Scholarships

Southern Connecticut State University is happy to share multiple scholarship resources below to support students paying for college by earning free scholarship money.

SCSU Foundation Scholarships

Through the generosity of alumni, parents, and friends of the University, the SCSU Foundation manages over 400 scholarships that are available to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Learn more about SCSU Foundation Scholarships

Connecticut Scholarships

February Deadline

• CT Community Foundation (renewal students)
• Big Y Supermarket
• Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
• Network of Executive Women Scholarship

March Deadline

• Community Foundation of Eastern CT
• CT Community Foundation (new applicants)
• Fairfield County Community Foundation
• Manchester Scholarship Foundation
• SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.
• Stamford Dollars for Scholars
• The High School Scholarship Foundation of Fairfield
• Yale University Woman's Organization
• AAUW Scholarship
• TMCF Bridging the Dream
  • For gradutate students

April Deadline

• Community Foundation of Greater New Haven
• Claire C. Bennitt Watershed Fund Inc.
• UNICO National
• Environmental Professionals Organization
• BRIDGES Healthcare

May Deadline

• Person to Person
• CHESLA Scholarship
• CAPFAA Scholarship
• AAUW CT Shoreline Branch Scholarship
• Milton Fisher Scholarship
  • For first time freshman
• EasterSeals Scholarship
  • For students with a documented disability

June Deadline

• Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
• CONNTAC Inc. Scholarship
• New Haven Scholarship Fund
• Teacher Certification
• CT Assoc. of Latinos in Higher Education
  • DACA & Undocumented are eligible

July Deadline

• Human Resource Assoc. of Central CT

No Deadline

• The Noyce Scholarship

Minority Scholarships

May Deadline

• Laurel House Racial Equity Scholarship - for MSW students

June Deadline

• American Indian College Fund Scholarships

September Deadline

• The Gates Scholarship - for high school seniors

October Deadline

• La Unidad Latina Foundation

Veteran Scholarships

April Deadline for Fall & November Deadline for Spring

• Sports Clips Help a Hero Scholarship

Scholarship Database Searches

Use the scholarship search engines list below to apply for national private scholarships.

• Chegg.com
• College Board
• Fastweb
• Niche
• Sallie Mae
• Scholarship America
• Scholarship Owl
• Scholarships.com
• Scholly
• CareerOneStop
• StudentScholarshipSearch.com
• Unigo.com