Outside scholarships, also known as private scholarships, are not managed or administered by Southwestern, but by outside entities. Although Southwestern does not award these funds, federal, state; Southwestern University policies require that the University use outside scholarships as a source of financial aid. If you have been awarded an outside scholarship, please report them through your Self-Service portal.
Information regarding outside scholarships is presented on this page for the convenience of Southwestern students. The University does not endorse, sponsor, or have any role in the administration of these private aid programs, and therefore disclaims any responsibility or liability for the information provided.
- Business
The Jungle Scout team is excited to announce a new charitable initiative – offering scholarships to students in the US who are studying in business, entrepreneurship and computer science related fields.
Details:
- Must apply for funding each semester
- Applicants must be studying at or preparing to study at an accredited University
- $2000 scholarship per applicant per semester
Deadline:
- Fall: September 1st annually
- Spring: February 1st annually
HACU Kia America Accelerate the Good Scholarship Program
Eligibility:
- $10,000 - $15,000
- 3.5 GPA
- Must be attending a 2-year or 4-year HACU Member institution.
- Open to Undergraduate and Graduate students
- Must be Enrolled Full-time. Must be majoring in Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Math, or Business Administration.
- Must demonstrate financial need. Scholarship finalists will be required to submit a copy of their Student Aid Index (SAI) as listed on their FAFSA
- Submission Summary and their Financial Award Letter for the 2024-2025 academic year to demonstrate financial need.
Deadline: November, 1st 2024
- Fine Arts
Bella Ballroom Excellence in Performing Arts Scholarship
In order to further Bella Ballroom’s mission to provide opportunities to young, emerging artists, we are proud to sponsor an annual scholarship contest. This contest is open to current U.S. undergraduate students. The winner will receive a one-time $1,000 scholarship.
Eligibility:
- Must be currently enrolled with an accredited U.S. college, university, or trade school.
- Must be a current undergraduate majoring in dance, theater, music, performing arts or related field.
- Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0
Deadline: November 15, annually
Visual Art Scholarship Program For Australia, USA and Canada Students
Eligibility:
- Only citizens/permanent residents of Australia, USA or Canada can apply
- Already enrolled in undergraduate or graduation program and looking forward to attaining training in logo design
- Enrolled in an accredited university/college
- GPA score should be a minimum 3.9
- The applicant should be at least 18 years of age while applying
- The applicant should have graduated from high school or equivalent
- Before applying for this scholarship, the applicant must have completed at least one term of college or university
- The applicant should be a regular student and not a dropout
Available: May 1st
Deadline: May 31st, annually
- Pre-Law / Law
Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, PC - Impact on the Community Scholarship
The scholarship is to recognize someone who has devoted their time to improving someone else’s life in their community. If you have made a positive impact in your community, we’d like to hear your story. We believe there are many ways to make an impact, because even the smallest actions can make a difference. Whether that is starting a community garden, volunteering at an animal shelter, helping kids with their homework, or donating supplies to a homeless shelter. The scholarship is in the amount of $1,000.
Requirements:
- Write a 750-1000 word essay discussing a time when you made a positive impact on someone or something in your community, and how the experience changed you as a person
- Enrolled in an accredited college or university within the United States
- Current official or unofficial academic transcript
- Must be able to demonstrate strong commitment to helping others and be able to describe personal experiences
Deadline: June 30th annually
- Pre-Med
Alert1 Student for Seniors Scholarship
Plan to help seniors in the future? You could be grandma’s caregiver or the next great innovator for seniors. Whether you’re pursuing technology or the arts, you’re committed to improve senior care.
Details:
- $3500 scholarship to a student attending an accredited U.S. college or universities
Deadline: January10th annually
- STEM
EasyEDA Electronic Engineering Communication Scholarship
EasyEDA is a great web-based EDA aiming to help electronic engineers, students, hobbyists to take their design from idea to reality with providing comprehensive data and collaboration tools for electronic design.
Eligibility:
High school, undergraduate or postgraduate students are eligible to apply
Deadline:
- Term 1: March 13 - Sept. 13th annually
- Term 2: Oct. 13 - Feb. 13th annually
HACU Kia America Accelerate the Good Scholarship Program
Eligibility:
- $10,000 - $15,000
- 3.5 GPA
- Must be attending a 2-year or 4-year HACU Member institution.
- Open to Undergraduate and Graduate students
- Must be Enrolled Full-time. Must be majoring in Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Math, or Business Administration.
- Must demonstrate financial need. Scholarship finalists will be required to submit a copy of their Student Aid Index (SAI) as listed on their FAFSA
- Submission Summary and their Financial Award Letter for the 2024-2025 academic year to demonstrate financial need.
Deadline: November, 1st 2024
- Sustainability, Biology & Earth Science
ExtremeTerrain’s Student Scholarships
ExtremeTerrain is offering two $3,000 scholarships, one for the fall semester and one for the spring Semester to eligible students pursuing a degree in Environmental Studies, Environmental Research, Land Use, Earth and Atmosphere Studies, Sustainable Land Management, Parks and Recreation, or Sustainable Agriculture Systems.
Eligibility:
- Students who are pursuing a degree in Environmental Studies, Environmental Research, Land Use, Earth & Atmosphere Studies, Sustainable Land Management, Parks and Recreation, Sustainable Agriculture Systems. Proof of enrollment is required along with submission.
- ExtremeTerrain Scholarships are non-renewable, however previous winners who are still eligible may submit a new essay that follows the same criteria. Entries are limited to one essay per student each semester.
Deadline:
Spring: October 15th annually
Fall: June 15th annuallyHACU Kia America Accelerate the Good Scholarship Program
Eligibility:
- $10,000 - $15,000
- 3.5 GPA
- Must be attending a 2-year or 4-year HACU Member institution.
- Open to Undergraduate and Graduate students
- Must be Enrolled Full-time. Must be majoring in Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Math, or Business Administration.
- Must demonstrate financial need. Scholarship finalists will be required to submit a copy of their Student Aid Index (SAI) as listed on their FAFSA
- Submission Summary and their Financial Award Letter for the 2024-2025 academic year to demonstrate financial need.
Deadline: November , 1st 2024
- Veteran & Beneficiary
Child of Disabled Veteran Scholarship
The law firm of Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD awards a $1,000 Child of a Disabled Veteran Scholarship each year to one deserving applicant whose parent has a service-connected disability.
Eligibility:
- The legal child (natural or adoptive) of a disabled veteran of any branch of U.S. military service who is either a:
- U.S. high school senior with a cumulative GPA of 3.0. or
- U.S. student currently attending or enrolled in an accredited community college, undergraduate, or graduate degree program, with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.
Deadline: December 31, 2024
- The legal child (natural or adoptive) of a disabled veteran of any branch of U.S. military service who is either a:
- United Methodist Scholarships
UMHEF Foundation Merit Scholarship
Eligible students must be:
- A member of he United Methodist Church for at least 1 year
- Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 or equivalent from latest academic transcript (HS for freshman)
- Preference should be given to ethnic minority and/or first generation college students
Deadline: March 1st annually
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM)
- minimum of one year of active membership in the UMC
- minimum 2.5 GPA
Deadline: March 1st annually
- Hispanic Student Scholarships
Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
Eligibility:
- $2,500
- Current full-time undergraduate or graduate student
- Of Hispanic and/or Latino/a/x/e heritage
- Demonstrate financial need
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 scale required
- Open to ALL Majors
- Scholarship winners required to record a video
Deadline: January 31st, 2024
EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship
Eligibility:
- $45,000
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or U.S. nationals.
- Must be currently enrolled as a full-time 2nd year student in a four-year academic program; or transferring from a two-year to a four-year institution; or a 3rd year student in a five-year program.
- Studying a discipline related to NOAA’s programs and mission at an accredited minority serving institution (college or university within the United States or U.S. territories).
- Must earn and maintain a minimum 3.2 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
Deadline: January 31st, 2024
Eligibility:
- $10,000
- Must be attending a 2-year or 4-year HACU Member Institution.
- Open to Undergraduate and Graduate students
- Enrolled Part-time or Full-time.
- Minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher.
- Must also submit the Ford Fund Scholarship specific 250-500-word essay.
- Describe a specific way you plan to leverage your degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Data Science to develop critical Future of Work skills and contribute to a positive impact on society.
- Open to students majoring in the following:
- Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Data Science
Deadline: November 1st, 2024
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Scholarship
Eligibility:
- $500-$5,000
- Must be of Hispanic heritage
- U.S. citizen, permanent legal resident, or DACA
- Minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for high school students; minimum of 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for college and graduate students
- Plan to enroll full-time in an accredited, public or not-for-profit, four-year university, or graduate school, in the US, for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Submit the FAFSA or state-based financial aid forms (if applicable)
Available: January 1st, 2024
Deadline: February 15th, 2024
Eligibility:
- $500
- Be Latinx/Hispanic (self-identified)
- Be interested in pursuing a career in the mathematical sciences (such career paths include, but are not limited to, scientific research, mathematics education, engineering, and finance)
- Be high school juniors/seniors, high school graduates, current/prospective college students, or current/prospective graduate students located in the United States.
- Please note that individuals who have obtained a GED (General Education Development) certificate are also eligible. We especially encourage undocumented individuals, TPS beneficiaries, and DACA recipients to apply. We also encourage community college, Pell Grant eligible, first-generation, and low-income students to apply as well. We will use discretion in announcing the awardees and may not publicly reveal the identities of the awardees if privacy is of significant concern. We will hold an online Q&A session on Friday February 9th, 1pm (Pacific)/4pm (Eastern), ahead of the application deadline
Deadline: February 29th, 2024
LULAC National Scholarship Fund
Eligibility:
- $250-$2,000
- Open February 2024
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or be granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
- Must have applied to or be enrolled as a full-time student in a college or university, including 2-year colleges, or vocational schools that lead to an associate’s degree. Graduate students must have applied to or be enrolled as a part-time student in a college or university.
- A student will not be eligible for a scholarship if he/she is related to a scholarship committee member, the Council President, or an individual contributor to the local funds of the Council
- Locations: In 2022-23, sixty-two (62) LULAC Councils participated from the following: Arizona, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin.
Deadline: March 31st, 2024
Eligibility:
- $5,000
- Open to ALL Majors
- Must be attending a 2-year or 4-year HACU Member Institution.
- Open to Freshman Undergraduate students only.
- Must be enrolled Full-time.
- Minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher.
- Open to International Students only.
- Applicant must show proof of English language proficiency to the HACU member school by means of the LanguageCert Academic test.
Deadline: March 31st, 2024
Eligibility:
- $250-$5,000
- Be a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident with a permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551.
- Be a permanent resident (5 or more consecutive years) of and have a permanent South or West Texas address in one of our 30 counties.
- Have earned/completed at least 12 undergraduate credit hours at a U.S. accredited college or university before applying for the scholarship (Dual and Advanced Placement credits accepted.).
- Have a minimum college cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale.
- Have completed a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to the Fall of the new academic year.
- Are enrolled in a U.S. accredited 2 yr. community college (enrolled part-time or full-time) in a degree-seeking program, or a 4yr. university undergraduate program (enrolled full-time) seeking a Bachelor’s Degree, or a university graduate program (enrolled full-time) seeking a Master’s, Law or Doctorate degree
Deadline: April 1st, 2024
Hispanic Scholarship Consortium
Eligibility:
- $1,000-$5,000
- Be of Hispanic/Latino heritage
- Plan to enroll on a full-time basis in a certificate or associate, bachelor, master or doctoral degree program part-time or full-time
- Hold a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- Reside in Texas *U.S. citizenship not required
- 5 hrs of community service
Deadline: April 30th, 2024
Macy’s Emergency Scholarship Fund
Eligibility:
- $500
- Must be a resident of California, Florida, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Puerto Rico, or Texas
- Must be enrolled full-time in an accredited college or university and in good standing
- Must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent
- Emergency financial need resulting from the following will qualify students for funding:
- Change in family income/support
- Loss of job
- Death of an immediate family member
- Natural disaster
- Pending eviction or home foreclosure
- Burglary
- Fire
- *Poor financial choices do not constitute emergency financial need (e.g. credit card debit, poor use of financial aid funding, personal loans to family or friends).
Deadline: Rolling
HACU UnitedHealth Diversity in Healthcare Scholarship
Eligibility:
- $5,000
- Students must be enrolled full-time at a two-year or four-year HACU-member institution
- Open to undergraduate (sophomore or junior) and graduate students.
- At the time of application, students must have at least two years of study remaining before their anticipated degree completion date
- Identifies as Hispanic/ Latino, Black/African American, Native American/ Alaska Native or Asian or is focused on the health of these communities or other underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.
- 3.0 GPA
Deadline: May 1st, 2024
HACU Café Bustelo El Café Del Futuro Scholarship
Eligibility:
- $5,000
- Open to ALL majors
- Must be attending a 4-year HACU Member institution
- Open to Undergraduate and Graduate students
- Must be enrolled Full-time Must be of Hispanic or Latinx descent (Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture/origin).
- Scholarship Specific Essay (800 words or less in English or Spanish): Describe how your Latino heritage, family and the community in which you grew up have impacted your desire and motivation to obtain a college degree. Additionally, describe what you intend to accomplish with your degree and how you will give back to your community.? (Please Note: essays submitted in Spanish will be translated at the discretion of the Sponsors)
Deadline: June 30th, 2024
¡Lánzate!/Take Off! Higher Education Travel Award Program
Eligibility:
- Recipients will be awarded (4) round trip tickets on Southwest Airlines for the student to use when traveling to/from the college/university.
- Student must be currently enrolled (this semester) in a college/university at least 200 miles from their designated home at the time they’re applying.
- Student must be in good academic standing as determined by their college/university.
- Student must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average (GPA).
- Student must be 18 years old or older at time of application.
- Recipient must be a legal U.S. resident.
- All federal government regulations related to air travel and Transportation Security Administration rules must be adhered to, including, but not limited to, producing a valid government-issued photo ID for air travel.
- One application per student must be submitted online by the specified deadline of April 26, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. CT (Central Time).
- Incomplete applications and applications not submitted online will be disqualified.
- Needed travel must be to/from Southwest Airlines domestic destinations.
- Students will be required to complete and upload an Enrollment Verification Form with their application (the “Required Documentation”).
- The Enrollment Verification Form must be signed by the college Registrar’s Office and must verify your current enrollment this semester and grade point average.
- All selected student recipients will be required to complete and sign an IRS Form W-9 with the student’s full social security number.
- The student must identify direct or parental ties to a specific country to determine Hispanic origin on the application.
Deadline: April 26th, 2024
- General
AIS Technolabs Graphic Web Design Scholarship
$1,000 scholarship open to all undergraduate or postgraduate students taking part in an Art, Graphic Design, Visual Communication and Creative Advertising course at a US/ Canada based University or College.
Eligibility:
- Any student currently pursuing or who have enrolled for an undergraduate degree in the following areas of study: Computer Engineering, Computer Science (B. Tech, M. Tech. B. Sc., M. Sc, or M.S.) or IT.
- A gap between Bachelors and Masters Degree is not allowed
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 scale required
- Students must have attained 18 years of age, at the start of the program.
- Should be a regular student and not a school/college dropout.
Available: May 1st
Deadline: May 15th annually
Austin Community Foundation Scholarship List
In order to be considered for any scholarship listed below, students must complete a general application. Our general application is an efficient way for students to apply for scholarships and allows students to be matched to certain scholarships, and recommended for other scholarships. The scholarships that are recommended to the student require supplemental information.
Deadline: Varies
SmileTutor Quarterly College Student Scholarship
As part of our commitment to contribute back to society and improve the education of students all over the world, we are offering a quarterly student scholarship for all college students who are currently enrolled or enrolling within one calendar year to a national or international university.
Eligibility
Only graduating seniors in high school, freshmen and sophomores in college between the ages of 16 and 22 are eligible to win.
Deadline: March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, December 31st annually
Eligibility:
- Did you attend the last two years of high school at a Williamson County, Texas school?
- Are you in the top 25% of your class?
- Did you reside in Williamson County, Texas during your last two years of high school?
- If you answered “yes” to all three questions, you are a candidate for the HUGG Trust Scholarship!
- College students, applying for the first time, must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.50 and should submit a completed application form, an official college transcript for all work completed thus far, and a copy of their Student Aid Report (SAR) from the FAFSA showing the EFC.
Deadline: May 1st annually
LULF Spring 2024 National Scholarship
Eligibility:
- $1,000
- Enrolled on a full-time basis, in a bachelor’s program at an accredited four-year college or university.
- Graduates of two-year, community college students who are starting at a four-year college no later than August 2024 are also eligible to apply.
- At least one complete semester of full-time study.
- Must reside in the United States as of time of application.
- 2.8 GPA
Deadline: March 31st, 2024
HACU Grow With Google - Career Certificate Scholarship Program
Eligibility:
- Certificate Fees Covered
- Open to ALL majors Must be attending a 2- or 4-year HACU Member institution
- Must complete the program within 6 months
- The following 5 online programs are available to choose from:
- 1. User Experience (UX) Design
- 2. Project Management
- 3. Data Analytics
- 4. Introductory Level: IT Support
- 5. Advanced Level: IT Automation with Python
Deadline: Rolling
PHI BETA KAPPA Alumni Association of Greater Austin
Eligible students must be:
- Enrolled as adult undergraduate students in four-year colleges and universities in Travis, Hays, and Williamson Counties
- Have earned more than 30 credits
- At least 24-years-old
- Pursuing an academic program that includes liberal arts and sciences
Deadline: March 8th annually
Hatton W. Sumners At-Large Scholarship
Scholarship is available for legal residents of TX, NM, or OK who have completed 60 hours of college coursework, minimum GPA of 3.5, have four semesters remaining in college and intend to pursue a baccalaureate degree at any accredited college or university in TX, NM, or OK. Applicants will be reviewed based on two letters of recommendation, aspirations and ideals expressed in essay, school, and extracurricular activities, and demonstrated leadership potential.
Amount: $10,000 (2-year scholarships awarded per year per student)
Deadline: TBD
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