25+ Scholarships to Apply for in October 2026

Amount: $2,000 

Deadline: End of October 

Eligibility: Open to high school, college, and graduate students in the US.

PS - when you apply for this $2,000 scholarship, you will also be entered to win CollegeXpress' $10,000 opportunity!

Amount: $50,000

Deadline: October 15

Eligibility: Open to high school and undergraduate students in the US.

Amount: $2,000

Deadline: October 31

Eligibility: Open to high school seniors and undergraduate students in the US.

Amount: $2,500

Deadline: Quarterly 

Eligibility: Open to high school juniors and seniors interested in attending a Christian college or university.

Amount: Full Tuition

Deadline: October 1

Eligibility: Open to high school seniors with financial need who are attending high school in the US (citizenship not required). 

Amount: $2,500

Deadline: October 1

Eligibility:  Scholarships are open to current college students with an interest in horror writing. Applicant must submit a piece of their horror writing.

Amount: $500

Deadline: October 1

Eligibility:Open to undergraduate students admitted to or currently enrolled at an accredited college or university in the United States. Applicants must be non-US citizens, from a single-parent household, or first-generation college students. To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must have a minimum GPA of 2.8.

Amount: $2,500 - $5,000

Deadline: October 1

Eligibility: Open to filmmakers ages 13-25.

Amount: $5,000

Deadline: October 1

Eligibility:  This scholarship program is availableto high school and undergraduate college students who submit 3-6 minute short films that focus on a variety of global women's issues.

Amount: $1,000

Deadline: October 4

Eligibility:  The application process requires you to submit a web design, past or present, that showcases your creativity and understanding of today’s web design trends and possibilities.

Amount: Varies

Deadline: October 6

Eligibility:The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs.  A candidate will submit a Statement of Grant Purpose defining activities to take place during one academic year in a participating country outside the U.S.

Applicants must be US citizens who are recent college graduates or current Masters / Doctoral students.

Amount: Full-tuition (valued at over $120,000)

Deadline: October 13

Eligibility: This full-ride scholarship(opens in new tab) is open to high achieving Arizona high school seniors. 

Amount: $2,500

Deadline: October 15

Eligibility: Open

Are you a high school senior or college student pursuing a degree in biology, environmental studies, land use, earth and atmospheric studies, parks and recreation, or a related subject? If so, you might consider applying to ExtremeTerrain’s Student Scholarship

Amount: $2,500

Deadline: October 15

Eligibility: Open

Only students currently enrolled full-time in an American college, Canadian colleges, Automotive Engineering programs, Trade schools, technical institute, or high school seniors planning to attend a college or post-secondary institution are eligible to be awarded a scholarship through this program.  Scholarships are restricted to those students pursuing an automotive degree or related field of study.

Amount: $1,000 to $5,000

Deadline: October 16

Eligibility: The program is open to high school juniors, seniors, and individuals pursuing or planning to pursue higher education or continuing education.

Amount: $1,500

Deadline: October 16

Eligibility: Open to students enrolled in a BEA 2-year member institution or graduates of these programs now enrolled in a BEA 4-year institution. 

Amount: $10,000

Deadline: October 22

Eligibility: Students who will be sophomores, juniors or seniors at the time the scholarship is awarded, pursuing careers in radio, television, or digital journalism

Amount: $2,500

Deadline: October 28

Eligibility: Essay contest open to college students with disabilities who are enrolled and matriculated as full-time or student in a two- or four-year accredited college or university.

Amount: up to $20,000

Deadline: October 30

Eligibility: Easy, no-essay scholarship open to US residents enrolled full-time at a two or four-year US college or university.

Amount: up to $30,000

Deadline: October 31

Eligibility: Open to high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Must be a US citizen or permanent resident.

Amount: $500 - $1,000

Deadline: October 31

Eligibility: Open to high school, college, and graduate school students worldwide. 

Amount: $90,000

Deadline: October 29

Eligibility: Open to immigrants or the children of immigrants, who are pursuing graduate school(opens in new tab) in the United States. Must be 30 or younger by the application deadline. 

Amount: $3,500 

Deadline: October 31

Eligibility: Open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a logistics/supply chain degree program at an institution within the 9 counties comprising the San Francisco Bay Area.

Amount: $1,000

Deadline: October 31

Eligibility: To apply, you must be a high school student (9th-12th grader), college student or graduate student attending or planning to enter an accredited U.S. college or university.

Amount: $1,000

Deadline: October 31

Eligibility: The National Rice Month Scholarship Video Contest is an opportunity for graduating high school students living in one of those six rice-growing states (Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas) to tell a story about U.S. rice.