Top 23 April Scholarships
April showers bring May flowers, and April scholarships bring students $$$ for college!
If you’re a high school senior approaching graduation, there’s still plenty of time to put a dent in your tuition bill with some of the below April scholarships!
This list also includes great opportunities for high school students in their freshman, sophomore, and junior years, and April scholarships for college students.
Keep reading for information about scholarship eligibility, deadlines, and award amounts for these top April scholarships!
Frame My Future Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school seniors planning to enroll as a full-time students and current undergraduate/graduate students at U.S.colleges and universities
- Amount: $5,000
- Deadline: April 1
Blacks at Microsoft Scholarships
- Eligibility: High school seniors who identify as African American
- Amount: $20,000
- Deadline: April 10
Electronic Security Association Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to high school seniors whose parents are a member of the police/sheriff’s department or are an active duty police officer, firefighter, paramedic, or public sector EMT.
- Amount: Varies
- Deadline: April 10
Pretty Lightroom Presets Scholarship Program
- Eligibility: Open to high school seniors whose parents are a member of the police/sheriff’s department or are an active duty police officer, firefighter, paramedic, or public sector EMT.
- Amount: Varies
- Deadline: April 10
Horatio Alger Career & Technical Scholarships
- Eligibility: Open to students who are currently enrolled in a technical educational program
- Amount: $2,500
- Deadline: April 15
Mott Foundation Scholarships
- Eligibility: Students whose heritages can be traced back to Calabria, Italy
- Amount: $10,000
- Deadline: April 15
Tortuga Study Abroad Scholarship
- Eligibility: College students
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: April 15 & November 15
We the Students Essay Contest
- Eligibility: Students must be in grades 8 through 12
- Amount: $7,500
- Deadline: April 15
The Signet Classics Student Scholarship Essay Contest
- Eligibility: High school juniors and seniors
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: April 22
Ortho Dermatologics Aspire Higher Scholarships
- Eligibility: High school seniors, college and graduate students
- Amount: $10,000
- Deadline: April 27
Kim Beneschott Creative Arts Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all students majoring in the creative arts
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: April 28
The “Be Bold” No-Essay Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all students, including high school, college, and graduate students
- Amount: $10,000
- Deadline: April 29
The “Be Bold” No-Essay Community Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to students who register to Bold.org and has invited many friends
- Amount: $5,000
- Deadline: April 29
$1,000 Cappex Easy College Money Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all students ranging from high school students to college and community college students.
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: April 29
ACFEF Scholarships
- Eligibility: High school seniors accepted to college, undergraduate and graduate
- Amount: $1,500 to $2,500
- Deadline: April 30
Crossword Hobbyist Crossword Scholarship
- Eligibility: Current or incoming undergraduate student
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: April 30
Niche $2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all high school or college students
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: April 30
The Sara Scholarship
- Eligibility: Female golfers who are high school seniors
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: April 30
ScholarshipOwl “You Deserve It ” Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all high school and college students
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: April 30
ScholarshipPoints $10,000 Scholarship Program
- Eligibility: Open to all high school students, college students, community college students, and graduate students.
- Amount: $10,000
- Deadline: April 30
Smart Borrower No-Essay Scholarship & Loan Forgiveness Grant
- Eligibility: Open to all high school students, college students, community college students, and graduate students.
- Amount: $5,000
- Deadline: April 29th
Sports Unlimited Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school seniors and college freshman and sophomores
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: April 30
April checklist for students
High school seniors
- High school seniors will be making their college decision this month. While going by your “gut” can be useful, you should be focusing on the data too.
- Some students don’t know that it is possible to appeal for more financial aid! This can potentially help you decrease the cost of attendance (and the amount of student loans that you need to take out).
- Speaking of student loans, if you are considering taking out private student loans (which should only be taken out after your other financial aid, including federal loans are exhausted), you should use a student loan marketplace to shop around.
High school juniors
- Keep up the good work in the classroom! Junior year grades are extremely important in the admissions and scholarship selection processes.
- You will want to build a preliminary college list. Scattergrams are a great way to be data-driven as you craft this initial list.
- There are also a number of great scholarships for high school juniors. It is never too early to start applying for scholarships.
Summary of the top scholarships to apply for in April 2020:
- Frame My Future Scholarship
- Blacks at Microsoft Scholarships
- Electronic Security Association Scholarship
- Pretty Lightroom Presets Scholarship Program
- Horatio Alger Career & Technical Scholarships
- Mott Foundation Scholarships
- Tortuga Study Abroad Scholarship
- We the Students Essay Contest
- The Signet Classics Student Scholarship Essay Contest
- Ortho Dermatologics Aspire Higher Scholarships
- Kim Beneschott Creative Arts Scholarship
- ACFEF Scholarships
- The “Be Bold” No-Essay Scholarship
- The “Be Bold” No-Essay Community Scholarship
- $1,000 Cappex Easy College Money Scholarship
- Crossword Hobbyist Crossword Scholarship
- Niche $2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
- The Sara Scholarship
- ScholarshipOwl “You Deserve It ” Scholarship
- ScholarshipPoints $10,000 Scholarship Program
- Smart Borrower No-Essay Scholarship & Loan Forgiveness Grant
- Sports Unlimited
