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Nevada Scholarships

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WICHE Professional Student Exchange Program

  • Amount
    Varies
  • Deadline
    October 15, 2023

WICHE's Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) enables students in 10 Western states and the CNMI to enroll in selected out-of-state professional healthcare programs and pay reduced tuition. States typically fund students to enroll through PSEP if a professional healthcare program is not available at one of their in-state public institutions. The following professional degree studies are ... Read more

University of Alabama Out-of-State Merit Scholarships

  • Amount
    $112,000
  • Deadline
    November 1, 2023

The University of Alabama offers some of the most generous scholarship opportunities in the country for qualifying students. As a first-time freshman applicant, you must submit the following to be considered for admission to the university: an application for admission, and an official high school transcript. There is also an optional submission of official ACT or SAT test scores. To maximize ... Read more

Hagan Scholarship Foundation

  • Amount
    $60,000
  • Deadline
    December 1, 2023

The Hagan Scholarship is a nationwide need-based merit scholarship for high achieving rural students. These students must graduate from a public high school located in one of twenty-plus eligible states and in a county having fewer than 50,000 residents. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen and resident of an eligible state and must have attended as a junior and senior an eligible public high school ... Read more

Hannah Ostrea Memorial College Scholarship

  • Amount
    $1,000
  • Deadline
    December 1, 2023

The Hannah Ostrea Memorial College Scholarship was created to honor the memory of Little Miss Hannah Ostrea, who lost her battle with an ultra-rare genetic disorder, Gaucher Disease type 2/3, at the age of 3. She lived for only three short years, yet her beautiful smile, intoxicating charm, and her courageous fighting spirit forever captured the hearts of everyone who had the opportunity to get ... Read more

University of Minnesota National Scholarship

  • Amount
    $60,000
  • Deadline
    January 1, 2024

The University of Minnesota National Scholarship is for residents of any state, excluding Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Incoming freshmen are considered for these scholarships based on an overall assessment of the application for admission. Full consideration for academic scholarships is given to students who submit a complete application for freshman admission by either ... Read more

Built Ford Tough Scholarship

  • Amount
    $1,000
  • Deadline
    January 12, 2024

Through the National FFA Foundation, businesses and individuals support scholarships that are awarded to students with a wide variety of higher education plans and career goals. FFA provides scholarships that support all areas of agriculture, either in trade schools, certifications, or college. Scholarships support FFA high school seniors and collegiate members. Just one application is required ... Read more

InspirASIAN Scholarship Program

  • Amount
    $2,000
  • Deadline
    January 31, 2024

InspirASIAN makes a difference in our community by supporting graduating high school seniors with their college education through our scholarship awards. InspirASIAN awards national scholarships to students residing in any state with a participating local InspirASIAN chapter. All students who apply will be considered for the national scholarships awards. Students who are not awarded national ... Read more

Doyle Foundation, Inc. Scholarship

  • Amount
    Varies
  • Deadline
    February 1, 2024

Doyle Foundation Scholarships are for one year only. Applicants can be graduating high school seniors or any age beyond that. There is no income cap requirement; there is no minimum grade point average requirement. One may enroll in any field of study. Both need-based and merit scholarships are awarded. Scholarship amounts and awarded expenses vary. Not all applicants will receive a scholarship. ... Read more

Reno Rodeo Western Arts & Culture Scholarship

  • Amount
    $2,500
  • Deadline
    February 9, 2024

The purpose of the Reno Rodeo Foundation Western Arts & Culture Scholarship is to create further awareness and appreciation of western arts, culture and heritage in college-age Nevadans through recognition of outstanding potential, contributions and skill in the creative arts. Students interested in applying must submit a Reno Rodeo Foundation scholarship application plus an addendum, which ... Read more

Simon Youth Greg Saunders Legacy Scholarship Program

  • Amount
    $3,000
  • Deadline
    February 15, 2024

Each year, SYF awards up to $1 million in one-time and renewable Simon Youth Scholarships to high school students in every community that is home to a Simon Mall. Targeting first-generation college students and those with demonstrated financial need, the Simon Youth Scholarships program furthers the SYF commitment to extending educational opportunities to all students who want to learn, ... Read more

Sierra Nevada Chapter DAR Scholarship

  • Amount
    $2,000
  • Deadline
    February 15, 2024

The purpose of the Sierra Nevada Chapter DAR Scholarship is to provide a one-time scholarship to Nevada seniors graduating from the Washoe County School District. Each year, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) awards multiple scholarships to students showing dedication to the pursuit of higher education in diverse areas of study including history, economics, law, ... Read more

NCNSFPE Brady-Williamson Scholarship

  • Amount
    $2,500
  • Deadline
    February 28, 2024

The Northern California/Nevada Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) offers the Brady-Williamson scholarship to promote interest and public awareness of the science and practice of Fire Protection Engineering, and to encourage study for a career related to Fire Protection Engineering. Applicants must be permanent residents of the geographic area served by the NCN-SFPE ... Read more

TheDream.US National Scholarship

  • Amount
    $33,000
  • Deadline
    February 28, 2024

Dream.US thinks of their National Scholarship as the “Pell Grant” for highly motivated undocumented students with significant, unmet financial need. While they consider your GPA, a greater emphasis is placed on your demonstrated commitment to community service and your ability to overcome the barriers and challenges that undocumented students face each and every day.

Applications are open to ... Read more

Tall Clubs International Student Scholarships

  • Amount
    $1,000
  • Deadline
    March 1, 2024

Tall Clubs International Foundation awards annual scholarships to deserving High School Seniors in North America (United States and Canada only). TCI Foundation receives scholarship nominations from Tall Club International’s local member clubs and members-at-large across North America. From this pool of nominations, the recipients are selected to receive a $1000 scholarship award from Tall Clubs ... Read more

National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences - Pacific Southwest Chapter

  • Amount
    $5,000
  • Deadline
    March 31, 2024

To be eligible for the National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences - Pacific Southwest Chapter awards, applicants must: be a resident of the Pacific Southwest Chapter Area (San Diego, Las Vegas, Bakersfield, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria or Palm Springs); be enrolled in 9 units or more and graduate students enrolled in 6 units or more at two- or four-year colleges or ... Read more

Italian Catholic Federation First Year Scholarship

  • Amount
    $2,500
  • Deadline
    April 1, 2024

To apply, students must achieve a total cumulative GPA (3½ years) of at least 3.2 and meet one of the following: Are Roman Catholic and of Italian Descent and live within the Roman Catholic Dioceses of California, Illinois and Nevada, only where Branches of the Federation are established; or Are Roman Catholic but need not be of Italian Descent or live where Branches of the Federation are ... Read more

Tourette College scholarship

  • Amount
    $2,000
  • Deadline
    April 1, 2024

ScholasTIC Tourettes Scholarship is for students with Tourette's syndrome. Any prospective first-year college student or high school senior who resides in California, or Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state, and has Tourette's syndrome may apply for the scholarship. Qualifying students must also be qualified for admission to an accredited college (junior college or four-year ... Read more

APCF Royal Business Bank Scholarship

  • Amount
    $2,000
  • Deadline
    April 3, 2024

The Royal Business Bank Scholarship is for high school seniors who reside in the East Coast – (New York): New York County, Kings County, Queens County, and Richmond County; (New Jersey): Middlesex County; West Coast – (Southern California and Nevada): Los Angeles County, Orange County, Ventura County, and Clark County-Nevada; or the Midwest (Illinois) – Cook County; Hawaii-Honolulu County, Oahu ... Read more

APCF Cathay Bank Foundation Scholarship Program

  • Amount
    $1,000
  • Deadline
    April 3, 2024

Twenty $1,000 scholarships available for high school seniors planning to attend college as a full-time, degree-seeking student in the fall. Cathay Bank Foundation is committed to supporting youth residing in its business service territories to fulfill their dreams of obtaining a higher education. Applicants must be high school seniors who reside in California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, ... Read more

Joshua L. Anderson Memorial Foundation Scholarship

  • Amount
    $3,500
  • Deadline
    April 7, 2024

The Joshua L. Anderson Memorial Foundation was created in 1992 to award scholarships to deserving student/athlete graduates from high schools in Northern Nevada. Since inception 30 years ago, the Foundation has awarded three hundred and fifty three (353) scholarships to students from thirty three different Northern Nevada high schools. The Foundation expects to award 15 additional scholarships ... Read more

West Coast Equine Foundation Scholarship

  • Amount
    $5,000
  • Deadline
    April 7, 2024

The West Coast Equine Foundation is a non-profit organization working to advance the equine industry through scholarships and grants that support a variety of equine health and youth agricultural programs. The intention of this scholarship is to advocate for the educational opportunities of youth pursuing a career in an equine related field. Students will be selected based on their academic and ... Read more

Shared Energy Future Foundation Trades Scholarship

  • Amount
    $1,000
  • Deadline
    April 7, 2024

The Shared Energy Future Foundation now offers a range of scholarships to help the next generation of Western States students succeed and innovate in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as other disciplines related to energy. This year, we’ve allocated $20,000 in scholarship awards. Applicants must be incoming, first-year students with a minimum 2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

To ... Read more

Shared Energy Future Foundation STEM Scholarship

  • Amount
    $1,500
  • Deadline
    April 7, 2024

The Shared Energy Future Foundation now offers a range of scholarships to help the next generation of Western States students succeed and innovate in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as other disciplines related to energy. This year, we’ve allocated $20,000 in scholarship awards. Applicants must be incoming, first-year students with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

To ... Read more

7X24 Exchange Rocky Mountain Chapter Scholarship

  • Amount
    $3,000
  • Deadline
    April 14, 2024

The 7x24 Exchange Rocky Mountain Chapter is an educational forum bringing together organizations to promote a better understanding of design, execution, and management issues involved in achieving reliability within all facets of mission critical systems and operations. The 7x24 Exchange Rocky Mountain Chapter seeks to award a scholarship to a deserving student associated with the mission ... Read more

NCJWLA Richard V. Hotson Jr and Stephen L Teller Scholarship for LGBTQ+ Students

  • Amount
    Varies
  • Deadline
    April 15, 2024

Applicants for the Richard V. Hotson, Jr. and Stephen L. Teller Scholarship for LGBTQIA+ Students must identify as LGBTQIA+ and be enrolled in an accredited institution in Los Angeles area or at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In order to apply, students must: Currently be enrolled or accepted in Fall and planning to attend next Spring; Live and attend school in Los Angeles County or student ... Read more

Davis Memorial Foundation Scholarship

  • Amount
    $5,000
  • Deadline
    April 21, 2024

Applicants of the Davis Memorial Foundation Scholarship must be provisionally accepted as students into undergraduate or graduate degree programs for the coming academic year by accredited colleges, universities or vocational education programs, be residents of the states covered in the WSRCA service area including: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New ... Read more

CBC Spouses Essay Contest

  • Amount
    $2,000
  • Deadline
    April 26, 2024

Each year, qualified African-American and Black junior and senior high school students participate in the Essay Contest and Issue Forum. Students are presented with a topic that embodies some of our communities’ most pressing issues and are asked to write an essay to defend their research, analyses, and opinion. Submissions are judged by a special committee of CBC Spouses. Winners and their ... Read more

WGA Celebrate The West High School Art Competition

  • Amount
    $1,700
  • Deadline
    April 30, 2024

Students must be in a school in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. WGA's panel of art experts will select one finalist from each state and territory. State Winners will receive $200 and compete for overall First ... Read more

AISES Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Foundation Scholarship

  • Amount
    $10,000
  • Deadline
    May 31, 2024

BNSF is a critical link that connects consumers with the global marketplace. For more than 160 years, BNSF has played a vital role in building and sustaining this nation's economy. The AISES Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Foundation Scholarship is made available to American Indian high school seniors with a 3.0 GPA or higher who reside in one of the 23 states serviced by the Burlington ... Read more

WICHE Western Undergraduate Exchange

  • Amount
    Varies
  • Deadline
    Varies

The Western Undergraduate Exchange is a regional tuition-discount agreement administered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). WUE enables students from one of 16 WICHE states and territories in the Western U.S. to enroll as nonresidents in 160+ participating public colleges and universities and pay 150 percent (or less) of the enrolling school’s resident tuition. ... Read more

Boise State WUE Award

  • Amount
    $58,288
  • Deadline
    Varies

Students must be admitted to Boise State as degree-seeking to be considered for scholarships. By completing the admissions application and meeting the criteria listed below, you will automatically be considered for the WUE scholarships without an additional application. Scholarship recipients are notified through their admission letter. Scholarships will be made visible in the Student Center ... Read more

Western Undergraduate Exchange Plus at University of New Mexico

  • Amount
    $65,160
  • Deadline
    Varies

If you've worked hard at your high school, you'll be glad to know that The University of New Mexico is paying attention. You will find several scholarships opportunities. Scholarships are merit-based, competitive and a limited number are available. To be considered you must meet the criteria for consideration, be admitted by the Application Deadline and complete any application materials noted. ... Read more

University of New Mexico WUE Scholarship

  • Amount
    $43,504
  • Deadline
    Varies

If you've worked hard at your high school, you'll be glad to know that The University of New Mexico is paying attention. You will find several scholarships opportunities. Scholarships are merit-based, competitive and a limited number are available. To be considered you must meet the criteria for consideration, be admitted by the Application Deadline and complete any application materials noted. ... Read more

Stewardship Scholarship Essay Contest

  • Amount
    $1,000
  • Deadline
    Varies

The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) is excited to announce our Stewardship Scholarship Essay Contest for BIPOC students in all areas of study. Students are invited to write a 750-1250 word essay on the topic of Land Stewardship or Trust in the More-Than-Human World for a chance to win a cash scholarship for your educational endeavors. One grand prize scholar will be awarded $1000 for ... Read more

Last Reviewed: September 2023