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Top 20 Scholarships for High School Juniors in October 2022
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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Junior year is when high school students really start to kickoff their college admissions process. This is also a great time to begin applying for scholarships to pay for college! One of the biggest mistakes that students make in the admissions process is waiting until the end of senior year to apply for scholarships. There are plenty of great scholarships for high school juniors to apply.
- Top scholarships for high school juniors in 2022
- Tips for high school juniors
- Upcoming scholarships for 11th graders
- Explore these other scholarship categories
Keep on reading to learn more about the great scholarship opportunities for high school juniors including award amounts, deadlines, and eligibility requirements!
Top scholarships for high school juniors in 2022
$2,000 Nitro College Scholarship – No Essay
- Eligibility: High school, college, community and graduate students
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: October 31, 2022
$2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school and college students
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: October 31, 2022
$2,500 Christian Connector Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students must be a current high school freshman, sophomore, or junior interested in attending a Christian university or college.
- Amount: $2,500
- Deadline: October 31, 2022
$10,000 CollegeXpress Scholarship
- Eligibility: High School Freshman, Sophomores, or Juniors
- Amount: $10,000
- Deadline: May 1, 2023
Scary Stories Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all high school students
- Amount: $1000
- Deadline: October 31, 2022
“Be Bold” No-Essay Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school students, college students, community college students, and graduate students.
- Amount: $25,000
- Deadline: October 31, 2022
$2,500 October ScholarshipPoints Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school students, college students, community college students, and graduate students.
- Amount: $2,500
- Deadline: October 31, 2022
Annual Protestant Faith Based College Scholarship
- Eligibility: Current high school freshman, sophomore, or junior interested in attending a Protestant university or college.
- Amount: $1,500
- Deadline: May 31, 2023
Annual Catholic College Scholarship
- Eligibility: Current high school freshman, sophomore, or juniors interested in attending a Catholic university or college.
- Amount: $1,500
- Deadline: May 31, 2023
GoSkills Scholarship
- Eligibility: Female high school and college students who have started, or wish to start, their own online business
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: September 15 and March 15
Voice of Democracy Audio-Essay Contest
- Eligibility: High school students in grades 9-12
- Amount: $1,000 to $30,000
- Deadline: October 31, 2022
Visionary Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school students planning to attend college
- Amount: $2,500 (multiple awards)
- Deadline: November 1, 2022 (Biannual application periods)
Apprentice Ecologist Initiative Youth Scholarship Program
- Eligibility: Students ages 13 to 21 who conduct an environmental stewardship project and submit an essay about it
- Amount: $1,750
- Deadline: December 31, 2022
Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship
- Eligibility: All high school students, college students, graduate students, and adult learners
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: December 31, 2022
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
- Eligibility: Students ages 13 and up in grades 7 through 12
- Amount: $500 to $10,000
- Deadline: Not until late 2022/early 2023, but start creating now
JFK Profile in Courage Essay Contest
- Eligibility: United States high school students in grades nine through twelve attending public, private, parochial, or home schools
- Amount: 15 Awards range from $100 to $10,000
- Deadline: January 13, 2023
One Young Earth Filmmakers Contest
- Eligibility: Open to both college and high school students who are no more than 25 years of age.
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: June 25, 2023
Innovation in Education Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school or college/university students with a 3.0 or higher GPA who have created an innovative project for their community
- Amount: $500
- Deadline: The 20th of each month
Denny’s Hungry for Education Scholarships
- 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: Varies
Other scholarships
Cameron Impact Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school seniors
- Amount: $20,000 to $50,000 per year
- Deadline: Early: May 20, 2022 Final Deadline: September 9, 2022
Discover Student Loans Scholarship Award
- Eligibility: Residents of the United States (including D.C. and the U.S. Territories) who are 16+ years of age
- Amount: $5,000
- Deadline: January 31, 2023
Tips for high school juniors
- Junior year is the most important academic year for both the admissions and college merit scholarship selection process. Make sure that you finish the year strong with a strong set of grades!
- Letters of recommendation are another important part of the admissions process and can be required for scholarships. Asking teachers to write rec letters for you is a must before the end of junior year!
- You can also get a jump start on scholarships for seniors that have fall deadlines. This will put you ahead of the game come back to school time.
Upcoming scholarships for high school juniors
Altec Design Web Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students at any level who respond to the prompt: “How do you foresee the internet changing your chosen career in the next 20 years?”
- Amount: $750
Ayn Rand Fountainhead Essay Contest
- Eligibility: Open to high school juniors and seniors who write an essay about Ayn Rand’s book The Fountainhead.
- Amount: up to $5,000
Ayn Rand Anthem Essay Contest
- Eligibility: Students in 8th through 12th grade who write a 600 – 1,200 word essay
- Amount: Up to $2,000 (many prizes!)
Bezos Scholars Program
- Eligibility: High achieving high school juniors with demonstrated financial need
- Amount: All expenses for the Program are covered, including transportation, lodging, meals, and all passes for the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. Also includes opportunities to apply for $1,000 seed grants to design and implement ideas
- Opens: October 2022
Breakthrough Junior Challenge Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students ages 13 to 18
- Amount: $250,000
Delete Cyberbullying Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school seniors, college students, community college students, or graduate students who write an essay about cyberbullying
- Amount: $1,000
Horatio Alger National Scholarships
- Eligibility: Enrollment full-time as a high school juniors with financial need in the United States with plans to enter college no later than the fall following graduation
- Amount: $25,000
Kaplun Essay Contest
- Eligibility: Students who are in grades 7 through 12 who submit an essay about their Jewish faith
- Amount: $500 to $1,800
Ocean Awareness Contest
- Eligibility: Students ages 11 to 18 who create a work of art in their chosen genre, including visual art, film, music, poetry, prose, and interactive and multimedia
- Amount: Scholarships worth from $100 to $1,500
Princeton Prize in Race Relations
- Eligibility: Open to all high school students who are involved in an activity that promotes positive race relations.
- Amount: $1,000
- Opens: Fall 2022
Selectblinds $1000 Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school, college, or university students with a minimum GPA of 2.5
- Amount: $1,000
Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest
- Eligibility: High school students who create prom outfits with duck tape
- Amount: $500 to $10,000
Taco Bell Live Más Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to students between the ages of 16 and 26 who submit a video entry about their life’s passion
- Amount: $5,000 to $25,000 per year
Upakar Indian-American Scholarship
- Eligibility: High-achieving Indian-American high school and college students with financial need
- Amount: $8,000
