Attending college can be quite expensive for students and their families. Luckily, there are many college scholarships and contests available to help pay for a college education. Students should seek out and apply for scholarships in which they meet the eligibility requirements. Below are 69 college scholarships and contests with August 2015 deadlines. Only brief information about each scholarship is listed. Therefore, students are encouraged to visit the scholarship websites to get further details about eligibility and requirements.
2015 USABA Scholarship ProgramSponsor: United States Association of Blind Athletes
Amount: $500
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled or enrolling in a two-year or four-year college, university or technical school as a full time student. Applicant must be a USABA member and legally blind.
ALBA George Watt Prize Essay ContestSponsor: Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA)
Amount: $250
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Contest is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Contestant must submit an essay or thesis chapter about any aspect of the Spanish Civil War, the global political or cultural struggles against fascism in the 1920s and 1930s, or the lifetime histories and contributions of the Americans who fought in support of the Spanish Republic from 1936 and 1938
Auto Accident Law Firm Survivor ScholarshipSponsor: Appel Law Firm LLP
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open college students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applicant must have sustained injuries from a car or truck accident or been affected by someone else’s accident.
Belltown Spine and Wellness ScholarshipSponsor: Belltown Spine and Wellness
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors, undergraduate, and graduate students who are citizens and legal residents of the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to healthcare.
Brilliance ScholarshipSponsor: Brilliance, LLC
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to college students of all majors. Applicant must create a diamond ring design and give a short description of the design and the inspiration behind the design.
Cascade HealthCareSolutions ScholarshipSponsor: Cascade HealthCareSolutions
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current students in an undergraduate nursing degree program at an accredited college or university or high school students who have been accepted into a college and plan to study nursing.
Chuan Ai Lu Engstrom Memorial ScholarshipSponsor: PCB Solutions
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current, full-time students at an accredited American university or college with a minimum GPA of at least 2.5. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to the global economy.
Free Speech ScholarshipSponsor: Miller Law Offices
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled at an accredited technical school, college, or university in the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on the topic, “Freedom of Speech makes America Great.”
IDDBA’s Scholarship for Growing the FutureSponsor: International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association
Amount: Up to $2,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current full- or part-time employees of an IDDBA-member company. Applicant must work a minimum of 13 hours per week during the school year for an IDDBA-member company to be eligible. Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or current or returning college or vocational/technical school student with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher.
IP Video ContestSponsor: Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Contest is open to individuals 13 years of age or older. Contestants between the ages of 13 and 18 must be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited secondary, college level or trade school. Contestant must create a video answering one of the given questions related to the patent system.
Jewell Gardiner Memorial Fund ScholarshipSponsor: California School Library Association (CSLA)
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in a Teacher Librarian Credential program and are current members of the California School Library Association.
Mario Cugia Italian Studies ScholarshipSponsor: Italian Catholic Federation
Amount: Up to $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are Roman Catholic and of Italian Descent and live within the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Arizona, California, Illinois, and Nevada. Applicant must be majoring in Italian Studies.
Mark Z. Home Selling Team ScholarshipSponsor: Mark Z. Home Selling Team
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current, full-time students of an accredited American university or college with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicant must submit an essay on how they are going to buy their first home.
National Payday ScholarshipSponsor: National Payday
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Applicant must submit an essay on how payday loans can be modified to better help the people who need them.
Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Foundation Support AwardsSponsor: Patsy Takemoto Mink Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Award is open to low-income women who are at least 17 years of age and a mother with minor children. Applicant must be pursuing a vocational degree/certificate, associate’s degree, first bachelor’s degree, or a professional/master’s/doctoral degree.
Stop Texting and Driving Essay ContestSponsor: Hollins, Raybin & Weissman, PC
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors, seniors, and full-time college students. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to texting and driving.
Storage.com ScholarshipSponsor: Storage.com
Amount: $2,500
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students and high school seniors who will be enrolled at a college or university in the fall of 2015. Applicant must submit an essay on what they “hope to fill [their] college experience with.”
Women in Public Finance ScholarshipSponsor: Women in Public Finance (WPF)
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to female high school students entering their senior year of high school. Applicant must have an interest in pursuing a public finance related career in finance, government, nonprofits, or law.
Everything is Awesome Scholarship SlamSponsor: Power Poetry
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 7, 2015
Description: Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who 25 years old or younger and are current or former high school students who will attend or is attending a college within the United States or its territories. Applicant must submit a poem on a topic related to what or who the applicant finds awesome.
JobApplicationsOnline.com ScholarshipSponsor: JobsApplicationsOnline.com
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 9, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to legal residents of the U.S. who are full or part-time students at an accredited U.S. post-secondary educational institution. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to paying for college.
Directional Motivation ScholarshipSponsor: Directional Motivation
Deadline: Aug. 10, 2015
Description: Open to individuals seeking to better themselves through the pursuit of additional education, whether at the college, vocation or personal development level.
Earth Systems ContestSponsor: Amplify Education
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 10, 2015
Description: Contest is open to legal residents of the United States and Canada who are 13 years of age or older. Contestant must create a video based on given questions on the Earth.
MarvelOptics.com Scholarship Essay ContestSponsor: MarvelOptics.com
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: Aug. 10, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current, full-time students attending an accredited four-year American university or college. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to sight/vision.
Money Mission Financial Literacy ScholarshipSponsor: Money Mission, LLC
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 10, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors. Applicant must register to play a financial literacy game at the Money Mission’s website and then submit an essay on what you learned.
Sara and Max Goldsammler Scholarship FundSponsor: OU Alumni/Israel Free Spirit Birthright
Amount: Up to $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 10, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to high school senior or current Jewish college students.
Wholesale Halloween Costumes ScholarshipSponsor: Wholesale Halloween Costumes
Amount: $500
Deadline: Aug. 12, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled at an accredited two or four year college or vocational school. Applicant must create a meme for WholesaleHalloweenCostumes.com
CollegeSTEPS SweepstakesSponsor: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 13, 2015
Description: Sweepstakes is open to full or part-time students who are in an accredited secondary or post-secondary educational institution or program (including, but not limited to, high school, college, university or trade school, or are home schooled in an accredited program). Student must enroll in the Wells Fargo CollegeSTEPS educational resource program
College Scholarship Essay ContestSponsor: Uche, P.C.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 14, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are planning on attending an accredited United States college or university in the fall of 2015. Applicant must submit an essay on if they believe legalized marijuana results in more impaired drivers.
A Voice for Animals ContestSponsor: Humane Education Network
Amount: Up to $750
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Contest is open to students between the ages of 14 and 18 years of age. Depending on the contestant’s age, student must either submit an essay or be involved in a project related to the mistreatment of animals.
American Indian Services ScholarshipSponsor: American Indian Services (AIS)
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Applicant must be one-quarter (1/4) Northern-Native American Indian and enrolled in a university, junior college, or technical school.
Atlanta Dental Spa ScholarshipSponsor: Atlanta Dental Spa
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, as well as all students currently registered in an accredited post secondary institution, college, business or technical school.
Boomer Benefits ScholarshipSponsor: Boomer Benefits
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens who are age 50 or older and are currently enrolled in a two year, four year or graduate program at an accredited public or private school.
Checks SuperStore ScholarshipSponsor: Checks SuperStore
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens who will be attending full-time student an at institution of higher education in the fall. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to education.
Healthy Home ScholarshipSponsor: Olshan Foundation Solutions
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. students who are 16 years of age or older who are high school, undergraduate, master degree, and adult learn students. Applicant must submit application and personal essays.
Luis E. Torres Scholarship AwardSponsor: Luis E. Torres Scholarship Fund
Amount: Up to $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students. Applicant must have overcome a medical hardship.
Milbank Diversity Scholars ProgramSponsor: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Amount: $25,000
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Scholars program is open to students in good standing at an ABA accredited law school who have completed their first year of a full-time JD program.
Race Entry Student ScholarshipSponsor: Race Entry
Amount: $500
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students attending an accredited university inside the USA who has run in an organized race (5K, 10K, half marathon, or marathon).
Stroble Law ScholarshipSponsor: Stroble Law
Amount: $500
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students attending a college or university during the 2015-2016 academic year. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to texting and driving.
The White Buffalo Club Annual $500 Scholarship ContestSponsor: The Buffalo Club
Amount: $500
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open college and university students in the United States and Canada. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Tutor the People ScholarshipSponsor: Tutor the People
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2015
Description: Applicant must submit an essay explaining their preferred field of study in education and what significant person, event, etc. in the field has influenced them and why. Applicant who receives the most votes will win the scholarship
Solutionreach ScholarshipSponsor: Solutionreach
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: Aug. 18, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate students currently enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to patient engagement technology
A.E. Robert Friedman PDCA ScholarshipSponsor: Painting and Decorating Contractors of America
Amount: Varies
Deadline: Aug. 19, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and current college students who are no more than 26 years of age. Applicant must be nominated by an active PDCA member in good standing. There is no major requirement. Selection will be based on character, financial need, letters of recommendation, and an essay.
Womenetics Advancing Aspirations Global ScholarshipSponsor: Womenetics
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: Aug. 23, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate students in an accredited college or university who is pursuit of their first bachelor’s degree. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident of the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic.
AFSA Second Chance Scholarship ContestSponsor: American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA)
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 26, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to citizens and aliens legally residing in the USA with a High School Diploma, GED or equivalent. Applicant must take a ten-question multiple-choice test (open-book) on information provided by the AFSA.
The Bryce Thomson Scholarship AwardSponsor: National Ice Cream Retailers Association
Amount: Up to $3,500
Deadline: Aug. 28, 2015
Description: Applicant must be a high school senior who have applied or have already been accepted to an accredited college or university. In addition, applicants can be students who are now college freshman, sophomores or juniors. Applicant must be an employee of a member of the National Ice Cream Retailers Association.
Educational ScholarshipSponsor: Mosaic Clinic Hair Transplant Center
Amount: $250
Deadline: Aug. 30, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in the United States of American who are legal residents. Applicant must submit an essay on how they, or a family member, have been affected by hair loss.
Herolocity ScholarshipSponsor: Herolocity
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 30, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to full-time students enrolled in a two-year, four-year, or graduate student majoring in Business, Marketing, or a related field. Applicant must have volunteered with a non-profit organization or helped a small business with advice or services with no payment accepted.
Achieve Today ScholarshipSponsor: Achieve Today
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students of an accredited U.S. university or college. Applicant must submit a video or essay on personal development or high performance.
Arctic Physical Therapy FairbanksSponsor: Arctic Pain Management and Physical Therapy
Amount: $500
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to residents of the U.S. or Canada who will be attending a college or university no later than January 2016. Applicant must submit an essay on a topic related to Physical Therapy. Scholarship is open to students of any major.
Backseat AdviserSponsor: Do Something
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: According to sources, “texting and driving is a major cause of accidents, but 1 in 4 teens still does it.” Applicant must provide name, cell phone number, and the cell phone numbers of three friend to be entered into the sweepstakes. Everyone will receive facts and phases to bring texting and driving to a screeching halt.
C.I.P. ScholarshipSponsor: College is Power
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students age 17 years of age and older who plan to start a program of higher education within the next 12 months or who are currently enrolled in a program of higher education. Applicant must submit an online form and a short essay on their primary goal for going to school.
Chegg $2,000 Summer ScholarshipSponsor: Chegg
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, at least 16 years of age, and currently enrolled in a high school or an accredited college or university in the United States. Applicant must complete the following sentence: “This summer, will be the summer of ____.”
CreditRepair.com ScholarshipSponsor: CreditRepair.com
Amount: $3,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current full-time students at an accredited U.S. university or college with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applicant must submit an essay on why their credit score is important for future success.
Highrises.com ScholarshipSponsor: Highrises.com, Inc.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to undergraduate or graduate students who are enrolled full-time in an accredited four-year U.S. college. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program.
Leaders Save Lives Scholarship ProgramSponsor: American Red Cross
Amount: Up to $2,500
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students between the ages of 16 and 24 years of age and currently enrolled in a high school, college, technical school, trade school or community college. Applicant must host an American Red Cross blood drive between Jun. 1 and Aug. 31, 2015.
Lexington Law Scholarship AwardSponsor: Lexington Law
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Applicant must be a current, full-time student of an accredited U.S. university or college with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5. Applicant must submit an essay related repairing or establishing good credit.
Make Me Laugh ScholarshipSponsor: Unigo
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students 13 years of age or older who are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are currently enrolled (or will enroll no later than the fall of 2021) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education. Applicant will need to submit a short response to a given prompt.
Path to Success ScholarshipSponsor: Classic Marble Restoration, Inc.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and any student enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program by Aug. 31, 2015 at any accredited U.S. college, university or institute. Applicant must submit an essay on an obstacle they have faced in the past.
Safe Driver ScholarshipSponsor: The Zebra
Amount: $500
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled at a four-year university, graduate program, community college, trade school, or high school located in the continental United States. Applicant must submit an essay on the topic, “Why I stopped texting and driving.”
Social Media ScholarshipSponsor: Marketing Certified
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students between the ages of 16 and 25 years of age who are citizens of the United States or Canada. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to social media.
SonomaCountySatellite.Com ScholarshipSponsor: SonomaCountySatellite.Com
Amount: $500
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current and prospective students enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university with nine units or more. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to the internet.
Student Transportation Video ContestSponsor: The American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Amount: $500
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Contest is open to students in elementary school through graduate school. Contestant must submit a video on transportation infrastructure.
The Clubs of America Scholarship Award for Career SuccessSponsor: Clubs of America, Inc.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students of an accredited U.S. college or university with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Applicant must submit an essay about their career aspirations.
The PinkRose Foundation ScholarshipSponsor: The PinkRose Foundation, Inc.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to individuals who are legal residents of the United States of America, under the age of 25 who have lost a parent or legal guardian to breast cancer.
The Rand Marketing Web Design ScholarshipSponsor: Rand Marketing
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors and any student enrolled in an undergraduate degree program by Aug. 1, 2015 at any accredited U.S. college, university, and art or fashion institute. Applicant must have an interest in pursuing a career in the design industry.
Thumb Wars ScholarshipSponsor: Do Something
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: According to sources, “texting and driving is a major cause of accidents, but 1 in 4 teens still does it.” Applicant must sign up to receive a pair of thumb socks (free) – one to keep and one to give to a friend. Applicant will be entered into the sweepstakes for the scholarship.
Vectorworks Design ScholarshipSponsor: Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.
Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled or accepted for enrollment in undergraduate or graduate studies for six or more credits at an accredited college or university who are pursuing a design-oriented degree.
Xero ScholarshipSponsor: Xero
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2015
Description: Scholarship is open to legal U.S. residents who are undergraduate or graduate students studying accounting, economics or finance.
High school students, recent high school graduates, transfer students and their families are invited to attend a college fair hosted by the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), Saturday, July 25, 2015, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead located 3300 Peachtree Road NE in Atlanta. The free, public event is being held during the UAPB/AM&N National Alumni Summer Conference.