Award Amount: $40,000 and $500 scholarships

Application: Application

About No essay, no minimum GPA or test score, or citizenship requirements. Just follow the steps for chances to win. The more steps you complete and the earlier you start, the more chances you have to win

Eligibility: How to qualify:

Earn entries in monthly drawings for $500 and $40,000 scholarships by completing the six qualifying steps on BigFuture. If you don’t win, your entry rolls over for the next month. To enter without creating an account see official rules.
Students whose families earn less than $60,000 a year have more chances to earn scholarships.

Due Dates:

Class of 2025:

Start Your College List: Sunday, June 30, 2024
Strengthen Your College List: Thursday, October 31, 2024
Start Your Career List: Friday, February 28, 2025
Start Your Scholarship List: Friday, February 28, 2025
Apply to Colleges: Friday, February 28, 2025
Complete the FAFSA: Friday, February 28, 2025

Class of 2026:

Start Your College List: Monday, June 30, 2025
Strengthen Your College List: Friday, October 31, 2025
Start Your Career List: Saturday, February 28, 2026
Start Your Scholarship List: Saturday, February 28, 2026
Apply to Colleges: Saturday, February 28, 2026
Complete the FAFSA: Saturday, February 28, 2026

Class of 2027:

Start Your College List: Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Strengthen Your College List: Saturday, October 31, 2026
Start Your Career List: Monday, November 30, 2026
Start Your Scholarship List: Monday, November 30, 2026
Apply to Colleges: Monday, November 30, 2026
Complete the FAFSA: Monday, November 30, 2026

BUFFALO

Scholarships and Scholarship Opportunities

Scholarship Toolkit

2024/2025 Opportunities

College Board Big Future Scholarship (Due dates based on graduating class, see below)

2025 Jump Start Award (Due: 03/14/2025)

2025 ITE Diversity Scholars Program (03/15/2025 at 5:00PM)

Gerard J. Buckenmeyer Memorial FASNY Volunteer Scholarship (Due: 03/15/2025)

Bank on Buffalo Scholarship 20205 (Due: 03/16/2025)

“WE SOAR” Future Bilingual Educator Scholarship Fund (Due: 03/17/2025)

2025 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County Master Gardener College Scholarship (Due: 03/26/2025)

Delta Scholarships (Due: 03/28/2025)

Society of American Military Engineers 2025 Scholarship Program (Due: 03/31/2025)

Truman D. Picard Scholarship (Due: 03/21/2025)

Great Erie Federal Credit Union (Due: 04/01/2025)

2025 Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award (Due: 04/01/2025)

AKA 2025 Scholarship Application (Due: 04/04/2025)

LILLIE P. W. STEPHENS SCHOLAR-ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP (Due: 04/04/2025)

Women Teachers Association of Buffalo Annual Scholarship(Due: 4/15/2025)

Farm Kids for College Scholarship (Due: 04/15/2025)

2025 Taste of Buffalo Scholarship (Due: 04/17/2025)

SAME Society of American Military Engineers 2025 Scholarship (Due: 04/30/2025)

Zonta Club of Buffalo Gallivan Award (Due: 05/01/2025)

Zonta Club of Buffalo Healthcare Career Award (Due: 05/01/2025)

2024-25 Crystal Boling-Barton Leadership Scholarship (Due: 05/01/2025)

2025 COEA Scholarship - BPS Students Only - (Due: 05/02/2025)

Phi Omega Ronald Peoples’ High School Scholarship Contest (Due: 05/30/2025)

Abbott Fenner Scholarship (Due: 06/10/2025)

Scalp and Blade Scholarship

Scholarships Designated by College

Canisius University The Urban Leadership Learning Community (ULLC) (Due: 01/20/2025)

Canisius University Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship (Due: 01/20/2025)

Daemen University's Unmute High School Writiers Contest (Due: 01/31/2025)

New York State Scholarships

NYS Math and Science Teaching Incentive Program

NYS Scholarships for Academic Excellence

NYS Child Welfare Worker Incentive Scholarship

NYS Regents Awards for Children of Deceased and Disabled Veterans

Military Enhanced Recognition Incentive & Tribute (MERIT) Scholarship

Annually Recurring Scholarships

Jefferson Scholarship (for University of Virginia students from Erie County)

Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship (Due: 01/09/25)

Gates Scholars Program

Quest Bridge National College Match (Due: 09/26/24)