Programs

West Virginia's merit scholarship paying up to $5,500 a year toward tuition at eligible West Virginia institutions.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

A three-week summer session at Columbia University in New York City with rigorous courses taught by world-class instructors, living on campus.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $12,838 USD

A five-day medical-school day camp at UC Irvine where high-school students practise resuscitation, suturing and ultrasound and examine standardized patients.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $2,000 USD

One Oregon application for more than 600 privately funded scholarships worth over $10 million a year, administered by the state's Office of Student Access and Completion.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

Alabama TSA's 2027 state leadership conference and competition for high-school members.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

California's main grant aid for college, which does not need to be paid back; high-school seniors qualify by filing the FAFSA or CA Dream Act Application with a verified GPA.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

The North Carolina Community Foundation administers donor-established scholarships for students across the state, searchable by county.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

Statewide juried art competition for Ohio high school students (grades 9–12): about 300 works are selected for the State Exhibition, 25 receive the Governor's Award of Excellence, and sponsors offer scholarships.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $3 USD

Foundation For The Carolinas manages more than 150 donor-created scholarship funds for high-school seniors, graduate students and non-traditional students across the Carolinas, searchable in one database.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

The New York state championship of Science Olympiad for high school (Division C) teams, held March 12–13, 2027 at Le Moyne College, Syracuse; top teams can advance to the national tournament.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A statewide original-poetry writing competition from the Washington State Arts Commission, open to every Washington school serving grades 9–12, regardless of Poetry Out Loud participation.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Idaho SkillsUSA's 2027 state event where high-school members compete in technical, skilled-trade and leadership contests (construction, automotive, manufacturing, IT, health, culinary, public speaking and more) and attend leadership sessions; top finishers can qualify for the national SkillsUSA event.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $75 USD