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792 USD/credit 28512 USD / year
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About

The Master of Education, Special Education program at Grand Valley State University is approved by the Michigan Department of Education to prepare teachers to work effectively with students who receive special education services.

Overview

This Education, Special Education program at Grand Valley State University prepares candidates to effectively teach students with disabilities in a variety of settings and to effectively manage the classroom by developing the ability to adjust teaching practices according to individual student needs. The program features highly trained faculty who value interaction with candidates, robust clinical components and field placement opportunities, and content that is directly applicable to the K-12 classroom setting.

Why Study Special Education at Grand Valley?

  • Grand Valley's M.Ed. in special education received the highest level of national recognition from the Council for Exceptional Children.
  • Leadership and professional engagement along with networking opportunities are available through the Graduate Student Association and The Graduate School.
  • Faculty members, with extensive experience, support and encourage success among students as educators in their academic endeavors at Grand Valley and later in their careers.
  • Flexible classes offered evenings, weekends, online/hybrid, and during summer make it easier for working adults to plan their schedules.
  • Accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

Programme Structure

All students will study a variety of subjects including:

  • Evidence-based instructional practices
  • Assessment practices
  • Multi-tiered system of supports
  • Instructional and assistive technology
  • Positive behavior intervention and supports
  • Transition practices

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

  • Allendale, United States

What students do after studying

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Academic requirements

GPA admission requirements GPA
3

Other requirements

General requirements

  • Application Materials: Graduate application, application fee, official transcripts from all previous colleges or universities attended, and copies of teaching/administrative certificates if required for program admission or approved waiver;
  • Recommendations: Three professional or academic recommendations on COE recommendation forms, addressing the candidate’s potential for graduate study;
  • Grade Point Average: Grade point average of 3.0 or better for the last 60 credits of undergraduate work taken from a regionally accredited institution; or
  • Previous Master’s Degree: A prior master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution will be accepted in lieu of the minimum grade point average.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    28512 USD/year
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 792 USD per credit during 12 months.
  • National

    28512 USD/year
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 792 USD per credit during 12 months.
  • In-State

    28512 USD/year
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 792 USD per credit during 12 months.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Education, Special Education.

Available Scholarships

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Independent provider
Grant
100000 INR
Deadline
31 Aug 2025
GyanDhan Scholarship
Merit-based

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GyanDhan
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Independent provider
Grant
35000 USD
Deadline
31 Jan 2026
Fulbright Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
01 Dec 2025
Latin American Caribbean Scholarship
Merit-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Stipendium Peregrinum
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Other Scholarships For Graduate Students
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
332500 USD
Deadline
31 May 2026
Study Abroad Graudate Scholarships Of SBS Foundation
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
300000 HKD
Deadline
30 Sep 2025
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships For Overseas Studies
Merit-based Need-based

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Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund
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Independent provider
Grant
76800 MXN
Deadline
Not specified
Becas CONACYT-FUNED
Merit-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
50000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Beca De Excelencia Rafael Del Pino
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
30 Sep 2025
Study Abroad Graduate Scholarships of Chungcheongnam-do
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
40000 AUD
Deadline
30 Sep 2025
Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships
Merit-based

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American Australian Association (AAA)
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Becas Fulbright - Ampliación De Estudios
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
33600 USD
Deadline
01 Oct 2025
German Academic Exchange Service - Scholarships For Graduate Studies
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
30000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Baltic American Freedom Foundation Scholarships
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
30000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
International Education Center's Study Abroad Programs
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
28000 USD
Deadline
01 Dec 2025
Fulbright Program
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
25600 USD
Deadline
01 Jul 2025
Next 100 (Kitas 100)
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
24000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Becas Fulbright - Realización De Master
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
20000 USD
Deadline
04 Mar 2026
Thanks To Scandinavia Grants To Danish Students
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
16800 USD
Deadline
01 Oct 2025
German Academic Exchange Service -Scholarships For Exchange Programs
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
11000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Dositeja Fund For Young Talents Of Serbia
Merit-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
31 Jul 2025
Udaan India Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based

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MPOWER Financing
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
31 Jul 2025
MPOWER 追梦永不息 Scholarship
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MPOWER Financing
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Korean American Scholarship Foundation
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
Anytime
Belizean Student Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
31 Jan 2026
Bakala Foundation Scholarship Program
Merit-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
01 Sep 2025
Fulbright Award For Postgraduate Study
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
31 Mar 2026
Programa Internacional De Becas Iberdrola Para Estudios De Máster
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
31 Jul 2025
Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program - Graduate Degree
Merit-based

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Onsi Sawiris Scholarship
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Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
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Becas La Caixa
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Fondos En Administración - ICETEX
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Education USA
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Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Fulbright Program
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
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The Bepina Sabalic Kunin Endowed Scholarship
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
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Azerbaijan Youth Foundation Scholarship
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
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FULBRIGHT
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
50000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Fulbright Master's And PhD Grants - Türkiye
Merit-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
30000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
International Student Award
Merit-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
12000 USD
Deadline
16 Aug 2025
Amberscholar Scholarship
Merit-based

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Amber Student
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Grant
12000 USD
Deadline
Anytime
Chancellor's Scholarship
Merit-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
8000 USD
Deadline
31 Jul 2025
MPOWER Global Citizen Scholarship
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MPOWER Financing
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Grant
2000 USD
Deadline
28 Feb 2026
MPOWER Refugee Scholarship
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MPOWER Financing
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Independent provider
Grant
2000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Temple University
Merit-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
Anytime
Monthly Scholarship Series
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MPOWER Financing
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
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Cross-Cultural Scholarship (In-State Tuition)
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program
Merit-based Need-based

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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
30000 CZK
Deadline
30 Jun 2025
Olomouc Region Study Scholarship
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
12500 USD
Deadline
15 Dec 2025
International Peace Scholarship Fund
Need-based

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The International Peace Scholarship Fund
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Independent provider
Grant
10000 CZK
Deadline
31 Aug 2025
Nadace Sophia
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2025
OAS Academic Scholarship Program
Merit-based

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The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 EUR
Deadline
30 Jun 2026
Tatra Banka Scholarship
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
2500 USD
Deadline
01 Oct 2025
First Generation College Student Scholarship
Merit-based

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The Law Offices of David A. Kadzai, LLC
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Independent provider
Grant
2000 USD
Deadline
01 Oct 2025
Future Innovator Scholarship
Merit-based

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StudySoup
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Independent provider
Grant
2000 USD
Deadline
04 Aug 2025
Alford & Associates Students in Need Scholarship
Need-based

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Alford & Associates
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Independent provider
Grant
2000 USD
Deadline
07 Jul 2025
Road to Recovery Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based

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The Law Office of Jerry D. Andrews, P.C.
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Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
05 Nov 2025
Hope and Opportunity Scholarship
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Whitlock Law, LLC
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Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
01 Oct 2025
Uplifting Communities Scholarship
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The Law Office of Donald L. Bell
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
10 Dec 2025
Hoggatt Injury Law Children of Injured Workers Scholarship
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HOGGATT Injury Law
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Sep 2025
Don't Text and Drive Scholarship
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Digital Responsibility
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
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Sejong Scholarship Foundation Of America
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Sejong Scholarship Foundation in America
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
19 Nov 2025
Collins Rupp, P.C. Moving Forward Scholarship
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Collins Rupp, P.C.
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Independent provider
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1000 USD
Deadline
31 Jul 2025
Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship
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The Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship Program
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Jan 2026
Technology Addiction Awareness Scholarship
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Digital Responsibility
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Independent provider
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1000 USD
Deadline
17 Sep 2025
Attorney Ambitions Scholarship
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Robinson Law
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
20 Oct 2025
Natural Disaster Relief Scholarship
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OVC Scholarship Network
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Jun 2025
Digital Privacy Scholarship
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Digital Responsibility
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Nov 2025
ServiceScape Scholarship
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ServiceScape
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
03 Sep 2025
Magana & Van Dyke Dominick Marsala Memorial Scholarship
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Magana & Van Dyke
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
11 Aug 2025
The Blossom Law Caregiver Scholarship
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Blossom Law
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
28 Sep 2025
Saagar Govil Scholarship
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Saagar Govil
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Anytime
40% Merit-Based Scholarship For Master's Students
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Education USA
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
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Beca Mexico
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Education USA
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Grant
15000 USD
Deadline
15 Jun 2025
Eon Essay Contest
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Eon Essay Contest
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Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
10 Mar 2026
Gordon Hay Scholarship Fund
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Blumenthal Performing Arts
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Independent provider
Grant
7000 USD
Deadline
31 Aug 2025
Amber Scholarship For September Intake
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Amber Student
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Independent provider
Grant
6000 USD
Deadline
16 Aug 2025
Amberscholar 2025 Scholarship
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Amber Scholar
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Independent provider
Grant
5500 USD
Deadline
28 Feb 2026
AWP Award Series
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Association of Writers & Writing Programs
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
23 Sep 2025
Graduate Study in the USA Scholarship
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educations.com
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
31 Oct 2025
Med School Insiders Balance & Wellness Scholarship
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Med School Insiders
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Grant
4000 USD
Deadline
30 Jun 2025
The New York Pass® Education Scholarship
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Go City
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Grant
4000 USD
Deadline
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Jean Louis Le Gall Memorial Scholarship
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Society of Women Engineers
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Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
31 Aug 2025
Healthcare Technology Scholarship
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Elxo
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2000 USD
Deadline
31 Jul 2025
Fighting the Nursing Shortage Scholarship
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Schenk Nursing Home Abuse Law
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Independent provider
Grant
2000 USD
Deadline
15 Sep 2025
Future Lawyers Scholarship
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Andrew Cores Family Law Group
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Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
15 Sep 2025
Distinguished Career Award
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SETC
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Grant
1250 USD
Deadline
15 Oct 2025
Ruth Abernathy Presidential Scholarship
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SHAPE America
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Sep 2025
Building Bridges Scholarship
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The National Parent Volunteer Association
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Nov 2025
Aaliyah Lee Scholarship
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The National Parent Volunteer Association
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
15 Oct 2025
Barbara A. Cooley Master’s Scholarship
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SHAPE America
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
15 Sep 2025
Tom Behm Award
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SETC
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
15 Sep 2025
Keynote Emerging Artists of Promise (KEAP) Awards
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SETC
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
15 Sep 2025
Distinguished Design/Tech Award
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SETC
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
15 Sep 2025
Getchell New Play Award
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SETC
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
28 Feb 2026
Act of Kindness Scholarship
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The National Parent Volunteer Association
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
15 Sep 2025
Supporting Prisoners’ Families Scholarship
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Pullan & Young
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
03 Nov 2025
Law Office of Jae Lee Immigrant Student Scholarship
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Law Office of Jae Lee
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Jun 2025
Delete Cyberbullying Scholarship Award
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Delete Cyberbullying
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Jun 2025
College JumpStart Gratitude Scholarship
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College JumpStart Scholarship
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
18 Aug 2025
Young Legal Professionals Scholarship
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1000 USD
Deadline
13 Oct 2025
Bridge to Success Scholarship
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1000 USD
Deadline
13 Aug 2025
Hope for Humanity Scholarship
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