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$1,500
185 Award Winners

¡Lánzate!/Take Off! Higher Education Travel Award program

The ¡Lánzate!/Take Off! Higher Education Travel Award program offers 185 $1,500 flight e-passes to undergraduate and graduate students who travel away from home to study.

Eligible Grades
Undergraduate – Postgraduate
Application Open Date
February 1, 2025
Application Deadline
April 26, 2025
Closing in 10 Days
$1,500
185 Award Winners
Closing in 14 Days
$1,500
6 Award Winners

ISL Midwest Senior Scholarship

The Iowa Student Loan offers a $1,500 scholarship to six students annually to assist them with college education expenses and encourage them to pursue college degrees. Recipients are picked randomly.

Eligible Grades
High School Senior
Application Open Date
January 6, 2025
Application Deadline
April 30, 2025
Closing in 14 Days
$1,500
6 Award Winners
Closed
$250–$1,000
23 Award Winners

Veterinary Scholarships (member)

The Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) offers the NVMA Veterinary Student Scholarship to Nebraska high school or State of Nebraska-approved Home School Program graduates to complete their veterinary education.

Eligible Grades
Undergraduate – Postgraduate
Application Open Date
July 1, 2024
Application Deadline
October 15, 2024
Closed
$250–$1,000
23 Award Winners
Closed
$500
30 Award Winners

Study.com November Scholarships

The Study.com November Scholarships offer 30 students in any field of study from the United States or 25 specific states a $500 scholarship each to pursue their undergraduate studies.

Eligible Grades
All
Application Open Date
May 2, 2024
Application Deadline
November 1, 2024
Closed
$500
30 Award Winners
Closed
$4,500
1 Award Winner

Dr. Joseph and Sonya Landholm Scholarship

The Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association offers Dr. Joseph and Sonya Landholm Scholarship of up to $4,500 to veterinary students and veterinary practitioners pursuing training leading to certification in veterinary acupuncture.

Eligible Grades
Undergraduate
Application Open Date
October 1, 2024
Application Deadline
January 1, 2025
Closed
$4,500
1 Award Winner
Closed
$1,000–$6,000
1 Award Winner

North Central Region 9 Scholarship

The scholarship is awarded to one high school senior or undergraduate student enrolled in a two- or four-year college or university within the North Central region.

Eligible Grades
High School Senior – Undergraduate
Application Open Date
November 1, 2024
Application Deadline
February 1, 2025
Closed
$1,000–$6,000
1 Award Winner
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Closed
$200–$5,500
1 Award Winner

Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation Scholarships

The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation offers this scholarship to graduating high school students or high school graduates pursuing studies at Nebraska’s public institutions. It is open to incoming college freshmen.

Eligible Grades
High School Graduate
Application Open Date
November 1, 2024
Application Deadline
February 1, 2025
Closed
$200–$5,500
1 Award Winner
Closed
$2,000–$4,000
1 Award Winner

Davis-Chambers Scholarship

The Davis-Chambers Scholarship is offered to high school seniors to pursue studies at the University of Nebraska. Applicants must be residents of Nebraska and high school graduates in Nebraska.

Eligible Grades
All
Application Open Date
January 1, 2025
Application Deadline
February 1, 2025
Closed
$2,000–$4,000
1 Award Winner
Closed
$500–$5,000
48 Award Winners

Jimmy Rane Foundation Scholarships

The Jimmy Rane Foundation Scholarship offers need-based scholarships of between $500 and $5,000 to graduating high school seniors or students currently enrolled in accredited colleges in the U.S.

Eligible Grades
High School Senior – College Sophomore
Application Open Date
December 1, 2024
Application Deadline
February 7, 2025
Closed
$500–$5,000
48 Award Winners
Closed
$500
1 Award Winner

Marianne Beel Scholarship

The Nebraska Press Women (NPW)awards the Marianne Beel Scholarship worth $1,000 which offers scholarships to female high school seniors in Nebraska.

Eligible Grades
High School Graduate – College Sophomore
Application Open Date
January 1, 2024
Application Deadline
February 9, 2025
Closed
$500
1 Award Winner
Closed
$25,000
5 Award Winners

Smith Diversity Scholarship

The Smith Diversity Scholarship provides five awards to graduating high school seniors and high school graduates in Nebraska who come from low-income and minority families to further their education.

Eligible Grades
All
Application Open Date
December 1, 2024
Application Deadline
February 28, 2025
Closed
$25,000
5 Award Winners
Closed
$2,500
2 Award Winners

John Deere Scholarship

The $2,500 John Deere Scholarship is given to one Midwest US student and one diverse Midwest U.S. student enrolled in a welding engineering or weld engineering technology program annually.

Eligible Grades
High School Graduate – Undergraduate
Application Open Date
December 1, 2024
Application Deadline
March 1, 2025
Closed
$2,500
2 Award Winners
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Closed
$500
1 Award Winner

Pre-Veterinary Scholarships

The Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association offers the Pre-Veterinary Scholarships of $500 to Nebraska undergraduate students in pre-veterinary education and pursuing completion of the pre-professional program.

Eligible Grades
Undergraduate
Application Open Date
January 1, 2025
Application Deadline
March 15, 2025
Closed
$500
1 Award Winner
Closed
$6,000
2 Award Winners

Hearld and Marge Ambler Scholarship

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks offers the Hearld and Marge Ambler Scholarship of $6,000 to two college students each, pursuing business-related degree programs. Preference is given to accounting majors.

Eligible Grades
Undergraduate
Application Open Date
January 1, 2025
Application Deadline
March 24, 2025
Closed
$6,000
2 Award Winners
Closed
$500
3 Award Winners

Colonel Theodore A. Leisen Memorial and Training Endowment Fund

The Nebraska Section American Water Works Association offers the Colonel Theodore A. Leisen Memorial and Training Fund to three students to further their education and advance their careers in the water industry.

Eligible Grades
All
Application Open Date
June 1, 2025
Application Deadline
September 1, 2025
Closed
$500
3 Award Winners
Closed
$2,000–$3,000
3 Award Winners

Norma Ross Walter Scholarship

The Willa Cather Foundation provides three Norma Ross Walter Scholarships to female high school seniors from Nebraska who plan on majoring in English.

Eligible Grades
High School Senior
Application Open Date
October 1, 2025
Application Deadline
January 31, 2026
Closed
$2,000–$3,000
3 Award Winners