Scholarships for Maryland students

64 scholarships and grants for students who live or go to school in Maryland: local foundations found in IRS filings, Maryland state aid, and programs confirmed on sponsors’ sites. Homeschool students can apply to most of them.

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• AMVETS Post 9 ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships for local area students (Middletown, MD) to further their education.
• Annapolis Kappa Scholarship~$2,000 · Deadline VariesScholarships ($6,000 shared by three students last year) for graduating high school seniors in the Annapolis, Maryland area who have enrolled in an accredited college or university.
• Archangel Scholarship FoundationScholarships for students of St. Michael's School in Ridge, Maryland.
• Baltimore City College Scholarships~$3,225 · Deadline VariesDonor-funded scholarships for students of Baltimore City College (a public high school in Baltimore, Maryland) going on to higher education; 53 were awarded in the latest year.
• Baltimore Educational Scholarship TrustDeadline VariesRecruits and supports academically ambitious African American students with financial need from the Baltimore area through admission to and enrollment at its seventeen independent member schools.
• Bernard J. Vondersmith Scholarship~$4,000 · Deadline VariesCollege scholarships of $4,000 for dependents of members of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 486 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Brett J. "BJ" Harris Scholarship$478–5,000 · Deadline VariesScholarships for deserving students who work for Chesapeake Inn in Chesapeake City, Maryland; nine awards of $478 to $5,000 were made in the latest year.
• Buzzy Wittmer Scholarship~$1,000 · Deadline April 15Scholarships for high school seniors in Washington County, Maryland, with preference for students with documented financial need; contact the county schools' director of secondary instruction by April 15. Five were awarded in the latest year.
• Carroll Community College Foundation Scholarships~$2,533 · Deadline VariesScholarships for students attending Carroll Community College in Westminster, Maryland, administered through the college financial aid office; 186 were awarded last year.
• Catholic Business Network of Montgomery County ScholarshipsGrants and scholarships for students attending Catholic schools in Montgomery County, Maryland.
• Caves Valley Golf Club Foundation ScholarshipsDeadline VariesGolf-club foundation near Baltimore that funds caddie scholarships (27 last year) and scholarships for students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (5 last year). The filing gives no application details; see the club website.
• Central Scholarship~$3,396 · Deadline VariesNeed-based scholarships and interest-free loans (up to $10,000) for high-performing Maryland residents pursuing undergraduate, graduate or professional degrees; 219 scholarship grants and 40 loans were made last year.
• Charles County Rotary Foundation ScholarshipDeadline VariesCollege scholarships ($27,100 awarded last year) from the Rotary foundation in La Plata, Charles County, Maryland. The filing gives no eligibility or application details.
• Charles County Scholarship FundDeadline VariesPost-secondary scholarships for students in Charles County, Maryland, administered with the county public schools; 116 students were assisted in the latest year.
• Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore~$2,093Kindergarten through 8th grade tuition scholarships for low-income Baltimore City families, awarded without regard to grades or test scores; 275 were awarded last year.
• Colonial Agricultural Educational Foundation ScholarshipDeadline March 1Higher-education scholarships from the agricultural education foundation of Colonial Farm Credit for full-time students who live in certain counties of Virginia and Maryland; apply on the foundation form by March 1.
• Delta Foundation Inc. ScholarshipDeadline VariesFoundation partner of the Prince George's County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta that funds the chapter's scholarship benefit program for students in Prince George's County, Maryland. See the website for details.
• Edenwald Employee Scholarship~$2,287 · Deadline VariesScholarships for employees of Edenwald (General German Aged People's Home of Baltimore) attending Baltimore-area colleges; 38 awards averaging about $2,300 last year, paid to the schools.
• Edward & Sarah Moran Scholarship~$4,400 · Deadline VariesScholarships for graduates of Mountain Ridge High School in Frostburg, Maryland; apply through the school principal before graduation (no set form). Nine awards last year averaging $4,400.
• Epsilon Phi Boule Foundation ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships for seniors at Prince George's County, Maryland high schools who complete the foundation's mentoring program.
• Esperanza Education Fund Scholarship~$4,000College scholarships and career mentoring for immigrant students in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia; a new cohort of about five students receives roughly $4,000 each, with continued payments in later years.
• Eugene and Jeanne Savage ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships for needy and worthy undergraduates attending McDaniel College (Westminster, Maryland) or Stevenson University (Stevenson, Maryland).
• Fort Meade Spouses Club ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships for military family members in the Fort Meade, Maryland community from the Fort Meade Spouses Club; about $7,700 awarded in the latest (2021) filing. See the website for eligibility and applications.
• Franklin Athletic Boosters Scholarship$500–1,000Small athletic scholarships ($500-$1,000) for Franklin High School student athletes in Reisterstown, Maryland, from the school booster club.
• Friends of Montgomery County Farm ScholarshipDeadline VariesEducational scholarships for farming students from Montgomery County, Maryland.
• Friends of the Baltimore City College Choir ScholarshipScholarships for members of the Baltimore City College High School Choir (Baltimore, Maryland) who go on to higher education.
• FSH Medical Staff Scholarship~$1,560 · Deadline April 16Scholarships for graduating high school children of non-medical staff of Franklin Square Hospital (Baltimore), based on academics, financial need and community service; applications from the medical staff office, due April 16. 25 were awarded in the latest year.
• Harford County Education Foundation Scholarships~$2,000 · Deadline VariesScholarships for students graduating from a Harford County (MD) public school with rigorous coursework, a 2.5 GPA and high attendance.
• Hibernian Society of Baltimore Scholarship~$2,053 · Deadline VariesScholarship grants for needy students of Irish ancestry, from the Hibernian Society of Baltimore; 19 were awarded in the latest year.
• Howard P. Rawlings Educational Assistance (EA) GrantUp to $3,000 · Deadline March 1 · GrantNeed-based grant for Maryland residents at Maryland colleges, awarded from the FAFSA or MHEC One-App for up to four years.
• Howard P. Rawlings Guaranteed Access (GA) GrantUp to $18,000 · Deadline March 1 · GrantMaryland's largest need-based grant for the lowest-income students (family income at or below 130% of poverty) enrolling full time at a Maryland college, first received before age 26.
• Jahanvi Desai Educational Foundation~$2,833 · Deadline VariesCollege tuition assistance paid directly to the school for students in the Montgomery County, Maryland area, including Montgomery College students; three awards last year.
• Jaidon Joseph Smith Educational ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships toward post-secondary degrees for WJHS students in the gifted/learning-disabled (GT/LD) program who have overcome educational challenges.
• Joshua Snyder Memorial ScholarshipDeadline VariesPost-secondary scholarships for graduating seniors at Northwest High School in Germantown, Maryland; $7,500 awarded last year.
• Kappa Epsilon Lambda Education Foundation ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships and mentoring for youth of Prince George's County, Maryland, from the education foundation of the Kappa Epsilon Lambda chapter. See the website for application details.
• Kappa Foundation of Prince George's County ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships and leadership programs for youth in the Prince George's County, Maryland area; about $30,000 in scholarships in the latest filing.
• Knott Scholarship~$10,088 · Deadline VariesHigh school scholarships for students at four Catholic high schools in the Baltimore area (Archbishop Spalding, Calvert Hall College, The Catholic High School of Baltimore and Loyola Blakefield); 45 were funded in the latest year.
• Ladies of Vision Charities Scholarship~$2,244 · Deadline VariesScholarships for deserving high school students in the Baltimore County, Maryland community; awards are paid to the recipient's accredited college each summer.
• Little Italy Lodge OSIA #2286 ScholarshipDeadline VariesCollege scholarships for eligible members of Little Italy Lodge (Order Sons of Italy in America) in Baltimore and their descendants.
• Lott Enterprises of MD ScholarshipDeadline VariesCollege tuition scholarships for high school seniors from a Lexington Park, Maryland foundation; $4,000 was paid in the latest year.
• Lucinda L. Jasper Scholarship$3,000–4,000 · Deadline VariesTwo scholarships ($4,000 and $3,000) each year for eighth graders in the Archdiocese of Washington (DC plus St. Mary's, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and Montgomery counties, Maryland) who will attend a Catholic high school in the archdiocese. Essays are judged in April and awards made in June.
• Luther "Jaybird" Grimes Scholarship$500College scholarships of $500 for high school seniors in Washington County, Maryland; two were awarded in the latest year.
• MACPA Educational Foundation Scholarship~$1,316 · Deadline VariesAccounting scholarships from the Maryland Association of CPAs foundation for students committed to completing 150 credit hours with a degree in accounting, business or finance and pursuing the CPA; 46 were awarded in the latest year.
• Maryland Community College Promise ScholarshipUp to $5,000 · Deadline April 1 · GrantLast-dollar scholarship covering remaining tuition and mandatory fees at a Maryland community college for students with at least a 2.3 high school GPA (2.5 for current college students).
• Maryland Racing Media Charitable Foundation ScholarshipDeadline VariesCollege scholarships for backstretch workers at Maryland thoroughbred tracks, training centers and farms (grooms, hot walkers, exercise riders, stable and farm hands) who want to pursue higher education.
• Maryland Society of Accountants ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships for students studying accounting at colleges and universities in Maryland.
• Maryland Society of Surveyors Educational Trust ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships and loans for people pursuing education for a career in land surveying, from the educational trust of the Maryland Society of Surveyors.
• MDDC Press Foundation Journalism Award and InternshipDeadline March 15Journalism awards for high school journalism students, and paid internships for four-year college students, in Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. Internship applicants send an essay, three references and writing or photo samples; the journalism award is due March 15.
• Montgomery Blair High School Alumni Association ScholarshipScholarships for graduating seniors of Montgomery Blair High School in Maryland, from the school's alumni association.
• Naval Officers' Spouses' Club of Washington DC ScholarshipsDeadline VariesScholarships for Navy dependents in the Washington, DC area, funded by the club's Temptations Boutique thrift store.
• Pearls of Hope Community Foundation ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships for local high school graduates in Montgomery County, Maryland who are going on to college.
• Restaurant Association of Maryland Education Foundation Scholarship~$2,400 · Deadline VariesScholarships from the education foundation of the Restaurant Association of Maryland for students headed into the restaurant and hospitality industry; five were awarded last year.
• Samuel Ready ScholarshipsDeadline VariesScholarships giving academically promising girls with great financial need access to a Baltimore-area independent school education.
• Scarborough Foundation Performing Arts Scholarship$1,000–2,000Scholarships and grants for Maryland public school students in the performing arts, from an Owings Mills foundation; typically one or two students a year with awards of $1,000 to $2,000.
• Scholarship Foundation at Leisure WorldCollege scholarships for Maryland high school students who go on to attend a State of Maryland university; funds are paid directly to the university.
• Scholarships for Scholars~$5,867 · Deadline VariesScholarships rewarding scholastic excellence among graduating high school students in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; 30 were awarded in the latest year.
• SECU MD Foundation Scholarship~$8,714 · Deadline VariesScholarships for Maryland community college students transferring to a University System of Maryland school; 14 awards were made last year.
• Southern Alumni Scholarship FoundationDeadline VariesScholarships recognizing interscholastic and academic achievement by students at Southern High School (Anne Arundel County, Maryland) going on to post-secondary education.
• Southern Prince George's County Community Charities ScholarshipDeadline VariesScholarships for local students from southern Prince George's County, Maryland, who are attending college; about $32,000 was awarded last year.
• Susan Amos ScholarshipA small scholarship for students at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland, funded by the school's booster club.
• The Alsatia Club Foundation ScholarshipsCollege scholarships for young people from Washington County, Maryland.
• Trustees of the Student Scholarship Fund~$2,500 · Deadline VariesScholarships for Maryland residents entering their junior or senior year at a private college in Baltimore City or Baltimore County; twelve $2,500 awards were paid to the schools last year.
• VMDAEC Scholarship FoundationDeadline VariesScholarships for youth from electric cooperative service territories in the rural Mid-Atlantic (Virginia, Maryland and Delaware).
• Workforce Shortage Student Assistance Grant (WSSAG)Deadline Varies · Service-for-aid programMerit- and need-ranked grant for Maryland students training for shortage occupations such as teaching, with a service obligation to work in Maryland in the field after graduating.