Outside scholarships are a great way to fill in any gaps in your cost of attendance to Agnes Scott after receiving merit-based and need-based aid. External scholarship programs are all different in terms of application and qualification processes, so be sure to check out how each program works. For your convenience, check out our outside scholarship application guide, created in concert with current students who discovered, applied for and received multiple outside scholarships.
Our office has prepared a list of outside scholarships and aggregator sites to get you started. Agnes Scott College has no affiliation with these particular scholarships; this information is simply a helpful resource for you.
Beginning your outside scholarship search on an aggregate website can be helpful. See a few listed below.
Aggregate Website Options
- College Board Scholarship Search
- Fastweb
- Affordable College Online’s “Scholarships for Women” list
- Affordable College Online’s “Scholarships for Minority Students” list
- Scholarship Search by Sallie Mae
- GA Futures (for Georgia residents)
Specific Scholarship Recommendations
| ORGANIZATION | ELIGIBILITY | AWARD AMOUNT | DEADLINE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation | Emerging visual artists (open to non-U.S. citizens) | $15,000-$18,000 | Rolling |
| Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta | Atlanta-area high school seniors; multiple scholarship opportunities. | Varies | Rolling |
| Creative Biolab Scholarship | Enrolled student interested in science fields | $1,000 | September 15 |
| OppU Achievers Scholarship | High school seniors and college students | $2,500 | Sept. 30 Dec. 31 March 31 June 30 |
| Adobe Research Women in Technology Scholarship | College sophomore or higher | up to $10,000 | Sept. 27 |
| Horatio Alger National Scholarship | High school seniors with financial need | $25,000 | Oct. 25 |
| Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship | High school seniors | $20,000 | Oct. 31 |
| Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholars Program | High school seniors with some financial need | up to $40,000/year | Nov. 13 |
| Science Ambassador Scholarship | Women undergraduates & high school seniors interested in STEM. (eligible students do not have to be U.S. citizens) | Full tuition | Winter |
| Greenhouse Scholars Scholarship | Residents of Colorado, Georgia, Illinois or North Carolina with financial need | $5,000/year | Dec. 2 |
| Ron Brown Scholar Program | Black or African-American high school seniors with some financial need | $10,000 | Jan. 9 |
| SACAC Horizon Awards | High school seniors from the South | $1,000 | Jan. 17 |
| APIA Scholarship | Students with Asian and/or Pacific Islander ethnicity | up to $20,000 | Jan. 22 |
| Point Foundation National LGBTQ Scholarship Fund | High school seniors who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community | variable | Jan. 29 |
| Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship | High school seniors with some financial need | up to $30,000 | Feb. 1 |
| The Sunflower Initiative's Harriet Fitzgerald Scholarship | High school seniors attending a women's college | $10,000 | Feb. 1 |
| Hispanic Scholarship Fund | Students with Hispanic heritage | up to $5,000 | February 15 |
| Georgia Mining Association Scholarship Program | Seniors attending high school in Georgia | $1,000 | Feb. 21 |
| NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program | High school seniors with exceptional financial need | up to $20,000 | March 18 |
| Colleges That Change Lives | High school seniors planning to attend a CTCL school | $1,000/year | March 22 |
| BHW Scholarship | Women in STEM | $3,000 | April 15 |
| CBC United Health Foundation Louis Stokes Scholarship | Black or African-American students pursuing health professions | $5,000-$8,000 | April 30 |
| CBC Spouses Performing Arts Scholarship | Black or African-American students in the performing arts | $3,000 | April 30 |
| CBC Spouses Visual Arts Scholarship | Black or African-American students in the visual arts | $3,000 | April 30 |
| CBC Spouses Education Scholarship | Black or African-American students | $500-$8,200 | April 30 |
| B. Davis Scholarship | High school seniors | $1,000 | May 22 |
| Abbott and Fenner Scholarship | High school seniors | $1,000 | June 12 |
| NAACP Agnes Jones Jackson Scholarship | High school seniors, undergraduates, graduates or NAACP members | up to $2,000 | July 17 |