Video Contest Scholarships

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• Against The Grain Groundbreaker Leadership Scholarship

• Amount$1,500
• DeadlineMay 31, 2025

The Against The Grain Groundbreaker Leadership Scholarship provides financial assistance and promotion of Asian American college seniors and graduate students who have exhibited exemplary leadership, vision, and passion that is blazing a trail for others to follow and changing lives in the Asian American community. To be eligible, applicants must: be of at least 25% Asian and/or Pacific Islander

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• FMAA Scholarship Program

• Amount$2,000
• DeadlineJune 14, 2025

The FMAA Scholarship Program is an annual program offering college scholarships to graduating high school seniors who have thoughtfully and creatively shared what the American flag means to them through original videos. The FMAA Scholarship Program gives high school seniors an opportunity to express their feelings regarding the flag and their own views on patriotism, as well as raising awareness

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• The James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photojournalists

• Amount$2,500
• DeadlineNovember 15, 2025

In honor of the late James Alan Cox, a trailblazing television photojournalist, the James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photojournalists is committed to supporting the next generation of visual storytellers. This foundation, founded to celebrate Jim Cox's legacy, recognizes the power of storytelling through the lens and provides financial aid to high school and college student

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• Microsoft Imagine Cup

• Amount$100,000
• DeadlineJanuary 22, 2026

The Imagine Cup is more than just a competition—it's a transformative experience designed to help student founders turn their innovative ideas into reality. Participants receive access to cutting-edge technology, expert mentorship, and the opportunity for global recognition and prizes that can accelerate the growth of their startup or project. Scholarship Details Opportunity to receive

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• National AG Day Essay Contest

• Amount$1,500
• DeadlineFebruary 7, 2026

Students across the country are invited to enter the National Ag Day essay and video contest, sponsored by the Agriculture Council of America. This year’s theme is, “American Agriculture: Growing a Climate for Tomorrow?” National Ag Day’s objective is to celebrate agriculture and to help consumers better understand how farmers and the companies serving them produce abundant, healthy, nutritious,

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• Tupelo Elvis Fan Club Scholarship

• Amount$5,000
• DeadlineFebruary 14, 2026

The Tupelo Elvis Fan Club Scholarship is open to all graduating Mississippi high school seniors. You must be a resident of Mississippi, be enrolled as a senior at a Mississippi high school and be graduating the year the scholarship is awarded. You must sing, dance, or play a musical instrument and submit a performance video for review by the selection committee by uploading to YouTube (do not

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• CBC Spouses Visual Arts Scholarship

• Amount$5,000
• DeadlineMarch 15, 2026

The CBC Spouses Visual Arts Scholarship supports full-time Black scholars pursuing degrees in visual arts fields such as architecture, ceramics, drawing, fashion, graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, video production, and other decorative arts. This scholarship aims to empower talented individuals to achieve their academic and professional goals in visual arts. Scholarship

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• Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference

• Amount$1,000
• DeadlineMarch 23, 2026

The annual Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference program targets rising high school seniors who are interested in pursuing a career in journalism and who demonstrate qualities of "free spirit". You must be available to attend the all-expenses-paid conference in Washington, D.C., in June. Students must fill out an application, and will be notified by mid-May if they are selected.

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• Coloradans for Nebraska Scholarship

• Amount$2,000
• DeadlineMarch 24, 2026

Are you a Colorado High School graduate planning to attend the University of Nebraska? Great news! The CO4NU scholarship could be your ticket to financial assistance. Read on to learn more about this opportunity. Scholarships are available for both incoming freshmen and returning students. Application Period: Every year, typically in January or February, we post the CO4NU scholarship

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• Project Yellow Light Hunter Garner Scholarship

• Amount$8,000
• DeadlineApril 1, 2026

Project Yellow Light is a scholarship competition designed to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving, especially the use of phones while driving. This scholarship encourages students to create impactful PSAs (Public Service Announcements) to discourage distracted driving and promote road safety. Winning entries can have a meaningful impact on improving driving habits and saving

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• Jack G. Shaheen Mass Communications Scholarship Award

• Amount$5,000
• DeadlineApril 12, 2026

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is offering scholarships for Arab-American undergraduates who excel in media studies. Undergraduate juniors and seniors, as well as graduate students majoring in journalism, radio, television, and/or film are eligible to apply. For those interested in applying, please submit the following: a one-page statement explaining why you merit the

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• Connecticut SPJ Foundation College Scholarship

• Amount$2,500
• DeadlineApril 13, 2026

To apply for a scholarship, students must start their junior or senior year in the upcoming Fall and be enrolled at an accredited university in Connecticut or be a Connecticut resident enrolled in an accredited university in any state or country studying journalism. Winner’s checks will be made out to student’s account, care of their school or bursar’s office. Scholarship Details Available

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• MD & DC Credit Union College Scholarship

• Amount$2,000
• DeadlineApril 15, 2026

College-bound members are eligible to apply for one of ten $1,000 essay-based scholarships – one $1,000 video-based scholarship; and one $1,000 photo-based scholarship. And, yes, you may apply in all three categories! College or trade school-bound members of any credit union based in Maryland or D.C. or affiliated with the MD|DC Credit Union Association are eligible. Deadline for

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• Road to Safety Scholarship

• Amount$1,000
• DeadlineApril 15, 2026

Enter Metzger Wickersham’s Road to Safety Scholarship Contest by submitting a creative project that educates people about the perils of dangerous driving. In your own creative way, tell us how teens can drive with safety in mind, all the time. Metzger Wickersham’s Road to Safety Scholarship Contest is open to graduating, college-bound high school seniors in Pennsylvania. Students may submit no