Welcome to the FIRST Scholarship Program

Many colleges and universities, professional associations, and corporations offer college scholarships to high school students on FIRST teams. This is official recognition of the knowledge and technical and life skills these students have gained from participating in a FIRST competition.  For 2013, we currently have over 160 scholarship providers that are making available over 875 individual scholarship opportunities with a total value of over $16 Million!  New providers are joing the FIRST Scholarship Program often-  So keep checking back here to see new scholarships! Also, be sure to check the FIRST Scholarship Newsletter for special information.

FIRST Scholarships:

  Are funded and administered by the Scholarship Providers (colleges, universities, corporations, etc.), not by FIRST

  Each have unique eligibility requirements, deadline dates, and application procedures

  Are usually for use at a specific provider college or university, but a few can be used at any school

  Are typically merit-based, and cover a broad range of scholastic abilities

  Are not just for Engineering majors - roughly 40% of FIRST Scholarships can be used for any course of study

  Vary from one-time awards of $1,000 to full four-year tuition (estimated at $160,000)

Show me the list of FIRST Scholarship Opportunities

Questions about specific scholarships should be directed to the contact listed in each description. General FIRST Scholarship Program questions can be directed to scholarships@usfirst.org.