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The Broke Student’s Guide to January Scholarships in 2021
Over $180,000 of free financial aid for students
There are lots of great January scholarships to apply for in 2021.
The end of a semester is a whirlwind of stress, tests, and last-minute panics. Once the craziness ends it’s like having a huge weight lifted off your shoulder.
You can finally relax! And some serious veg out time is much needed.
The winter break is the perfect time for recuperation. It’s also the perfect time for knocking out a few scholarship applications.
I even put together a list of the scholarships due in January this year to make things a little easier for you. Now you don’t need to spend time searching because all the best ones are right here in this post.
Instead:
You can focus more of your time working on applications.
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- Deadlines in Early January (1st – 14th)
- Deadlines in Mid-January (15th – 19th)
- Deadlines in Late January (20th – 31st)
January Scholarships 2021
1. Carr & Weatherby Scholarship for At-Risk Youth
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 1, 2021
Award Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Must be either accepted to or currently enrolled in an accredited college or university within the United States and must have a minimum 3.0 GPA.
2. The Debt.com Scholarship for Aggressive Scholarship Applicants
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 1, 2021
Award Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Must be either accepted to or currently enrolled in an accredited college or university within the United States and must have a minimum 3.0 GPA.
3. Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship Program
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 3, 2021
Award Amount: $2,500
Eligibility: Must be a current undergraduate student in a two-year swine program or four-year college of agriculture and a U.S. citizen.
4. “Don’t Wait to Reach Your Potential” Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 4, 2021
Award Amount: $500 – $1000
Eligibility: Must be a college-bound teen in grades 9th-12th.
5. Young Filmmakers Contest 2021
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 5, 2021
Award Amount: $100 – $1000 + matching grant
Eligibility: Open to students from grade 3 through college and above (ages 8 through 25). Must be a U.S. citizen.
6. The “Be Bold” No-Essay Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 5, 2021
Award Amount: $10,000
Eligibility: Open to any type of student.
Related: Over 100 Super Easy, No-Essay Scholarships for College
7. Live Más Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 6, 2021
Award Amount: $5,000 – $25,000
Eligibility: Must be at least 16 years of age and no older than 24 years of age. Applicant must be on-track to apply for or enrolled in an accredited post-high school/post-secondary educational program (including accredited two-and four-year colleges, universities, vocational-technical and trade schools).
8. AAMI Foundation Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 6, 2021
Award Amount: $3,000
Eligibility: Applicants must be entering or current full-time college students seeking a career in the healthcare technology profession at an accredited college or university.
9. NJCPA One-Year Scholarships
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 8, 2021
Award Amount: $6,500
Eligibility: Applicants must be a resident of New Jersey attending a NJ college or university with a minimum 3.2 overall GPA through the end of the Fall 2019 semester. Must be an accounting major or have a concentration in accounting with at least 12 credits in accounting completed by the end of the Spring 2021 semester, with a graduation date of December 2021 or later. Must have a current junior-year status or above in an undergraduate program.
10. Ron Brown Scholar Program
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 9, 2021
Award Amount: $10,000
Eligibility: Must be Black/African American and a current high school senior at the time of your application.
11. NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Program
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 15, 2021
Award Amount: $10,000
Eligibility: Must be in final season of NCAA athletics eligibility or must have completed athletic eligibility; must be in final year of undergraduate academic work or received an undergraduate degree. Must have an overall undergraduate minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.20.
12. DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 15, 2021
Award Amount: FULL Tuition & fees covered at any U.S. university, $37,000 yearly stipend and other benefits.
Eligibility: Open to U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens who plan full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. at an accredited U.S. university. More details here.
13. CNC Machines Manufacturing Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 17, 2021
Award Amount: $2,500
Eligibility: This award is available for students pursuing a certification, certificate, associates, or bachelor’s in manufacturing or a related area of study.
14. Colvin Graduate Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 17, 2021
Award Amount: $7,500
Eligibility: Must be pursuing a graduate degree in meat science, food science, animal science, economics, marketing, business, communications or other degree related to the beef industry. Must a full-time master’s or doctorate student, conducting applied or basic research, be set to graduate after the 2021 fall term.
15. Colvin Undergraduate Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 17, 2021
Award Amount: $7,500
Eligibility: Must be pursuing meat science, food science, animal science, marketing, business, communications, journalism or other degree related to the beef industry. Must be a junior or senior at the beginning of the 2021 spring semester or quarter, and will still be enrolled as an undergraduate during the 2021 fall semester or quarter, at a four-year institution.
16. Lou and Carole Prato Sports Reporting Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 17, 2021
Award Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Open to students who will be undergraduate sophomores, juniors or seniors at the time the scholarship is awarded, pursuing careers in radio, television, or digital journalism.
17. EmPOWERED to Serve Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 20, 2021
Award Amount: $10,000
Eligibility: Open to college freshmen, sophomores and juniors who have at least a 3.0. All majors are accepted.
18. Innovation Education Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 20, 2021
Award Amount: $500
Eligibility: Must be currently be enrolled as a high school or college/university student within the United States or Canada.
Related: Easy College Scholarships You Can Apply for Every Month
19. APIA Scholarship Program
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 22, 2021
Award Amount: One-time $2,500 awards to multi-year $20,000 awards
Eligibility: Must be in of Asian and/or Pacific Islander ethnicity as defined by the U.S. Census. Must be enrolling as an undergraduate student in a U.S. accredited college or university in the Fall of 2021 and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7.
20. March of Dimes Dr. Margaret C. Freda Graduate Nursing Scholarship Award
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 24, 2021
Award Amount: $5,000
Eligibility: Applicant must be a registered nurse and currently be enrolled in graduate education with a focus on maternal-child nursing at the masters or doctorate level. Must have at least one academic term to complete after August of the year in which the scholarship is awarded.
21. The NYWICI Scholarship Program
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 24, 2021
Award Amount: $2,500 – $10,000
Eligibility: Must be U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents who live in NY, NJ, CT, or PA. Must be college undergraduate and graduate students; must be majoring, planning to declare a major, or pursuing an advanced degree in a communications-related field. Must have an overall GPA of 3.2 or better.
22. Technology Addiction Awareness Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 30, 2021
Award Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Must be a high school freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior or a current or entering college or graduate school student of any level. Homeschooled students are also eligible. There is no age limit.
23. Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship Program
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 30, 2021
Award Amount: $1,000 – $10,000
Eligibility: Must currently be enrolled full-time and similarly enrolled during the 2021-2021 academic year at an accredited, four-year college or university. Applicants must have a declared major or minor in accounting, business administration, finance or criminal justice.
24. Bold.org Local Journalism Grant
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Open to current high school students or above.
25. ASA Minority Fellowship Program
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $18,000
Eligibility: Must be enrolled in (and have completed one full academic year in) a program that grants the Ph.D. in sociology. Applicants must be members of a minority racial/ethnic groups.
26. The Discover Student Loans Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $5,000
Eligibility: Open to U.S. residents who are at least 16 years old. Must be a high school senior who will be or a college student who is enrolled at least half-time in a Bachelors’s or Associates’s degree program or graduate program at an eligible school within one (1) year of winner notification/confirmation.
27. I Have a Dream Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $1,500
Eligibility: Open to U.S. residents who are at least 13 years old. Must be currently enrolled (or enroll no later than the fall of 2026) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education.
28. ABPA Harrington-Arthur Memorial Scholarship Essay Competition
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $1,500
Eligibility: Open to all persons of high school age (at least age 13 and no older than age 19 as of December 31, 2019) and legal residents of the United States or Canada. The applicant is not required to be college-bound; the scholarship money can be used for any type of advanced education.
29. HP Emerging Leaders in Tech Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: All current or prospective college students, or high school students intending to enroll in college may apply.
30. Microsoft Tuition Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Must be enrolled full time in a bachelor’s degree program at a four-year college or university in the United States, Canada or Mexico at the time you submit the application. Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and show satisfactory progress toward an undergraduate degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related STEM discipline.
31. EnergyRates.ca College Scholarship
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $500
Eligibility: Open to all students enrolled in an American or Canadian post-secondary educational institution, or planning to enroll in such an institution within the following calendar year.
32. eQuality Scholarships for Graduating High School Seniors and Recent High School Graduates
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $6,000
Eligibility: Applicants for all scholarships must have demonstrated service to the LGBT+ community. Applicants of all sexual orientations and gender identities are eligible. Must be a resident of northern or central California but may study elsewhere; must have completed or expect to complete high school or equivalent between 1 Jul 2015 and 30 Jun 2021; must plan to attend or began attending an accredited post-secondary institution (college, university, or vocational/trade school) for the first time in 2021.
33. eQuality Scholarships for Community College Transfer Students
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $6,000
Eligibility: Applicants for all scholarships must have demonstrated service to the LGBT+ community. Applicants of all sexual orientations and gender identities are eligible. Must be a resident of northern or central California but may study elsewhere; must have graduated or expect to graduate from community college 1 Jul 2015 and 30 Jun 2021; must plan to attend or began attending an accredited 4-year college or university for the first time in 2021.
34. eQuality Nursing Scholarships
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $6,000
Eligibility: Applicants for all scholarships must have demonstrated service to the LGBT+ community. Applicants of all sexual orientations and gender identities are eligible. Must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment by the interview date in an accredited ADN or BSN RN program in California; must be in good academic standing with her/his nursing program or, if just entering a nursing program, must have a minimum 3.0 high school GPA with a strong emphasis on math and science.
35. eQuality Scholarships for Graduate Health Care Students
→ GO HERE TO APPLY
Deadline: January 31, 2021
Award Amount: $6,000
Eligibility: Applicants for all scholarships must have demonstrated service to the LGBT+ community. Applicants of all sexual orientations and gender identities are eligible. Must be enrolled or committed to enroll by the interview date in an accredited graduate school in California or a California resident attending an accredited graduate school elsewhere in the United States; pursuing a graduate degree in medicine, dentistry (DDS or DDM), pharmacy, physical therapy, or psychology and in good standing.
Wrapping Up with College Scholarships in January
So there you have it. Those are the best January scholarships and their deadlines for applications.
Most of them are worth quite a bit!
But:
Big and small awards add up, so don’t pass up any “little” opportunities you qualify for.
Let me know which scholarships you applied for in a comment below. Are there are any others I should add to the list?
Related posts:
- List of Deadlines for February Scholarships in 2021
- College Scholarships with March 2021 Due Dates
- April Scholarships for 2021 – Over 100 to Apply For!
3 comments
This is great! It’s hard for students to find scholarships and know where to find them! Putting a list of them in one place is so helpful!
I’m glad you found this list helpful, Pristine!
My daughter’s and I are always looking for scholarships. After all the time we put into it we always come out with not finding any. We are a middle class, caucasian family and get no help. It gets harder to accept every time we go through scholarships.