2021 List of Scholarships For Every State You Can Apply For Now!

Last Update: April 1, 2020

With so many scholarships out there for just about everything, it can be hard to find one that’s still accepting applications or legit. This is the perfect list of scholarships for students still looking for ways to cover the cost of college that haven’t expired in their area! We’ve hand-selected scholarships for each state that are still accepting applications. Yes! There’s a local scholarship on this list for every region in the US. So take a glance and see if there’s one on here you’re eligible for.

If you don’t see anything on this list, check out our Mega-List of Scholarships. It’s packed with large and small scholarships that you’re bound to qualify for. Good luck!

State	Scholarships	Reward	Due Date
Alabama	SREB Doctoral Scholars Program Fellowship	Up to $20,000	March 31
	Cabaniss, Johnston Scholarship	$5,000	First Friday of June
	Justice Janie L. Shores Scholarship	See Website	April 1
Alaska	PMI Alaska Chapter Scholarship	Up to $2,500	May 1
	Dorothy and Dona Lee Croft String Music Scholarship	Up to $1,500	March 31
	The Chef Cotter Scholarship	$1,000	April 9
	Art Jess Scholarship	At least $1,000	March 31
Arizona	PMI Phoenix Chapter Scholarship	Up to $2,500	May 1
	George F. Wellik Scholarship	$5,000	May 1
Arkansas	Academic Challenge Scholarship	See Website	July 1
	Bird Dog Foundation Annual College Scholarship Essay Contest	Up to $2,000	April 15
California	Dr. James L. Hutchinson and Evelyn Ribbs Hutchinson Medical School Scholarship	Up to $2000	May 4
	ACWA Scholarship	$3,500	March 2
	Cal Grant Competitive Awards	See Website	March 2
Colorado	Partner Colorado Foundation Scholarships	See Website	March 31
	The Alexander Foundation Scholarships	$300 – $3,000	March 14
Connecticut	EPOC Environmental Scholarship Fund	See Website	April 30
	Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity	Up to $20,000	May 1
	Electricity Plans: Energize Your Education with a College Scholarship!	$500	May 1
Delaware	D. Colman Witte Scholarship	$500 – $6,000 per year	April 3
	Nursing Incentive Program	$5,000	June 5
	Christa Mcauliffe Teacher Incentive Program	$5,000	June 5
Florida	John D. Mashek Scholarship	$5,000	May 3
	Barbaras Caras Memorial Scholarship for Film Studies	$2,000	July 31
Georgia	Druid Hills Golf Club Foundations Wayne Reynolds Scholarship	$3,000	The last Friday in April
	Hearthstone Housing Foundation Scholarship Fund	$500 – $5,000	March 31
Hawaii	Fukunaga Scholarship Foundation	$20,000	February 22
Idaho	Idaho Opportunity Scholarship for Adult Learners	Up to $3,500 per year	July 1
	Idaho Opportunity Scholarship	Up to $3,500 per year	March 1
Illinois	Bruce Fishkin Scholarship Fund	See Website	October 31
	Bill Cowden Memorial Aviation Scholarship	$1,500	May 15
Indiana	William A. Crawford Minority Teacher Scholarship	See Website	August 31
	Crooked Stick Scholarship	See Website	May 31
Iowa	Catholic United Financial Post-High School Tuition Scholarship	See Website	April 30
	Robert D. Blue Scholarship	Up to $1,000	May 1
	PMI Eastern Iowa Chapter Scholarship	Up to $1,000	May 1
	Brian Pearson Memorial Scholarship	$1,000	April 6
Kansas	Kansas Military Service Scholarship	See Website	May 1
	Kansas Ethnic Minority Scholarship	See Website	May 1
Kentucky	Herb Schlaughenhoupt, Jr. Memorial Scholarship	$500	May 1
	Kentucky Teacher Scholarship Program	Up to $2,500 per semester	May 1
	Kentucky Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) Scholarship	Up to $1000	March 1
Louisiana	Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship	$2,000	July 1
	Stephen W. Cavanaugh Scholarship Fund	$8,000	March 16
Maine	Powering Education Scholarship	$2,000	April 1
	Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund	See Website	May 1
Maryland	JCS Newhoff Scholarship for a Jewish Student with a Diagnosed Learning Disability	See Website	March 16
	Howard P. Rawlings Educational Assistance Grant	Up to $3,000	March 1
Massachusetts	New England Employee Benefits Council Scholarship	Up to $5,000	April 1
	Cathay Bank Foundation Scholarship Program	$1,000	March 25
Michigan	The John F. & Edith L. Wilsterman Scholarship Trust	$5,000 per year	March 15
	DeuceMan Strong Memorial Scholarship Foundation	Up to $1,000	May 31
	Diamond Press Solutions Manufacturing Scholarship	$500	May 31
Minnesota	EMPOWER Scholarships	See Website	April 15
	Robert J. Yourzak Scholarship Fund	Up to $2,000	May 1
Mississippi	The Byron Keith Mallett Jr. Memorial Scholarship	$500 per semester	March 31
	Farm Bureau Scholarships	$3000	July 1
Missouri	Amy Lovell Memorial Scholarship	$1,000	March 20
	The Jewish Federation of St. Louis Scholarships	Up to $10,000	April 10
Montana	Great Falls Flower Growers Scholarship	See Website	February 1
	Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation Scholarship Program	Up to $20,000	April 15
Nebraska	Jacob Smaus SuperHero Scholarship	See Website	June 1
	Urban League of Nebraska, Inc. Multicultural Association Scholarship	See Website	March 2
Nevada	Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program	See Website	April 6
	California-Nevada Section, AWWA Scholarship	See Website	March 15
New Hampshire	The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Two Year Scholarship	See Website	June 15
	The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Four Year Scholarship	See Website	April 17
New Jersey	AAUW Lew Williams Scholarship and Leila Sulkes Scholarship	See Website	July 31
	Builders League of South Jersey Scholarship Foundation	See Website	June 15
New Mexico	Sussman-Miller Educational Assistance Award Program	$20,000	April 14
	Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque Scholarship Program	Up to $1,000	April 4
New York	PMI New York City Chapter Scholarship	Up to $2,500	May 1
	Eye Bank Young Ambassador Scholarship in Memory of Christopher Nordquist	$3,000	May 15
North Carolina	The Winston-Salem Foundation Scholarships (One-Stop Scholarship Application)	See Website	July 31
	Marcus Raper Zimmerman Fund	See Website	July 31
North Dakota	Victor & Verna Johnson Scholarship	See Website	April 1
	UMSA Scholarship Program	Up to $3,000	February 29
Ohio	The Community Foundation of Shelby County Scholarships	See Website	February 13
	Electricity Plans: Energize Your Education with a College Scholarship!	$500	May 1
	Ohio EPA Scholarship	Up to $2,500	April 15
Oklahoma	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Scholarship	See Website	March 3
	Maximum Independence Scholarship	$1,000	March 18
Oregon	Celebrate the West High School Art Competition	Up to $1,200	April 30
	Confederation of Oregon School Administrators Scholarships	$1,000	March 16
Pennsylvania	Healy Foundation Scholarship	See Website	May 1
	Hope Through Learning Award	$2,500	May 31
Rhode Island	Timothy S. and Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Scholarship	$3,000	September 13
South Carolina	Mundy Scholarship	$1,000	March 6
	Watson-Brown Foundation Scholarships	$5,000	February 15
South Dakota	Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship	See Website	April 15
	Build Dakota Scholarship Fund	See Website	April 15
Tennessee	Edna Fant McConnell Scholarship	See Website	June 1
	Josh Fielder Memorial Scholarship	See Website	June 1
Texas	Texas Classical Association Spring Scholarships	Up to $1,000	June 1
	The Dallas Foundation Scholarships	See Website	May 1
Utah	Live Your Dream Scholarship	See Website	November 15
	Youthlinc Utah Young Humanitarian Award	$3,000	March 1
Vermont	The Women’s Empowerment Scholarship	See Website	April 1
	Vermont Retail & Grocers Scholarships	$1,500	April 24
Virginia	Leo Bourassa Scholarship	$1,000 – $3,000	April 1
	The Esperanza Education Fund Scholarship	$5,000 – $20,000	April 1
Washington	Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington Scholarships	$1,500	April 1
	Robert J. Meyer Organic Farming Scholarship	See Website	April 30
West Virginia	Allegheny Mountain Section Air & Waste Management Assn. Scholarships	See Website	March 31
	The Donald K. Evans Memorial Theological Scholarship Fund	See Website	April 15
Wisconsin	Bradly Foundation Scholarship	See Website	April 1
	Marvin C. Schuette Memorial Scholarship Fund	See Website	April 1
	William Cherek Scholarship Fund	See Website	April 1
Wyoming	Commisioners’ Scholarship	$500 per semester	April 1
	Douvas Scholarship	$500	April 30

Again, if you don’t find a scholarship that you’re eligible for, review our Mega-List of Scholarships. Check back soon for more lists of scholarships and grants.

More Helpful Resources:

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