USA Scholarships
Partial Funding Scholarship Guides
Partial Funding Scholarships
Not every scholarship covers 100% of your costs, but partial funding can still make a huge difference. The scholarships listed here cover a significant share of tuition or living expenses, reducing what you need to pay out of pocket.
Burger King Scholars Program 2027 - $1,000 to $60,000
The Burger King Scholars Program is the General Track of the BURGER KING Scholars initiative, administered by Scholarship America for the Burger King Foundation. Graduating high school seniors in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, or Canada with a 2.0 GPA can apply for awards from $1,000 up to three James W. McLamore WHOPPER Scholarships worth $60,000 each. Reviewers weight GPA, work and activities, and financial need equally. No Burger King employment is required. Applications for the 2027-28 academic year open October 15, 2026 and close December 15, 2026 or when 30,000 total applications arrive.
Burger King Employee Scholarship 2027 - Up to $1,000
The Burger King Employee Scholarship is the Employee-Based Track inside the BURGER KING Scholars program, run by Scholarship America for the Burger King Foundation. Awards of up to $1,000 go to active Burger King Corporation or participating franchise employees, their spouses or domestic partners, and dependent children who meet a 2.0 GPA floor and plan college, vocational, graduate, or enrichment study in the 2027-28 year. Larger named awards (King Awards up to $15,000, regional employee prizes, and franchisee-funded scholarships) draw from the same pool. The 2027-28 application window opens October 15, 2026 and closes December 15, 2026 or when 30,000 total program applications are received.
Boland Injury Lawyers Essay Scholarship 2026
Boland Injury Lawyers, P.C. awards a $500 annual essay scholarship to undergraduate through post-graduate students actively enrolled at a US college or university. Submit a PDF essay on New York No-Fault serious injury reform with your name, address, phone, major, and school to [email protected] by 31 December 2026. The Queens personal injury firm screens submissions for plagiarism and AI-generated text. The winner is announced on the firm website on 31 January 2027.
Benedict Kalamaku Lee Loy Scholarship 2027
The Benedict Kalamaku Lee Loy, KS 1905 Endowed Scholarship from the Pauahi Foundation awards one need-based postsecondary grant each cycle to a U.S. resident who graduated from any high school and enrolls at least half time at an accredited trade school, community college, or university. You need a cumulative GPA between 2.0 and 3.0, documented financial need, community service or extracurricular involvement, a hardship essay, one recommendation, and Pauahi financial forms. Preference goes to students of Hawaiian ancestry where law allows. Apply through the unified Pauahi portal when the 2027-2028 cycle opens October 1, 2026 and closes December 1, 2026.
ASHRAE Society Scholarship 2027 - HVAC Engineering
The ASHRAE Society Scholarship Program uses one online application at info.ashrae.org to match undergraduate and high school senior applicants with Society-level awards worth roughly $3,000 to $10,000 for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) study. You need a 3.0 GPA or top 30% class standing, three signed recommendation letters, financial need, and enrollment at an ABET-accredited program or a campus with an ASHRAE student branch. The unified deadline is April 1 each year; notifications follow the ASHRAE Annual Meeting in mid-July.
BadCredit.org Wealth Wise Scholarship 2027
BadCredit.org''s Wealth Wise Scholarship awards $1,000 for tuition to one US undergraduate or graduate student each year who is building a finance industry career. You need a 3.5 GPA, a major such as finance, business, accounting, mathematics, or management, and a 500- to 900-word MLA essay titled How the U.S. Credit Scoring System Can Be Improved. Email your signed official transcript and essay to [email protected] or mail them to the Gainesville, Florida address by December 31 annually. Winners are announced January 31. AI-generated essays are disqualified.
AvaCare Medical Scholarship 2027 - $1,000
The AvaCare Medical Scholarship awards $1,000 toward tuition for one student each year who is pursuing a health or medical-related degree at an accredited US college or university. You need a 3.0 cumulative GPA, US citizenship or a green card, and a creative submission about an act of kindness that inspired you, delivered as writing up to 350 words, a short video, or an image project. Finalists face a public vote before judges pick the winner. Email [email protected] or mail materials to the Lakewood, New Jersey office by December 15, 2026 at midnight Eastern Time.
Ashley Meleana Joy Scholarship 2027
The Ashley Meleana Joy Scholarship from the Pauahi Foundation supports one graduate student each cycle who is pursuing a medical-related degree full time. Applicants may live in Hawaii or on the US mainland; Hawaiian ancestry receives preference where law allows, but residency in Hawaii is not required. You must be a classified graduate student in a medical field, meet Pauahi''s general scholarship rules, and apply through the foundation''s unified online portal when the 2027-2028 cycle opens October 1, 2026. Award amounts vary by year. Contact [email protected] or call 808-534-8080 for deadline confirmation.
ALA Biomedical Research Grants 2027 - Innovation
The American Lung Association Research Institute funds biomedical lung research through ProposalCentral, including the Innovation Award for independent investigators who held an NIH K- or R-type grant within the past five years. The Innovation Award pays $75,000 per year for up to two years for basic, behavioral, clinical, or translational projects at US nonprofit institutions. The 2027-2028 cycle opened August 5, 2026; LOIs are due September 18, 2026 and full applications December 1, 2026, with research starting July 1, 2027.
APTA Minority Scholarship Award 2027 - $5,000
The APTA Minority Scholarship Award, funded through the Physical Therapy Fund, recognizes final-year Doctor of Physical Therapy students who are APTA members from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds. Awards are typically $5,000 each, with multiple recipients chosen annually for professional character, academic strength, and service in minority affairs. You must be a US citizen or permanent resident in the last year of a CAPTE-accredited PT program and within twelve months of graduation. Nominations run through APTA Achieve from September 1 through December 1, with [email protected] as the contact. Alaska Native students are among the eligible minority groups, but the award is national rather than limited to Alaska residents.
Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship 2027 - $40,000
The Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship, administered by Scholarship America, gives high school seniors up to $40,000 for a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, plus a paid summer internship at Amazon. You need a 2.3 GPA, CS coursework or the optional HackerRank assessment, and documented financial need. Awards renew for up to three years with satisfactory grades. The 2026 cycle closed in January; expect the next window around January 2027 at scholarshipamerica.org/amazonfutureengineer.
APTA Faculty Development Scholarship 2027 - $5,000
The APTA Faculty Development Scholarship Award, now part of the Access and Opportunity Scholarship Fund, supports physical therapist faculty pursuing a post-professional doctoral degree. Eligible nominees are APTA members in good standing, licensed in a US jurisdiction, and teaching full time in an accredited PT program with at least two semesters of doctoral coursework completed. The Physical Therapy Fund typically awards about $5,000. Nominations run 1 September through 1 December 2026 via APTA Achieve, with recipients notified in May.