: African American
    $1,000
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:May 11, 2021
    One Click Apply
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  16. Loretta Webb Green Scholarship

    Funded by
    Dana Green-Roberts
    This scholarship aims to honor Loretta Webb Green by supporting BIPOC students who have been in the foster care system.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • Race: BIPOC
    • Background: Experience in foster care
    $1,600
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Aug 01, 2022
    One Click Apply
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  17. Lucille Hobbs Education Scholarship

    Funded by
    Chartice Hobbs
    This scholarship will support first generation BIPOC students who are pursuing higher education.
    • Race/ethnicity: BIPOC
    • Background: First generation college student
    • Education Level: High school senior or college student
    $720
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Apr 03, 2022
    One Click Apply
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  18. Cocoa Diaries Scholarship

    Funded by
    Cocoa Diaries
    This scholarship is by Black women, for Black women.
    All students are eligible
    $527
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Sep 22, 2021
    One Click Apply
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  19. Leon M. Braswell III Book Scholarship

    Funded by
    Amber Fraga (Braswell)
    This scholarship will support a BIPOC high school senior from the Northeast that will be a first generation college student.
    • Education Level: High school senior, will be a first generation college student
    • State: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania
    • Race/Ethnicity: BIPOC
    $5,310
    Scholarship is awarded to
    5 winners
    Deadline:Jul 20, 2022
    One Click Apply
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  20. “I Matter” Scholarship

    Funded by
    The O’Neal Family
    This scholarship seeks to support minority students and students with financial need so they can afford to pursue higher education.
    • Education Level: High school student
    • Background: Low-income and/or BIPOC
    $775
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Jul 11, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  21. Black Design Leaders Grant

    Funded by
    Mechanism Ventures
    This grant will be awarded to a Black student or recent graduate who plans on (or already is) pursuing a career in design at a start-up.
    • Ethnicity: African American
    $1,050
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:May 11, 2021
    One Click Apply
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  22. Art of Protest Grant for Black Students

    Funded by
    Orestis Ioannou
    This grant is for a Black student who is furthering a protest or social change through any form of visual art.
    • Ethnicity: African-American
    $900
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Oct 14, 2020
    One Click Apply
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  23. Pablo M. Ortiz Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Chelsie-Jean Fernandez
    This scholarship seeks to honor Pablo M. Ortiz’s legacy by supporting underrepresented students who are interested in software engineering or computer science.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate pursuing a 2 or 4-year degree
    • Race: BIPOC
    • Field of Study: Software engineering, IT, or computer science
    $1,000
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Nov 15, 2024
    One Click Apply
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  24. Ella Hall-Dillon Scholarship

    Funded by
    Letta Belle
    This scholarship will support high school seniors and undergraduate students who are of African descent and are first or second generation to the United States.
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate
    • GPA: 3.0 or higher
    • Race/Ethnicity: African heritage
    • Background: First or second generation to the U.S.
    $3,470
    Scholarship is awarded to
    3 winners
    Deadline:Aug 01, 2023
    One Click Apply
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  25. Gary Robert Schloss Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Les Neidich
    This scholarship will support low-income African American students in Pennsylvania.
    • Education Level: High school
    • State: Pennsylvania
    • Race/Ethnicity: African American
    • Background: Low-income
    $15,000
    Scholarship is awarded to
    3 winners
    Deadline:Jun 07, 2023
    One Click Apply
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  26. Juanita Robinson English Book Scholarship

    Funded by
    English Family
    This scholarship aims to honor the memory of Juanita Robinson English by assisting Howard University undergraduate students with the costs of books and tuition.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • School: Howard University
    • Background: Non-profit or volunteering experience
    $4,202
    Scholarship is awarded to
    4 winners
    Deadline:Sep 01, 2024
    One Click Apply
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  27. Markforged Distinguished Black Engineers Grant

    Funded by
    Markforged
    This grant will be awarded to a Black American student studying any engineering field at a top-tier technical undergraduate or graduate university program in the US.
    • Ethnicity: Black American
    $3,690
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Nov 19, 2021
    One Click Apply
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  28. Elevate Black Students in Public Policy Scholarship

    Funded by
    Mechanism Ventures
    This scholarship will be awarded to a Black undergraduate or graduate school student who is striving for a career in public policy.
    All students are eligible
    $1,000
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Apr 30, 2021
    One Click Apply
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  29. Writing With a Purpose Scholarship

    Funded by
    Carl Lamarre
    This scholarship exists to inhect hope and encouragement into African American high school seniors and college students looking to break into the field of journalism
    All students are eligible
    $1,646
    Scholarship is awarded to
    2 winners
    Deadline:Jul 01, 2021
    One Click Apply
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  30. Moriah Janae Dance Scholarship

    Funded by
    Kendra Royster
    This scholarship seeks to provide financial assistance in order to make college more accessible and help dancers follow their passion.
    • Field of Study: Dance
    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    $2,000
    Scholarship is awarded to
    1 winner
    Deadline:Feb 14, 2025
    One Click Apply
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