Scholarships & Financial Aid
Scholarships 
The Point Foundation Flagship Scholarship: LGBTQ, College-bound. Deadline - 12/5/2024.
The Point Foundation Flagship Scholarship empowers LGBTQ students who are earning their undergraduate, graduate, & doctoral degrees at accredited colleges in the United States by offering financial support, community resources, and professional development.
Click here or on the logo for more information.
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The Coolidge Scholarship: Juniors only, High Achieving, Interest in Public Policy, Humility and Service. Deadline - 12/11/2024.
The Coolidge Scholarship is an annually awarded, full-ride, presidential scholarship that covers a junior's tuition, room, board, and expenses for four years of undergraduate study. Click here or on the logo for more information. |
UH System Common Scholarship Application. Open until 3/3/2025. Apply EARLY!
The UH System Common Scholarship Application is one way students can apply for multiple system and campus scholarships at the same time. This application is used for students interested in applying for:
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UH Manoa STAR scholarships. Available to you upon application submission. Available 12/15/2024 - 2/15/2025. Apply EARLY!
STAR helps students find scholarships they are best eligible for and facilitate the application process online. Mānoa academic departments select the candidates |
Burger King Scholars Program: College-bound, financial need, community service. Deadline - 12/16/2024.
Scholarships range from $1,000 to $60,000 and are intended to offset the cost of attending college or post-secondary vocational/technical school. Recipients are selected through an application process that takes into consideration their grade point average (GPA), work experience, extracurricular activities, financial need and community service.
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The Science Ambassador Scholarship: Women and non-binary STEM. Deadline - 12/16/2024.
Film a three–minute educational video of yourself explaining a STEM topic you're passionate about. You must be a high school senior woman and non-binary student in science, technology, engineering, or math to apply.
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Equitable Excellence Scholarship® Program: College-bound, force for good in the community. Deadline - 12/18/2024.
Equitable Foundation has established the Equitable Excellence Scholarship® Program program to assist high school seniors and current undergraduates who are planning to continue their education at a two- or four-year college in the United States by Fall 2025.
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Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship: Comp Sci, Engineering. Deadline - 12/19/2024.
Our Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship program is built to provide high school seniors like you with a scholarship for up to $40,000 and internship opportunities at Amazon following your freshman year of college.
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AIAA Roger W. Kahn Scholarship: Aerospace major in college. Deadline - 12/31/2024.
AIAA is awarding up to four $10,000 scholarships to high school seniors who enroll in an engineering major and are intending to pursue an aerospace or related major at a college or university!
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Kuaʻana Tuition Waiver. UH Manoa. Native Hawaiian + Financial Need. App opens in January, 2025.
Kuaʻana Native Hawaiian Student Development Services provides need-based tuition waivers for undergraduate, and classified graduate native Hawaiian students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa. Tuition waiver |
GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program: Leadership, Drive, Integrity, and Citizenship. Deadline - 1/3/2025.
Earn a college scholarship and become part of Reagan Education’s network of exceptional students and young professionals who share a common desire to lead, serve, and have a positive impact on their communities.
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UH Manoa New Warrior Scholarships (NWS): Academic strength, community impact. Link sent to you upon application. Deadline - 1/5/2025.
The New Warrior Scholarships (NWS) programs are higher-tier, selective scholarship awards that are designed to recognize and celebrate both the academic strengths and demonstrated community impact of first-year, degree-seeking students who enroll at UH Mānoa in the semester following the completion of their high school diploma. These scholarships include:
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Taco Bell Live Mas Scholarship: Video on your passion. Deadline - 1/8/2025.
The Live Más Scholarship is designed for students ages 16-26 who are pursuing higher education, preparing for the workforce, or using their passion to ignite change in their communities and beyond. All it takes is a two-minute video telling us what you're passionate about and how you plan to make a difference.
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Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarships: Minority Senior, Low income, Uni-bound. Deadline - 1/9/2025.
The Jackie Robinson Foundation provides a multi-faceted experience designed to not only address the financial needs of students who aspire to attend college but to guide them through the process of higher education.
Click here or on the logo to apply.
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US Air Force ROTC Scholarship. Deadline - 1/9/2025.
Offered at more than 1,100 colleges and universities across the country, Air Force ROTC develops the leaders of tomorrow by preparing students to become officers in the U.S. Air Force or Space Force while earning a college degree. In AFROTC, you’ll not only build lifelong friendships, but you may also have the opportunity to pay for school through our scholarship programs. Most importantly, unlike many other college students, you’ll have a rewarding career waiting for you after graduation.
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DEWALT Trades Scholarship. Deadline - 1/16/2025.
Stanley Black & Decker has established the DEWALT Trades Scholarship to assist individuals attending a two-year college or vocational-technical school who are pursuing a trade degree/certificate in an industry aligned with the Stanley Black & Decker Trade Goals – including but are not limited to Construction, Industrial, Motor/Power Sector, Mechanics, and Technology.
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C-Span StudentCam Competition: Video Message to the President. Deadline - 1/20/2025.
StudentCam is C-SPAN's annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and our nation. In this presidential election year, we're asking students in grades 6-12 to create a short (5-6 minute) video documentary on a topic that relates to the competition theme, "Your Message to the President." Click here or on the logo for more information.
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US Army ROTC Scholarship. Round 2 deadline: 1/20/2025, Final Deadline: 3/17/2025.
Cover your college education while gaining valuable leadership skills in Army ROTC with financial support from the Army.
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Russell K. Okata Scholarship: HGEA family, Community college, vocation, trades. Deadline - 1/21/2025.
Awards are available to members and their dependents who are attending or plan to attend a community college or vocational, trade or other post-high school study on a full-time basis. Member must be in good standing for at least one year.
Click here or on the logo to apply.
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Charles R. Kendall Scholarship: HGEA family, College or University full time. Deadline - 1/21/2025.
Awards are available to members and their dependents who are attending or plan to attend a university or college on a full-time basis. Member must be in good standing for at least one year.
Click here or on the logo to apply.
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Honolulu Police Community Foundation Scholarships: College-bound, preference to Criminal Justice majors. Deadline - 1/31/2025.
The Honolulu Police Community Foundation offers scholarship awards to persons entering or enrolled in an Associate degree (two-year) program or in a Bachelor’s (four-year) program, to persons entering Post Graduate studies in a Master’s or Doctorate program at an accredited university or college in the United States, and to persons desiring to pursue an Associate degree or Bachelor’s degree on a part-time basis at a university or college campus on Oahu, and to persons pursuing a Professional Certification at an accredited trade school in the United States.
Click here or on the logo to apply.
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NROTC Scholarship. Deadline - 1/31/2025.
The Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) Program educates and trains qualified young men and women for service as commissioned officers in the Navy's unrestricted line communities, the Navy Nurse Corps and the Marine Corps. As the largest single source of Navy and Marine Corps officers, the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program plays an important role in preparing mature young men and women for leadership and management positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps.
NROTC awards scholarships through a highly competitive national selection process. Selected applicants receive full tuition, books stipend, educational fees and other financial benefits OR Room and Board at the country's leading colleges and universities. Upon graduation, midshipmen are commissioned as officers in the Navy or Marine Corps. |
NSF Game Maker Awards: Design a Video game. Deadline - 1/31/2025.
Contestants will have the chance to win prizes, gain recognition and explore the fascinating world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics while developing a video game.
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The Society of The Friends of St. Patrick Hawaii Scholarship:Academic, Service, Need, view of Irish culture. Deadline - 1/31/2025.
Scholarships are awarded to first year freshman students entering any 2 or 4-year undergraduate institution. Essay - Please provide your view of Irish Culture. If you are of Irish Heritage, please provide your experience.*
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Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation (HRYF) Scholarship: 4-year college bound. Deadline - 2/1/2025.
HRYF administers a scholarship aid program for Hawaii high school students attending a 4-year university or college in Hawaii and/or the U.S. mainland..
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See the app in the sidebar.
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Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation Scholarship: Academics, Activities, Community, Aid, College-bound. KHS hard copy deadline - 2/3/2025.
An outstanding graduating senior will be selected by each qualifying high school to receive a $3,000 scholarship. Outstanding:
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HawaiiUSA Scholarship. College-bound members. Deadline - 2/8/2025.
When every dollar counts, count us in! If you’re committed to making college a reality, our scholarships can help. We're proud to recognize outstanding students with scholarships for college. We have a long history of supporting members' higher-education goals. Click here or on the logo for more information.
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Hawai'i Self Storage Scholarship: College-bound leaders. Deadline - 2/15/2025.
In 2005, Hawai'i Self Storage created a scholarship program to financial support future leaders in our community.
The program annually rewards up to $4,000 each, to 10-11 high school seniors across the state.
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See the app in the sidebar.
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Fukunaga Scholarship Foundation: Business in college. Deadline - 2/24/2024.
The Fukunaga Scholarship Foundation’s scholarships are awarded to encourage students from Hawaiʻi to work towards a career in Business. Each scholarship recipient from the 2024 cohort will receive $20,000 over four years (or a pro-rated amount over fewer years).
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Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation Ambassador Of Aloha Scholarship: Athlete, Academics, Need. Deadline - 3/1/2025.
For high school seniors demonstrating financial need. Applicant must be a resident of Hawaii and a U.S. citizen; must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0; and must participate in canoeing, surfing, kayaking, swimming, diving, water polo, sailing, or volleyball, with a record of accomplishments and intention to compete in college. Applicants should demonstrate the spirit of aloha through leadership and community involvement. Multiple one-time scholarships available generally ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 each. Click here or on the logo to learn more. |
Create-a-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest. Deadline - 3/3/2025
Submit original photo, artwork, computer or AI-created graphics for the front of a greeting card. Contest submissions accepted from: July 8th, 2024 - March 3rd, 2025. Winner will be announced on or about May 15th, 2025. Age Eligibility: Must be 14 years or older at time of entry and be enrolled in High School, College, University or Homeschool. The finalists will again be decided by voting! |
2025 SPORTS TRAVEL HAWAII COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP. Deadline - 3/21/2024.
The goal of this scholarship is aimed at alleviating some of the financial burden Hawaii’s youth and their families face when their child attends college on a different island or on the continental US. Recipients of the STH college scholarship will receive a round trip airline ticket for their travel between Hawaii and the city of their respective college or university. There will be two recipients of the STH college scholarship for 2025. Click here or on the logo to apply. See the app in the sidebar. |
Elks CA-HI: Vocational Grant. For Voc/Tech programs/college. Deadline - 3-6 months before program begins.
 The program is open to anyone residing in California or Hawaii who is a citizen of the United States of America and planning to pursue an eligible vocational/technical (voc/tech) course resulting in a certificate or two-year degree and leading to employment opportunities. |
Thiel Fellowship. Deadline-None
Founded by technology entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel in 2011, the Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who want to build new things. Thiel Fellows skip or stop out of college to receive a $100,000 grant and support from the Thiel Foundation’s network of founders, investors, and scientists. |
Full Ride Scholarships!!! Deadline - varies
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Native Hawaiian focused scholarships. Deadlines vary
 Great list of scholarships with a focus on Native Hawaiian advancement.
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Student Scholarships
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Financial Aid Financial Aid Tools from KCC
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2 more great LOCAL financial aid tools.
 KCC shares 2 links to help you with issues around financial aid:
 Kuilei Courageous Conversations about Financial Aid:
Kapi‘olani CC's Community Workshop on Financial Aid:
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Fastweb FAFSA and Financial Aid Resources
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Fastweb Financial Aid Resources
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The College Solution: Financial Aid Tools, FAFSA
 2 Great Financial Aid Tools
SwiftStudent: New Tool to Appeal Financial Aid Awards
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College Essay Guy Financial Aid Resources: FinAid Award Letter, Appealing your FinAid Award
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Navigating Financial Aid Once You’re Accepted (Part 1): This first guide will walk you through how to understand your financial aid award letter. How to Write a Great Financial Aid Appeal Letter (Part 2): If the financial aid award you received from college is making it tough to attend, it might be worth appealing it. Here's a more detailed step-by-step guide to writing a great financial aid appeal letter. |
