Scholarship Tigers–Students Helping Each Other Find Money for College

This is Part 1 of the scholarship handout I created for high school students who attended the KYB Leadership Academy Workshop at the Brown-Daniel Library at Tennessee State University on Friday, June 12, 2026.

For more information about the KYB Leadership Academy: https://kybleadership.com/

Part 1 is a handout entitled “Scholarships for High School Students”: high school students can apply for these scholarships now and in the future:

In addition, you will find information about Other Websites to Find More Scholarships and How to Avoid Scholarship Scams.

What you will find in this handout are

Freewriting Towards a $2,000 Scholarship

$2,000 Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship, D: Oct 31, 2026

$1,000-$10,000 Unigo Scholarships, monthly

$1,500 Do-Over Scholarship, D: June 30, 2026

$1,500 Make Me Laugh Scholarship, D: Aug 31, 2026

$5,000 Education Matters Scholarship, D: Nov 30, 2026

$10,000 Unigo $10K Scholarship, D: Dec 31, 2026

$250-$10,000 DoSomething Scholarships, ages 13-25, Deadlines vary

$5,000, two $2,000, and one $2,000 Frame My Future Scholarships

$3,250 first winner, $2,250 second winner, $1,500 third winner Cariloop’s Caregiver Scholarship, D: June 30, 2026

Scholarships at Bold.org from $500-$25,000

$28,000 total in various contests, Stossel in the Classroom Student Contests

Other Websites to Find More Scholarships

How to Avoid Scholarship Scams

Part 2, which will come out later this week, are “Scholarships to Aspire Toward to Help Pay for College”: scholarships for Middle Tennessee students that they can start preparing for. This handout will contain scholarships that you can apply for in your senior year of high school. Also, college students can also apply for these scholarships.

Also included in the handout will be an updated list of “Resources,” people who have successfully created a process where they received more than $85,000 in scholarship money.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Mike Turner, Writing Consultant/Instructor and Scholarship Coach, at mjturner@tnstate.edu.