Updated on November 15th, 2020
Updated November 2020
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The year may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean your student’s scholarship search has to! While we certainly believe students should take time during their winter break to rest and enjoy holiday celebrations with family and friends, we also know it’s a great time to knock out some last-minute applications for scholarships.
Here is a list of 24 scholarships to apply for this December. Some deadlines are as late as December 31st! Either way, these next few weeks are major deadline weeks so you don’t want to miss out!
If you are curious how we found these scholarships, check out our free training on how to uncover legitimate scholarships, “6 Steps to Quickly Secure Scholarships for College.” This training is geared towards teaching parents what you need to know about paying for college so you can help your child avoid student loan debt. To see when we are holding our next training, go to https://thescholarshipsystem.com/freewebinar.
24 Scholarships to Apply to Before the End of December:
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 1, 2020
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students attending an accredited college or university.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Essay
Chuan Ai Lu Engstrom Memorial Scholarship
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 1, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to current, full-time students at an accredited American university or college
- GPA Requirement: 2.5 or higher
- Requires Essay
Innovation Scholarship Essay Contest
- Award: Up to $2,500
- Deadline: December 1, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, and students currently enrolled in a two-year or four-year college or university in the United States
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Essay
Lamber-Goodnow Injury Law Team College Scholarship
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 1, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarships are open to students enrolled at an accredited high school, college, or university.
- GPA Requirement: 2.8 or higher
- Requires essay
Corporate Housing Developer Scholarship
- Award: $500
- Deadline: December 1, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students with at least a 3.0 GPA and are U.S. citizens or permanent residents
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Essay
Jelvix Annual Scholarship Program
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 1, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students.
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Essay
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 1, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
Look Twice, Save A Life Scholarship
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 1, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Current college student or anyone planning on attending college (or another form of higher education) in the upcoming school year.
- Student must have a valid driver’s license.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Video, Essay or Art work
National Space Club and Foundation Keynote Scholar Application
- Award: $10,000
- Deadline: December 2, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to high school seniors, college undergraduate students, and graduate students with plans to pursue a career in the science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) fields. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarships
- Award:$5,000
- Deadline: December 5, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to students in kindergarten through graduate school (ages 5-25) who have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to their community by performing unpaid volunteer services impacting hunger in the United States within the last 12 months.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
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- Award:$2,000
- Deadline: December 5, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to citizens and permanent residents of the United States who are incoming or current college students studying in a field of study related to science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), economics, or business.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
AceableAgent Higher Education Scholarship
- Award: $500
- Deadline: December 20, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to applicants that are currently enrolled at or planning to attend a 2-4 year university or community college, graduate school program, or trade school located in the continental US.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay or a 2 min video
- Award: $2,500
- Deadline: December 15, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to currently enrolled college students in the United States
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 15, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Any student enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 at any accredited American college, university or trade school.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
- Award: $500
- Deadline: December 15, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Award is open to students in grades 7 through 12
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires biography & genealogical project
Sarasota Dentistry Dental Scholarship Essay Contest
- Award: $1,500
- Deadline: December 15, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to current undergraduate and graduate students attending an accredited U.S university or college
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires essay
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- Award: Up to $2,500
- Deadline: December 15, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to currently enrolled undergraduate students
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Essay
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 20, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to high school, college, and graduate students, and those planning to enroll within 12 months. Applicant must be a legal resident of the United States or an international student with a valid student visa.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Essay
- Award: $500
- Deadline: December 30, 2020
- Eligibility:
- All applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents of the United States.
- All applicants must be a student enrolled during the 2019-2020 academic year on a full-time basis and in good academic standing at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university or in an accredited graduate school program.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Video
Spotless Cleaning Chicago Scholarship
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 30, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to dynamic, passionate, hard-working students in high school, college, university, or trade school
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Video Essay
The Annual Jennifer Dean Community Scholarship
- Award: $500
- Deadline: December 31, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students in the United States
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and a current student of an accredited US university or college.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay or Video
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2020
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents who are enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited college, university, or trade school in the United States
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Essay
Defense Against Distracted Driving Scholarship
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- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: January 15, 2021
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Essay
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