All students must follow the Scholarship Transcript Request and Scholarship Awards Procedures. These procedures are available online on the HHHS Guidance Webpage and hard copies in the Guidance Office.

Scholarship List Deadline date verified

MARCH DEADLINE
Scholarship Name / Deadline / Amount / Eligibility / Application Requirements
Federal Pell Grant
Updated3-1-18 / Part of FAFSA
(completed NLT March 1) / Up to $5,700 /
  • Based on financial need
  • May be ineligible if incarcerated or convicted of a drug-related offense or subject to an involuntary civil commitment for a sexual offense
  • Usually for students who have not earned a bachelor’s or professional degree
  • Complete FAFSA to qualify
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  • Complete FAFSA

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
Updated 3-1-18 / Part of FAFSA
(completed NLT March 1) / Up to $4,000 per year /
  • Based on exceptional financial need
  • For undergraduate students
  • Administered directly by the financial aid officer at each participating college
  • Complete FAFSA to qualify
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  • Complete FAFSA

Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant
Updated3-1-18 / Part of FAFSA
(completed NLT March 1) / Not Stated /
  • Based on financial need
  • Enroll in TEACH Grant Program at a participating school and maintain a 3.25 GPA
  • Agree to teach in a high-need field (math, science, ESL, foreign language, SpEd, reading), at a school that serves low-income students, for at least 4 years
  • Complete FAFSA to qualify
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  • Complete FAFSA

Towards EXcellence, Access, and Success - TEXAS Grant
Updated3-1-18 / Part of FAFSA
(completed NLT March 1) / Up to $7,400
Renewable /
  • Senior graduating on RHSP or DAP and enrolling in a non-profit public college/university in Texas within 16 months of graduating from hs
  • Texas resident
  • Financial need (EFC less than $4,000)
  • Complete FAFSA to qualify
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  • Complete FAFSA

Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program (TEOG)
Updated3-1-18 / Part of FAFSA
(completed NLT March 1) / Up to $8,000
Renewable /
  • Texas resident
  • Financial need (EFC less than $4,800)
  • Registered for the Select Service if male
  • Cannot be concurrently receiving a renewable TEXAS Grant
  • Attending a public community college or public technical college in Texas
  • Complete FAFSA to qualify
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  • Complete FAFSA

Texas Public Educational Grant (TPEG)
updated 3-1-18 / Part of FAFSA
(completed NLT March 1) / Each college sets its own award amount /
  • Only given by public colleges and universities in Texas (no private, non-profit or career colleges)
  • Texas residents, non-residents or foreign students
  • Financial need
  • Registered for the Select Service if male
  • Complete FAFSA to qualify
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  • Complete FAFSA

Tuition Equalization Grant Program
updated 3-1-18 / Part of FAFSA
(completed NLT March 1) / Up to
$5,046 /
  • Texas residents or non-resident National Merit Finalists who are receiving at least $1,000 in competitive scholarships
  • Financial need
  • Enrolling in a private, non-profit Texas college or university to earn first associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree and completing at least 24 credit hours per year (18 for graduate student) with minimum completion rate of 75%
  • Not receiving athletic scholarship
  • Required to pay more tuition than they would pay ti attend a public institution
  • 2.5+ GPA
  • Registered for the Select Service if male
  • Complete FAFSA to qualify
  • See website for details
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  • Complete FAFSA

Tall Club International

Updated 3-1-18 / March 1, 18 / $1,000 /
  • High school senior under 21 years of age
  • Women must be 5’10’’, men 6’2’’
  • See website for details
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  • Ask for an application at and include your name, email, city and state
  • Houston is the only Tall Club in Texas Website:

Children of Warriors National Presidents’ Scholarship
updated 3-1-18 / March 1, 18 / Up to
$3,500 /
  • High school graduating senior planning to enroll in college within 24 months of winning and who is a child, grandchild, great-grandchild of veteran who served in the Armed Forces during eligibility dates for membership in The American Legion (WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada & Lebanon, Panama, Persian Gulf to present)
  • 50 hours of community service during high school
  • Judged on character/leadership, essay/application, financial need and scholarship (each 25%)
  • Each Unit can only submit one candidate to the Department and each Department can only submit one candidate to Division
  • See website for details
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  • Application
  • Letter of recommendation from principal or counselor
  • Letter of recommendation from clergyman
  • Two letters from adult citizens
  • Essay
  • Letter from organization the 50 hours of services was to
  • Official transcript with ACT or SAT test scores
  • FAFSA SAR
  • Statement of the military service of parent/grandparent
  • Present application to local American Legion Auxiliary (Gatesville or Round Rock)

College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
Updated 3-1-18 / March 1, 18 / Not stated /
  • Students who are migratory or seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) enrolling in first year of college
  • See website for details & application
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  • 2,000 participants annually

Texas Department of Transportation Conditional Grant Program
Updated 3-1-18 / March 1, 18 / Up to
$6,000
renewable /
  • Texas resident pursuing a degree in civil engineering or a department approved fieldand agree to work for TxDOT for 2 years following graduation
  • Must be economically disadvantaged
  • Complete FAFSA
  • Min 3.0 GPA or 900 on SAT or 21 on ACT
  • Attending 4-yr Texas public or private college
  • Application
  • Transcript
  • Essay
  • See website for details & application

LIFE Lessons Scholarship
Updated3-1-18 / March 2, 18 / Up to
$15,000 /
  • Legal resident of U.S.
  • Age 17-24 who has experienced the death of a parent or legal guardian and are currently enrolled or been accepted to college or vocational school in U.S.
  • See website for details
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  • Online application
  • Essay (500 words or less) or video (no more than 3 minutes) describing the financial and emotional challenges you have experienced as a result of the death of a parent or legal guardian. Explain how the lack of adequate life insurance coverage impacted your family.
  • 30 awards varying from $5,000 to $15,000

Texas Farm Bureau Scholarships
Updated3-1-18 / March 1, 18 / Amounts Vary /
  • There are 5 different scholarships to apply for, but you MUST be a Texas Farm Bureau member or a member of a Texas Farm Bureau family
  • Most want you to major in agriculture
  • See website for details & applications

Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
Added 3-1-18 / March 1, 18 / $10,000
$1,000 for your school /
  • 14 years of age or older at the time of entry
  • All high school, college and university students enrolled at any time during the latter half of 2015 in an academic program designed to conclude with the awarding of a diploma or a degree are welcome to participate in our scholarship competition
  • Legal resident of U.S.
See website for details /
  • Submit your original work: photo, artwork or computer graphic for the front of a greeting card
  • Designs should be appropriate for business and consumer use
Only one application per person
Annual Kaplun Essay Contest
Updated3-1-18 / Postmarked by
March 2, 2018 / Up to $1,800 /
  • Jewish student - Level 1 for grades 7-9 & Level 2 for grades 10-12
  • Essay (minimum of 250 words DS) See next column for topic.
  • See website for details
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  • Essay

Temple College – Music Scholarship
Updated 1/18/18 / March 3, 2018 / Varies /
  • At the Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Center
  • Schedule audition call Division of Fine Arts Office
online at templejc.edu/music_scholarships
Ft Hood Area Military Family Member Scholarship
Updated3-1-18 / March 2, 2018 / up to $3,000 /
  • Dependent child of an active duty or retired U.S. military sponsor assigned to Ft. hood and both sponsor and applicant reside in Bell, Coryell, Lampasas or Williamson County or sponsor’s last duty assignment was Ft. Hood and applicant resides in Bell, Coryell, Lampasas or Williamson County
  • Official transcript (SAT/ACT scores)
  • Three reference forms
  • Essay (500 words or less)
  • Application & Data Sheet completed
  • Copy of applicant’s military ID
  • Copy of sponsor’s DD214 if retired
  • See website for details & downloadable application

American Military Retiree Association (AMRA) Scholarships
updated 3-1-18 / March 5, 18 / Varies /
  • For current members of AMRA, their spouses and dependent children and their grandchildren if they can be claimed on their income taxes
  • High school graduating seniors or current college students who will attend a 2-yr or 4-yr college in the fall.
  • See website for details
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  • Sergeant Major Douglas R. Drum Collegiate Scholarship (24 awarded up to $5,000)
Winners must use money for tuition and books
The Ulman Cancer Fund (UCF) for Young Adults
Updated 3-1-18 / March 1, 18 / $2,500 /
  • Ages 15-39 who went through cancer diagnosis/treatment or during the cancer diagnosis/treatment of their parent or sibling
  • Winner is obligated to organize and run a bone marrow registry drive with the support of Delete Blood Cancer & There Goes My Hero
  • See website for details
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  • Create a login
  • Complete one application (online) for multiple scholarships
  • Essay
  • Physician verification form or death certificateas acclicable
  • Letter of recommendation (uploaded)
Selection(s) scholarships tyou’d like to apply for
American Foreign Service Association Essay Contest
Updated 3-1-18 / March 15, 18 / $2,500 /
  • Students in 9th-12th grade who are U.S. citizens
  • Essay (1,000-1,250 words, DS, 12 pt Times New Roman, 1” margins using MLA style & at least 3 primary sources documented) on one of several topics listed on the website
  • See website for details & registration form

Daughters of the Cincinnati Scholarship
Added 3-1-18 / March 15, 18 / $5,000?
renewable /
  • Graduating high school senior who is the daughter of a career commissioned officer in the U.S. military (active, retired, or deceased while on active duty)
  • Can be from any state.
  • See website for details
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  • Application
  • Essay on one of 3 topics provided in application
  • Secondary School Report (form) completed by school official
  • Official transcript including SAT/ACT scores
  • One letter of recommendation
  • Copy of your parents’ most recent tax return & FAFSA SAR
  • Photo (optional)

U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Educational Foundation Scholarships
Updated3-1-18 / March 30, 18 / Varies /
  • Graduating seniorwith Asian-Pacific Islander heritage
  • See website for multiple scholarships

Distinguished Young Bobcat Award
Updated 3-1-18 / March 30, 18 / $1,000 /
  • Graduating senior from Texas hswho will be pursuing an who will be attending Texas State in the Fall
  • Minimum 3.5 GPA
  • See website for details
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  • Essay (typed, not to exceed 2 pages) on your academic interests, why you chose TSU, your leadership, the mark you hope to leave on TSU (copy & paste)
  • Transcript (upload)
  • Letters of recommendation (upload)
  • Resume of extra-curricular involvement (upload)

Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund

Updated 3-28-18 / 11:59pm
March 28, 18 / $2,5000 /
  • US citizen and direct blood descendant of a Taiwanese citizen
  • GPA 3.0
  • Household income at or below the Federal/State/County Low Income Level
/ Online application
Three references
Official transcript
CTC Foundation Scholarships
Added 3-1-18 / March 31, 18 / Vary /
  • Graduating senior who will be pursuing an Associate’s degree with CTC
  • Financial need will be considered first along with other requirements.
  • There are about 150 scholarships available for students going to CTC
  • See website for details
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  • Must create an account through webadvisor.ctcd.org using the email you used on CTC’s application during Fast Track. If you are unable to create an account or have other issues accessing the system, please contact Kathleen McDonald at .
  • You must use the email address you have on file with Central Texas College
  • Upon signing up, you will receive a confirmation email to ensure your identity. Please make sure to check your spam folder for this email.Once you have confirmed your account, you can begin accessing the system.

eCampusTours Scholarship Drawing by Edsouth
updated 3-1-18 / March 31, 18 / $1,000 /
  • Please note that this is sponsored by a nonprofit, public student loan company
  • High school graduating senior or current college student who will be a full-time student at an eligible institution
  • U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • See website for details
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  • Create a free online account to access application
  • Winner has 12 months from notification to use the scholarship

Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT) Scholarship by FMA
Updated 3-1-18 / March 31, 18 / Up to
$2,500 /
  • Current or future full-time college student pursing degree or certificate leading to a career in manufacturing at a community, technical, or trade school
  • 2.5+ GPA
  • If selected, you must become a student member of FMA, TPA or OPC for $25
  • See website for details
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  • Application (online)
  • Official transcript

U.K. Gupta Family Endowed Scholarship by FMA
Updated 3-1-18 / March 31, 18 / Up to $3,500 /
  • Current college student or plan on enrolling as a full-time college student to pursue degree from a 4-yr university (primary preference given to students attending universities in North Texas and in the state of Texas) that will lead to a career in manufacturing
  • 3.0+ GPA
  • If selected, you must become a student member of FMA, TPA or OPC for $25
  • See website for details
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  • Application (online)
  • Official transcript

Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium Scholarships (GAAS)

Updated 3-1-18 / March 31, 2018 / Varies /
  • Enrolled in a 2 or 4 year college or ASE/NATEF certified post-secondary automotive, collision repair, or heavy duty program by Sept 2015. Special consideration given if pursuing a career in automotive aftermarket
  • Application (online)
  • Essay (1 page) on your career goals
  • Transcript
  • Minimum of 1 letter of application (preferably your auto tech teacher)
  • Essay (250 words) on “Why you believe you deserve to be a scholarship recipient”
  • See website for details
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  • Almost 30 organizations use this application for their scholarships

Foundation of the 1st Cavalry Division Association
Updated 3-1-18 / On going / Varies / These grants are reserved for children of those soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division who died, or were totally and permanently disabled as a result of wounds received or disease contracted while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in any armed conflict. Additionally, children of members of the Association who die while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in peacetime and active duty soldiers currently assigned or attached to the 1st Cavalry Division and their spouses and children are eligible to receive scholarship grants. /
  • Send a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE):
  • Foundation of 1st Cavalry Division Association
  • 302 N. Main Street
  • Copperas Cove, Texas 76522-1703
  • Or email

Superpower Scholarship by Unigo
Updated 3-1-18 / March 31, 208 / $2,500 /
  • Be 13 years of age or older at the time of application
  • Legal U.S. resident
  • Currently enrolled or enroll no later than fall of 2021 in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher ed
  • See website for details
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  • Create online account
  • Submit online short written response (250 words or less) to the question: "Which superhero or villain would you want to change places with for a day and why?"

Computers are available in the guidance office and library if needed.