Updated on September 15th, 2023
While spring break should be a time for your college student to catch up on rest and relaxation, it’s also the perfect time to find and apply for scholarships to help fund their college education. Taking advantage of these spring scholarship opportunities will not only get your student’s scholarship search and application process started, but it will also leave time for enjoying spring break plans.
Here is a list of 25 spring semester scholarships. Some deadlines are as late as May 30th. Either way, these next few weeks are major scholarship deadline weeks, so you don’t want to miss out!
And if you are curious as to how we found these, 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 they 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.
25 Scholarships To Apply To Over Spring Break:
Netfloor USA Access Flooring Scholarship
- Award: $1, 000
- Deadline: March 1, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students with at least a 3.0 GPA.
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Essay
Project Yellow Light Scholarship Competition – Billboard
- Award: $2,000
- Deadline: March 1, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The competition is open to high school juniors and seniors and current undergraduate students
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Creating billboard design
Life Lessons Scholarship Program
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: March 1, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to any student between 17 – 24 years of age who will be attending college, university, or trade school in the US or Puerto Rico in the upcoming fall semester and experienced the loss of a parent or guardian
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
- Award: Up to $1,000
- Deadline: March 1, 2023
- Eligibility:
- Open to high school students in grades 9-12
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
DCU Scholarship for High School Seniors
- Award: Varies
- Deadline: March 3, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who will be attending college in Fall 2023.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
Cancer Unwrapped Teen Writing Contest
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: March 3, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to teens in the United States in grades 9-12.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
Science Without Borders Art Contest
- Award: Varies
- Deadline: March 6, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to all students 11-19 years old. Students must be enrolled in primary or secondary school, or the home school equivalent.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Artwork
- Award: Up to $1,800
- Deadline: March 12, 2023
- Eligibility:
- Open to students in grades 7 through 12
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
Get Educated Online College Scholarship
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: March 15, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to U.S. citizens enrolled in an accredited online program located in the USA
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Essay
Richard Holland Memorial Scholarship
- Award: $2,500
- Deadline: March 15, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors with at least a 3.5 GPA and current undergraduate students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Video Essay
Imagination Begins With You… High School Short Story Contest
- Award: Up to $300
- Deadline: March 15, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The contest is open to all High School students in the United States who are currently attending a public, private, alternative, or home school
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Short Story
- Award: $500
- Deadline: March 31, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to all U.S. high school students
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Poem
Driver Education Initiative Award
- Award: Varies
- Deadline: March 31, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to all U.S. high school students
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Essay
State Farm Companies Foundation Scholarship Program
- Award: $5,000 [renewable]
- Deadline: March 31, 2023
- Eligibility:
- Scholarships is open to children or legal dependents of a State Farm associate (employee, agent, or retiree), including step-children and foster children, who are high school junior (11th grade/third year) students. These students will be completing or leaving high school and entering college in fall of 2024.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Students must take the PSAT/NMSQT
Project Yellow Light Scholarship Competition – Video
- Award: $8,000
- Deadline: April 1, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The competition is open to high school juniors and seniors and current undergraduate students
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Video
no essay scholarship
Herbert Lehman Education Fund Scholarship
- Award: $3,000 (renewable)
- Deadline: April 1, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to high school seniors, college freshmen, and students transferring who are enrolled or plan to enroll full-time at a four-year college or university
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
National High School Essay Contest
- Award: Up to $2,500
- Deadline: April 3, 2023
- Eligibility:
- Open to students in grades 9-12 in any of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, the U.S. territories, or if they are U.S. citizens attending high school overseas
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
AFSA’s High School Essay Contest
- Award: Up to $2,500
- Deadline: April 3, 2023
- Eligibility:
- Open to high school students in grades 9-12 who are U.S. citizens.
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Essay
CJ Pony Parts Scholarship Video Contest
- Award: $500
- Deadline: April 15, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to U.S. residents who will be enrolled in post-secondary education in the next semester
- GPA Requirement: No GPA Requirement
- Requires Video
- Award: Up to $1,000
- Deadline: April 27, 2023
- Eligibility:
- Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia between the ages of 14 and 22 years of age
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires video, music, creative writing, or artwork
Husband and Wife Law Team Scholarship
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: April 29, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students who are U.S. Citizens, permanent residents, or DACA recipients
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Essay
Curious as to 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 they 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.
- Award: $1, 000
- Deadline: April 30, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to high school students and current or entering college or graduate students at any level
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Answering a Personal Statement
scholarship eligibility requires a personal statement
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: May 9, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students enrolled in a two-year or four-year post-secondary educational institution. Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, hold permanent residency or be a DACA recipient.
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Essay
Key to a Bright Future Scholarship
- Award: $500
- Deadline: May 10, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students (students at two-year schools with the intention of transferring to a four-year college or university or current four-year college or university students)
- GPA Requirement: 3.0 or higher
- Requires Essay
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: May 30, 2023
- Eligibility:
- The scholarship is open to current college students attending Canadian and American colleges and universities
- GPA Requirement: No GPA requirement
- Requires Essay
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