Top 20 Scholarships to Apply for in 2025 | Funding Your Education

Top 2025 Scholarships

Ayesha Farrukh Scholarship ($500-$2,500) – For First-Gen Student Leaders | Apply by 3/15/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: March 15, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $500 – $2,500
✅ Eligibility: Open to full-time high school and college students who are first-generation, demonstrate leadership potential, and have a strong commitment to community service.
✅ GPA Requirement: Minimum 3.5

Create-a-Greeting Card Scholarship – Win $10,000! | Deadline: 3/3/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: March 3, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $10,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to students 14 years and older
✅ How to Apply: Submit an original greeting card design for Christmas, holidays, birthdays, or any occasion

Fastweb’s $2,025 Scholarship Sweepstakes – Enter Daily! | Deadline: 3/18/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: March 18, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $2,025
✅ How to Enter:

• Be a Fastweb member
• Answer a simple multiple-choice question (no wrong answers!)
• Submit your entry daily for more chances to win!

InspireCraft Scholarship – Win $500! | Deadline: 3/30/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: March 30, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $500
✅ Eligibility: Open to students 18 years or older with a passion for arts, crafts, decoration, or a related field

Goodwall #ScholarshipNow Challenge – Win $2,500! | Deadline: 3/31/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: March 31, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $2,500
✅ How to Enter:

• Download the Goodwall app
• Share a video using the hashtag #ScholarshipNow
• Tell us how winning this scholarship will help you achieve your educational goals

Winter 2025 Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes – Win $1,000! | Deadline: 3/31/25

Sweepstakes Details:
✅ Deadline: March 31, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $1,000
✅ Eligibility:

• Open to Fastweb members
• At least 16 years old
• Legal residents of the 50 U.S. states or D.C.

How to Enter:

1. Log into your Fastweb account to get your personal referral link
2. Share the link and refer friends to register for Fastweb
3. Each successful referral gives you and your friend an entry into the drawing

CJ Pony Parts Scholarship Video Contest – Win $500! | Deadline: 4/15/25

Contest Details:
✅ Deadline: April 15, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $500
✅ Eligibility: Open to students enrolling in post-secondary education
✅ How to Enter:

• Submit a video (up to 3 minutes) responding to a prompt related to Mustangs

Create Real Impact Contest – Win $250-$1,000! | Deadline: 4/15/25

Contest Details:
✅ Deadline: April 15, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $250 – $1,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to full-time students ages 14-22
✅ How to Enter:

• Create an original work (video, music, writing, or artwork)
• Showcase your solution or strategy to combat distracted and reckless driving

BrightSprout Crossword Scholarship – Win $1,000! | Deadline: 4/30/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: April 30, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $1,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to current and incoming undergraduate students
✅ How to Enter:

• Create a 15×15 crossword puzzle based on the theme “My Hobby/Interest”
• The puzzle must be original and written solely by you

Bonus: The publishing fee is waived for scholarship applicants!

RealtyHop Scholarship – Win $1,000! | Deadline: 4/30/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: April 30, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $1,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to high school seniors and current undergraduate students
✅ How to Enter:

• Submit a 500-word essay on the following topic:
  “Imagine yourself 10 years in the future after graduating college and living your dream life: Find a listing on RealtyHop you could see yourself living in, and describe your favorite room or feature and why it’s important to your future life.”

Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody Scholarship – Win $5,000-$10,000! | Deadline: 4/30/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: April 30, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $5,000 – $10,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to undergraduate and graduate students majoring in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or a related life science
✅ GPA Requirement: Minimum 3.0 GPA

Future Designer Scholarship – Win $1,000! | Deadline: 5/1/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: May 1, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $1,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to full-time students 17 years or older
✅ How to Enter:

• Submit an original design for a holiday greeting card
• The winning design will be featured as a product on CardsDirect.com

The Paradigm Challenge – Win $500-$100,000! | Deadline: 5/1/25

Challenge Details:
✅ Deadline: May 1, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $500 – $100,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to students up to 18 years old
✅ How to Enter:

• Create an original solution to solve real-life problems in homes, schools, communities, or globally
• Entries can be in the form of posters, videos, inventions, messages, apps, or more
• Submit a brief statement (140 characters) describing your idea

Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship – Win $1,000-$3,000! | Deadline: 5/2/25

Competition Details:
✅ Deadline: May 2, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $1,000 – $3,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to students ages 13-22
✅ How to Enter:

• Compete in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
• Top performers will be invited to represent their state at the U.S. National Championship and compete for financial prizes

We The Future Contest – Win $1,000-$5,000! | Deadline: 5/31/25

Contest Details:
✅ Deadline: May 31, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $1,000 – $5,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to high school and college students
✅ How to Enter:

• Submit an essay, song, STEM project, short film, social media video, or PSA
• Focus on a topic related to the Constitution

American Heart Challenge – Win $1,000! | Deadline: 5/31/25

Challenge Details:
✅ Deadline: May 31, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $1,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to high school juniors and seniors
✅ How to Enter:

• Have a passion for improving community health
• Participate in your school’s American Heart Challenge event

Tartt Venture Group Scholarship Fund – Win $5,500! | Deadline: 5/31/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: May 31, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $5,500
✅ Eligibility: Open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students
✅ GPA Requirement: Minimum 2.0 GPA

Creativity Leads to Success Scholarship – Win $750-$1,250! | Deadline: 6/15/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: June 15, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $750 – $1,250
✅ Eligibility: Open to high school, college, and graduate students 18 years or older
✅ How to Enter:

• Submit a maximum 500-word essay answering the question:
  “How has creativity helped you in problem-solving?”

Spirit of Giving Scholarship – Win $1,000! | Deadline: 7/31/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: July 31, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $1,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to high school seniors and current college students
✅ How to Enter:

• Submit an essay (between 500-750 words) on one of the following topics:
  1. How have you advanced the spirit of giving in your community or abroad through service or donations?
  2. How has the spirit of giving affected you personally?
  3. How will your college education help you serve or give to others?

U.S. Bank Student Scholarship Program – Win $2,500-$20,000! | Deadline: 10/30/25

Scholarship Details:
✅ Deadline: October 30, 2025
✅ Award Amount: $2,500 – $20,000
✅ Eligibility: Open to undergraduate students 17 years or older
✅ How to Enter:

• Register and complete a series of online lessons to be considered for the award