December is usually packed full of activities. It could be considered the busiest month of the year! For starters, you have a lot of prep work to set your winter break into action. Plus, the
2024-2025 FAFSA will be released sometime in December.
There's finishing up your homework and assignments, preparing for finals and semester exams. Once you have wrapped up these end-of-semester activities it's officially your
December holiday break!
Now that you are out of school, queue the family member gatherings and holiday parties with friends. Not to mention, making time to watch your favorite holiday movie classics and baking those delicious holiday cookies.
Use your time wisely this holiday season; This December high school students and college students should apply for these three scholarships that total $55,000!
Big Scholarships to Apply for in December
Available to: High School Freshmen through College Graduate Students, Year 5
Deadline: 12/14/23
Award Amount: $50,000
Niche is giving one student $50,000 to help pay for tuition, housing, books and other college expenses — no essay required!
Available to: Ages 16-24
Deadline: 1/3/24
Award Amount: $25,000
The Live Más Scholarship is available to innovators, creators, and dreamers between the ages of 16 and 24. To be considered, you must create and submit a film, animation, or a simple testimonial of up to two minutes in length that tells the story of your life's passion.
Available to: High School Students
Deadline: 1/31/24
Award Amount: $10,000
The Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Science Competition is available to students in grades K-12. You must work in a group of two to four students. Each team must select a technology, or an aspect of a technology, which is present in the home, school, or community, or any other technology relevant to their lives. They will explore what the technology does, how it works, and how, when, and why it was invented. The students must then project into the future what that technology could be like 10 or more years in the future and determine what scientific breakthroughs need to occur to make it a reality.
Available to: Minimum Age of 14
Deadline: 3/1/24
Award Amount: $10,000
The Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest is open to currently enrolled high school and college students in the United States. To enter, you must design a holiday, get well, anniversary or birthday greeting card and submit your work to be judged. Your photo, art, or graphics submitted must be your own original work and you must be at least 14 years of age to be eligible for this award.
Bonus Scholarships
Available to: High School Seniors
Deadline: 1/24/24
Award Amount: $40,000
The GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program offers college scholarships of up to $40,000 for high school seniors nationwide who showcase leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship. Recipients join a network of exceptional students and young professionals who desire to lead, serve, and have a positive impact on their communities. Scholars earn a $10,000 renewable scholarship - up to $40,000 total - for tuition, school fees, books, supplies, and on-campus room and board, attend an exclusive, all-expenses-paid Scholars Retreat in California, and receive support throughout their leadership journeys in college and beyond.
Candidates must demonstrate the attributes of leadership, integrity, drive, and citizenship within their communities, schools, and workplaces, display strong academic performance (minimum 3.0 grade point average/4.0 scale or equivalent), be citizens of the United States of America, be current high school seniors attending high school within the United States, (including any U.S. territories or commonwealths), and graduating in winter 2023 or spring 2024.
Available to: High School Freshmen through Seniors
Deadline: 1/12/24
Award Amount: $10,000
The Profile in Courage Essay Contest is open to high school students. To be eligible, you must submit a 700 - to 1000 - word essay that describes and analyzes an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official who served during or after 1917. GED students under the age of 20 may also apply.
This season of the year, it's absolutely okay to choose to apply for
easy-apply scholarships! You can use your free time to enjoy the holiday season and still focus on ways to help you pay for school.
