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Montana 4-Year Schools Scholarship Links

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Local Scholarships

Henry Streuli Scholarship-Cancer Survivor
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Amount: $5,000

Rocky Mountain Regional Council
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $800

Youth Serve Montana Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $1,250

MYSA Soccer Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $500

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Scholarships
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $10,000

Soroptimist New Adventures Educational Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $1,000

The Montana Advocates Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $1,000

Hamilton Relay Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $500

Montana Stockgrower’s Association Education Heritage Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: (1)$5,000, (2)$2,500

New Adventures Educational Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $1,000

National Garden Clubs Scholarship
Due: Feb 1, 2025
Award: $4,000

Gianforte Trade and Technology Scholarship
Due: Feb 1, 2025
Award: $1,500 renewable

SME Education Foundation Scholarships
Due: Feb 1, 2025
Award: $2,500-$20,000

Elks National Foundation Legacy Award
Due: Feb 3, 2025
Award: $4,000

Elevate Scholarship
Due: Feb 11, 2025
Award: $2,500

MSU Hillman Scholarship
Due: Priority Deadline Feb 11, 2025
Award: $16,000 over 4 yrs

Beeby Memorial Scholarship-Tennis: Come pick up application from Ms. Aspen
Due: Feb 14, 2025
Award: $1,000

Montana 4-H Foundation Scholarships
Due: Feb 14, 2025
Award: Multiple

Douglas A. & Nancy W. Dear Memorial Scholarship
Due: Feb 14, 2025
Award: $500

Joseph McKeon Memorial Scholarship-Turn in to Ms. Aspen by DEADLINE
Due: Feb 21, 2025
Award: $1,000

Donald E. Pizzini Memorial Nurse Scholarship
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $2,000

Indian Health Service Health Porfessions Scholarship
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: ?

MHCA Nursing Scholarship Foundation
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $2,500

Angel Fund Scholarship
Due: Mar 2025
Award: Varies ($1,000-$3,000)

Paul O’Leary Memorial Scholarship-Welding focus
Due: Mar 1, 2025
Award: $3,000-$5,000

Partnership With Native American Scholarship
Due: Mar 1, 2025
Award:

Horatio Algers-Junior Scholarship
Due: Mar 1, 2025
Award: $25,000

NILE Foundation One Time Scholarship-4-H, FFA
Due: Mar 1, 2025
Award: $1,000

Angel Fund Scholarship
Due: Mar 7, 2025
Award: $1000-$3,000

Eric Burtchett Memorial Scholarship-Trades
Due: Mar 10, 2025
Award: Up to $15,000

Montana Clerk and Recorders Scholarship
Due: Mar 14, 2025
Award: $1,000

Montana Food Distributors Association Scholarship
Due: Mar 14, 2025
Award: $1,000

John Korsbeck Memorial Scholarship
Due: Mar 14, 2025
Award: $1,000

Farmers State Bank
Due: Mar 14, 2025
Award: (10)$2,500

Hagan Scholarship
Due: Mar 15, 2025
Award: $2,000 towards essentials, $7,500 per semester

MUS Honor Scholarship
Due: Mar 15, 2025
Award: $20,000 over four years, $5,000 a year

Montana STEM/Healthcare Scholarship Program
Due: Mar 15, 2025
Award: 1st year $1,000, 2nd & 3rd year $1,500, 4th year $2,000

Horatio Alger Montana Undergraduate Scholarship-Seniors
Due: Mar 15, 2025
Award: $15,000

Montana Donald G. Willems Scholarship
Due: Mar, 15, 2025
Award: $1,500

Montana State Golf Association Scholarship
Due: Mar 15, 2025
Award: $1,000

GFWC Helena Woman’s Club Scholarship
Due: Mar 15, 2025
Award: $1000

Blackfoot Communications Scholarship
Due: Mar 25, 2025
Award: $1,000-$2,500

Helena Kiwanis Club Weber Music Scholarship
Due: Mar 28, 2025
Award: $1,000

OKHÍČHAŊYE Scholarship-Native American
Due: Mar 31, 2025
Award: (5)$2,000

Montana Association of Conservation Districts Scholarship-Natural Resources focus
Due: Mar 31, 2025
Award: $1,000

Montana Community Foundation Scholarships (17 scholarships to apply for)
Due: Mar 31, 2025
Amount: Varies per scholarship

Clearwater Scholarship Program-Clearwater Credit Union Members
Due: Mar 31, 2025
Amount: $2,500

Blewett Statewide Wrestling Scholarship
Due: Apr 2, 2025
Award: $1,000

Native Partnerships Undergraduate Scholarship
Due: Apr 4, 2025
Award: ?

Lewis & Clark Retired Educators Scholarship
Due: Apr 4, 2025
Amount: $1,100

Mike Bullock Memorial Scholarship
Due: Apr 4, 2025
Award: $750

Bonnie Sue Heller Memorial Scholarship
Due: Apr 10, 2025
Award: $1,000

Wyatt Winfield “Be Tough” Memorial Scholarship
Due: Apr 11, 2025
Award: $1000-$3,000

Harold Shepherd Memorial Scholarship-Track Athlete Requirement
Due: Apr 15, 2025
Award: $1,000

American Industries Vet Tech Scholarship-Foster Care Applicants
Due: Apr 15, 2025
Award: $12,000 Annually for two years

Last Chance Audoubon Society Scholarship – send application to mtnutmeg@gmail.com
Due: Apr 15, 2025
Award: (2)$1,500

Rocky Mountain Car Wash Scholarship-Trades Focus
Due: Apr 15, 2025
Award: $1,000

CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI CLASS OF 1981 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
All Capital High School and Project for Alternative Learning-CHS students graduating in 2025 are eligible for consideration of our $3,500 scholarship, regardless of GPA. Funds are intended to support studies at any accredited institution of higher learning, including technical programs and trade schools in addition to traditional colleges and universities. This scholarship fund was founded to honor the memory of our classmates who are no longer with us. The criteria to award this scholarship are intentionally broad as we wish to consider candidates with life experiences and aspirations as diverse as the classmates we are honoring.
Due: Apr 15, 2025
Award: $3,500

Montana POW/MIA Awareness Scholarship
Due: Apr 22, 2025
Award: $1,000

Forest Management Scholarship-Forest Management focus
Due: Apr 30, 2025
Award: $1,000

Forest Management Trades Scholarship
Due: Apr 30, 2025
Award: $1,000

Gates of the Mountains Foundation Scholarship-Reoccurring
Due: May 1st
Award: $2,000 ($4,000 each year)

The Ralph Halverson Scholarship-Must have lettered in 2 varsity sports
Due: May 1, 2025
Award: (2)$1,600

Montana Life Members Scholarship
Due: May 1, 2025
Award: $2,000

Big Sky State Games Scholarship-Juniors
Due: May 2, 2025
Award: $500

Helena Lions Club Scholarship
Due: May 8 2025
Award: $1,000

Lewis and Clark Republican Women Scholarship
Due: May 12, 2025
Award: $2,000

Odd Fellows & Rebekahs Vocational Technology Scholarship
Due: May 15, 2025
Award: $2,000

HURL Scholarship-Cross Country Athletes
Due: May 30, 2025
Award: $1,000

Prickly Pear Sportsmen’s Association Scholarship
Due: June 2, 2025
Award: $500

American Indian Tuition Waiver-Turn in to Financial Aid Office

Military ROTC

National Scholarships and Monthly/Yearly Recurring Scholarships

Automotive Women’s Association Scholarships
Due: Ongoing
Award: $2,500

American Indian Nurse Scholarship Program
Due: Ongoing
Award: $1,500

Wealth Wise Scholarship
Due: Ongoing
Award: $1,000

Technology Addiction Awareness Scholarship
Due: Jan 30, 2025
Award: $1,000

No Essay Scholarship by Sallie
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $2,000

Edvisors Monthly Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $2,500

Level All Scholarship Sweepstakes
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $50,000

Dr. Aura-Lee A. and James Hobbs Pittenger American History Scholarship – American History or Gov. focus
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $2,000

Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $5,000 up to four years

I Have a Dream Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $1,500

Innovation in Vehicle Safety Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2024
Award: $1,000

Injury Recovery Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $1,000

Material Handling Education Foundation Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: (61)$6,000

National Eagle Scout Association Scholarships
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: 10,000

Sydell L. Miller/Total Image Esthetics Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: (2)$7,500

Flavorful Futures Scholarship
Due: Jan 31, 2025
Award: $5,000

Be Bold Scholarship
Due: Feb 1, 2025
Award: $25,000

Society of Manuifacturing Engineers Scholarship
Due: Feb 1, 2025
Award: (60)$20,000

Society of Manufacturing Engineers Scholarships
Due: Feb 1, 2025
Award: $2,500 – $20,000

Zora Neale Hurston Scholarship – Humanities focus
Due: Feb 1, 2025
Award: $1,000

McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship-Hispanic and Latino students
Due: Feb 6, 2025
Award: (30)$100,000

Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship
Due: Feb 20, 2025
Award: (5)$10,000

Coast Guard Exchange Scholarship
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: (20)$20,000

Delete Cyberbullying Social Media Scholarship
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $1,000

Sweet and Simple Scholarship
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $1,500

Dickey Rural Networks Scholarship
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $500-$2,000

Beatrice E. Burton Memorial Scholarship-American Business Women’s Association
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $2,500

Women of Vision Ambassador Scholarship-American Business Women’s Association
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $3,000

Mattie Crockett “Shower of Cards” Memorial Scholarship-American Business Women’s Association
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $4,000

Keri Frahm “Pay It Forward” Memorial Scholarship-American Business Women’s Association-Hospitality Focus
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $3,900

National Scholarship in Memory of Marilyn Amendt and Phyllis Rife-American Business Women’s Association
Due: Feb 28, 2025
Award: $2,500

Engebretson Foundation Scholarship-Pell eligible
Due: Mar 01, 2025
Award: $20,000

Eagle Scout of the Year Scholarship
Due: Mar 1, 2025
Award: (4)$10,000

AFSA National High School Essay Contest
Due: Mar 01, 2025
Award: Up to $2,500

AFA Teens for Alzheimer’s Awareness College Scholarship
Due: Mar 1, 2025
Award: $5,000

Arsham Amirikian Engineering Scholarship – Civil Engineering or Welding focus
Due: Mar 1, 2025
Award: $2,500

Airgas – Terry Jarvis Memorial Scholarship – Welding focus
Due: Mar 1, 2025
Award: $2,500

American Chemical Society Scholarship-Minority
Due: Mar 1, 2025
Award: (350)$5,000

Ninth Circuit Civic Contest Scholarship
Due: Mar 7, 2025
Award: (1)$3,000, (1)$1,700, (1)$1,000

Nabi Nicole Grant Memorial Scholarship
Due: Mar 8, 2025
Award: (2)$5,000

Connex Foundation Scholarship
Due: Mar 10, 2025
Award: (2)$5,000

Ben Brock Memorial Scholarship-Depent of active military member, Computer Science focus
Due: Mar 29, 2025
Award: $7,500

Too Cool to pay for School Scholarship
Due: Mar 31, 2025
Award: $1,000

Tzu Chi USA Scholarship
Due: Mar 31, 2025
Award: $1,500

Niche Scholarship
Due: Mar 31, 2025
Award: $25,000

The Guild Giving National Scholarship
Due: Apr 10, 2025
Award: $1,500

Nick Lindblad Memorial Scholarship-Music Background
Due: Apr 14, 2025
Award: $2,820

10 Words or Less Scholarship
Due: Apr 15, 2025
Award: $1,000

Lyndsey Scott Coding+ Scholarship-LGBTQIA focusing on Computer Science
Due: Apr 15, 2025
Award: (10)$5,000

Lift Parts Express Scholarship
Due: Apr 30, 2025
Award: $500

Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship-Biology related science focus
Due: Apr 30, 2025
Award: $5,000

Odenza Vacations College Scholarship
Due: May 1, 2025
Award: $500

LM Scholarship Program
Due: May 1, 2025
Award: $500

Got a Spine Scholarship
Due: May 2, 2025
Award: $500

Review It Scholarship
Due: May 15, 2025
Award: $1,000

College Mix Christian College Scholarship-Must be enrolling in Christian University or College
Due: May 31, 2025
Award: $3,500

AES Engineering Scholarship
Due: Oct 8, 2025
Award: $500.00