1. Apply to your school by the DEADLINE!
2. Fill out the FAFSA by the DEADLINE!
3. Apply for state and local scholarships
4. Apply for private scholarships (check with your parent’s employer)
5. Look online for specific scholarships
Idaho Community Foundation Scholarships (Deadline: Dates vary)
**Click EAST and also STATEWIDE (The Alois and Marie Goldmann Scholarship is from an IFHS graduate and they are looking for IFHS applicants)
Next Steps Idaho Scholarship List (Deadline: Dates vary)
Scholarship Idaho (Deadline: Dates vary)
Idaho Aviation Association Pilot Scholarship (Deadline ongoing)
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
Free Speech Essay Contest (Deadline: December 31st)
***Open to juniors and seniors
The Idaho Latino Scholarship Foundation (Deadline: January 15th)
Distinguished Young Women Scholarship (Deadline: January 18)
Idaho National Laboratory Scholarship Program (Opens in January)
***Open to 11th- and 12th-grade
Southwest Idaho Society of Women Engineers Scholarship (Deadline: January 31)
Idaho Falls Mayor’s Senior Scholarship (Deadline: February 8 )
Idaho Falls Mayor’s Promise Award (Deadline: February 8)
*** Available to 8th-11th grade students
ADAMS FOUNDATION AWARD (Deadline: February 8)
Idaho Governor’s Cup Scholarship (Academic Deadline: February 15 / Career Technical Deadline: April 15)
Idaho School Board Association Scholarship (Deadline: February 15)
Doug Wareing Scholarship (Deadline: February 15)
Idaho Battle of the Belts Scholarship (Deadline: February 28)
*** Available to 11th and 12th grade students
Idaho Association of Counties Scholarship (Deadline: February 28)
Idaho Opportunity Scholarship (Deadline: March 1)
Wilson Rawls Scholarship (Deadline: March 1)
Northwest Farm Credit Services Diversity Scholarship (Deadline: March 1)
Teton Regional Land Trust Michael B. Whitfield Scholarship (Deadline: March 3)
*** Come to the Career for an application
Eastern Idaho Jiffy Lube Scholarship (Deadline: March 15) **
Eastern Idaho State Fair Scholarship (Deadline: March 18)
War Bonnet Round Up Scholarship (Deadline: March 18)
***Come to the Career Center for an application
Westmark Credit Union Scholarship (Deadline: March 27)
Berland Business Scholarship (Deadline: March 31)
*** Come to the Career Center for an application
Hispanic Business Association Scholarship (Deadline: April 1st)
2021 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest (Deadline: April 1st)
Bonneville County Republican Party Essay Contest Scholarship (Deadline: April 1)
Idaho Falls Rotary Club Scholarship (Deadline: April 15)
*** Come to the Career for an application
The Building Safety Professionals of Southwest Idaho (BSPSI) Scholarship (Deadline: April 16th)
The Far West Agribusiness Association Scholarship (Deadline: April 16th)
District 91 Education Foundation Scholarships (Deadline: April 19th) ***
Bright Future in Energy Scholarship (Due April 20th)
K. Thinnes Scholarship (Deadline: April 30th)
*** Come to the Career Center for an application
Idaho Falls Power Scholarship (Deadline: May 1st)
*** Available to 10th and 11th grade students
Brandon Erickson Memorial Scholarship (Deadline: May 1st)
Eagle Rock Lodge 2021 Scholarship (Deadline: May 15th)
***Come to the Career Center for an application
2021 Grand Lodge of Idaho Scholarship
***Come to the Career & College Center for an application
Idaho AgFest Agriculture Scholarship from Community Council of Idaho (Deadline: June 30)
The Elk Mountain Tents Outdoors Enthusiast Scholarship (Deadline: June 30)
There are TONS out there! Do some searching and find the ones that work for you. Never pay for scholarship information!
National Society of High School Scholars (Deadline: Dates vary)
Gotta Have Sole (Deadline ongoing)
Life Happens Scholarship (Deadline: Dates vary)
QuestBridge College Match Program (Deadline: September 28)
Don't Text and Drive Scholarship (Deadline September 30th)
***Available for 9-12th grade students
AES Scholarship (Deadline: October 5th)
College Jump Start Scholarship (Deadline: October 17 and April 15 of each year)
*** Available for 10-12th grade students
Bezos Scholar (Deadline: January 7th) Opens in October
**For high school juniors
Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship & Internship (Opens in November)
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards (Deadline: November 10)
***Available for students in grades 5-12
Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship (Deadline: November 15)
Heisman High School Scholarship (Deadline: October 19th)
Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards (Deadline : November 14th,)
National Honor Society Scholarship (Deadline: December 15)
Free Speech Essay Contest (Deadline: December 31st)
*** For high school juniors and seniors
Coolidge Scholarship (Deadline: January 16)
***For high school juniors
American Nuclear Society Scholarship (Deadline: February 1)
Mike Rowe Work Ethic Scholarship
Adobe Design Circle Scholarships (Deadline: March 11)
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (Deadline: February 15th)
Better Business Bureau Scholarships (Deadline: March 16)
*** For high school juniors and seniors
College Board Opportunity Scholarship (Deadline: Dates vary)
QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program (Deadline: March 20)
*** For high school junior students
Horatio Alger Scholarship (Deadline: Dates vary)
*** Open to juniors
PB & J Scholarship (Deadline: May 31)
Nursing Scholarships (Deadline: Dates vary)
CareerOneStop.org
Discovernursing.com/scholarships
The majority of scholarship money you receive will come from the school you attend. Check for all of their scholarships and note their deadlines.