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Check your graduation class first, then write down anything a teacher or counselor needs to provide. Senior-year applications can pile up, so request references with enough notice to get a useful answer. Keep examples of your work and responsibilities handy. You should spend the next application explaining your experience, not trying to remember the dates.
3 scholarships in our database
CAPSTONE-Simpson Endowment / Ron Brown Scholar Program
$40,000
Nov 1, 2026 (early); Jan 9, 2027 (final) · High school senior
Ron Brown Scholars are academically talented Black high school seniors who lead in their communities. The award is $10,000 a year for four years, plus a network that is the real product. The program is small — a handful of new scholars each year — so the essays have to be spec…
Jackie Robinson Foundation
$30,000
Jan 14, 2027 at 5 p.m. ET · High school senior
The Jackie Robinson Foundation scholarship is a four-year award for minority high school seniors, with mentoring and leadership programming attached. Financial need and a strong academic record both matter. Recipients attend the foundation’s extra requirements — this is not a…
$5,000
Varies by partner fund; many close in spring · High school senior · Undergraduate
UNCF is a portal, not a single scholarship. One profile puts you in front of hundreds of partner funds for Black students — some tied to HBCUs, some open more broadly. Award sizes vary. You will still write essays and upload transcripts, but you do it once instead of twenty ti…
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