Scholarships and Financial Aid
Where am I?
Scholarship Search Websites:
Fastweb link
Finaid link
Collegenet link
Hispanic College Fund link
United Negro College Fund link
Applying for Financial Aid:
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) link
CSS/Financial Aid Profile link
Scholarships
While the individual schools to which you are applying will often offer various form of merit-based aid, or scholarships, many outside organizations offer money as well. The College Counseling department maintains a list of these outside scholarships and publishs these lists via the scrolling announcements and reminders posted throughout the guidance hallway.
Comprehensive Scholarship List
By Deadline
August
NROTC (Naval Reserve Officer in Training) Scholarship
September
AES Engineers Scholarship
Evans Scholars- Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship (nomination required)
NACAC Essay Contest for Juniors & Seniors
October
Coca-Cola Scholarships
Horatio Alger Scholarship Program
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
National Collegiate Cancer Foundation
Outstanding Students of America
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
November
Glendale-Kirkwood Kiwanis Club Scholarship
National High School Essay Contest (Omega Psi Phi Fraternity)
Ron Brown Scholar Program (with consideration for additional scholarships)
SWCS Scholarships
Voice of Democracy Scholarship Contest (Grades 9-12)
December
AXA Foundation/ US News & World Report
Cancer Survivors Fund
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program
Gates Millennium Scholars (nomination required)
Jack Buck Scholarship- Southeast Missouri State (nomination required)
John T. Belcher Memorial Scholarship (nomination required)
SAE Engineering Scholarships
Seniors Helping Seniors Scholarship
Toyota Community Scholars Program (nomination required)
Vantage Credit Union Quest for Education Scholarship
January
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Scholarship
The Christophers’ Poster Contest
Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship
Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarships
Discover Scholarship (for Juniors)
Elks National Foundation “Most Valuable Student” Scholarship Competition
McKelvey Foundation Entrepreneurial Scholarship
Missouri Society of CPA’s
Reverend John E. & Regina S. Nance Scholarship
Ron Brown Scholarship (final deadline)
Sam Walton Community Scholarship
Special Education Foundation Scholarship
Union Plus Scholarship
United States JCI Senate Foundation Scholarship Program
Washington Crossing Foundation
February
AXA Achievement Community Scholarship
Best Buy Scholarship
Breaking Traditions (nomination required)
Burger King Scholars Program
Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Program
Greater St Louis Mothers of Twins Scholarship
Hortense Brooks Scholarship, Jack & Jill of America, Inc.
KFC Colonel’s Scholarship
McDonald’s Academic Excellence Award
Missouri Teacher Education Scholarship
Missouri Minority Teaching Scholarship
Mizzou Alumni Scholarship
National Commission for Cooperative Education
NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award (National Federation of Independent Business)
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Phi Delta Kappa International Scholarship for Prospective Educators
USA Funds Scholarship
USA TODAY All-USA Academic Team
Westlake Scholarship Foundation
March
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (Omicron Eta Omega Chapter)
American Chemical Society Scholarship
Association of the United States Army
Arthur Kennett Jr Educational Fund (nomination required)
Charter Communications Scholarship
William L. Clay Scholarship and Research Fund
Commitment Counts, St Louis Ambassadors Scholarship
Dillenkoffer Endowment
Douglass Alumni Association Scholarship
Eagle Scout/ American Legion Scholarship
Great St Louis Art Association Scholarship
Herbert Lehman Education Fund
Hispanic/ Latino Employee Association of AT&T (HACEMOS) Scholarship
Jackie Robinson Scholarship
Kirkwood Lions Foundation Grant
Kirkwood Rotary Club Scholarships
Kohl’s Kids Who Care Scholarship
Masonic Scholarship Fund of Missouri
MENSA Scholarship
Missouri Bankers Foundation
Missouri Bankers Foundation John Watson Rogers Memorial Scholarship
Missouri Bar Poster Contest
Missouri Broadcaster Association
MO Dept of Labor & Industrial Relations- Journalism & Poster Contest (grades 9-12)
Missouri Insurance Education Foundation
Missouri School Plant Managers Association (MSPMA)
Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors
Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA)
National Association of Black Journalists NABJ/CNN25 Scholarship
National Association of Black Journalists Newhouse Foundation Scholarship
National Defense Transportation Association/ STL Chapter
NEVCO Scoreboard Scholar-Athlete Scholarship
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Scholarship
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Scholarship
Plato’s Closet Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Scholarship
Ponder Minority Scholarship (Mizzou College of Business)
Robert J Trulaske, Sr. Scholarship (Mizzou College of Business)
Sam Walton Scholarship (Mizzou College of Business)
Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) Award
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Scholarship for an African American Student
St. Louis Tip Toppers Scholarship
United States Army Association – St. Louis Chapter
William Pablo Feraldo Memorial Foundation Scholarship (nomination required)
Zonta International Young Women in Public Affairs Award
April
Alpha Gamma Sigma Scholarship
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (Gamma Omega Chapter)
American Fire Sprinkler Association
American Legion of Missouri
Ayn Rand Institute Fountainhead Essay Contest (juniors and seniors)
Charles W. Frees, Jr. Scholarship (US Bank)
Epsilon Lambda Charitable Foundation
Felicia Gayle Youth Leadership Award- Teen Pregnancy Prevention (juniors and seniors)
Holocaust Remembrance Project Essay (9th-12th grade)
Imagine America Scholarship
Kirkwood Area Perpetual Scholarship (KAPS)
KHS Production Company Scholarship
Kids Chance Inc. of Missouri
Kids Helping Kids Randi Perkins Scholarship
Kirkwood BACC
Kirkwood School District Foundation Scholarships
Life Lessons Scholarship
Lubin-Green-Cohen-Kiem (Royal Banks) Scholarship
MO Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education - Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
Scholarship for Survivors
Shane Dean Voyles Memorial Scholarship (nominate required)
St. Anthony’s Medical Center Health Professions Scholarship
The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis
Urban Flight & Rural Needs Scholarship
West Community Credit Union Scholarship
May
Asthma and Allergy Foundation Scholarship
Balanced Man Scholarship
Better Business Bureau Student of Ethics Scholarship (for juniors)
Cancer for College Scholarship
Glendale Kirkwood Kiwanis Club Scholarship
National Black MBA Scholarship
Pecha Family Foundation
Stephen Lysell Memorial Scholarship
Teacher Associations/ PTO Scholarship
United Black Drag Racers Association Scholarship
Women Legislators of Missouri
June
Abbott and Fenner Business Consultants Scholarship
Big Sun Scholarship for Athletes
Committed to Lives of Excellence Scholarship (Delta Tau Delta)
Environmental Education Scholarship for Minority Students
Hispanic Educational, Cultural, and Scholarship Fund
Missouri Women’s Gold Association Scholarship
St Louis Attractions Carole Moody Scholarship
1-800 Wheelchair Scholarship
July
Educational Research Ctr of America (ERCA) Community Contribution Scholarship
Guildscholar Scholarship for Visually Impaired (end of junior year)
September
Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship (freshman year of college)
For more detailed information about any of these scholarships, please refer to the Scholarship Library below. If a website is not provided for any of these scholarships, please visit the Guidance Activity Center for a paper application.
