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Top 25 Scholarships for High School Juniors in May 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
Scholarships360 $1,000 No-Essay Scholarship
- Eligibility: Easy scholarship open to any student who creates a Scholarships360 account!
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: September 30, 2022
$2,000 Nitro College Scholarship – No Essay
- Eligibility: High school, college, community and graduate students
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
$40,000 BigFuture Scholarships
- Eligibility: Open to US-based high school juniors – no essay, minimum GPA, test score, or citizenship requirements.
- Award: Up to $40,000 per month
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
$2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school and college students
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
$1,000 Cappex Easy College Money Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school students
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
Class of 2023 Nintendo Switch Giveaway
- Eligibility: Class of 2023 high school students
- Amount: Win a Nintendo Switch!
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
$10,000 CollegeXpress Scholarship
- Eligibility: High School Freshman, Sophomores, or Juniors
- Amount: $10,000
- Deadline: May 1, 2023
$1,000 CollegeXpress Smile Scholarship Contest
- Eligibility: High School Freshman, Sophomores, or Juniors
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
“Be Bold” No-Essay Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school students, college students, community college students, and graduate students.
- Amount: $25,000
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
Tallo’s $1,000 “Pathways to Success” Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school and college students
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
$500 CollegeVine Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school students who are U.S. residents
- Amount: $500
- Deadline: Weekly
$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: May 31, 2022
$10,000 ScholarshipPoints Scholarship Program
- Eligibility: Open to all high school students, college students, community college students, and graduate students.
- Amount: $10,000
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
$7,000 No Essay Smart Owl Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students who are at least 16 years old
- Amount: $7,000
- Deadline: May 31, 2022
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: May 31, 2022
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: May 31, 2022
$1,000 Scorenavigator Financial Literacy Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school juniors and seniors with a 3.0 or above GPA from low-income backgrounds
- Amount: $1,000 (Five scholarships are awarded!)
- Deadline: July 15, 2022
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
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
- Deadline: June 13, 2022
Ethel Hayes Destigmatization of Mental Health Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to students at every level of education who write a short essay about mental health
- Amount: $4,300
- Deadline: June 14, 2022
Breakthrough Junior Challenge Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students ages 13 to 18
- Amount: $250,000
- Deadline: June 25, 2022
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: June 30, 2022
Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest
- Eligibility: High school students who create prom outfits with duck tape
- Amount: $500 to $10,000
- Deadline: July 20, 2022
Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship
- Eligibility: All high school students, college students, graduate students, and adult learners
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: July 31, 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
- Eligibility: Students ages 13 and up in grades 7 through 12
- Amount: $500 to $10,000
Selectblinds $1000 Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school, college, or university students with a minimum GPA of 2.5
- Amount: $1,000
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
Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarships
- Eligibility: Open to high school students who are vegetarians or vegans
- Amount: $10,000
