February 2026 Scholarships

February and March are big months for scholarship deadlines! To aid in your search, we found a new scholarship search engine for you to try. It’s never too soon to apply for scholarships, even if your teen isn’t graduating high school this year.

Supercollege.com is a simple scholarship search engine site. Just click on the scholarship tab and begin filling out the student’s profile. Once that is completed, you can either enter contact information to register and save scholarships, or click “No thanks, just search.” When I completed the profile with some basic information based on my children, it returned 303 matches – many of them with March 1 deadlines. Here is a sample of what was returned:

Price Benowitz Social Justice Scholarship
Sponsor: Price Benowitz Accident Injury Lawyers, LLP
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: February 28, 2026
Description: The scholarship is offered to any student currently enrolled in an accredited community college, undergraduate, or graduate program in the United States. This includes incoming first-year college students who are high school graduates or possess a GED. The scholarship candidate must be interested in social justice, as demonstrated by past and present volunteer, professional, and educational experiences. A 750 word essay response is required to the following questions: What are some significant challenges people with disabilities encounter on a regular basis? What are some practicable public policies that could address these challenges? Feel free to speak about the challenges you have experienced or witnessed in a loved one’s life.

Community Foundation of Western PA & Eastern OH Scholarships

Sponsor: Various funds are managed by the Community Foundation of Western PA & Eastern OH
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: March 1, 2026
Description: Funds within the Community Foundation of Western PA & Eastern OH currently offer more than 200 scholarships throughout our region.

Road to Safety Scholarship Contest
Sponsor: Metzger Wickersham, PC
Amount: $1,000
Closing Date: April 15, 2026
Description: Pennsylvania high school seniors may enter the contest by submitting a creative project that sends a memorable message about the dangers of drunk driving or distracted driving.

The following scholarships were located using jlvcollegecounseling.com and an AI search on Google:

McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship
Sponsor: McDonald’s
Amount: Up to $100,000
Closing Date: February 17, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors who is eligible to attend a two or four-year college, university, or vocational/technical school. Applicant must have at least one parent of Hispanic/Latino heritage, be a legal U.S. Resident, U.S. Citizen, or a DREAMer/DACA recipient, and have at least a 2.8 GPA.

PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship Program
Sponsor: PGA WORKS
Amount: $8,000.00
Closing Date: February 6, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to high school seniors, graduates, and current post-secondary undergraduates who plan to enroll full-time undergraduate study at one of the 18 accredited PGA Golf Management universities.

Ag Day Essay Contest
Sponsor: Agriculture Council of America
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 6, 2026
Description: Video Essay contest is open to students in grades 9 through 12 in the 2025-2026 school year who are U.S. citizens. Applicant must submit a video essay on a this year’s theme is American Agriculture: ​ Imagining the next 250 years.

Costco Employee Scholarship
Sponsor: Costco | College Success Foundation
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: February 6, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to Costco Wholesale Employees who reside in the United States and will be attending a two or four year undergraduate program next academic year.

Injury Scholarship
Sponsor: Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc.
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 6, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students who have suffered a serious injury and are committed to demonstrating a determination to rebuild their lives by attending college. Applicant must submit an essay related to their injury and how it has affected their education.

Jimmy Rane Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Jimmy Rane Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 6, 2026
Description: Scholarships are open to high school seniors and current college freshmen and sophomores who are no older than 20 years of age as of August 1, 2025. Applicant must reside in one of the following states or the District of Columbia: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or West Virginia. Students will be selected based on academic excellence, community involvement, leadership skills, awards and honors, and financial need.

KFC Educational Grant Program
Sponsor: Reach Educational Grant program
Amount: Up to $20,000
Closing Date: February 9, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to KFC U.S. resident employees who are high school seniors and current college students who will be enrolling in an accredited trade school, college or graduate school in the fall. Applicant must have at least a 2.5 GPA.

Davidson Fellows Scholarship
Sponsor: Davidson Institute for Talent Development
Amount: Up to $50,000
Closing Date: February 11, 2026
Description: Program is open to students who are 18 years of age or younger. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen residing in the United States, or a Permanent Resident of the United States residing in the United States, or be stationed overseas to active U.S. military duty. Applicant must submit a significant piece of work in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, literature, music, philosophy, or “outside the box.” Program is looking for students whose projects are at, or close to, the college graduate level with a depth of knowledge in their particular area of study.

Heroes’ Legacy Scholarships
Sponsor: Fisher House Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 11, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to dependent unmarried children under the age of 23 of active duty personnel, Reserve/Guard, and retired military members, or survivors of service members who died while on active duty. Applicant must be enrolled, or planning to enroll, in a full-time undergraduate program leading to a bachelor’s degree at an accredited U.S. college or university in the fall term of 2026.

Scholarships for Military Children
Sponsor: Fisher House Foundation
Amount: $2,000.00
Closing Date: February 11, 2026
Description: Applicant must be a dependent, unmarried child under the age of 23 of an active duty, reserve/guard or retired military member or survivors of service members who died while on active duty or survivors of individuals who died while receiving retired pay from the military. Student must be enrolled, or planning to enroll, in the fall of 2025 in a full-time undergraduate program of study leading to a Bachelor’s degree.

ACB Scholarships
Sponsor: American Council of the Blind (ACB)
Amount: Up to $7,500
Closing Date: February 14, 2026
Description: Applicant must be a legally blind student who is a graduating high school senior enrolling in higher education in the fall, or a current undergraduate, graduate or vocational student.

Foundation for Rural Service Scholarships
Sponsor: Foundation for Rural Service
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: February 14, 2026
Description: Various scholarships available which are open to graduating high school seniors who are from rural America. Applicant must have at least a C GPA and express an interest to return to a rural community following graduation. Applicant must be sponsored by a current NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association member.

HSF General College Scholarships
Sponsor: Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: February 15, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students of Hispanic descent who are graduating high school seniors, community colleges students, transfer students, college students, or graduate students. All majors and graduate fields are accepted, but there is an emphasis on STEM majors.

Tailhook Educational Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Tailhook Educational Foundation
Amount: Up to $15,000
Closing Date: February 16, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to high school graduates and children of a current or former Naval Aviator, Naval Fight Officer, or Air-crewman OR children/grandchildren of individuals who served on board a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

Law Office of Philip R. Nathe Scholarship
Sponsor: Law Office of Philip R. Nathe
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 18, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current undergraduate students in the United States who have at least a 3.5 GPA. Applicant must submit a 3-5 minute video discussing the following prompt: “What challenges have you and your family faced as you have pursued a college education? How have you overcome these challenges, and how do you hope to use your college degree to ensure that you can provide for the needs of yourself and your loved ones?”

SPJ High School Essay Contest
Sponsor: Society of Professional Journalists
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: February 22, 2026
Description: Contest is open to students enrolled in grades 9-12 in U.S. public, private, and home schools within the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on the topic, “Why is misinformation or disinformation (fake news) so easily spread, and how can journalists aim to counter it?”

Civics Challenge
Sponsor: Sandra Day O’Connor Institute for American Democracy
Amount: $500.00
Closing Date: February 27, 2026
Description: Challenge is open to U.S. students in middle school and high school. Applicant must submit a video, original song, or written essay on one of the following topics: 1. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor; 2. Checks & Balances; 3. Legislative Branch; 4. Executive Branch; 5. Judicial Branch; 6. Citizenship; Rights & Responsibilities.

Cancer Unwrapped Teen Writing Contest
Sponsor: Cancer Pathways
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 27, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to teens in the United States in grades 9-12. Applicant must submit an essay about their experience with cancer their own diagnosis or that of a loved one).

Act of Kindness Scholarship
Sponsor: National Parent Volunteer Association
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 28, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, as well as undergraduate and graduate students. Applicant must have at least a 2.5 GPA and have a commitment to volunteering and making a difference in their communities.

Antonia Scholarship
Sponsor: The Willa Cather Foundation
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 28, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors in the United States who plan to enroll as an English or History major.

Delete Cyberbullying Social Media Scholarship
Sponsor: Delete Cyberbullying
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: February 28, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to high school students (9th-12th graders), college students, and graduate students attending or planning to enter an accredited U.S. college or university. Applicant must submit an essay on a topic related to cyberbullying.

Early March:

DCU Memorial Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU)
Amount: Up to $2,500
Closing Date: March 6, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who will be attending college in the Fall. Applicant must submit two references and an essay on why they should receive the scholarship.