National Scholarships
Deadlines are specific to the 13 Terry affiliated universities, please see college websites.
Farm Bureau TSTC Texan Success Scholarship
Deadline: ongoing
Sponsored by the TExas Farm Bureau, this scholarship is for students attending Texas State Technical College (TSTC). Seventy $1000 scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first serve basis through the Texas Success Scholarship. Applicant must be (or their parent) a member of a Texas Farm Bureau family and be in good standing.
Another $20,000 is available through the TSTC Helping Hands Fund, which is meant to help students with unexpected costs that do not qualify for academic financial aid.
For more information on TSTC scholarships, visit tstc.edu/admissions/financial-aid/scholarships.
Altruism + All Good Deeds Scholarship
Deadline: May 31, 2025
Awarded through the National Parent Volunteer Association. Award Amount: $1000. Students must have a GPA of 2.5 or better and participate in volunteer work/community service. Must submit an essay describing a good deed that you have done.
Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Awarded through the National Parent Volunteer Association. Award Amount: $1000. Students must have a GPA of 2.5 or better. Must submit an essay describing how you have shown acts of kindness.
Texas Leadership Scholars Program
Deadline: Feb 15, 2025
Deadline: Feb 1, 2025
Eligible students must have participated in a sport for at least 3 years, have maintained a GPA of 3.0 or higher, must align with the GetTo motto and philosophy as identified by the athletic director, should be community involved, donate time to charities or causes and demonstrate leadership capabilities. Students must receive nomination from high school athletic director or school administrator.
Deadline: Jan 9, 2025
Students who are members of the FFA can apply for multiple FFA scholarships through this one application. Opportunities for scholarships through Ford, Bayer Fund "Grow Ag Leaders", TSC Tractor Supply, Darling Ingredients, Farm Credit, Firestone, Dominos and many more.
Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: January 9, 2025
Generous four year scholarships and support services to highly motivated minority students with financial need to ensure their success and develop their leadership potential.
Ray Stoesser Memorial Scholarship
Administered by the US Rice Producers Association
Deadline: December 6, 2024
$5000 scholarship for one high school senior or current college student who is interested in pursuing a career in an agricultural field. The selected recipient also will serve as a student ambassador for USRPA in 2025.
Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest and Scholarship
Adminstered through the East Fork-Trinity Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution in Rockwall.
Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
List of scholarships offered through SAR
Contact information and deadline
The contest is open to all high school students, boys and girls, grades 9-12. At the state level first place receives a $2500 scholarship; 2nd - $750; 3rd place - $500; 4th place - $300; 5th and 6th places $150 each. The top state winners will compete at the National S.A.R. convention for a chance to win a $6000 scholarship; 2nd - $4000; and 3rd - $2000; with places 4-6 receiving $500 each.
Participants must write an original oration of not less than five minutes, or more than six minutes. The oration must be delivered from memory and without the use of notes or any kind of props. "The subject of the oration shall deal with an event, a personality, or a document pertaining to the Revolutionary War with an emphasis on our nation’s 250th anniversary celebration. It is essential that each oration show the relationship it bears to America today. Evidence of historical research and creative presentation are also important. The oration will be judged based upon its composition, delivery, significance, historical accuracy and relevance to our 250th anniversary." Note: there is a slight discrepancy regarding the subject of the oration between the national and Texas state websites. The national website is correct and has been stated in quotations above. The state site will be corrected.
Students could potentially earn up to $8500 in scholarships at the chapter, state and national levels. The Texas S.A.R. president encourages students to take their written orations and submit them to the S.A.R. essay contest for an additional scholarship opportunity.
Students must email completed application and written oration to Jason Gray at bbear9505@yahoo.com as well as copy the state chair, Larry Luby at oration@txssar.org
National oration contest as well as a video of this year's national winner. https://www.sar.org/joseph-s-
The state SAR site for more information about the oration contest. https://www.txssar.org/
Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship
Deadline: Dec 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM (Eastern Time)
This scholarship awards 400 high school seniors with college scholarships up to $40,000, internships opportunities at Amazon and more! Eligible students are seeking to continue their education in computer sicence or engineering education.
Equitable Excellence Scholarship
Deadline: Dec 18, 2024
This scholarship seeks to award scholarships up to $20,000 to students who demonstrate ambition and self-drive to be a force for good in their communities. Students must have a mininum GPA of 2.5.
Deadline: December 15, 2024
This scholarship awards scholarships from $1000 to $60,000. Eligible students must have a GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale and plan to enroll in an accredited 2 or 4 year collge univeristy or technical school. Additional scholarships are also available to employees or dependent children of employees.
Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
This scholarship honors the legacy of Ronald H. Brown through a selective scholarship program that advances higher education for community-minded and intellectually gifted African American students. This scholarship awards 20-25 four year $40,000 scholarships to the most talented and econimcally challenged studetns who demonstrate a keen interest in public service, community engagement, business entrepreneurship and golba citizenship.
Ted & Holly Rollins Scholarship
Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
This scholarship seeks to award students based on the most compelling stories - regarding their life story, their intended fiend of study, career and how they will make an impact on the world. Given in memory of Ted Rollins, a visionary, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and accomplished musician who had a vision to give deserving high school seniors a helping hand toward their college tuition.
Deadline: Nov 30, 2024
Awarded by Designli. This scholarship seeks to award a $3000 scholarship to a female high school, college, or graduate student from the U.S. interested in technology and entrepreneurship.
Deadline: Nov 30, 2024
Awarded through National Parent Volunteer Association. Award amount: $1000. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 and submit the best 250 word personal statment responding to the prompt: Describe why education is important to you."
National Honor Society (NHS) Scholarship
Deadline: Nov 26, 2024
Awarded through the National Honor Society National Organization. Eligible students must be an active member in good standing of a NHS chapter and pursuing a degree at an accredited US College or University.
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Scholarship
Deadline: Nov 15, 2024
Awards up to $25,000! Open for Hispanic/Latino students pursuing careers in Agirbusiness, Agriculture, Food Science/Nutiition, Horticulture/Floriculture, Natural Resources, Enviornmental Science, Paper and Pulp Enigneering and Architecture. Minimum GPA 2.5.
Elks Foundation Most Valuable Student National Scholarship
Deadline: Nov 12, 2024
Deadline: Sept 30, 2024 at 5 PM ET
Questbridge College Match Program
Deadline: Sept 26, 2024
Search Engines and Scholarship Programs
- American Indian College Fund – Provides Native American students with scholarships and financial support for the nation’s 33 accredited tribal colleges and universities.
- American Indian Graduate Center & AIGCS - The largest scholarship providers to Native students in the United States, awarding $15 million in scholarships annually and more than $200 million since inception. For almost 50 years, AIGC has funded students pursing undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in any field of study at any accredited institution of choice, working with over 500 tribes in all 50 states.
- Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund – The nation’s largest non-profit organization devoted to providing college scholarships for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI).
- Appily – A free website where you can learn which colleges want you, before you apply and learn about more than $11 billion in merit aid scholarships.
- CashCourse – Information that helps college students stay financially informed.
- Chegg – A place to connect with scholarships and learn about colleges.
- The College Board Opportunity Scholarships - The program guides juniors and seniors through the college planning process and offers the chance to earn scholarships, from $500 to $40,000, for every action that students complete.
- Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation – Educational and scholarship opportunities for students of all levels.
- Dell Scholars Program – Recognizes academic potential and determination in students that have a definite need for financial assistance.
- Fastweb – Create a profile and let fastweb do the research on scholarships, internships colleges and more for you.
- Going Merry - A free, one-stop scholarships platform. It matches you with scholarships and then helps you apply directly. It has both local and national scholarships and you can bulk-apply for multiple scholarships, which share similar essay prompts, using one application.
- Goizueta Legacy Scholarship - Provides scholarships for the children of Coca-Cola employees.
- HS Finder (Hispanic Scholarship Fund) – Scholarship information for Latino students.
- Jack Kent Cooke Foundation - A national scholarship provider dedicated to advancing the education of promising students who have financial need. Open to high-achieving high school seniors who seek to attend and graduate from some of the nation's best four-year college and universities.
- KnowHow2GO – Complete information on college prep, whether in middle school or seniors.
- The NSHSS Foundation - The NSHSS Foundation fosters the growth of students pursuing the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math), business, economics, public policy, and environmental science and sustainability fields. The NSHSS Foundation connects young scholars with additional opportunities to advance their education, personal growth and career interests.
- Peerlift - Proven scholarships, internships, summer programs, and more gathered by fellow students like you. (Founded by a team of 2017 Coca-Cola Scholars!) Learn more about the creation of Peerlift.
- Reagan Foundation Scholarships - Scholarship opportunities for outstanding student leaders.
- Scholar Snapp - A free, simple to use data standard that allows students to reuse their application information - including contact information, essays, transcripts, etc. - from one scholarship application to another thereby streamlining the college scholarship application process.
- Scholarships.com– A free college scholarship search and financial aid information.
- Scholarship America – Provides information and resources for your scholarship search.
- Scholly – A mobile app that provides students with a fast and simple way to find scholarships for college. (Created by Christopher Gray, a Coca-Cola Scholar!)
- Thurgood Marshall College Fund – Provides scholarships, programmatic and capacity building support to the 47 public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
- UNCF – Awards 10,000 students each year through 400 scholarship and internship programs so that students from low- and moderate-income families can afford college tuition, books and room and board.