Scholarships for March at UNCF
Check out these UNCF scholarships and internships currently open for applications, and complete your application before the deadlines. Look at some of the opportunities UNCF offers high school and college students that can help you get to and through college. Visit UNCF.org/Scholarships any time to see what’s open.
Remember: Complete all steps for the applications!
You will not be considered for a scholarship, internship or program until you submit all the information and essays the application requires.
2025-2026 UNCF Toyota Scholars Program
The UNCF Toyota Scholars Program is a professional development initiative for HBCU students. It offers need- and merit-based scholarships, career-readiness training, summer internship opportunities and other tools for success. UNCF Toyota Scholars Program supports college success and completion for high-achieving HBCU students, while preparing scholars for career opportunities at Toyota. Closes Mar. 2.
2025-2026 UNCF Element Fleet Scholarship
In partnership with UNCF, Element Fleet has developed the UNCF Element Fleet Scholarship to provide need-based scholarships to junior and senior college students who are interested in business and business-related fields.
This scholarship opportunity is open to students who are full-time enrolled juniors and seniors whose current major is: Business (including but not limited to: accounting, business, human resources, finance, marketing, sales, supply chain management). Closes Mar. 3.
2025-2026 Jack and Jill America Foundation Scholarship
In partnership with UNCF, the Jack and Jill of America Foundation Scholarship was developed to provide need-based, renewable scholarships to service-oriented currently enrolled college freshmen. Applicants must have completed a minimum of 60 hours of volunteer and community service within 12 months preceding the application deadline. Priority consideration will be granted to applicants who have also completed the Jack and Jill of America Leadership Module. Recipients will receive a $2,500 scholarship in their freshman year, and may renew the scholarship in their sophomore, junior, and senior years. Closes Mar. 10.
2025-2026 Jack and Jill – Jacqueline Moore Bowles Scholarship
In partnership with UNCF, the Jack and Jill of America Foundation – Jacqueline Moore Bowles Scholarship was developed to provide a one-time need-based scholarship of up to $2,500 to service-oriented undergraduate students majoring in Communications. Applicants must have completed a minimum of 60 hours of volunteer and community service within 12 months preceding the application deadline. Awards will be issued in the 2025-2026 spring term.This scholarship opportunity is not open to freshmen. Closes Mar. 10.
2025-2026 Beverly J. Gilliam Scholarship for Foreign Study
The Beverly J. Gilliam Scholarship for Foreign Study offers financial assistance to students who are accepted into recognized summer study abroad programs. The scholarship’s goals are to help students obtain international experiences that will allow them to become better world citizens and successfully compete in the global job market. The applicants must be enrolled at one of the UNCF’s member institutions as a sophomore or junior within the 2025-26 academic year. The study-abroad program, taking place during the summer 2026, must be approved by your home institution and will allow the applicants to receive earned credit hours towards their undergraduate degree. Closes Mar. 16.
2025-2026 NBA Foundation San Francisco Bay Area Scholarship
The NBA Foundation has partnered with UNCF to provide a grant opportunity for eligible residents of the San Francisco Bay Area for up to an amount of $5,000. Closes Mar. 23.
2026-2027 UNCF/University of Minnesota Master’s Scholarship
The UNCF/University of Minnesota Master’s Scholarship provides need-based financial support to full-time graduate students at the University of Minnesota. Administered by UNCF in partnership with the Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation, the program prioritizes alumni of UNCF member institutions and students pursuing master’s degrees, with preference given to students enrolled at the Carlson School of Management. Closes Mar. 27.
2026-2027 UNCF/Teradyne STEM Scholarship Program
The UNCF/Teradyne STEM Scholarship Program supports students from a historically underrepresented community who are rising juniors or seniors majoring in STEM and attending an HBCU. Closes Mar. 31.
2025-2026 UNCF General Scholarship Application
The UNCF General Application is used to establish an applicant pool of potentially eligible students for other scholarship opportunities that are Unpublished. Applicants who are not enrolled at one of the 37 UNCF Member Institutions during the 2024-2025 school year will not be considered. Closes Mar. 31.
2025-2026 Early Career Talent Development General Application
The UNCF Student Professional Development Programs (SPDP) Department works closely with some of the nation’s leading corporations and foundations to shape and execute internship programs, including both stand-alone internship programs and internship-and-scholarship programs. Closes Mar. 31.
2026-2027 Montgomery County Scholars Program
The Montgomery County Scholars Program provides need-based scholarships to young people from Montgomery County, Ohio to attend any accredited, U.S. located 2-year or 4-year college of university in the 2026-2027 academic year. Closes Mar. 31.