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[Page 2] Top Need-Based Scholarships to Apply for in 2025

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  1. Stitt Family Aeronautics & Aerospace Scholarship

    Funded by
    Stitt
    This scholarship aims to support students who are pursuing the field of aeronautics or aerospace and need financial assistance in order to do so.
    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate student
    • Background: Financial need
    • GPA: 3.5 or higher if in high school; 3.3 or higher if undergraduate
    • Field of Study: Aerospace or aeronautics
    • Degree Level: High School senior or undergraduate
    • State: Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, Oregon, or Washington
    $22,500
    Only 27 days left!
    One Click Apply
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  2. Pierson Family Scholarship for U.S. Studies

    Funded by
    Pierson Family
    This scholarship aims to support international students who want to pursue higher education in the United States.
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    • GPA: 3.5 or higher
    • Identity: International and/or non-US citizen
    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate
    $10,000
    Deadline:Mar 27, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  3. Kumar Family Scholarship

    Funded by
    Scholarship Creation Club
    This scholarship seeks to support underserved students who need financial assistance in order to pursue higher education.
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate student
    • GPA: 3.2 or higher
    $500
    Deadline:Mar 29, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  4. First-Gen Flourishing Scholarship

    Funded by
    First-Gen Flourishing Tawiah
    This scholarship seeks to support students who need help paying for college so they can achieve all of their goals.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Background: Leadership experience and community impact
    $1,000
    Deadline:Mar 31, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  5. Helping Hand Fund

    Funded by
    Fermin & Shi
    This scholarship seeks to provide support to those who are determined to achieve their dreams despite the challenges they face.
    • Education Level: High school student
    • State : California
    • Background: BIPOC
    • Financial Status: Low-Income
    $2,500
    Deadline:Mar 31, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  6. Valentina Vera Buyvol Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Austin-Buyvol
    This scholarship seeks to honor Valentina Vera Buyvol by supporting a student who demonstrates her passion for life.
    • Education Level: High school junior or senior
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    • State: New Jersey
    $550
    Deadline:Apr 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  7. Rep the Pep Scholarship

    Funded by
    Amanda Whitlow
    This scholarship aims to support students who are passionate about continuing their education in order to make a positive impact on the lives of others.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • GPA: 2.5 or higher
    • State: Virginia
    • Background: Non-profit or volunteering experience
    $675
    Deadline:Apr 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  8. Driven by Drum Corps Scholarship

    Funded by
    Santos Creative Services | Marching With Travis
    This scholarship aims to support and inspire talented individuals who demonstrate exceptional dedication and skill in the drum corps international.
    • Financial Status: Economically underserved or disadvantaged
    • GPA: 3.0 or higher
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate student
    • Activities: Drum Corps International
    $2,000
    Deadline:Apr 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  9. Saswati Gupta Cancer Research Scholarship

    Funded by
    sreya sanyal
    This scholarship aims to support female students interested in medicine or biology so they can go on to advance cancer research and prevention.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate junior or senior or Graduate student
    • Gender: Female
    • Field of Study: Medicine or Biology
    $2,000
    Deadline:Apr 06, 2025
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  10. Caring 4 Carrie (C4C) Kidney Advocacy Scholarship

    Funded by
    C4C- Kidney Advocacy
    This scholarship continues the memory and legacy of beloved Carrie Lee Williams by supporting students impacted by kidney disease.
    • Education Level: High school senior, undergraduate, or graduate student
    • Background: Has been affected by kidney disease, personally or by a close friend or relative
    $600
    Deadline:Apr 10, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  11. Julius Quentin Jackson Scholarship

    Funded by
    This scholarship seeks to support students who have financial need so they can afford to pursue their collegiate dreams.
    • Race: BIPOC
    • GPA: 2.9 or higher
    • Financial Status: Economically disadvantaged
    • Education Level: Four-year undergraduate student or high school senior
    $2,000
    Deadline:Apr 11, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  12. Hicks Scholarship Award

    Funded by
    Hicks Family
    This scholarship aims to recognize and celebrate how a cancer experience can change lives in profound ways.
    • Background: Direct or indirect experience with cancer
    • Education Level: High school senior, undergraduate or graduate student
    $1,010
    Deadline:Apr 12, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  13. TTOG Scholarship

    Funded by
    Giles Family
    This scholarship seeks to honor Terryn, Teagan, and Olivia Giles by supporting students who need financial assistance in order to achieve their educational goals.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • State: South Carolina
    • GPA: 3.5 or higher
    • Financial Status: Low or middle-income
    $25,000
    Deadline:Apr 13, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  14. Linda Kay Monroe Whelan Memorial Education Scholarship

    Funded by
    Whelan family
    This scholarship will support a low-income high school senior in California who is planning to pursue a college education.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • State: California
    • Background: Low-income
    • Experience: Volunteering
    $1,000
    Deadline:Apr 14, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  15. Eleven Scholarship

    Funded by
    Inspire11
    This scholarship aims to inspire high school seniors and undergraduate students who are pursuing degrees in STEM fields.
    • Race or Ethnicity: BIPOC student
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate student
    • Field of Study: STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math)
    $10,000
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  16. Thomas Mashig Foundation Trade School Scholarship

    Funded by
    The Thomas Mashig Foundation
    This scholarship seeks to honor the legacy of Thomas Mashig by supporting students who share his calling to the skilled trades.
    • Education Level: High school student or trade school student
    • Background: Financial need
    $4,000
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  17. Poynter Scholarship

    Funded by
    The Poynter Foundation
    This scholarship aims to support parents who are pursuing their own academic goals while encouraging the educational ambitions of their children.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    • GPA: 2.8 or higher
    • Background: Single-parent with a school-aged child or children
    $6,000
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  18. Youth Always Wins Scholarship for Chesapeake Public School Students

    Funded by
    Youth Always Wins
    This scholarship aims to support students of Chesapeake Public Schools as they prepare to embark on their academic journeys by lowering the financial barriers posed by higher education.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • GPA: 3.0 GPA or higher
    • School Name: Deep Creek High School, Grassfield High School, Great Bridge High School, Hickory High School, Indian River High School, or Oscar Smith High School
    • State: Virginia
    $1,000
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  19. Overcoming Adversity - Jack Terry Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Strand and Terry Family
    This scholarship aims to honor the remarkable life of Dr. Jack Terry by supporting students who have overcome hardships or adversity in their lives.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    • GPA: 3.0 or higher
    $6,000
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  20. Colonial Italian American Organization (CIAO) Donor Scholarship

    Funded by
    Colonial Italian American Organization (CIAO)
    This scholarship seeks to support students who are preparing to pursue college degrees in their fields of choice.
    • Location: Hampton Roads or Tidewater region of Virginia
    • GPA: 3.5 GPA or higher
    • Education Level: Graduating high school seniors attending college full time in the ‘25-‘26 academic year
    • Background: leadership positions, community involvement, academic/athletic achievement
    $4,000
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  21. PRIDE in Education Award

    Funded by
    Steven and Kelley Williamson
    This scholarship will support a student who is part of the LGBTQ+ community.
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate
    • Identity: LGBTQ+
    • State: FL
    $500
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  22. Falio Leyba Scholarship

    Funded by
    Leyba
    This scholarship aims to support the educational aspirations of deserving students from New Jersey as they prepare to leave high school.
    • Education Level: High school student
    • State: New Jersey
    • School: Eastside High School, Mastery High School of Camden or Camden High School
    $500
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  23. Burke Brown Scholarship

    Funded by
    Jeffrey Brown
    This scholarship seeks to support high-achieving students who are preparing to leave high school and pursue their college studies.
    • Education Level: High school student
    • Background: U.S. citizen
    • State: Georgia
    • GPA: 2.75 or higher
    $1,000
    Deadline:Apr 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  24. Chris Ford Scholarship

    Funded by
    Chris Ford
    This scholarship aims to support students who show advanced learning capabilities but have limited resources to afford the cost of higher education.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Race: Black
    • GPA: 3.0 or higher
    • Field of Interest: Business
    $8,000
    Deadline:Apr 17, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  25. Loper No-Essay Scholarship

    Funded by
    Loper
    This scholarship seeks to make the process of applying for college more manageable and affordable for all students.
    • Education Level: High school sophomore or junior
    $500
    Deadline:Apr 20, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  26. Grand Oaks Enterprises LLC Scholarship

    Funded by
    Grand Oaks Enterprises LLC
    This scholarship seeks to help students who need financial assistance in order to pursue their dreams of higher education.
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate
    • GPA: 2.8 or higher
    • Interests: HBCU
    $1,000
    Deadline:Apr 22, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  27. Resilient Scholar Award

    Funded by
    Lana Chou
    This scholarship seeks to support students who have overcome hardships in pursuing their journey to college.
    • Education Level: High school student
    • Background: Single-parent and/or guardian household
    $1,000
    Deadline:Apr 23, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  28. Josh Chapman Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Lecza Family
    This scholarship seeks to honor the life, memory, and talent of Josh Chapman by supporting the next generation of musicians.
    • Education Level: High school senior or high school graduate
    • State: Connecticut
    • Field of Study: Music
    • Financial Background: Financial need
    $2,000
    Deadline:Apr 24, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  29. Environmental Stewardship Award

    Funded by
    Anonymous
    This scholarship seeks to support students who are recycling, sustainability, or climate change focused so they can complete their degrees and make an impact through their careers.
    • Field of Study: Environmental science or a related field
    • GPA: High school senior (3.0) or Undergraduate (2.8)
    • Education Level: High school senior or 2 or 4 year undergraduate student
    $15,000
    Deadline:Apr 25, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  30. Della Fleetwood-Sherrod Humanitarian Scholarship

    Funded by
    Fleetwood-Sherrod Family
    This scholarship will support a BIPOC high school senior in North Carolina.
    • Background: Low-income
    • State: North Carolina
    • Race/Ethnicity: BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)
    • Education Level: High school senior or GED
    $550
    Deadline:Apr 25, 2025
    One Click Apply
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