Scholarships

👉Advice:  Start looking before senior year starts; there are some scholarships with deadlines in September and October.

• New Haven Public School Scholarship Database - this database is updated by New Haven school counselors.  

• New Haven Promise  and the Pennington Fellowship for HBCU's (apply through the New Haven Promise)

• New Haven Scholarship Fund - March 15th  Deadline

• 101 College Street Community Scholarship - high school seniors who live in the Hill, Downtown or Dwight neighborhood, are planning to go to Gateway or Southern and are pursuing bio-science related coursework.

• CHET Scholarship - CT scholarship open to students grades K-12 - November 1st deadline

• U Conn Merit Scholarships   - November 1st deadline

•  New Haven Club Scholarship - February 24th deadline 

• South Central Area Superintendents' Association (SCASA) Memorial Scholarship Award - March 1st Deadline

• YNHH Minority Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship - March 3rd Deadline

• CT Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (CALAS)  - March 15th Deadline

• YNHH Auxiliary Scholarship for Health-Care Related Careers - March 15th Deadline

• Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. New Haven Alumnae Chapter Scholarship - March 18th Deadline

• New Haven Pearls of Excellence Foundation and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter Four-Year Scholarship - March 28th Deadline

• Amity Charitable Trust Fund Scholarship - March 31st Deadline

• 2024 Workers' Memorial Day Scholarship Essay Contest - April 1st Deadline

• Greater New Haven NAACP Scholarship - April 12th Deadline

• CT Water Environment Association Scholarship Award Program 2024  - April 12th Deadline

• NHFT Scholarship Application - May 17th @ 3pm Deadline

Scholarship will be awarded to NHPS graduating seniors with plans to continue with their post-secondary education are invited to

apply. Post-secondary plans can include vocational/technical school, community college, college,

and/or university.

• Sharon M. Clemons "Butterflies" Fund Scholarship Application  - May 17th Extended Deadline

The Sharon M. Clemons "Butterflies" Fund scholarship is a $5000 award designated for African American female students enrolled in New Haven Public Schools. Established in honor of Sharon M. Clemons, a devoted wife and mother of four daughters, this scholarship commemorates her commitment to education and celebrates her life. 

 Eligible candidates must be attending the following colleges/universities for the Fall 2024 semester.

•  Hampton University

• Tuskegee University

•  Spelman College

•  Smith College 

These are several good websites to search for scholarships.  Check out deadlines :

• United Negro College Fund  

• Scholarships.com 

• Fastweb.com 

• BigFuture.scholarships.org

For scholarships available to UNDOCUMENTED students:

• AACTUS  (Aid Application for CT Undocumented Students).  This is very important for getting grant money for CT state colleges.  You will need to complete an application for each state college you are applying to.  At Gateway, for example, if you get the maximum grant amount, it will pay for tuition and books!! 😄     

 READ FIRST 👉   Information on How to do the AACTUS      AACTUS application      AACTUS application (spanish)

• MALDEF Scholarship Resource Guide

• Top 10 Things Undocumented Students in CT Should Know About College

🛑BEWARE OF SCHOLARSHIP SCAMS - Don't ever pay a fee

If you have specific questions about scholarships or college visits, please reach out to your 

School Counselor.