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🎓 federal Scholarships

22 verified awards — all free to apply

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Federal Pell Grant

US citizens with significant financial need for undergrad

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Up to $7,395/yr
📅 FAFSA June 30
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FSEOG Grant

Exceptional need undergrads already receiving Pell Grant

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$100-$4,000/yr
📅 FAFSA (early)
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TEACH Grant

Future teachers in high-need subjects at low-income schools

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Up to $4,000/yr
📅 FAFSA
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AmeriCorps Education Award

Students completing a term of AmeriCorps service

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$7,395
📅 Enroll anytime
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NSF REU

STEM students seeking paid summer research at a university lab

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$6,000+ stipend
📅 Feb-Mar
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Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Exceptional STEM students intending to pursue research careers

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Up to $7,500/yr
📅 Jan (nominated)
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Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship

Pell Grant recipients who wish to study abroad

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Up to $5,000
📅 Oct / Mar
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Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Juniors committed to public service, nominated by school

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$30,000
📅 Feb (nominated)
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Boren Scholarship

US students studying critical languages in security-relevant regions

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Up to $25,000
📅 Jan 31
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NIH Undergraduate Scholarship

Disadvantaged background students pursuing biomedical research

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Up to $20,000 + internship
📅 Mar 15
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USDA 1890 National Scholars Program

Students at 1890 land-grant HBCUs in agriculture/natural resources

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Full tuition + housing
📅 Feb 1
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Job Corps Program

Ages 16-24, low-income, earn credentials in a trade

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Free training + housing
📅 Rolling
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Registered Apprenticeship (US DOL)

Anyone entering a DOL registered apprenticeship in any trade

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Paid + earn credentials
📅 Rolling
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VA Fry Scholarship

Children/spouses of service members who died in line of duty post 9/11

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Full tuition + housing
📅 Ongoing
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NASA Internship & Scholarship

US citizen STEM students interested in NASA's mission

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Up to $9,000
📅 Mar 1
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Fulbright U.S. Student Program

US citizens seeking to study, research, or teach abroad

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Full grant for study abroad
📅 Oct 11
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Health Resources & Services Administration Scholarships

Students pursuing health professions who commit to work in underserved areas

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Full tuition + stipend
📅 May
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Indian Health Service Scholarship

Native American/Alaska Native students in health professions

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Full tuition + stipend
📅 Mar 28
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Morris K. Udall Scholarship

Sophomores/juniors committed to environmental careers or Native American issues

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Up to $7,000
📅 Mar (nominated)
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EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship

Graduate students pursuing environmental science or engineering research

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$44,000/yr
📅 Nov
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Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)

US undergrads/grad students studying a critical foreign language abroad

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Full summer program
📅 Nov
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Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program

Underrepresented students pursuing graduate study and US foreign service career

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Up to $45,500
📅 Feb
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