Start applying for scholarships today! Here is a Scholarship & Financial Aid Tracking Sheet. New Haven Promise Scholars offered 10 ways for Promise recipients to save money once they land on campus (video below).
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter Scholarship
(For high school seniors and current college students)
Andrew Perez Mental Illness/Suicidal Awareness Education Scholarship
Arte, Inc. Scholarship
(For current college students)
Arte, Inc. Copy Cat Art Contest
Blacks at Microsoft Scholarships
Bridging the Dream Scholarship
Chang Heaton Scholarship for Music Excellence
CHET Dream Big Scholarship
(K-12 students)
College Money Matters – Scholarships & Grants Guide
Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Completing the Dream Scholarship
(For current college students)
Connecticut Association of Professional Financial Aid Administrators (CAPFAA)
Connecticut Association of Latinos in Higher Education, Inc.
Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Chamber Foundation Scholarship
Connecticut Community Foundation
Connecticut Students for a Dream
Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame Eileen Kraus Scholarship
Deborah Davis Book Scholarship Award
Dell Scholars Scholarship Program
Design a Better Future Scholarship
ECMC The College Place Connecticut
Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarship
EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship Program
(For rising STEM juniors)
Fairfield County Community Foundation
Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship Program
(For rising HBCU seniors)
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
HBCU Black Students in STEM Scholarship Fund
Hispanic Alliance Scholarship Fund
Hispanic Heritage Foundation Youth Awards
Home Depot Foundation’s Path to Pro Scholarship
(Construction-related trade programs at accredited two-year technical schools or colleges)
Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford
KnowBe4 Scholarship for Black Americans in Cybersecurity
(For current college students)
Main Street Community Foundation
ManufactureCT Annual Scholarship
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund Scholarships
National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club Scholarships
National Scholarship Fund for Dreamers
New England Association for College Admission Counseling Essay Contest
New Haven Chapter of The Links, Inc. College Book Award
Penguin Random House: The Michelle Obama Award for Memoir
SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Science Ambassador Scholarship
(For women & nonbinary students pursuing STEM)
Society for Lab Automation and Screening (SLAS) STEM Scholarship
Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund
Tallo’s “What Motivates You?” Scholarship
The CT Bar Foundation Quintin Johnstone High School Essay Contest
The Frito-Lay Community Builder Scholarship
(High School Seniors and current college students)
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Scholarships
UNICO Foundation Scholarship Program
United Negro College Fund General Scholarship
(For UNFC HBCU students)
USDA/1890 National Scholars Program
(For minorities studying agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, and related disciplines at select colleges.)
YNHH Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
YNHH Minority Allied Health & Nursing Scholarship
Last Updated: October 2023
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