Scholarships

Outside of Hastings College Scholarships

2025-2026 Academic Year

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

• BOC Sciences is offering a $1,000 to students who are pursuing a chemistry-related field of study.  Deadline: Oct 31, 2025

• Creative BioMart is offering a $1,000 scholarship to students majoring in Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology or a related major with a GPA of at lease 3.0.  Deadline: October 31, 2025

• Delete Cyberbullying Beyond School Walls is offering a $1,000 scholarship.  Short essay required.  Deadline:  October 31, 2025

• Creative Biomart Scholarship offering $1,000 scholarship Deadline: October 31, 2025

• NE Chamber Foundation is actively looking for college candidates for the Nebraska Business Hall of Fame Scholarship. Deadline: November 15, 2025

• Paul Tarell Family Scholarship offering $1,500 scholarship established to empower students who have overcome adversity to pursue their educational dreams.  Deadline:  November 25, 2025

• Indivisible Gaming Scholarship offering 3 scholarships. Supporting game developers and designers who love crafting unique and engaging games.  Share your game with us, and let's see how we can help take your game development journey to the next level.  Deadline:  November 30, 2025

• Aaliyah Lee Scholarship by The National Parent Volunteer Association is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a student committed to volunteering and making a difference in their communities.  Deadline: November 30, 2025

• 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

• 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

• 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