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Sachs Marketing Group Scholarship
Deadline: December 15, 2022
Summary: Applicant must be currently enrolled. Requires online application and essay. One $1,000 scholarship.
Application: Visit Sachs Marketing Group General Marketing Education Scholarship
Addictions Scholarship
Deadline: December 16, 2022
Summary: Applicant must be a U.S. citizen who is enrolled in a post-secondary institution. Requires an online submission and an essay about the dangers associated with substance abuse and addiction. Multiple scholarships awarded.
Application: Visit Addictions.com Fall 2022 Scholarship Contest
The 2022 Daniel Kim Scholarship
Deadline: December 31, 2022
Summary: Applicant must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Requires one $1,200-word essay. One $5,000 scholarship.
Application: Visit The 2022 Law Offices of Daniel Kim Scholarship
Atlanta Innovative Medicine Scholarship
Deadline: December 31, 2022
Summary: Applicant must be at least 18 and have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Requires a 1,200-word essay. One $1,500 scholarship.
Application: Visit Atlanta Innovative Medicine Annual Scholarship Opportunity
Electric Member Cooperative Scholarship Program
Deadline: February 10, 2023
Summary: Requires an online submission and an essay about what challenges face rural electric cooperatives in the coming years and how you think these challenges should be addressed. One $1,000 and one $500 scholarship.
Application: Visit Northern Electric Cooperative Member Cooperative Scholarships
Witzelben Scholarship
Deadline: April 1 each year
Summary: Applicant must be a high school graduate residing on the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota and North Dakota. The applicant will need to reflect personal integrity, individual character, and demonstrate an interest in humanitarian issues. Requires a brief essay, a copy of their high school transcript, and two reference letters. One must be from a teacher. One $1,000 scholarship.
Gerash Steiner Blanton P.C. 2022 Undergraduate Scholarship
Deadline: June 1, 2023
Summary: Applicants must be in an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university. Must be a legal resident of the U.S. Requires one 500-word essay about why you think something that is currently legal should be illegal. One $1,000 scholarship.
Application: Visit Gerash, Steiner, Blanton P.C. 2022 Undergraduate Scholarship
Berger and Green Heart Disease Scholarship
Deadline: June 15, 2023
Summary: Applicant must be in an undergraduate or graduate program (men and women living with heart disease) with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Requires one 500- to 1,000-word essay. One $1,000 scholarship
Application: Visit Berger and Green Attorneys at Law Heart Disease Scholarship
Completing the Dream Gap Scholarship
Summary: Applicant must be a U.S. citizen who is enrolled in a post-secondary institution with a GPA of 2.75 or higher. Applicants also must be in good academic standing but at risk of not returning to or graduating/ completing due to an outstanding financial need, and/or emergency situation that leads to a financial aid crisis. Requires a two-minute video statement explaining how education will benefit you, your family, and the community. Recipients are awarded $2,500.
Application: Visit The Thurgood Marshall College Fund-The Sallie Mae Fund Completing the Dream Gap Scholarship
SDSWMA Scholarship
Summary: Applicant must be a South Dakota resident planning to pursue a career that supports protection and enhancement of our natural resources and environment, the solid waste industry and/or related fields. Requires three letters of reference and a cover letter that contains required material.
Application: visit SDSWMA Scholarship Program
Citizens Scholarship
Summary: Applicant must be in an undergraduate or graduate program. Requires an online submission. $2,500 scholarship each month.
Application: Visit Citizens Scholarship
College Ave Scholarship
Deadline: None
Summary: Entrants can win a $1,000 College Ave Student Loans scholarship. One winner each month. Applicants may apply monthly.
Application: Visit College Ave Student Loans Scholarship Monthly Sweepstakes
Howard Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: The 2022-2023 application cycle for the Howard Memorial Scholarship has closed.
Summary: Applicants for the Howard Memorial Scholarship must be residents of Brown County OR plan to attend Northern State University regardless of where they live. Requires application, page one of the federal income tax return, and a transcript. Scholarships up to $3,000 available.
Application: New applications will be available early 2023.
South Dakota Board of Regents Scholarships
South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship
Deadline: See website
Summary: Applicants must be South Dakota students who attended an eligible higher education institution in South Dakota. Requires composite ACT score of 24 or higher, a cumulative GPA of 3.0, and completion of the high school course requirements commonly known as the Regents Scholar curriculum. Guaranteed to all students who qualify, $6,500 over four years.
Application: Visit South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship