$1,000 Scholarships
Awards between $1,000 and $4,999 are the most common scholarships there are, and the easiest to stack. The applicant pools are smaller than the big national contests, and many ask for a short essay or none at all, so five or six of them can add up to more than one headline award.
- 2,725
- $2,000
- $4,940
- 1,541
2026 Denver Future Legal Leaders Scholarship
$1,000HKM Employment Attorneys offers a $1,000 Denver-area scholarship to students pursuing pre-law, paralegal, or J.D. education. Applicants submit a short essay about using legal education to serve their community together with a resume and unofficial transcript.
2026 Boise Future Legal Leaders Scholarship
$1,000HKM Employment Attorneys offers a $1,000 Boise-area scholarship to students pursuing pre-law, paralegal, or J.D. education. Applicants submit a short essay about using legal education to serve their community together with a resume and unofficial transcript.
2026 Boulder Future Legal Leaders Scholarship
$1,000HKM Employment Attorneys offers a $1,000 Boulder-area scholarship to students pursuing pre-law, paralegal, or J.D. education. Applicants submit a short essay about using legal education to serve their community together with a resume and unofficial transcript.
2026 Fort Collins Future Legal Leaders Scholarship
$1,000HKM Employment Attorneys offers a $1,000 Fort Collins-area scholarship to students pursuing pre-law, paralegal, or J.D. education. Applicants submit a short essay about using legal education to serve their community together with a resume and unofficial transcript.
2026 Bozeman Future Legal Leaders Scholarship
$1,000HKM Employment Attorneys offers a $1,000 Bozeman-area scholarship to students pursuing pre-law, paralegal, or J.D. education. Applicants submit a short essay about using legal education to serve their community together with a resume and unofficial transcript.
Going Abroad Scholarship
$1,500Going awards two $1,500 scholarships each spring and fall to full-time undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at accredited United States higher-education institutions who plan to study abroad within the next year. The current spring-program cycle uses a public online application and a three- to four-minute applicant-created video essay.
Rose Kelley Scholarship
$1,000The Rose Kelley Scholarship awards $1,000 to an autistic student who lives in a United States state or territory and will pursue post-secondary education during the 2026–27 academic year. Self-identification is accepted, citizenship and a formal diagnosis are not required, and incoming, current, returning, and part-time students may apply to college, community college, trade, or certificate programs.
2026 Phoenix Future Legal Leaders Scholarship
$1,000HKM Employment Attorneys offers a $1,000 Phoenix-area scholarship to students pursuing pre-law, paralegal, or J.D. education. Applicants submit a short essay about using legal education to serve their community together with a resume and unofficial transcript.
2026 Portland Future Legal Leaders Scholarship
$1,000HKM Employment Attorneys offers a $1,000 Portland-area scholarship to students pursuing pre-law, paralegal, or J.D. education. Applicants submit a short essay about using legal education to serve their community together with a resume and unofficial transcript.
2026 Spokane Future Legal Leaders Scholarship
$1,000HKM Employment Attorneys offers a $1,000 Spokane-area scholarship to students pursuing pre-law, paralegal, or J.D. education. Applicants submit a short essay about using legal education to serve their community together with a resume and unofficial transcript.
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Common questions
How many $1,000 scholarships are open right now?
Award Scholar currently lists 2,725 open scholarships worth $1,000 to $4,999, with amounts and deadlines checked against each sponsor's official page. Awards with a range of amounts are grouped by their top award. The median award in this range is $2,000.
Do these scholarships require essays?
Not all of them. 1,541 of the current awards need no essay. The essay-based ones tend to draw fewer applicants, and Award Scholar can draft those essays in your own voice.
Are $1,000 scholarships worth applying for?
Yes. They take less time than large awards, draw fewer applicants, and stack. Ask your financial aid office how it applies outside scholarships; many schools reduce loans or work-study first, so several small awards can cut what you borrow.