Scholarships

Outside of Hastings College Scholarships

• Lincoln Community Foundation online scholarship application will open December 15, 2025.  After you set up your Blackbaud ID, you will be automatically matched to scholarships for which you are fully eligible. A current transcript and the FAFSA submission summary including your SAI are required for all applications.  

• American Red Cross Leaders Save Lives Scholarship Program offering scholarships by hosting a blood drive.  See link for more details.

• Blankstyle Scholarship offering $1,000 with application including how t-shirts have played a role in your life and how this scholarship will help accomplish your education goals.  Deadline:  December 31, 2025 and May 31, 2026

• Gen & Kelly Tanabe Scholarship is offering $1,000 scholarship based on merit.  Deadline:  December 31, 2025

• College JumpStart Scholarship offering $1,000 scholarship by writing 250 words or less personal statement as described in application.  Deadline:  December 31, 2025

• MManuts is pleased to offer the PRINT IT  $1,000 scholarship for aspiring content creators.  Deadline:  January 11, 2026

• Technology Addiction Awareness Scholarship by Digital Responsibility is offering $1,000 scholarship.  This scholarship helps you understand the negative effects of too much screen time.  Deadline:  January 30, 2026

• Act of Kindness Scholarship by NPVA is offering a $1,000 scholarship for students who are committed to helping others in their schools or communities.  Deadline: February 28, 2026

• Kaufmann-Cumming Foundation - This $1,000 scholarship was made possible by the Council of Independent Nebraska Colleges Foundation.  Recipient must be a legal resident of Nebraska, have financial need and must be in good academic and social standing with first priority to Hall County residents with a cumulative "B" academic average or higher.  Deadline:  March 27, 2026

• E-waste Scholarship by Digital Responsibility is offering a $1,000 scholarship.  This scholarship helps you understand the impact of e-waste and what can be done to reduce e-waste.  Deadline:  April 30, 2026

• Altruism and All Good Deeds Scholarship by NPVA is offering a $1,000 scholarship to students who participate in volunteer work and community service.  Deadline:  May 31, 2026

• American Association of State Troopers Dependents of State Trooper members  Deadline:  July 31, 2026

• Attracting Excellence to Teaching-ST Program - This is a forgivable loan in the amount of $3,000 to students who are enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate teacher education program working toward their initial certificate to teach in Nebraska and are student teaching for the upcoming academic year.  For more information contact the Teacher Education Department at Hastings College or the AETP web site. 

• TEACH grant Program provides grant funds to students that will teach full time for at least four years in a high-need field at a low income school or educational service agency.  For more information contact the Teacher Education Department at Hastings College and review this link. Candidates needs to have 60 credit hours before they can be admitted into Teacher Education program

• WIOA  (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) -https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/wioa  Providing services to Native American 's with career exploration and guidance, educational attainment, skills training all through Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.  Please contact Financial Aid for more information.

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• Bold.org  is a website helping students find outside scholarships easier.   Each scholarship offers different award amounts and different Deadlines.  

• Nebraska Department of Education Qualified applicants must be Nebraska residents who have graduated from a Nebraska High School.  Award amounts vary.  

• Student Scholarships claims to list largest offering of scholarships https://studentscholarships.org/

• US Dept of Labor-Career One Stop https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/training/find-scholarships.aspx

• Lincoln Community Foundation:  https://lcf.academicworks.com/

• Scholarships360 Explore vetted scholarships for your state, background, major and more. Must join, but can opt-out of the sale of your personal information by emailing info@scholarships360.org.   

• Scholly @ Scholarships by Sallie Mae search:  https://www.sallie.com/scholarships/scholly 

• Discover Loan Scholarship search:  https://www.discover.com/student-loans/college-planning/scholarships/award

• Citizen Bank Scholarship search:  https://www.citizensbank.com/student-loans/scholarship.aspx 

• SoFi Scholarship giveaway:  https://www.sofi.com/scholarship/

• Nursing or medical field students: Guidebooks to help provide information to budget your education.  Provided by Premier Nursing Academy.  Financial Aid and scholarships: A Beginners Guide for Nursing Students    Scholarships for Nursing Students and how to win them    The Nursing Student's Guide to Debt-Free Education

• ScholarshipQuest »  - This free database contains over 2,000 Nebraska-based scholarships. 

• EducationQuest:   https://www.educationquest.org/resources/scholarshipquest/ 

• Fastweb:  https://www.fastweb.com/

• Studentaid.gov:   https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/scholarships