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Over $50,000 in Scholarships and More: A Handout to Propel You Forward

February 10, 2026

This handout was created for the presentation, “Academic Woes Don’t Have to Create Financial Woes: Invest in your Academic and Financial Future,” given on Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026, in the Forum at the TSU Student Center.

The presentation was given by Dr. Monique Robinson, Student Success Specialist and Mr. Michael Turner, Writing Consultant and Instructor.

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The above handout contains

Scholarship Writing Prompts for a $10,000 Scholarship

Three Principles of the Scholarship Mindset

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

$2,500 Superpower Scholarship

$2,000 Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship

$5,000 Education Matters Scholarship

$1,000 Digital Responsibility Scholarships

$2,500 Redefining Victory Scholarship, D: Apr 1, 2026, eight awarded

$250-$10,000 DoSomething Scholarships, Deadlines vary

$1,500 Project STEM Heros Scholarship, D: Feb 26, 2026

$500 Street Sweep Scholarship, D: Mar 31, 2026

$250 Ripple Effect Scholarship, D: Mar 31, 2026

$5,000 or $2,500 POET Never Satisfied Scholarship, D: Feb 13, 2026

Micro-internships found through Parker Dewey database

$10,000 Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship, D: Mar 9, 2026

$2,500 Stossel in the Classroom Video Contest, D: Mar 13, 2026

$1,500 Jessie Koci Future Entrepreneurs Scholarship. D: Mar 19, 2026

Bold.org Scholarships

$1,000 Scholarship for Women Writers, D: May 30, 2026

Up to $10,000 Aspire Higher Scholarships, opens Mar 13, 2026, closes June 10, 2026

$2,000 RonranGlee Special Needs Teacher Literacy Scholarship, D: June 18, 2026, five awarded

$5,000 Stephen L. Daniels Lift As We Climb Scholarship, D: June 30, 2026

$1,000 “Pen to Paper” Scholarship for Storytellers, D: Oct 31, 2026

$8,000 Regions Riding Forward Scholarship Contest, D: Mar 31, 2026 for the 1st quarter

$10,000 BlueCross Power of We Scholarship, D: Apr 1, 2026, six given

Shawn Carter Foundation Scholarships, open Apr 1, deadline Apr 30, 2026

Up to $15,000, 2026-2027 TMCF/McDonald’s Black and Positively Golden Scholarship, D: Apr 24, 2026

Up to $1,500 TMCF/Enterprise Access HBCC Scholarship, D: Apr 24, 2026

Scholarships found through Community Foundations

TSU Foundation Scholarships

$5,000 ($20,000 over four years total) Beyond the Boroughs Scholarship, D: Mar 15, 2026

$1,000 2026 Perspectives Scholarship, D: Feb 28, 2026

$5,000 Donald and Barbara Mozley Scholarship for engineering undergraduate students, D: Feb 28, 2026, seven awarded

Other Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) scholarships

$1,500 Raise me Up to DO GOOD Scholarship, D: Mar 15, 2026, two awarded

Tylenol Future Care Scholarships, $10,000 scholarship, award to 10 students; $5,000 scholarship, awarded to 25 students

$25,000; $10,000, and $5,000 Taco Bell Live Mas Scholarship, Opens around Oct 14, 2026; possible deadline: Jan 6, 2027

$10,000 Hyundai Women in STEM Scholarship, five recipients, most likely opens in Mar 2026, deadline around June 30, 2026

$2,500-$30,000 Scarlett Family Foundation Scholarships, opens Sept 15, 2026, deadline will be Dec 15, 2026: for Business, Education, and STEM major from the Middle Tennessee area

$1,000 Delete Cyberbullying Scholarships, three scholarships

$8,000 and $2,000 Project Light Video and Radio Competition, D: Apr 1, 2026

$25,250 Isaac Yunhu Lee Memorial Arts Scholarship, D: Apr 8, 2026

Where to Find Writing Help and Scholarship Coaching at the AARC Writing Center at TSU

Addendum: How to Become a Millionaire Before You’re 65 (Some ideas)

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Spooky Scholarships–$3,000 to Help You in Case of a Zombie Apocalypse

October 17, 2025

‘Tis the season to be spooky!

And there are several scholarships to get you into the Halloween spirit.

1. https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/our-scholarships/zombie-apocalypse-scholarship

$2,000 Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship, D: Oct 31, 2025

Video or Essay

Prompt: “Imagine that your high school or college has been overrun with zombies. Your math professor, the cafeteria ladies, and even your best friend have all joined the walking dead. Flesh out a plan to avoid the zombies, including where you’d hide and the top-five things you’d bring to stay alive.” (250 words or less)

Applicants must be 14 years of age or older at time of application. Must be a legal U.S. resident. Must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia. This award is for U.S. students.”

2. https://www.collegexpress.com/reg/signup

$2,000 Brains or Bust Sweepstakes sponsored by Collegexpress, D: Oct 31, 2025

You must sign up for a free account on Collegexpress and answer the short question, “Do you think you would survive a zombie apocalypse?”

You must be 13 or older and legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C.

Winner selected by random drawing.

I would recommend signing up for this contest with an email you use strictly for scholarships (not your school email address).

How to Get Help In Your Scholarship Pursuits from the TSU Writing Center

The AARC Writing Center at TSU is temporarily located in the TSU Library, 2nd floor, room 229, near the elevator. We hope to be moving back to our original location in Spring 2026, the 3rd floor of the Student Success Center.

We assist students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Tennessee State University.

If you are a TSU student, faculty member, or staff, log into EAB-Navigate and make an appointment to see any of our writing consultants (in person or online) with help with scholarship essays or any other writing project.

If you are having problems, feel free to email Mr. Mike Turner, mjturner@tnstate.edu

If you are alumni at Tennessee State University, email Mr. Turner, mjturner@tnstate.edu, and we can see what we can set up.

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$100,000 Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway, Deadline is Sept 30, 2025

September 12, 2025

Strongly consider the Dr. Pepper Tuition giveaway if you are between the ages of 18-24.

https://www.drpepper.com/tuition/

$100,000 Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway, D: Sept 30, 2025

Promotion open to “all U.S. residents, excluding Puerto Rico,” ages 18-24.

Selected criteria from webpage:

Create a Pepper Perks account if you don’t have one.

“Tell us about yourself

Next, you’ll need to provide us with some basic info about yourself, like where you live and where you go to school. You’re one step closer to chasing your dreams. We’ll look things over and reach out to those selected.

Submit a video

Make and submit a video that helps us get to know you. Tell us about your academic goals, professional aspirations, or even personal dreams.


Your video will be judged on the four following criteria: career goals, need for tuition assistance, impact of tuition assistance, and overall presentation quality and delivery. It must be 60 seconds or less and in MP4, MOV, WMV format.


Be passionate, be creative, be you.”

Tuition Prizes:

Three $100,000 Tuition Prizes (One at each SEC, Big Ten, and ACC Game)

Three  $20,000 Runner-Up Prizes (One at each SEC, Big Ten, and ACC Game)

Reading the Frequently Asked Questions could be helpful: https://www.drpepper.com/s/faq

One thing often not thought about is when creating a video, do not infringe on the “copyrights, trademarks, or intellectual property of any person or entity.”

In other words, do not have a song running in the background unless it is your composition and you state that in your words, and don’t have clothes with logos or other trademarks, except for “Dr Pepper trademarks, logos, and trade dress which Entrant has a limited license to use for purposes of this Contest.”

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Over $10,000 in Possibilities

August 28, 2025

In my research, I come across scholarships or other possibilities. Once again, you want to click on the link for all the criteria:

1. https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/our-scholarships/make-me-laugh-scholarship

$1,500 Make Me Laugh Scholarship, D: Aug 31, 2025

From webpage: “Must be 14 years of age or older at time of application. Must be a legal U.S. resident. Must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.  This award is for U.S. students.

250 Word Essay or Video

“OMG… finding and applying for scholarships is serious business, but it’s time to lighten things up a little. We don’t want to know why you deserve $1,500 or how great your grades are, we simply want to LOL. Describe an incident in your life, funny or embarrassing (fact or fiction), and make us laugh!” (250 words or less)

https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/our-scholarships

Other Unigo Scholarships, one for $5,000 and one for $10,000

2. https://www.endcyberbullying.net/scholarship-beyond-school-walls

$1,000 Delete Cyberbullying Beyond School Walls Scholarship, D: Oct 31, 2025

From webpage: “To apply, you must be a high school student (9th-12th grader), college student or graduate student attending or planning to enter an accredited U.S. college or university.

Answer ONE of the following questions in one paragraph.
Option 1: “Why is it important to work to delete cyberbullying?”
Option 2: “How has cyberbullying personally affected you?”

https://www.endcyberbullying.net/scholarship

Other Delete Cyberbullying Scholarships

3. https://winningwriters.com/our-contests/wergle-flomp-humor-poetry-contest-free

Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, D: April 1, 2026; First prize: $2,000 plus a two-year gift certificate from Duotrope; Second prize: $500; Third prize: $250

Honorable Mention: 10 Awards of $100 each

No fee to enter.

From webpage: “This is a contest for humor poems, not serious poems. Serious poems will not be judged. The poem you submit should be in English.”

Two Scholarships and Other Resources You Might Want to Explore

Here are two scholarships and one scholarship search engine.

Explore the scholarships if the criteria applies to you.

Everyone can the University Network Scholarship search engine.

1. https://www.triple3v.org/storyteller-program

$1,000 Storyteller Scholarship (twenty outstanding students), D: Nov 30, 2025

Ages 14-24 across the U.S.

Selected criteria from webpage: “Storyteller Scholarship, a simple no-essay, long form conversation-based scholarship. This program allows students to discuss how their experiences have shaped them via a video interview, conducted in-person at our office (or virtually) and shared across our social media platforms.

Be sure to bring a legal guardian with you if you are under 18!”

2. https://bold.org/scholarships/maggies-way-international-womans-scholarship/

$5,000 Maggie’s Way—International Woman’s Scholarship, D: Dec 31, 2025

High school or undergraduate student, female, international student in the U.S.

3. https://www.tun.com/scholarships/

Scholarship Search Engine of The University Network

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TSU Scholarship Portal–Apply Now!

February 20, 2014

https://tnstate.academicworks.com

This is the new scholarship portal for Tennessee State University students. You will need to be currently admitted to TSU and have your MYTSU username and password.

Read the directions as you apply. You can save information as you go along and come back to fill out the rest of the information.

Many of the scholarship deadlines have been extended to April 1, 2014.

If you didn’t apply already, go do so.

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$1,500 Next Big Thing Scholarship; Over $23,000 available from Scholarshipexperts.com; The 30 Day Tiger Scholars Challenge

February 1, 2013

http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/apply.htx

Scholarshipexperts.com is now offering a whole slew of new scholarships for 2013.

$1,500 Next Big Thing Scholarship has a deadline of February 28, 2013.

About every month, you can apply for a new scholarship. Over $23,000 in scholarships are available for 2013.

First, you must create a profile at http://www.scholarshipexperts.com , which will point you to more scholarships you can apply for.

Each scholarship given by Scholarshipexperts.com then requires you to write a short 250 words or less response to a question.

Scholarshipexperts.com is noted by Forbes.com as being one of the premier scholarship search engines on the web.

$1,000 Weekly Scholarship, Zinch

http://www.zinch.com/scholarships/weekly

Also, don’t forget, every week, Zinch provides a $1,000 weekly scholarship.

From webpage: “Zinch gives away $1,000 every week! Just answer the essay question (280 characters max) and submit your entry for the week. All U.S. high schoolers & college students are eligible.”

More Scholarships Available at the TSU Financial Aid & Scholarship webpage

http://www.tnstate.edu/financial_aid/scholarships.aspx

Also, many scholarships for current TSU students and prospective TSU students (still in high school) can be found at the Financial Aid & Scholarships page of Tennessee State University.

Like Tiger Scholars on Facebook and the Tiger Scholars 30 Day Challenge

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tiger-Scholars/193794377324243

Take the Tiger Scholars 30 day challenge. For 30 days (officially starting February 15, 2013), apply for as many scholarships as you are qualified for– keep a record of the scholarships and amounts as you go along. I will be working on a handout, so that you can keep a record of your progress.

You don’t have to wait for February 15. You can start now.

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