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Top 29 December Scholarships to Apply for in 2021
By Will Geiger
Will Geiger is the co-founder of Scholarships360 and has a decade of experience in college admissions and financial aid. He is a former Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at Kenyon College where he personally reviewed 10,000 admissions applications and essays. Will also managed the Kenyon College merit scholarship program and served on the financial aid appeals committee. He has also worked as an Associate Director of College Counseling at a high school in New Haven, Connecticut.
Will earned his master’s in education from the University of Pennsylvania and received his undergraduate degree in history from Wake Forest University.
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December is a very busy month for most students. It marks the end of the first academic semester which usually means additional homework and exams. For students who are high school seniors, December is when some students learn the status of Early Decision and Early Action applications. Most seniors will also finalize their applications for Regular Decision applications. On top of all of this, students are also preparing for their December break. This is an excellent opportunity to apply for many of the great December scholarships available!
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Below you will find the top December scholarships that are available for high school students, college students, and even graduate students! Some of them expire very soon, so don’t wait!
Top December scholarships in 2021
Course Hero $4k College Giveaway
- Eligibility: Open to college students who are at least 18 years old
- Award: $4,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
$2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all high school and college students
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
$2,000 Nitro College Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school, college, community and graduate students
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
$500 CollegeVine Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school students who are U.S. residents
- Amount: $500
- Deadline: Weekly
$2,222 ScholarshipOwl ‘You Deserve It’ Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all students who are at least 16 years old
- Amount: $2,222
- Deadline: December 29, 2021
$2,500 Christian Connector Scholarship
- Eligibility: To be eligible for this scholarship, students must be a current high school freshman, sophomore, or junior interested in attending a Christian university or college.
- Amount: $2,500
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
$2,000 CollegeXpress “Gives Back” Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students ages 13+
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
Annual Protestant Faith Based College Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to students who are a current high school freshman, sophomore, or junior interested in attending a Protestant university or college.
- Amount: $1,500
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
Annual Catholic College Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to students who are a current high school freshman, sophomore, or junior interested in attending a Catholic university or college.
- Amount: $1,500
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
AAPT Barbara Lotze Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to undergraduate students and high school seniors pursuing, or planning to pursue, a course of study leading toward a career in physics teaching in the high schools
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: December 1, 2021
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
- Eligibility: Scholarships are open to students ages 13 and up in grades 7 through 12. Public/private school and homeschooled students in the U.S., Canada, or American schools worldwide are welcome to apply.
- Amount: $1500 to $10,000
- Deadline: December 1, 2021
Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarships
- Eligibility: Applicants ages 5-25 who demonstrate an on-going commitment to their community by performing unpaid volunteer services impacting US hunger within the last 12 months
- Amount: $1,000 to $5,000 (and an additional $5,000 for charity of winners’ choice)
- Deadline: December 5, 2021
Curt Pozan Trades Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students currently pursuing or planning on a trade certificate in construction trades, remodeling, carpentry, painting, interior design, architecture, building materials science, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, green building, general contracting, sustainability, masonry, and welding
- Amount: $2,143
- Deadline: December 8, 2021
Patricia Lea Olson Creative Writing Scholarship
- Eligibility: Undergraduates who are currently enrolled in creative writing studies
- Amount: $1,100
- Deadline: December 8, 2021
Denny’s Hungry for Education Scholarship
- Eligibility: All high school and college students with at least a 2.5 GPA who share their ideas to fight childhood hunger
- Amount: $1,000 to 3,000
- Deadline: December 10, 2021
Generation Google Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all high school seniors and college students who excel in technology. Historically underrepresented groups, such as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students are especially encouraged to apply
- Amount: $5,000 to $10,000
- Deadline: December 10, 2021
Burger King Scholars
- Eligibility: High school seniors or college students who are leaders in community service, athletics, or another extracurricular activity.
- Amount: Up to $50,000
- Deadline: December 15, 2021
P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship
- Eligibility: Applicants must be qualified for admission to full-time graduate study and working toward graduate degrees in an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada. Students who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada are not eligible
- Amount: $12,500
- Deadline: December 15, 2021
Equitable Excellence Scholarship (formerly the AXA Scholarship)
- Eligibility: High-achieving United States citizens or legal residents in the 50 United States, Washington, D.C., or Puerto Rico who are seniors in high school planning on attending a two or four year college or university
- Amount: $2,500, $10,000 or $25,000
- Deadline: December 17, 2021
Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all high school senior student athletes who have an unweighted GPA of 3.0 or higher from ninth grade to first semester of 12th grade
- Amount: $20,000 (20 scholarships are awarded!)
- Deadline: December 17, 2022
UNIMA-USA Puppetry Scholarship
- Eligibility: American puppeteers who wish to study puppetry outside the U.S.
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December 30, 2021
Delete Cyberbullying Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school seniors, college students, community college students, or graduate students who write an essay about cyberbullying
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship
- Eligibility: 9th-12th grade high school, college, or graduate students, including adult students who submit an essay
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
Newsette No-Essay Leadership Scholarship for Women
- Eligibility: Open to all female college and graduate students who sign up, read, and apply what they learned from the Newsette, a free daily newsletter that celebrates women
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
Sportsletter Sports News Scholarship
- Eligibility: All students who sign up for the Sportsletter
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
Ted Rollins Eco Scholarship
- Eligibility: Undergraduate students and high school seniors planning on earning a business or sustainability degree
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
Unpakt College Scholarship
- Eligibility: College and graduate students who submit an essay about moving
- Amount: $100, $500, and $1,000 scholarships
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
WayUp Dream Job No-Essay Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all undergraduate and graduate students who create amazing job candidate profiles on the WayUp platform
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
Zippia’s Teacher Dream Job Scholarship
- Eligibility: This scholarship is open to any college, university, associates program, junior college, vocational school, or high school students living in the United States who are planning on a teaching career
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
Summary of December scholarships
- Course Hero $4k College Giveaway
- $2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
- $2,000 Nitro College Scholarship
- $500 CollegeVine Scholarship
- $2,222 ScholarshipOwl ‘You Deserve It’ Scholarship
- $2,500 Christian Connector Scholarship
- $2,000 CollegeXpress “Gives Back” Scholarship
- Annual Protestant Faith Based College Scholarship
- Annual Catholic College Scholarship
- AAPT Barbara Lotze Scholarship
- Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
- Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarships
- Curt Pozan Trades Scholarship
- Patricia Lea Olson Creative Writing Scholarship
- Denny’s Hungry for Education Scholarship
- Generation Google Scholarship
- Burger King Scholars
- P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship
- Equitable Excellence Scholarship
- Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Scholarship
- UNIMA-USA Puppetry Scholarship
- Delete Cyberbullying Scholarship
- Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship
- Newsette No-Essay Leadership Scholarship for Women
- Sportsletter Sports News Scholarship
- Ted Rollins Eco Scholarship
- Unpakt College Scholarship
- WayUp Dream Job No-Essay Scholarship
- Zippia’s Teacher Dream Job Scholarship
