Top Florida scholarships for you

The Polar Scholarship initiative is inspired by the film, The Polar Express, offering high school seniors a chance to reach their full potential through education and community service. Applicants must be a high school senior, planning to continue their education at a two- or four-year institution or vocational school. They must have at least 200 community service hours. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The UNF Jacksonville Commitment Scholarship is available to students admitted to the University of North Florida. Students must be recent Duval County public high school graduates with a standard high school diploma. They must also be a Florida resident for tuition purposes. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Sheri Anne Graham Scholarship is open to eligible Honors College students. Students must be incoming Honors College freshmen with a minimum high school cumulative GPA of 3.5 or greater and demonstrate financial need in a written statement to the Honors College Scholarship Committee. The student must declare his or her intent to major in the "arts and sciences" (as defined at FIU, i.e. any major in the physical sciences, social sciences, liberal studies, or the fine and performing arts.). Students must Fulfill annual Honors College engagement and service requirements. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Eagle Transfer Scholarship is open to transfer students who have completed an AA or AS degree from an accredited Florida State or Community College. Students must have submitted a completed FAFSA form to the U. S. Department of Education by the published deadline. Students must be classified as Florida residents for tuition purposes. Each recipient will be sent an email detailing the award and under which conditions it will be applied and renewed. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Gulf Coast Hurricane Scholarship will be awarded to students who are residents of and attending school in select states and who have expressed an interest in plastics and are majoring in or taking courses beneficial to a career in the plastics industry. This would include, but is not limited to, plastics engineering, polymer science, chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, journalism or communications. All applicants must be in good standing with their colleges. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Foundation for more information.

The Lucille E. Snaith Memorial Scholarship Endowment is open to eligible Honors College students; however, priority consideration will be given to incoming freshmen. Students must have a history of outstanding academic performance, and provide evidence of motivation, character, and potential. Students must Fulfill annual Honors College engagement and service requirements. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Harvey L. Young Family Foundation Scholarship is open to all eligible Honors College students. Students must be either entering or current Honors College students in good standing with demonstrated need. The student must have a history of outstanding academic performance, and provide evidence of motivation, character, and potential. Students must Fulfill annual Honors College engagement and service requirements. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Jose Marti Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund is a need-based merit scholarship that provides financial assistance to eligible students of Hispanic origin who will attend Florida public or eligible private institutions. Applicants must be of Spanish culture, born in or having a natural parent who was born in either Mexico or a Hispanic country of the Caribbean, Central or South America, regardless of race. Students from Brazil, Spain, and Haiti are not considered for an evaluation of this scholarship. Applicants must have earned, by the end of the seventh semester, a minimum unweighted cumulative GPA of 3.0 based on subjects credible toward a high school diploma for an undergraduate scholarship, or a 3.0 institutional cumulative GPA for undergraduate college work if applying for a graduate level scholarship. Applicants must not have previously earned a baccalaureate degree and enroll as a degree-seeking student at an eligible postsecondary institution and enroll each academic term for a minimum of 12 credit hours for undergraduate study or 9 credit hours for graduate study. Applicants will be ranked by their application submission date, if necessary. A prospective undergraduate student must apply during senior year of high school. Graduate students may apply; however, priority for the scholarship is given to graduating high school seniors. First priority shall be given to eligible renewal applicants. Second priority for awards will be given to initial applicants. Third priority for awards will be given to reinstatement applicants. Fourth priority for awards will be given to restoration applicants. Fifth priority for awards will be given to initial graduate applicants. An undergraduate student is eligible to receive an award for a maximum of eight semesters (12 quarters) over a period of no more than six consecutive years, or until receipt of a baccalaureate degree, whichever occurs first. An undergraduate student enrolled in a five-year undergraduate degree program is eligible to receive financial aid for a maximum of 10 semesters or 15 quarters. An eligible graduate student may receive a maximum of four semesters or six quarters of funding. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Florida State Department of Education for more information.

The Scholarships for Children and Spouses of Deceased or Disabled Veterans provides an award to dependent children or un-remarried spouses of qualified Florida veterans. The child must be between the ages of 16 and 22 and be a dependent child of a qualified veteran whose official military and residency status is certified by the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs. The child must receive educational opportunity until such a time as the parent classified as prisoner of war or missing in action is returned alive or otherwise classified. The spouse of a disabled veteran must be married to a qualified veteran whose official home of record is listed as Florida in the DEERS database; must be married to the disabled veteran for one or more years; and may accept scholarship funding only during the duration of the marriage and up to the point of termination of the marriage by dissolution or annulment. The spouse of a deceased veteran must be un-remarried; have been the spouse of a qualified veteran whose official military and residency status is certified by the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs; and must apply for the scholarship within 5 years after the veteran's death. The veteran must be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen; have Florida listed as their official home of record in DEERS database immediately preceding time of death, determination of 100 percent permanent and total disability, or prisoner of war/missing in action classification; and have met at least one of the following criteria: died as a result of service-connected disability sustained while on active duty; be certified by the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs as having service-connected 100 percent permanent and total disabilities; and be classified as a prisoner of war or missing in action by the United States Armed Forces or as civilian personnel captured while serving with the consent or authorization of the United States government during wartime service for a dependent child to receive scholarship funding. The student must enroll in an undergraduate degree or certificate program for a minimum of six credit hours, 180 clock hours, or the equivalent, per term at an eligible participating postsecondary institution. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Florida State Department of Education for more information.