22 Scholarships for Elementary & Middle School Students

In this post we discuss on 22 Scholarships for Elementary & Middle School Students. College scholarships aren’t just for high school seniors. Many contests are open to students in elementary and middle school, and prize money can help make a significant dent in college costs. We highlight five scholarships below for students in younger grades. Review the details of each one, and encourage any interested students you know to apply on time.

11. Action for Nature Eco-Hero Award

How to Apply: Submit an application describing an environmental project that concerns environmental health, advocacy, research, or protection of the natural world
Eligibility: Open to students ages 8-16
Amount: $500
Deadline: February 28, 2022
Website: https://actionfornature.org/eco-hero-awards/apply

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12. Doodle 4 Google

How to Apply: Submit an original piece of artwork depicting the Google logo in accordance with this year’s selected theme, self-care
Eligibility: Open to students in grades K-12
Amount: One national winner receives a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology package for their school. Four runners-up receive a $5,000 college scholarship
Deadline: March 4, 2022
Website: https://doodles.google.com/d4g/

13. Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

How to Apply: Submit an online application, including a letter from a nominator
Eligibility: Open to children ages 8-18 who are currently working on an inspiring service project or have done so within the past 12 months
Amount: Top ten winners each receive $10,000
Deadline: April 15, 2022
Website: https://barronprize.org/apply/

14. We the Students Essay Contest

How to Apply: Write an essay 500-800 words in length answering the question, “How does an understanding of natural rights and respect build a free society?”
Eligibility: Open to any U.S. student in grades 8-12 and between the ages of 14 and 19
Amount: $7,500 for 1st place, $1,500 for five runners-up, and $500 for ten honorable mentions
Deadline: April 15, 2022
Website: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/engage/students-programs-events/scholarship/

15. Paradigm Challenge

How to Apply: Create a presentation focused on solving one of the provided challenges and submit it with a completed application
Eligibility: Open to students 4 to 18 years of age worldwide
Amount: Up to $100,000
Deadline: May 1, 2022
Website:  https://www.projectparadigm.org/

16. Ocean Awareness Contest

How to Apply: Use humor, positivity, irony, or other unconventional approaches that are not typically used in environmental communication to address the climate crisis. Submissions are accepted as visual art, creative writing, film, interactive & multimedia, performing arts, poetry, and spoken word
Eligibility: Open to middle and high school students from around the world. Students under age 13 must provide the contact information for an adult sponsor (teacher, parent, mentor, etc.)
Amount: Multiple awards of up to $1,500
Deadline: June 13, 2022
Website: https://bowseat.org/programs/ocean-awareness-contest

17. Christopher Columbus Awards

The Christopher Columbus Awards are part of a national program encouraging middle school students to take an interest in the STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The Christopher Columbus organization issues a simple challenge: working as a team with an adult coach (often a teacher), find something in your community that needs improvement and, employing the scientific method, generate a fresh and effective solution.

Last year’s winning projects were a self-sanitizing conveyor belt for grocery stores and a cheap press that forms fuel briquettes out of organic waste in an effort to conserve wood in countries suffering deforestation. Your project submission consists of four written parts and one visual presentation.

There are two Gold Medal winners each year, and each team member receives $2,000 in cash plus a medal. One of those teams also receives the $25,000 Columbus Foundation Community Grant to fund a practical implementation of the proposed project.

18. U.S. Space & Rocket Center Foundation

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center Foundation offers several programs for children (Space Camp, Space Academy, and a day camp, all located in Huntsville, Alabama), and hands out full scholarships to certain types of students. Here are the five categories of awards:

• Academic Achievement, meaning students must be taking a curriculum for gifted children or have an excellent record in school.
• Financial Need/Disadvantaged, for students from low income families, including those drawing government assistance.
• Leadership, for students who are natural leaders at school or in their communities.
• Special Needs, for students who have physical handicaps or trouble learning.
• General, for students ineligible for other categories who demonstrate in an essay their particular fascination with learning at one of the Space Camp programs.

website: http://www.spacecamp.com/scholarships/

19. MATHCOUNTS

The Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition rewards mathematical prowess for students in grades 6-8 who have advanced to the finalist stage in regional contests. In 2012, 100,000 students from all over America participated, and the winner receives both the Donald G. Weinert Scholarship for $8,000 and a trip to Space Camp. Second place in the Countdown Round brings $6,000, and semi-finalists each take home $4,000 scholarships.

website: http://mathcounts.org/competitionfaq

20. J.M. Smucker Company

The J.M. Smucker Company sponsors the Jif Most Creative Sandwich Contest, in which you compete by devising a surprising and delicious recipe for a sandwich using Jif brand peanut butter. Past winners include a peanut butter quesadilla, taco, and fortune cookie sandwich, and while it will be difficult to surpass the imaginative quality of those innovations, it is worth your while to make the effort. The winner receives $25,000 for college, and four runners-up also get $2,500 each.

Website: https://www.jif.com/Promotions/Most-Creative-Peanut-Butter/

21. First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association

The First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association (FCSLA) provides scholarships for students in grades 1 through 12. FCSLA is a fraternal benefit organization into which members pay dues to fund their own insurance plan, and receive life insurance and other returns, such as a chance to apply for scholarships. Consequently, you must be not only a member of three years standing to apply, but also purchase several insurance certificates issued by FCSLA.

Scholarship amounts for grades 1 through 8 are $750 and for high school, $1,000 each. Students’ applications will be evaluated in the following way: 50% performance in school, 15% family membership in FCSLA, 20% leadership ability, and 15% circumstances meriting special consideration.

website: https://www.fcsla.org/scholarship.shtml

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22. American Morgan Horse Institute

The American Morgan Horse Institute (AMHI) provides scholarships for young people interested in learning about and working with Morgan horses. Here are three of the available awards:

• The AMHI van Schaik Dressage Scholarship gives $1,000 to a lover of Morgan horses who wants to improve his or her proficiency in dressage, which means training yourself and your horse to move together based on your physical signals. It is an Olympic discipline, and the van Schaik award is intended to train a rider to achieve at least Fourth Level.
• The AMHI Graywood Youth Horsemanship Grant supports young people who want to study techniques of Morgan horse care with professionals, including methods of breeding, management, and riding.
• The AMHI Paul J. Stephan Memorial Award brings $1,000 to a young man who is planning a career in the Morgan horse business. There is no minimum age, and the Stephan is a one-time gift.

website: https://www.morganhorse.com/youth/scholarships/

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