Scholarship Opportunities


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Outside Scholarship Information

What Every Student Searching for Outside Private Donor Scholarships Needs to Know:

  • The "Scholarship Hunting Season" starts early--look for next year's awards as early as October
  • Most application deadlines occur during fall and winter quarters
  • Most scholarships you apply for will be used for the following academic year
  • These links are provided as a courtesy to our Central Washington University students on behalf of these outside organizations. Central is not responsible for exchanges made between these outside organizations and the people that use these links. Apply for scholarships at your own discretion.

Finding Outside Private Donor Scholarships

We recommend visiting the following websites for outside scholarship search support and basic information on different types of scholarships (if you are going to use any of these search engines be sure to set up a separate email account because you might get spam from some of these sources):

STEM Scholarships

These groups even offer scholarships for students studying for a STEM undergraduate degree. If interested, please visit the websites listed below:

Respectively for Women

There are organizations encouraging young women to study STEM in college. These groups even offer scholarships for women studying for a STEM undergraduate degree. If interested, please visit the websites listed below:

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