Scholarships for African American Students
MUFG Union Bank Scholarship Program
UNCF offers scholarships in partnership with the Union Bank Foundation valued at $5,280 per recipient for undergraduate study across the United States.
- Amount
- $5,280
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3.3
- Deadline
- January 13
UNCF Healthcare Workforce Diversity Program
In partnership with AbbVie, UNCF offers 200 scholarships valued at $5,000 to high school graduates, and college freshman and college sophomores undertaking undergraduate study in healthcare-related fields.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 200 winners
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- January 31
AMS Minority Scholarships
The grant is divided into two $3,000 stipends for your freshman and sophomore years.
- Amount
- $3,000–$6,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 3 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- February 1
- Winner announcement
- May 2022
MetLife Foundation Scholarship
The MetLife Foundation partners with UNCF to offer scholarships to African American students enrolled at accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for their junior year.
- Amount
- $7,333–$14,666
- Scholarships awarded
- 100 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- March 10
- Winner announcement
- August 2022
United Health Foundation Louis Stokes Scholarship
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation offers $5,000 to $8,000 scholarships to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.
- Amount
- $5,000–$8,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 12 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- April 3
- Winner announcement
- June 2022
Ally Financial Law Scholars Program
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Ally Financial Law Scholars Program, sponsored by Ally Financial, aims to increase the number of competent African American or Black students entering the legal profession.
- Amount
- $6,000–$20,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- April 8
- Winner announcement
- August 2022
Ally Financial Public Policy Scholars Program
The Ally Financial Public Policy Scholars program offers a $10,000 scholarship for college sophomores and juniors.
- Amount
- $10,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- April 8
- Winner announcement
- August 2022
Dr. Blanca Moore-Velez Woman of Substance Scholarship
The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NANBPWC) awards $1,000–$10,000 scholarships to mature African American women.
- Amount
- $1,000–$10,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- April 10
- Winner announcement
- August 2022
NANBPWC National Scholarship
NANBPWC National Scholarship is an annual program offering awards of $1,500 to $2,500 to African American high school seniors in the U.S.
- Amount
- $1,500–$2,500
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- April 20
UNCF F5 Women in STEM Scholarship
The UNCF F5 Women in STEM Scholarship provides $50,000 to ten African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander women who are pursuing STEM careers.
- Amount
- $1,000–$5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 10 winners
- Required GPA
- 2.5
- Deadline
- May 10
- Winner announcement
- July 2022
L’Oréal Professionnel Empowering Diversity Scholarship
Students majoring in cosmetology at an accredited institute are eligible for the $5,000 scholarship from L’Oréal Professionnel.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- May 31
David Hudak Memorial Essay Contest for Freethinking Students of Color
Freedom from Religion Foundation holds an annual essay contest for students of color aged 17 to 21. The David Hudak Memorial Essay Contest for Freethinking Students of Color offers prizes ranging from $300 to $3,500.
- Amount
- $3,500–$300
- Scholarships awarded
- 10 winners
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- June 1
- Winner announcement
- August 2022
Geoscience IDEA Scholarship
The Geoscience IDEA Scholarship program aims to address the reality that the geosciences community is the least diverse of the STEM fields and seeks to increase diversity within it.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 2 winners
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- June 1
- Winner announcement
- August 2022
Reach for the Gold Book Scholarship
Omega Phi Beta Sorority gives $1,000 to a woman of color to support them throughout the first year of college with the Reach for the Gold Book Scholarship.
- Amount
- $1,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 2 winners
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- June 1
- Winner announcement
- July 2022
Citrix Scholarship
The United Negro College Fund Scholars Program and Citrix offer one $2,000 scholarship for high school seniors and undergraduate students, up to junior year.
- Amount
- $2,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 20 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- June 7
- Winner announcement
- October 31, 2022
Intel Scholarship Program
The Intel Scholars Program offers 14 $5,000 and $10,000 scholarships for Black undergraduate and graduate students in a number of STEM fields.
- Amount
- $5,000–$10,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 14 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- June 14
- Winner announcement
- August 2022
RICOH Scholarship Program
The scholarship awards brilliant students from the minority community keen on advancing their academic careers in certain disciplines while studying at HBCUs.
- Amount
- $2,500
- Scholarships awarded
- 5 winners
- Required GPA
- 2.5
- Deadline
- June 20
Amyris Scholarship Program
Amyris, Inc., in collaboration with UNCF, offers an annual scholarship of up to $4,400 to 20 African American undergraduate and graduate students in the United States.
- Amount
- $4,400
- Scholarships awarded
- 20 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- July 7
Olay Face the STEM Gap Scholarship
The Olay Face the STEM Gap Scholarship Program offers scholarships worth $5,000 to women of color.
- Amount
- $2,500–$5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- July 15
Sherry R. Arnstein Underrepresented Minority Scholarship
Each year, the American Association of Colleges Of Osteopathic Medicine awards a financial scholarship of $1,000 to at least two osteopathic medical students who belong to an underrepresented minority.
- Amount
- $1,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 2 winners
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- July 22
- Winner announcement
- September 2022
Target Scholars
The Target Corporation Scholars Program offers many $2,500 - $5,000 scholarships for high school graduates and college freshmen.
- Amount
- $2,500–$5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 2.75
- Deadline
- July 22
AIChE Minority Scholarship Awards
This scholarship aims to support underrepresented undergraduate students from minority groups in the United States, specifically African Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, Alaskan Natives, and Hispanics.
- Amount
- $1,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- July 30
- Winner announcement
- November 2022
Tampax Flow It Forward Scholarship
The Tampax Flow It Forward Scholarship grants $10,000 to an African American college junior looking for a career in healthcare and attending an HBCU.
- Amount
- $10,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3.5
- Deadline
- August 19
- Winner announcement
- October 31, 2022
The Gates Scholarship
The Gates Scholarship annually offers 300 student leaders scholarships to help them maximize their full potential.
- Amount
- $20,000–$60,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 300 winners
- Required GPA
- 3.3
- Deadline
- September 15
- Winner announcement
- July/September 2023
Medical Diversity Scholarship Program
Every year, the Buckfire Law firm offers one available scholarship valued at $2,000 per recipient for undergraduate study across the United States.
- Amount
- $2,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- October 1
TJX Scholarship Program
Every year the TJX Scholarship Program offers $10,000 scholarships for full-time undergraduate study to African American/Black students.
- Amount
- $10,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 2.5
- Deadline
- October 25
The Legacy Lab Foundation Scholarship
The Legacy Lab Foundation, supported by The Giving Back Fund, is seeking Black or African American students enrolled in colleges, universities, or similar institutions (technical schools) in the United States.
- Amount
- $10,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- November 1
- Winner announcement
- December 2022
UNCF Ivy Beauty (NY/NJ) Scholarship
UNCF, in partnership with Ivy Enterprises, is awarding five African American freshmen and sophomore students in colleges in New York or New Jersey $2,000 scholarships each.
- Amount
- $2,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 5 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- December 9
- Winner announcement
- January/February 2023
Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship
The Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship awards $30,000 scholarships to students with financial need from minority backgrounds.
- Amount
- $30,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 60 winners
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- January 1
- Winner announcement
- Early Summer
EESI Future Climate Leaders Scholarship Program
Students at HBCUs can apply for up to $5,000 in awards each academic year to pursue programs related to environmental science, clean energy, and climate policy at EESI-accredited institutions.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 2.75
- Deadline
- January 12
Chevron Corporate Scholarship
Chevron awards an o$7,500 scholarship to meritorious students in engineering and computer science from African American, Native North American, Alaska Tribe, Pacific Islander, or Hispanic backgrounds.
- Amount
- $7,500–$15,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- January 18
Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarship
Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarship offers $3,000 grants to three underrepresented minorities wishing to or undertaking archaeology courses.
- Amount
- $3,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 3 winners
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- January 31
- Winner announcement
- April 2023
Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail Endowed Scholarship
The Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail Endowed Scholarship offers one scholarship to a female high school senior or undergraduate student from the U.S or Canada.
- Amount
- $1,000–$6,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 2.5
- Deadline
- February 1
LPA Scholarship
LPA, Inc offers scholarships of $5,000 to high school seniors in California and Texas accepted at an accredited institution for a degree program related to design or building industry.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 5 winners
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- February 2
Oracle Corporate Scholars Program
The Oracle Corporate Scholars Program awards 10 $10,000 scholarships to college students.
- Amount
- $10,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 10 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- February 7
Mary Holloway McCoo, M.D. and Wayman Glen McCoo, Sr. M.D. Sholarship
UNCF offers two scholarships valued at $2,500 per semester to postgraduate and doctoral students studying in the medical field across the United States.
- Amount
- $2,500
- Scholarships awarded
- 2 winners
- Required GPA
- 3.8
- Deadline
- February 10
Oracle Scholarship
Ten scholarships are awarded each year to high-performing African American, Hispanic, and Native American students who plan to major in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business, and related fields of study.
- Amount
- $10,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 10 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- February 11
- Winner announcement
- Summer 2023
LAGRANT Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships
Thirty (30) ethnic minority undergraduate students will receive $2,500 scholarships and a trip to New York City, New York, for career-building activities as part of the LAGRANT Foundation Scholarship Program.
- Amount
- $2,500
- Scholarships awarded
- 30 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- February 28
- Winner announcement
- April 2023
Science Application International Corporation Scholarship
The Science Application International Corporation Scholarship worth $5,000 enables college seniors to study software engineering, data science, digital engineering, and cybersecurity at different Thurgood Marshall College Fund member schools.
- Amount
- $2,500–$5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 2 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- February 28
Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Minority Students
Every year, the Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Minority Students grants two undergraduate students scholarships to the tune of $750 each to study archival administration at the graduate level.
- Amount
- $750
- Scholarships awarded
- 2 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- March 1
Blacks at Microsoft Scholarships
BAM is committed to assisting Black employees in their professional development and encouraging youngsters to seek a career in technology.
- Amount
- $2,500–$20,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 45 winners
- Required GPA
- 3.3
- Deadline
- March 1
- Winner announcement
- April 2023
Mission North The Future Is… Fellowship
The Future Is… Fellowship awards $15,000 to one female BIPOC(Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color) student pursuing studies in communications with an interest in tech or science.
- Amount
- $15,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 2.5
- Deadline
- March 18
UNCF – Anthem Corporate Scholars Program
Students from minority ethnic groups and races are awarded $5,000 scholarships and internship programs by a Fortune 500 company.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- March 31
Student Of Color Scholarship
The Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation-Student of Color Scholarship offers a $10,000 scholarship to undergraduate or postgraduate students of color.
- Amount
- $10,000–$100,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- April 18
Oracle Developer Scholars Program
The Oracle Corporation, with the UNCF, offers 25 scholarships valued at $10,000 for undergraduate study across the United States. Only African American, Hispanic, and Native American students are eligible.
- Amount
- $10,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 25 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- April 29
KyCPA College Scholarships
The KyCPA College Scholarship offers 43 $1,550 scholarships to college students currently enrolled in accounting.
- Amount
- $1,550
- Scholarships awarded
- 43 winners
- Required GPA
- Any
- Deadline
- April 30
PRSA Georgia Multicultural PRism Scholarship
The PRSA Foundation offers the $1,000 PRSA Georgia Multicultural PRism Scholarship to republic relations, journalism, and mass communication students.
- Amount
- $1,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 2.5
- Deadline
- April 30
CGCS – Bernard Harris Scholarship Program
The Bernard Harris Scholarship Program awards four graduating high school seniors who seek to major in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses at college or university level.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 4 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- May 6
- Winner announcement
- June 2023
Ofield Dukes Multicultural Student Award
The Ofield Dukes scholarship awards $1,000 to public relations juniors with a commitment to community service. The scholarship is for students from ethnic and racial minority groups.
- Amount
- $1,000
- Scholarships awarded
- 1 winner
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- May 15
PRSA Diversity Multicultural Scholarship
The PRSA Diversity Multicultural Scholarship awards $1,500 to two seniors with exceptional academic performance and a commitment to public relations.
- Amount
- $1,500
- Scholarships awarded
- 2 winners
- Required GPA
- 3
- Deadline
- May 15