Each state may offer its own grant and scholarship programs. Some are based on demonstrated financial need, some are based on other types of special characteristics (e.g., grades and/or test scores) and some are focused on particular occupations (e.g., teaching and nursing).
Most require the applicant to file the FAFSA by a specific state deadline. Some states have additional application forms and requirements.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Cal Grants A, B, C
- California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program (CNG EAAP)
- Law Enforcement Personnel Dependents Grant (LEPD)
- California Chafee Grant for Foster Youth
- Middle Class Scholarship
- John R. Justice (JRJ) Program
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Delaware
Florida
- Scholarship and Grant Programs
- Access to Better Learning and Education (ABLE) Grant
- Benacquisto Scholarship Program
- Bright Futures
- Effective Access to Student Education
- First Generation Matching Grant
- Florida Farmworker Student Scholarship
- Florida Student Assistance Grant
- Florida Work Experience Program
- José Martí Scholarship Challenge Grant
- Mary McLeod Bethune Scholarship
- Minority Teacher Education Scholarship
- Rosewood Family Scholarship
- Scholarships for Children and Spouses of Deceased or Disabled Veterans
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
- Financial Aid and Stipends for Teachers
- Adult Student Grant
- Mitch Daniels Early Graduation Scholarship
- Frank O’Bannon Grant
- 21st Century Scholars
- Workforce Ready Grant
Iowa
- All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship
- Iowa Tuition Grant
- Future Ready Iowa Last-Dollar Scholarship
- Kibbie Grant (Iowa Skilled Workforce Shortage Tuition Grant)
- Iowa National Guard Educational Assistance Grant (NGEAP)
- Iowa Vocational-Technical Tuition Grant
- GEAR UP Iowa Scholarship
- Governor Terry E. Branstad Iowa State Fair Scholarship
- Education and Training Voucher (ETV)
- Robert D. Blue Scholarship
- GAP Tuition Assistance Program
Kansas
- Kansas Scholarship and Grant Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
- Kansas Career Technical Workforce Grant
- Kansas Comprehensive Grant
- Kansas Ethnic Minority Scholarship
- Kansas Military Service Scholarship
- Kansas National Guard Educational Assistance
- Kansas Nursing Service Scholarship
- Kansas State Scholarship
- Kansas Teacher Service Scholarship
- Kansas ROTC Service Scholarship
- Kansas Scholarship and Grant Opportunities for Graduate Students
- Kansas Osteopathic Medical Service Scholarship
- Kansas Optometry Service Scholarship
- Kansas Nurse Educator Service Scholarship
- Kansas Dental Education Opportunities Program
- James B. Pearson Fellowship
- Kansas Distinguished Scholarship Program
Kentucky
- Kentucky College Access Program Grants
- Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES)
- Kentucky Tuition Grant
- Early Childhood Development Scholarship
- Coal County Scholarship Program for Pharmacy Students
- Osteopathic Medicine Scholarship
- Teacher Scholarship
- Dual Credit Scholarship
- Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship
- Work Ready Scholarship program for high school students
- Go Higher Grant
Louisiana
- Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS)
- Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship
- LA GO Grant
- Strategies to Empower People (STEP) Vocational Education Program
- BESE Tuition Program for Teachers
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Foster Child Grant
- MASSGrant & MASSGrant Plus
- Gilbert Matching Student Grant
- Cash Grant
- Part-Time Grant
- Public Service Grant
- Paraprofessional Teacher Preparation Grant
- Agnes M. Lindsay Scholarship Program
- Early Childhood Educators Scholarship Program
- Massachusetts High Demand Scholarship Program
- John and Abigail Adams Scholarship
- One Family Scholarship Program
- Paul Tsongas Scholarship
- Need Based Tuition Waiver Program
Michigan
- Michigan Tuition Grant
- Children of Veterans Tuition Grant
- Fostering Futures Scholarship
- Michigan Competitive Scholarship
- Police Officer's and Fire Fighter's Survivor Tuition Grant (STG)
- Tuition Incentive Program
Minnesota
- Minnesota Academic Excellence Scholarship
- Minnesota State Grant
- Aid for Students with Special Circumstances
Mississippi
- Mississippi Higher Education Legislative Plan (HELP)
- Mississippi Tuition Assistance Grant (MTAG)
- Mississippi Eminent Scholars Grant
- Mississippi Law Enforcement Offices & Fireman Scholarship (LAW)
- Nissan Scholarship (NISS)
Missouri
- Bright Flight Program
- Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program
- Marguerite Ross Barnett Memorial Scholarship
- Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program
- Public Service Officer or Employee's Child Survivor Grant Program
- Wartime Veteran's Survivors Grant Program
Montana
Nebraska
- Access College Early Scholarship
- Nebraska Opportunity Grant (formerly Nebraska State Grant)
- Community College Gap Assistance Program
Nevada
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Tuition Waiver Program for Foster Children
- New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Scholarship Opportunities
New Jersey
- New Jersey Tuition Aid Grant (NJ TAG)
- New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship (NJ STARS)
New Mexico
New York
- New York State (NYS) Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
- Part-time Scholarship Program
- Excelsior Scholarship Program
North Carolina
- Student Incentive Grant
- Education Lottery Scholarship (ELS)
- Community College Grant Program
- UNC Need Based Grant
- North Carolina Need Based Scholarship
- Other North Carolina Scholarship Opportunities
North Dakota
- North Dakota Academic Scholarships
- North Dakota Career & Technical Education Scholarships
- North Dakota Indian Scholarships
- North Dakota Scholars Program
- North Dakota State Grant
Ohio
- Choose Ohio First
- Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG)
- Ohio War Orphans Scholarship
- Ohio Safety Officers College Memorial Fund
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG)
- Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant (OTEG)
- Regional University Baccalaureate Scholarship
- Chiropractic Education Scholarship Program
- Future Teachers Scholarship
- George and Donna Nigh Public Service Scholarship
- Scholars for Excellence in Child Care
- HEROES PROMISE
- National Guard Tuition Waiver
- Independent Living Act (Foster Care Tuition Waiver)
- Academic Scholars Program
Oregon
- Oregon Opportunity Grants
- Chafee Education and Training Grant
- Deceased or Disabled Public Safety Officer Grant Program
- Oregon Student Child Care Grant
- Oregon Promise
- Oregon Barber and Hairdresser (B&H) Grant Program
- Oregon National Guard State Tuition Assistance
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State Grant
- Partnerships for Access to Higher Education (PATH) Grants
- Pennsylvania Targeted Industry Program (PA-TIP)
- Postsecondary Educational Gratuity
- Blind or Deaf Higher Education Beneficiary Grant
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
- South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship
- Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship
- Dakota Corps Scholarship
- Need Based Scholarship Program
Tennessee
- Tennessee Student Assistance Awards
- Tennessee Hope Access Grant
- Tennessee Hope Scholarship
- General Assembly Merit Scholarship (GAMS)
- Aspire Award
- Dual Enrollment Grant
- Minority Teaching Fellows Program
- Teaching Scholars Program
- Dependent Children Scholarship Program
- Ned McWherter Scholars Program
- STEP UP Scholarship
- Hope Scholarship - Nontraditional
- HOPE Foster Child Tuition Grant
- Promise Scholarship
- Reconnect Grant
- Helping Heroes Grant
- Wilder-Naifeh Technical Skills Grant
- TCAT Reconnect Scholarship
Texas
- Education and Training Vouchers for Youths Aging Out of Foster Care
- Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program (TEOG)
- Towards Excellence, Access and Success (TEXAS) Grant
- Fifth Year Accounting Student Scholarship
- Kenneth H. Ashworth Fellowship Program
- Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP)
- Texas Public Educational Grant Program (TPEG)
- Tuition Equalization Grant Program
Utah
- Opportunity Scholarship
- Utah Promise Scholarship
- T.H. Bell Education Scholarship
- Utah Private, Non-Profit School Scholarship
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
- Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges Opportunity Grant
- Washington State Opportunity Scholarship
- Washington State College Bound Scholarship
- Washington State Need Grant
- American Indian Endowed Scholarship
West Virginia
- West Virginia Higher Education Grant
- Promise Scholarship
- Engineering, Science and Technology Scholarship Program
- Underwood-Smith Teacher Scholarship Program
- Higher Education Adult Part-Time Student Grant Program
- Nursing Scholarship Program
- West Virginia Invests Grant Program
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Grant (UW System, Wisconsin Technical Colleges, Tribal Colleges)
- Wisconsin Grant (Private Non-Profit)
- Wisconsin Talent Incentive Grant (TIG)
- Indian Student Assistance Grant
- Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant
- Hearing and Visually Handicapped Student Grant
- Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship
Wyoming
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