LGBTQ+ Scholarships

Many organizations fund LGBTQ+ students specifically. Award Scholar matches you to the ones you're eligible for and drafts each essay in your voice so applying is quick.

• The Tang Scholarship

  $60,000

  Due April 30, 2027

  Mr. Edward C. Tang established this award in 2007 to provide financial assistance to LGBTQ+ Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) for post-secondary Education.

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• Taco Bell Live Más Scholarship

  $25,000

  Due January 06, 2027

  The 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.

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• Pride Endowed Scholarship Fund

  $20,000

  Due Varies

  The 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.

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• Armature Scholarship Fund

  $15,000

  Due May 24, 2027

  The 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.

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• GSBA Scholarship Fund

  $13,000

  Due January 09, 2027

  Pride 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.

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• Pride Foundation Scholarships

  $12,500

  Due January 09, 2027

  The 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.

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• PFund Scholarship

  $12,000

  Due February 23, 2027

  The 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.

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• Point Foundation Flagship Scholarship

  $12,000

  Due November 20, 2026

  The 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.

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• Albers-Alexander LGBTQ Law Scholarship

  $10,000

  Due October 12, 2026

  The 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.

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• Charlotte Pride Scholarships

  $10,000

  Due March 09, 2027

  We’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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