Scholarships

Abbott and Fenner Scholarship are available to all high school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any accredited post secondary institution.

Topic: Describe your educational career and life goals. Explain your plan for achieving these goals. Include your degree/major, why you selected it, and how this degree/major will help you achieve your goals.

Deadline: 6/10

ABC Humane Wildlife Scholarship offers a $1000 scholarship to applicants studying or planning to study the fields of science (excluding social sciences i.e. economics), engineering, mathematics, or technology. Essay required.

Deadline: 7/1

Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation is offering a $1000 need-based scholarship award. 3.0 GPA required. Typed autobiography (minimum 2 pages) that explained why you should be awarded this scholarship is needed.

Deadline: 3/31

Burger King awards scholarships for those who have a 2.5 GPA and extracurricular activities.

Deadline: 12/15

Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program awards high school seniors with a minimum GPA of 3.0 that have demonstrated commitment to community service and have outstanding qualities in character, integrity and leadership.

Deadline: 12/6

Course Hero offers a $5000 scholarship to applicants with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Applicants must respond to the question on the CourseHero website on a novel.

Deadline: 7/3

Dolphin Galleries for the Visual and Creative Arts Scholarship is for students planning or currently pursuing an arts-related major or minor. Applicants should put together a selection of their best 5 works with a 100-word description of each, that relate to the expression of culture in the modern age.

Deadline: 7/20

Leavitt Machinery Scholarship offers $500 for applicants with a 3.0 GPA or above who is enrolled in a degree program (2 years or more). Essay required.

Deadline: 5/1

Northern New Jersey Mensa Scholarships offer $300 to $1000 for students enrolling in college.

Deadline: 1/15

OppU Achievers Scholarship offers $2500 scholarships to students who have a 3.0 GPA, US citizenship and enrollment in college, professional or trade school.

Deadline: 3/31, 6/30, 9/30, and 12/31

BigSun Scholarship offers young athletes whether players, coaches or officials the opportunity to compete for a $500 scholarship. Short essay required.

Deadline: 6/19

Foot Locker Scholar Athletes awards 20 high school seniors currently involved in high school sports, intramural sports, or community based sports with $20,000. Minimum GPA of 3.0.

Deadline: 12/14

Jon M. Pritsch Memorial Golf Fund offers a scholarship for seniors who have played golf as a member of their high school golf team and are interested in a career in professional golf. Short essay and letter of recommendation required. See your counselor for details.

Deadline: 6/1

Kaplan Jewish Community Center offers the JCC Scholar Athlete Award. Scholar Athletes may apply. One boy and one girl will win a $3600 college scholarship. Application at www.jccotp.org/athleteawards.

Deadline: 12/31

The Mid-New Jersey Youth Soccer Association has created two $1,000.00 scholarships in honor of Liesel Krehan. The scholarships will be awarded annually and paid to a male and female candidate.

Deadline: 5/15

High School Heisman is looking for all types of high-achieving seniors (3.0 GPA) who participate in a wide range of sports as well as school and community activities.

Deadline: 10/18

ACS Scholars Program awards up to $5000 to any senior who intends to major in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, chemical technology, or another chemistry-related science AND plan to pursue a career in a chemistry-related science as well.

Deadline: 1/13

AES Engineering Scholarship is intended for our future leaders across a wide spectrum of fields of study. You are not required to be taking Engineering courses to be eligible. Students must submit an essay of between 500 and 1000 words in answer to the following question: When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey?

Deadline: 10/8

AIA Architects League offers a scholarship for high school seniors majoring in Architecture. Portfolio required.

Deadline: 5/17

American Meteorological Society Freshman Scholarship is available to incoming freshman pursuing a degree in the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences.

Deadline: 2/3

Bergen County School Nurses' Association is offering 3 $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors pursuing a career as a registered, professional nurse through a state-accredited, baccalaureate program.

Deadline: 4/8

Builders Association Scholarships is looking for those pursuing building/remodeling industry related education. The following fields would be considered; Construction, Drafting, HVAC, Real Estate, Engineering Architecture, Environmental Tech, Land Use Management.

Deadline: 4/1

The George F. Axt Memorial Fund Nurses Scholarship awards four individuals with $2,500 each.

Deadline: 3/31

Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarship is offering up to 200 renewable $10,000 scholarships to current high school seniors with a cumulative 3.5 or above GPA planning to major in engineering, computer science, math, physics, and other related fields.

Deadline: 3/12

Imagine America Foundation awards $1,000 toward tuition and fees for the student's education or trade school program.

Deadline: TBD

Marine Trades Association of New Jersey offers a scholarship for those pursuing a career in the recreational boating industry.

Deadline: 4/1

NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors 9th-12th grade students who self-identify as women, genderqueer, or non-binary for their computing-related achievements and interests.

Deadline: 11/27

NJ Association of College Admissions Counselors offers four $1250 scholarships to students pursuing two and four year college degrees.

Deadline: 3/1

NJ Mosquito Control Association is offering a $500 scholarship to high school seniors who have an interest in engaging in studies that may benefit the mosquito control community. The applicant must have a family member or sponsor who is an active member of the New Jersey Mosquito Control Association.

Deadline: 2/4

NJ Utilities Association offers two $1500 scholarships for college study in New Jersey and two $1500 scholarships for students who are pursuing a trade/vocational degree at an accredited school in New Jersey.

Deadline: 5/16

Orpheus Club offers a $2000 award to a student who intends to study music at the college level.

Deadline: 3/20

Utzinger Vellekamp Environmental Scholarship is sponsored by the Hackensack Riverkeeper Organization. Only one student from LHS can be nominated for this award. See your counselor if you are planning to major or minor in science and have a strong personal commitment to the environment.

Deadline: 4/22

Visiting Nurse Association is offering two students a $1000 scholarship. Applicants must show acceptance into an accredited School of Nursing BSN program and be from New Jersey.

Deadline: 4/14

B. Davis Scholarship is available to juniors and seniors. In less than 1000 words, Describe the three characteristics of leadership you value most. Discuss why you believe that these traits are so important and how you feel that they are developed in an individual.

Deadline: 5/21

Comedy Defensive Driving is asking high school students to design an advertisement that will educate the public about the dangers of distracted driving. The award amount is $1000.

Deadline: 5/31 or 12/31

Courage to Grow Scholarship offers $500 to juniors and seniors with a minimum 2.5 GPA or better. You must explain in 250 words or less why you believe that you should be awarded this scholarship.

Deadline: 11/30

Elks National Foundation Scholarship awards 500 four-year scholarships ranging from $1,000 per year to $12,500 per year to the high school seniors.

Deadline: 11/14

George S. & Stella M. Knight Essay Contest invites all high school students (9th through 12th grades) interested in the American Revolution to submit an original 800- to 1,200-word essay based on an event, person, philosophy or ideal associated with the American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, or the framing of the United States Constitution.

GoSkills offers this scholarship twice a year to any female high-school or college student, who wants to start her own online business.

Deadline: 9/15 and 3/15

The Thomas J. Henry Leadership Scholarship Program will award $1,000 to a student attending or planning to attend an accredited college or university. Applicants must share your leadership role experience, whether it was for your school’s sport team, club, outside organization, church, or volunteer group and have at least a 2.8 GPA.

Deadline: 11/1 and 7/1

Jackie Robinson Foundation aims to provide scholarships to under-served high school students showing leadership potential and demonstrating financial need to attend an accredited 4-year college or university of their choice. Students need a minimum SAT 1000 or an ACT score of 21.

Deadline: 1/11

Joseph Rumbaugh Historical Scholarship invites all high school students (9th through 12th grades) interested in the American Revolution to participate in the Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest. Speech and essay required.

Deadline: 5/15

Life Lessons requires students to submit either a 500-word essay or a 3-minutes video discussing how the death of your parent or guardian affected your life financially and emotionally.

Deadline: 3/1

Lift Parts Express Scholarship offers $500 for a student with a 3.0 GPA or above. Write an essay that outlines how much you expect to spend to finish your schooling, how you intend to pay for your schooling, and what you expect your job to be once you are finished your schooling. There is no word limit for the essay.

Deadline: 4/30

Madison Holleran Mental Health Action Scholarship To be considered for the scholarship, students must submit an application and a 1,500-word essay about an innovative mental health support program that could be implemented in K-12 schools.

Deadline: 2/1/22

Minecraft Scholarship Students must have a 3.0 or higher and write a short essay of no less than 500 words about your opinion on how Minecraft can be a positive influence on education and career development.

Deadline: 7/31

NJ Relocation Council Scholarship will award three $1000 scholarships to students who have relocated between grades 9-12 and moved at least 50 miles. Must have a 3.0 GPA.

Deadline: 2/1

NJ Sharing Network Foundation offers multiple scholarships for students who are donor awareness advocates or have been personally affected by or is a family member of someone personally affected by organ and tissue donation.

Deadline: 2/27

PB&J Scholarship Fund is looking for students who have experienced challenges in their life and who have the drive to succeed. This scholarship is open to all college-bound seniors attending an accredited 2-year or 4-year college.

Deadline: 5/31

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum offers a Profile in Courage Essay Contest. The topic is “Describe and analyze an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official who served during or after 1917, the year John F. Kennedy was born. Include an analysis of the obstacles, risks, and consequences associated with the act. The essay may concern an issue at the local, state, national, or international level.”

Deadline: 1/13

NJ Shout Down Drugs awards up to $5000 for a music contract for high school students who write original music and lyrics to a song that contains a strong prevention message.

Deadline: 3/5

SIXT Rent-A-Car is offering five high school seniors with a 3.7 GPA or higher a $5,000 scholarship.

Deadline: 11/30

Solar Action Alliance offers a $1000 scholarship for applicants who submit a 500-1000 word essay to answer the following question: What excites you most about the future of solar? Must have a 3.2 GPA or higher.

Deadline: 7/1

Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Scholarship offers two $2,500 scholarships to high school seniors. Applicants must visit the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Holmdel and write a reflective essay on that experience.

Deadline: 4/10

Visions Federal Credit Union offers $1,000 scholarships to students interested in pursuing higher education.

Deadline: 12/1, 3/31