If you’re a social media savvy student, there are plenty of scholarships active users like you can easily apply for!
Scholarship providers often add social media components to scholarships, which is right up your alley. These opportunities to pay for college are for high school and college students. Also, be sure to check out Katie's story.
The cool thing about these awards is that entries can vary from tweets and short essays to creating and sharing videos and photos on your social media accounts.
TikTok and Facebook, Twitter or YouTube -- whatever your social media platform preference, there’s probably a scholarship that aligns with your social media skills! You do use your social media accounts to post videos and photos. Why not use your talent to help you pay for school?!
Check out the following scholarships, which all have social media-related components or are social networking site connected:
Available to: High School Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $500 The Student Transportation Video Contest is open to all students. To enter, you must submit a video of no more than 2.5 minutes that examines transportation impacts, trends or safety in the United States.
Available to: High School Juniors through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $10,000 ScholarshipPoints will award a $10,000 scholarship to one lucky member this quarter. All you have to do to become eligible is become a ScholarshipPoints member and log in. It's simple, fun, and completely free!
Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $500 The Express Medical Supply Scholarship is available to students enrolled at an accredited university or college. You must make and submit an original picture and brief explanation that describes what you would like older people to learn from your generation in order to be considered for this award.
Available to: Maximum Age of 25
Award Amount: $1,000 The One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest is open to students who are no more than 25 years of age. You must submit a video between three and eight minutes that shares and highlights solutions to the issues discussed in the chosen sustainability topic(s) chosen from the list on the sponsor's website. The film entry’s theme must be solution - based. The film should talk about an environmental / sustainability problem and then discuss what could be a potential solution to this problem. Videos may be submitted by either an individual or a group and animated videos of no more than 45 seconds will also be considered.
Available to: College Freshman to College Senior
Award Amount: $8,000 The Project Yellow Light Video Contest Scholarship is available to high school juniors and seniors and full - time undergraduate students. To be considered, you must create a 10 or 25 second video that discourages distracted driving, specifically texting while driving.
Available to: High School Senior to College Senior
Award Amount: $500 The CJ Pony Parts Scholarship Video Contest is available to current student who is a U.S. resident and will be enrolling in post-secondary education. You must submit a short video responding to one of the listed topic prompts.
Available to: Students up to the age of 18
Award Amount: $100,000 The Paradigm Challenge is open to students up to the age of 18. You may work in a team or alone in creating an original and creative way to help solve real-life problems in homes, schools, communities, and/or around the world. Entries may come in the form of posters, videos, inventions, messages, community events, websites, mobile apps, or anything else that will help save lives. Additionally, you must submit a brief statement of your idea (140 characters or less) in order to qualify for this award.
Available to: High School Freshman to High School Senior
Award Amount: $1,000 The Species on the Edge 2.0 Video Contest is open to high school students in New Jersey. To enter, you must submit an original video showing why wildlife protection in New Jersey is important.
Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $2,000 The Courageous Persuaders Video Contest is available to high school students. To be considered, you must create a 30 - second television commercial targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of underage drinking or texting while driving.
Available to: High School Juniors through High School Seniors
Award Amount: $250 The Prom Pics Contest is open to high school students. To be eligible, you must submit a high-resolution photo from your prom event. Prizes will be awarded in each of the following categories: promposal, pre - prom, prom dance, and post - prom.
Student Transportation Video Contest
Deadline: 12/3/21Available to: High School Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $500 The Student Transportation Video Contest is open to all students. To enter, you must submit a video of no more than 2.5 minutes that examines transportation impacts, trends or safety in the United States.
$10,000 No-Essay Scholarship – ScholarshipPoints
Deadline: 12/15/21Available to: High School Juniors through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $10,000 ScholarshipPoints will award a $10,000 scholarship to one lucky member this quarter. All you have to do to become eligible is become a ScholarshipPoints member and log in. It's simple, fun, and completely free!
Express Medical Supply Scholarship
Deadline: 12/30/21Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $500 The Express Medical Supply Scholarship is available to students enrolled at an accredited university or college. You must make and submit an original picture and brief explanation that describes what you would like older people to learn from your generation in order to be considered for this award.
One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest
Deadline: 1/5/22Available to: Maximum Age of 25
Award Amount: $1,000 The One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest is open to students who are no more than 25 years of age. You must submit a video between three and eight minutes that shares and highlights solutions to the issues discussed in the chosen sustainability topic(s) chosen from the list on the sponsor's website. The film entry’s theme must be solution - based. The film should talk about an environmental / sustainability problem and then discuss what could be a potential solution to this problem. Videos may be submitted by either an individual or a group and animated videos of no more than 45 seconds will also be considered.
Project Yellow Light Video Contest Scholarship
Deadline: 4/1/22Available to: College Freshman to College Senior
Award Amount: $8,000 The Project Yellow Light Video Contest Scholarship is available to high school juniors and seniors and full - time undergraduate students. To be considered, you must create a 10 or 25 second video that discourages distracted driving, specifically texting while driving.
CJ Pony Parts Scholarship Video Contest
Deadline: 4/15/22Available to: High School Senior to College Senior
Award Amount: $500 The CJ Pony Parts Scholarship Video Contest is available to current student who is a U.S. resident and will be enrolling in post-secondary education. You must submit a short video responding to one of the listed topic prompts.
Paradigm Challenge
Deadline: 05/01/22Available to: Students up to the age of 18
Award Amount: $100,000 The Paradigm Challenge is open to students up to the age of 18. You may work in a team or alone in creating an original and creative way to help solve real-life problems in homes, schools, communities, and/or around the world. Entries may come in the form of posters, videos, inventions, messages, community events, websites, mobile apps, or anything else that will help save lives. Additionally, you must submit a brief statement of your idea (140 characters or less) in order to qualify for this award.
Species on the Edge 2.0 Video Contest
Deadline: 5/19/22Available to: High School Freshman to High School Senior
Award Amount: $1,000 The Species on the Edge 2.0 Video Contest is open to high school students in New Jersey. To enter, you must submit an original video showing why wildlife protection in New Jersey is important.
The Christophers Video Contest for College Students
Deadline: 7/16/22Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $2,000 The Courageous Persuaders Video Contest is available to high school students. To be considered, you must create a 30 - second television commercial targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of underage drinking or texting while driving.
Prom Pics Contest
Deadline: VariesAvailable to: High School Juniors through High School Seniors
Award Amount: $250 The Prom Pics Contest is open to high school students. To be eligible, you must submit a high-resolution photo from your prom event. Prizes will be awarded in each of the following categories: promposal, pre - prom, prom dance, and post - prom.
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