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Being a leader is no easy task. It requires a strong knowledge, motivation, and humility. Leaders are those that we look to for direction, inspiration, advice, and to keep us going when things get tough. If you’ve taken on a leadership role, whether it was for your school’s sport team, club, outside organization, or volunteer group, you may be qualified to earn free money for college. Leadership scholarships reward students who show skills in motivating others in and out of the classroom. Get matched with the right scholarship by filling out our Scholarship Match Quiz!  If you’re a leader, check out this list of leadership scholarships to help add to your college savings.

List of LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS

Leadership Scholarships 2024 List

AKA Educational Advancement Foundation Undergraduate Financial Need Scholarship

U.S. students who are full-time college sophomores or older and have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher are eligible for this financial need award. Students must be involved in community service. The scholarship is worth $1,000. Click here to learn more and apply today!
Award Amount

Total:  $1000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  April 15

Roger Collins Leadership Scholarship

This award is available for U.S. upperclass undergraduates who have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher, experience working in a grocery store or other food retailer, and a history of demonstrating leadership.
Award Amount

Total:  $2500

Awards:  2

Deadline

Deadline:  April 15

Coach Wade Pittsford Scholarship

The Coach Wade Pittsford Scholarship is provided in memory of Wade Pittsford, a Freshman football coach for the Bulldogs at Bowie High School in Bowie, Texas. The Scholarship is provided annually to graduating seniors at Bowie High School in Bowie, Texas. Applicants must be involved in the BHS Bulldogs’ football or basketball team.
Award Amount

Total:  $1000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  April 15

GTE Financial Current High School Student Scholarship

This scholarship is available for current high school seniors who have a grade point average of 3.0 and are members of GTE Financial Credit Union in the Tampa Bay area. Students may become members of GTE prior to or during the scholarship application process.
Award Amount

Total:  $7500

Awards:  3

Deadline

Deadline:  April 21

Earl Warren Scholarship

Earl Warren Scholars receive $10,000 per year for three years as long as they’re in good academic standing and continue to meet the scholarship criteria. Scholars also have two unique opportunities: an LDF internship, externship, or guided research project and an invitation to LDF’s Civil Rights Training Institute.
Award Amount

Total:  $90000

Awards:  3

Deadline

Deadline:  May 01

Christopher J. Hoy/ERT Scholarship

U.S. or Canadian citizens/permanent residents who are enrolled in a school with an ALA-accredited master’s degree program in library science are eligible for this award. Students must have earned no more than 12 semester hours prior to June 1 of the year the scholarship is awarded.
Award Amount

Total:  $5000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  March 01

Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship

U.S. and Canadian citizens/permanent residents who will have completed no more than 12 hours towards an MLS/MLIS/MIS degree prior to June 1 of the award year are eligible for this award. Students must attend an ALA-accredited library school, be studying in the area of library and information studies, and be working as part of a library support staff.
Award Amount

Total:  $3000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  March 01

Tony B. Leisner Scholarship

U.S. or Canadian citizens/permanent residents who will have completed no more than 12 hours toward an MLS/MLIS/MIS degree prior to June 1 of the award year are eligible for this award. Students must attend an ALA-accredited library school and be working as part of a library support staff.
Award Amount

Total:  $3000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  March 01

Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship

This fellowship was created in 1988 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Richard L. Menschel (MBA 1959) to encourage students from the nonprofit sector to pursue an MBA at HBS. Mr. Menschel, a former director of the Foundation and Limited Partner, Goldman Sachs, was an early supporter of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative and served on its Advisory Board.
Award Amount

Total:  $490000

Awards:  7

Deadline

Deadline:  October 16

Partstack Future Leaders in Engineering Scholarship

Then our Future Leaders in Engineering Scholarship is just for you! Partstack Corporation is offering up to four (4) $2,500 scholarship awards to students who are interested in pursuing (or currently pursuing) engineering majors (and related sciences majors) at a 2 or 4-year institution. Our future depends on semiconductors. As America grapples with recent semiconductor microchip shortages, an educated engineering workforce must be ready to meet the challenge. Our Future Leaders in Engineering Scholarship was founded to ensure that the next generation of diverse engineering leadership has an opportunity to pursue higher education to tackle this and other major engineering problems.
Award Amount

Total:  $40000

Awards:  4

Deadline

Deadline:  January 06