Updated on May 20th, 2024
It’s no secret that college is painfully expensive. What better way to help ease the financial burden of college tuition and expenses than applying for these great scholarships?! A scholarship win can help make your student’s holiday break both productive and memorable.
Here is a list of 21 scholarships to apply to this January. Some deadlines are as late as February 15th! Either way, these next few weeks are major deadline weeks so you don’t want to miss out!
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21 January Scholarships To Apply To Over Winter Break:
WellBefore Scholarship Program
- Award: $3,000
- Deadline: January 4, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Open to undergraduates currently enrolled in accredited universities within the United States and Canada and high school seniors who have been accepted into a university program for the Spring semester of 2024
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
Woolroom National Scholarship Essay Contest
- Award: $1500
- Deadline: January 5, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Any current, full-time student at an accredited two-year or four-year American university or college
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Social Media Post
Marvel Optics Scholarship
- Award: $1,500
- Deadlines: January 5, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to current, full-time students attending an accredited four-year American university or college
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Social Media Post
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: January 05, 2024
- Eligibility
- Scholarship is open to students enrolled at a Community College or University
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
John Lennon Endowed Scholarship
- Award: Up to $5,000
- Deadline: January 5, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to undergraduate students attending a UNCF member institution and majoring in communications, mass communications, mass media arts, music or performing arts.
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or Higher
- Requires essay
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: January 10, 2024
- Eligibility: Scholarship is open to current college students
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: January 03, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Applicant is a legal resident of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia (“D.C.”) who is at least 16 years of age and no older than 26 years of age as of the last day of the Program Period located in the United States or D.C.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Video
Profile in Courage Essay Contest
- Award: Up to $10,000
- Deadline: January 12, 2024
- Eligibility
- Open to United States high school students in grades 9-12
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
- Award: Various
- Deadline: January 15, 2024
- Eligibility
- Applicants must be enrolled in a degree program in an accredited U.S. institution of higher learning during the academic year following the application date.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
Red Cross Leaders Save Lives Scholarship Program
- Award: Varies
- Deadline: January 15, 2024
- Eligibility
- Be enrolled in high school or college
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Blood Drive
Washington Crossing Foundation Scholarship
- Award: Up up $5000
- Deadline: January 15, 2024
- Eligibility
- Competition open to all high school seniors who are U.S. citizens and are planning careers of service to the United States in local, state, or federal government.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
Army Women’s Foundation Legacy Scholarship
- Award: Up to $3000
- Deadline: January 21, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Must be a woman serving or who previously has served, or the child of a woman who has served, in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, or Army National Guard attending a certificate program, college, or graduate program
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
C-SPAN’s StudentCam Documentary Competition
- Award: Up to $5,000
- Deadline: January 19, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Competition is open to students in grades 6-12
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Video Submission
Digital Responsibility Scholarship
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: January 30, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to current high school and college students
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
DCBF Annual College Scholarship Competition
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: January 31, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to high school seniors who are U.S. or naturalized citizens
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Essay
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: January 31, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in an accredited institution located within the United States
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
- Award: $1,500
- Deadline: February 1, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Must be living in the U.S. and attending or planning to attend a U.S. college
- GPA Requirement: 3.7 or Higher
- Requires Essay
- Award: Up to $5,000
- Deadline: February 1, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Open to U.S. citizens ages 18 and older who aim to make art their profession and are interested in drawing, painting, design, and technique
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Painting
- Award: $1000
- Deadline: February 1, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Must be a resident of New York City currently enrolled in high school or college.
- Applicants who are 17 years old or younger must provide parental consent to enter.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
Texting and Driving Prevention Scholarship
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: February 10, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Scholarship is open to students accepted to or currently enrolled in an accredited community college, undergraduate, or graduate program in the United States
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
The 35th Annual Video Contest for College Students
- Award: Up to $2,000
- Deadline: February 16, 2024
- Eligibility:
- Must be enrolled in and attending undergraduate or graduate college classes, full or part-time, between September 2023 and May 2024
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Video
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