LGBTQ+ Scholarships
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The Tang Scholarship
$60,000Due April 30, 2027Mr. Edward C. Tang established this award in 2007 to provide financial assistance to LGBTQ+ Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) for post-secondary Education.
Essay written for youTaco Bell Live Más Scholarship
$25,000Due January 06, 2027The Live Más Scholarship empowers students who are passionate about making a difference in their communities and beyond. This scholarship program by the Taco Bell Foundation supports students at every stage of their journey, helping them channel their passion into transformative change. Since 1992, the Taco Bell Foundation has awarded more than $110 million in Live Más Scholarships and grants to youth-serving nonprofit organizations focused on education and career readiness.
Essay written for youPride Endowed Scholarship Fund
$20,000Due VariesThe Pride Scholarship was founded in 2000 by Bill Beachler, MSU Alumnus; and GLFSA, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Student Association of Michigan State University.
Essay written for youArmature Scholarship Fund
$15,000Due May 24, 2027The Armature Fund is grounded in values of justice, access, and culture. We believe in resourcing the next generation of Louisiana-based artists who reflect the richness and diversity of our communities. This opportunity is open to students planning to attend a college or technical school during the coming academic year and pursuing studies in visual arts, theater arts, music, culinary arts, dance, literature or poetry, design or fashion, arts administration, film, animation, and other artistic practices.
Essay written for youGSBA Scholarship Fund
$13,000Due January 09, 2027Pride Foundation is building a better, safer, and more equitable world for LGBTQ+ people and our families in the Northwest. Our work is guided by the fundamental belief that every person should be able to live safely, openly, and genuinely in all of the communities we call home.
Essay written for youPride Foundation Scholarships
$12,500Due January 09, 2027The Pride Foundation Scholarship program supports supports LGBTQ+ students who are leaders—in their own lives, in their families, in their home communities, in their fields of study, in their workplaces, or in our movements for justice.
Essay written for youPFund Scholarship
$12,000Due February 23, 2027The PFund Foundation Scholarship provides financial support to LGBTQ+ students from the Upper Midwest at all stages of their education. In 2024, PFund awarded a record $150,000 to more than 60 queer students. This scholarship is designed to assist students pursuing a GED, community college, four-year college, university, graduate school, trade school, professional certificate program, or apprenticeship program.
No essay requiredPoint Foundation Flagship Scholarship
$12,000Due November 20, 2026The Point Foundation Flagship Scholarship empowers LGBTQ+ and ally students who are pursuing undergraduate, graduate, or professional degrees at accredited colleges and universities in the United States by offering financial support, community resources, and professional development.
Essay written for youAlbers-Alexander LGBTQ Law Scholarship
$10,000Due October 12, 2026The Albers-Alexander LGBTQ Law Scholarship Fund is interested in supporting LGBTQ persons who are pursuing a law school degree. Students must be a first, second, or third-year law students attending one of the law schools we have selected for the program.
Essay written for youCharlotte Pride Scholarships
$10,000Due March 09, 2027We’re incredibly proud of the young leaders who received scholarships for the current school year through our annual scholarship and summer internship program, made possible by support from the Principal Foundation. The Charlotte Pride Scholarship & Internship Program, generously supported by the Principal Foundation, aims to improve economic mobility for LGBTQ and ally college students from the Charlotte metro area by funding college scholarships and a summer internship opportunity.
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