Make sure you file the FAFSA for aid during the correct academic year:

• Complete the 2023-2024 FAFSA for fall 2023, spring 2024 or summer 2024 terms.

• Complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA* for fall 2024, spring 2025 or summer 2025 terms.

The 2023-2024 FAFSA is available now and you can read instructions here. When filing the FAFSA, you will need University of Dayton's Title IV school code, which is 003127.

*Please note the 2024-2025 FAFSA is scheduled to be available by December 31, 2023.  FAFSA MEETING MARCH 3

Click here for Local Scholarship Information 

Scholarship Listings

Welcome to the Scholarship Page!

New Diana High School receives scholarship information all year. Continue to check this website for newly listed scholarships.

Some scholarship applications may require a counselor recommendation.  Please submit a written request for recommendations ten (10) days in advance.

NDHS's CEEB Code: 441994

Here are some helpful scholarship search engines:

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Fastweb

Scholly  (This site charges a subscription fee)

Student Scholarships

Unigo

Please note that scholarship listings without a live link are not yet available for application or have expired.  Once a scholarship application becomes active, it will appear in bold and you will be able to access a link to the application.

August

• US Veterans Magazine Military Scholarship Listing - Application Deadlines vary. 

September

• Pink Out 

October

• AES Engineering Scholarship - Application Deadline: 10/08/2023

• UNG Army ROTC Scholarship - Application Deadline: 10/09/2023

• Heisman High School Scholarship - Application Deadline: 10/17/2023

• Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship - Application Deadline: 10/31/2023

• 10/23

• Annual Sphinx Competition

• 10/31

• VFW Voice of Democracy

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November

• Innovation in Education Scholarship - Application Deadline: Monthly deadlines throughout the year.

• Dustan Biegler Memorial Scholarship - Application Deadline: 11/01/2023

• Emory University Scholars Program - Application Deadline: 11/01/2023

• UGA Foundation Fellowship - MUST BE AN EARLY ACTION APPLICANT - Application Deadline: 11/01/2023

• U.S. Presidential Scholars Program - Application Deadline: 11/01/2023

• Prudential Emerging Visionaries - OPEN TO AGES 14-18 - Application Deadline: 11/02/2023

• Ayn Rand Essay Contest - Application Deadline: 11/06/23

• Elk's National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarship - Application Deadline: 11/13/2023

• Hispanic Heritage Foundation Youth Awards - Application Deadline: 11/13/2023

• Georgia Military Scholarship - Application Deadline: 11/15/2023

• Georgia State University Presidential Scholarship - Application Deadline: 11/15/2023

• Cooke Foundation Scholarship Program - Application Deadline: 11/16/2023

• University of Georgia CAES Rural Scholars Program - Application Deadline: 11/17/2023

• Greenhouse Scholars - Application Deadline: 11/21/2022

• Schoolhouse Connection Youth Leadership and Scholarship Program - Application Deadline: 11/24/23

• Education Matters Scholarship - OPEN TO GRADES 9-12 - Application Deadline: 11/30/2023

• Safe Cycling Scholarship - Application Deadline: 11/30/2023

• Mental Health Education Scholarship - Application Deadline: 11/30/2023

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• 11/2

• Prudential Spirit of Community

• $15,000

• 11/8

• Regeneron Science Scholarship

• $250,000

• 11/13

• Haz La U (Make the U) Scholarship

• $10,000

• 11/16

• Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

• $55,000

December

• American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) Young Scholars Program - OPEN TO JUNIORS AND SENIORS - Application Deadline:  Opening in early 2024

• Brooks Law Group Car Accident Scholarship - Application Deadline: 12/01/2023

• Hagan Scholarship - Application Deadline: 12/01/2023Hagan Scholarship Foundation

• Flagship Scholarship - Application Deadline: 12/05/2023

• Generation Google Scholarship - Application Deadline: 12/10/2021 Opening in early 2024

• Clemson University Lyceum Scholars - Application Deadline: 12/10/2023

• Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America - OPEN TO JUNIORS - Application Deadline: 12/12/2023

• Burger King Scholars - Application Deadline: 12/15/2023  Burger King McLamore Scholarship

• Dirk Derrick Car & Truck Accident Injury Scholarship - Application Deadline: 12/15/2023

• Equitable Excellence Scholarship - Application Deadline: 12/16/2022

• Top Ten List Scholarship - OPEN TO AGES 14 AND UP - Application Deadline: 12/31/2023

• Younglove Law Group Scholarship - Application Deadline: 12/31/2023

• 12/1

• Dell Scholars Program

• Cards Against Humanity Scholarship 

• $160,000

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January

• American Fire Sprinkler Association Scholarship - Application Deadline: 01/01/2024

• ARRL Foundation Scholarship - Application Deadline: 01/04/2023

• Charles Clarke Cordle Memorial Scholarship - Application Deadline: 01/05/2024

• JRF Scholars - Application Deadline: 01/10/2024

• Profile In Courage Essay Contest. OPEN TO GRADES 9 - 12. Application Deadline: 01/12/2024

• The Mensa Foundation Scholarship Program - Application Deadline: 01/15/2024

• Deadline: 01/31/2024

• Gateway to Research Scholarships

• Sponsor: American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE)

• Amount: $5,000

• Closing Date: January 12, 2024

• Description: Scholarships are open to students who are enrolled full-time in a Pharm.D program or a Baccalaureate degree program and have completed at least one year of the degree program in an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy. Applicant must be nominated by a faculty member.

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• Varsity Tutors College Scholarship Contest

• Sponsor: Varsity Tutors

• Amount: $200

• Closing Date: January 15, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 16 years of age or older. Applicant must submit an essay on the prompt, “What is the biggest contribution that you have made to your community?”

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• Charles R. Kendall Scholarship

• Sponsor: Hawaii Government Employees Association

• Amount: Varies

• Closing Date: January 16, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to members and their dependents who are attending or plan to attend on a full-time basis a university, college, community college, vocational or trade school, or pursue other post-high school study.

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• CIC/Anna Chennault Scholarship

• Sponsor: Asian American Journalists Association

• Amount: $5,000

• Closing Date: January 16, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who have been accepted to a U.S. college or currently enrolled college students. Applicant must be committed to AAJA’s mission and candidates will be judged on the basis of academic achievement, demonstrated journalistic ability, commitment to the field of journalism and/or sensitivity to Asian American and Pacific Islander issues.

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• Mary Quon Moy Ing Memorial Scholarship

• Sponsor: Asian American Journalists Association

• Amount: Up to $2,000

• Closing Date: January 16, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to currently enrolled college students and graduating high school seniors who are pursuing journalism as a career. Applicant must demonstrate journalistic ability, financial need, commitment to the field of journalism and/or sensitivity to Asian American/Pacific Islander issues.

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• NPPF Scholarship

• Sponsor: National Press Photographers Foundation

• Amount: $2,000

• Closing Date: January 16, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to students who are currently enrolled in an accredited four-year college or university in the U.S. or Canada or have been accepted at a four-year institution. Applicant must provide evidence for an aptitude for photojournalism as well as academic ability and financial need.

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• Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards

• Sponsor: Penguin Random House | We Need Diverse Books

• Amount: $10,000

• Closing Date: January 16, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors at public high schools in the United States. Applicant must submit one original literary composition in English in one of the following genres of poetry, spoken word, fiction/drama, personal essay/memoir, or book bans prompt. Only the first 1000 applications will be accepted.

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• Russell K. Okata Scholarship

• Sponsor: Hawaii Government Employees Association

• Amount: Varies

• Closing Date: January 16, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to members and their dependents who are attending or plan to attend a community or vocational, trade or other post-high school study on a full-time basis.

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• Vincent Chin Memorial Scholarship

• Sponsor: Asian American Journalists Association

• Amount: $1,500

• Closing Date: January 16, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to current student journalist. Applicant must write about the legacy of Vincent Chin in essay form.

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• White House Correspondents’ Association Scholarship

• Sponsor: Asian American Journalists Association

• Amount: $2,000

• Closing Date: January 16, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to AAJA student members who are current college students enrolled in an accredited U.S college or university.

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• AMA Foundation Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship

• Sponsor: American Sleep Medicine Foundation & American Medical Association (AMA)

• Amount: $10,000

• Closing Date: January 17, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to medical school students who are in their last year of school.

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• Mamie Earl Sells Scholarship

• Sponsor: YWCA of Greater Cincinnati

• Amount: $1,000

• Closing Date: January 17, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to African American female students who are graduating high school seniors, have at least a 3.0 GPA, is in the top 1/3 of her class, and attend school in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area.

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• DEWALT Trades Scholarship

• Sponsor: Stanley Black & Decker

• Amount: $5,000

• Closing Date: January 17, 2024 or when 1000 applications have been received

• Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students who are/will be majoring in a trade construction, industrial, motor/power sector, mechanics, or technology degree/certificate.

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• Catherine W. Pierce Scholarship

• Sponsor: UNCF

• Amount: Up to $3,400

• Closing Date: January 18, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who are pursing a degree in an Art, Art History and other eligible majors.

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• Coolidge Scholarship

• Sponsor: The Coolidge

• Amount: Tuition, room and board, and expenses for four years of undergraduate study

• Closing Date: January 18, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are high school juniors and will enroll full-time at an accredited U.S. college or university as an undergraduate for the first time in fall 2024.

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• C-SPAN’s StudentCam Documentary Competition

• Sponsor: C-SPAN

• Amount: Varies

• Closing Date: January 19, 2024

• Description: Competition is open to students in grades 6-12. Student must create a short documentary video on the following theme: Looking Forward while Considering the Past.”

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• Diversity Advancement Scholarship

• Sponsor: Architects Foundation

• Amount: Up to $20,000

• Closing Date: January 19, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to high school and undergraduate minority students who are entering, enrolled in, or transferring into a NAAB-accredited undergraduate architecture program.

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• Haffizulla Family Scholarship

• Sponsor: American Medical Women’s Association

• Amount: $1,000

• Closing Date: January 19, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to students who have been actively involved in the student division of AMWA for at least two years and remain in good standing with AMWA.

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• Orange Scholars Program

• Sponsor: The Homer Fund

• Amount: $2,500

• Closing Date: January 19, 2024

• Description: Scholars program is open to high school seniors and current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Applicant must be a dependent of an hourly associate of The Home Depot or its subsidiaries to be eligible for the program.

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• Payette Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Academic Scholarship

• Sponsor: The American Institute of Architects

• Amount: $10,000

• Closing Date: January 19, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to women studying architecture within a NAAB accredited bachelor or master’s degree program. Applicant must be entering at least their third year of undergraduate or any level of graduate study.

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• Innovation in Education Scholarship

• Sponsor: LaTutors

• Amount: $500

• Closing Date: January 20, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in high school or college within the United States with at least 3.0 GPA. Applicant must be a citizen of, permanent resident, or hold a valid student visa in the United States or Canada. Applicant must have designed an innovative project that makes a difference in the lives of others and submit an essay describing the goal of the particular project and provide supporting documentation.

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• Legacy Scholarship Program

• Sponsor: Army Women’s Foundation

• Amount: Up to $3,000

• Closing Date: January 21, 2024

• Description: Scholarships are open to women who have served or are serving honorably in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, Army National Guard or the child of a woman who served honorably in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve or Army National Guard. Applicant must a current community college or certificate student with at least a 2.5 GPA or a current undergraduate or graduate student with at least a 3.0 GPA.

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• NFBPA Scholarship Program

• Sponsor: National Forum for Black Public Administrators

• Amount: Up to $10,000

• Closing Date: January 22, 2024

• Description: Scholarship program is designed to recognized African-American and minority students who are currently enrolled full-time at a traditional four-year college or university, preferably a HBCU, and exemplify outstanding scholarship and leadership.

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• Edison Scholars Program

• Sponsor: Edison International

• Amount: Up to $12,500 per year, totaling $50,000 over four years

• Closing Date: January 23, 2024

• Description: Scholars program is open to high school seniors planning to pursue science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) at a four-year college or university on a full-time basis. Applicant must also have at least a 3.0 GPA and live in the Southern California Edison service territory.

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• QCESC Scholarship

• Sponsor: The Quad City Engineering and Science Council

• Amount: Varies

• Closing Date: January 23, 2024

• Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors who plan on studying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) at an accredited college or university. Applicant must be a Quad City area resident in the Illinois Counties of Carroll, Henry, Knox, Lee, Mercer, Rock Island, or Whiteside, or in the Iowa Counties of Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, or Louisa.

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• Amtrak Academic Scholarships

• Sponsor: Amtrak

• Amount: Up to $5,000

• Closing Date: January 24, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current undergraduate and graduate students with at least a 2.8 GPA. There are a total of 11 scholarships with specific requirements. There are scholarships open to the following majors: Business, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Science. There are also scholarships open to students who are African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx,, Native American, or Asian/Pacific Islander.

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• AMS Graduate Fellowships

• Sponsor: American Meteorological Society

• Amount: Varies

• Closing Date: January 25, 2024

• Description: Fellowship is open to students entering their first year of graduate school in the fall of 2024 who are pursuing a degree in atmospheric or related sciences. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or hold permanent resident status and have at least a 3.0 GPA.

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• Bev Sellers Memorial Scholarships

• Sponsor: Young Singers Foundation

• Amount: Varies

• Closing Date: January 25, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to young women involved in the barbershop art form, to assist in the furtherance of their music education. Applicant must be an undergraduate student studying music education or vocal pedagogy.

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• Duke Award

• Sponsor: Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation

• Amount: Up to $15,000

• Closing Date: January 25, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to outstanding Hawaiian high school seniors who exemplify the character and personality traits of Duke Kahanamoku. Applicant must be nominated by a school or athletic official.

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• ACEC California Scholarship

• Sponsor: American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) California

• Amount: Up to $8,000

• Closing Date: January 26, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to California undergraduate (junior or senior status) and graduate students who will be enrolled in an engineering or land-surveying curriculum approved by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) during the Fall of 2024.

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• Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program

• Sponsor: Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program

• Amount: Up to $7,500 per semester

• Closing Date: January 26, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.

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• Professional BusinessWomen of California Scholarships

• Sponsor: Professional BusinessWomen of California (PBWC)

• Amount: Varies

• Closing Date: January 26, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to women who are high school seniors in California. Applicant must submit a completed application, three letters of recommendation, and a personal essay related to leadership.

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• Truman D. Picard Scholarship

• Sponsor: Intertribal Timber Council

• Amount: Up to $2,500

• Closing Date: January 26, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students who are Native American and pursuing a higher education in Natural Resources.

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• Safe Jobs for Youth Month Poster Contest

• Sponsor: YoungWorkers.org

• Amount: Up to $300

• Closing Date: January 27, 2024

• Description: Contest is open to California teens between the ages of 14 and 18 years old. Contestant must create a poster focusing on workplace health safety as it relates to teens.

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• Latino Scholarship Program

• Sponsor: The Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber

• Amount: Varies

• Closing Date: January 28, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate and graduate students who are of Hispanic ancestry and are permanently residing in Oregon or Clark County, Washington.

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• Technology Addiction Awareness Scholarship

• Sponsor: Digital Responsibility

• Amount: $1,000

• Closing Date: January 30, 2024

• Description: Scholarship is open to current high school and college students. Applicant must submit a short statement about technology addiction.

February 2024

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2/3

John Lennon Scholarships

$20,000

2/6

McDonald’s HACER Scholarship

$100,000

2/14

Davidson Fellows Scholarship

$50,000

2/16

HBCU Week x NFL Scholarship

$10,000

March 2024

3/4

Doodle for Google Scholarship

$30,000

3/12

Adobe Design Circles Scholarship

$100,000

3/15

911 Promise Scholarship

$15,000

3/17

Women in Cyber Scholarship

$10,000

April 2024

4/11

Girl Up STEM Scholarship

$10,000

4/15

Gloria Barron Prize

$10,000

4/15

Exceptional Youth Scholarship

$10,000

4/15

Latino Actuaries Scholarship

$10,000

May 2024

5/1

The Paradigm Challenge

$100,000

5/1

Earl Warren Scholarship

$45,000

5/1

Victoria Soto Memorial Scholarship

$48,000

5/27

Print & Graphics Scholarship

$20,000

June 2024

6/1

Cure Cancer Support Scholarship

$5,000

6/7

Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest

$10,000

6/15

ConnectHER Film Festival

$5,000

6/30

Phoenix Capital Group Scholarship

$15,000

Click here for East Texas Scholarships East Texas Scholarships 

NDHS FAFSA NIGHT February 12 5:30-7:30 pm . Kilgore College Reps will be here to assist. Parents must create FAFSA ID Before Meeting here for info 

Scholarships for the 2023-2024 School Year

Scholarships will be listed as they become available as soon as the school year begins.

All scholarship information is located on Blalock's BulLETIN BOard 

All scholarship applications are paper applications that are available to seniors unless noted as an online application only.  

Additional Scholarship Resources:

• https://pages.collegeboard.org/scholarship-opportunities-from-collegeboard(opens external link in new window)

• ://comptroller.texas.gov/programs/education/msp/funding/aid/faidalpha.php(opens external link in new window)

• https://www.collegegreenlight.com(opens external link in new window)

• https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/training/find-scholarships.aspx(opens external link in new window)

• https://www.cappex.com/scholarships

• www.fastweb.com

• www.bigfuture.collegeboard.com

General Scholarships

Hope Pierce Tartt Scholarship, P. O. Box 1964, Marshall, Texas 75671

Students must be U. S. citizens and have resided in Gregg, Harrison, Mario, Panola, or Upshur Counties for 24 months. Residence is determined as of September 1 of the school year. Applications must be made through the Financial Aid Office of the school of your choice. Participating schools must be non-tax supported colleges or universities in Texas or Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Grants of up to $5,000 are awarded for each year of attendance not to exceed four years. An applicant must be a full-time student and demonstrate financial need. The student is eligible when the combined adjusted gross income for all family members supporting one or more college students does not exceed $160,000.

Terry Foundation Scholarships

The Terry Freshman Scholarship, known as the Terry Traditional Scholarship, is awarded to Texas high school seniors who have been accepted for admission to one of the Terry-affiliated public universities in Texas.  They are:  The University of Texas at Austin; Texas A&M University; University of Houston; Texas State University; The University of Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas Tech University; University of North Texas; Texas Woman's University; The University of Texas at Arlington; The University of Texas at El Paso.

Applicants must demonstrate strong academic abilities as evidence by grades and SAT/ACT scores, have a record of leadership in school and in the community, demonstrate financial need as evidenced by the completion of the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)/  Applicants must be high school graduates and must be admitted to a Terry-affiliated college or university as a full-time entering freshman for the upcoming fall semester.  Applicants must apply and commit to residing on campus for the first year of school.  Applicants must be nominated by one of the Terry-affiliated Texas public universities listed.

For more information, go to https://terryfoundation.org/future-scholars/freshman-scholarship/

National Scholarships: March/April click here