Outside Scholarships

In general to find scholarships, you can visit reputable scholarship websites (listed at the end), college websites and financial aid offices, or specific organizations related to your field of study.  The scholarships listed below will have a link to the website or application form.  If the link is not active, the application may not be opened yet or it may have already closed.

We suggest prior to completing any applications, create an activity page and outline your career goals.  You can include information about your academic achievements, extracurricular activities, community service, work experience, and any relevant skills or certifications.  Tailor your career goals to align with your chosen field of study and demonstrate how the scholarship will contribute to your overall educational and career objectives.  This will be helpful to you as you start applying for scholarships!

September Application Deadline

Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship - High school students graduating during the 2025-2026 school year and who meet our other criteria can apply for the Coca-Cola Scholars Program $20,000 scholarship application August 1 - September 30, 2025.  Details and application

Application Deadline: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Varsity Tutors College Scholarship Contest - Monthly Winners (essay contest).  Details and application

Application Deadline: Monday, September 15, 2025 @ 5:00pm (CDT)

October Application Deadline

AES Engineers - This award is available to high school seniors and all students attending a post secondary educational facility.  You are not required to be taking Engineering courses to be elibible.  Details can be found on their website

Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Varsity Tutors College Scholarship Contenst - Monthly Winners (essay contest).  Details and application

Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 @ 5:00pm

November Application Deadline

Elks National Foundation Scholarship Programs - Do you want to join the #ElksFamily?  Most Valuable Student Scholarships range from $1,000 per year to $7,500 per year.  This scholarship is for students pursuing a four-year degree, on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 semester hours), in a U.S. college or university.  Details and application

Application Deadline: Wednesday, November 12, 2025

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution - John Scott Horner Chapter is please to sponsor the DAR Good Citizens program in our area.  This program honors an outstanding young person in the senior class who demonstrates qualities of a good citizen, as well as provides an optional opportunity for this student to participate in the scholarship portion of the program.  Details and application

Application Deadline: Friday, November 7, 2025

NHS Scholarship - Since 1946, the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) has awarded more then $30 million in scholarships to outstanding NHS seniors.  This year, we are awarding $2 million in scholarships to 600 students.  Each year, scholarship recipients are selected based on their demonstration of the fours pillars of NHS: Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character.  Details and application

Application Deadline: Monday, November 24, 2025 @ 5:00pm (ET)

December Application Deadline

Fleet Reserve Association Milwaukee Branch 14 Americanism Essay Contest - Eligibility for this contest are students in grades 7 thru 12.  This year's essay theme is "America at 250 Years: What Does It Mean to Me".  Details and application

Essay Deadline: December 1, 2025 *must be postmarked no later than this date*

Reputable Scholarship Websites

Beaver Dam High School & Foundation Scholarship applications will be distributed to the senior class during semester 2.  Due dates will be listed on scholarship packets.

• Beaver Dam High School Scholarships

• Beaver Dam Scholarship Foundation

Additional information will be provided for the following scholarship in the spring:

• The Wilson C. & Edna P. Woods Masonic Lodge Scholarship

National Websites (Deadlines Vary): 

• Department of Public Instruction Scholarship List Comprehensive list of many scholarships available. 

• Fastweb.com:  Fastweb, owned by parent company Monster.com, is also a free scholarship search provider that claims to have more than 1.5 million scholarships in its database.

• Scholarships.com:  The free scholarship search is one of the most established and robust, tracking a reported $19 billion in scholarships.

• Chegg.com:  Chegg is a textbook website that has a scholarship search function, offering more than 25,000 scholarships.  The site also offers online tutors to help students with their scholarship essays.

• Cappex.com: Cappex allows students to search both schools and scholarships, with a database of more than $11 billion in scholarships.

• GoingMerry.com:  Free scholarship search and application platform.  Personalized matching.  Thousands of scholarships and grants.

• Stand Out College Prep:  Wisconsin Scholarships

• JLV College Counseling:  Jessica Velasco, a former admissions officer, started JLV College Counseling, which offers information on various scholarships.  Velasco also posts scholarships every Saturday on her Facebook page with upcoming application deadlines.  Via her blog, Velasco offers scholarship and college admissions tips and advice.

• The College Board – Big Future:  The College Board’s comprehensive BigFuture site helps students look up information about colleges and how to pay for school.  It's scholarships search engine provides information on more than $6 billion in scholarships, financial aid and internships.

• Niche.com:  Niche pairs students with the scholarships that match their qualifications, with student-friendly categories like no-essay scholarships.

• Unigo.com:  Search through 1,000’s of scholarships in all different types of categories.  Find fun, unusual, academic, need based scholarships and more!