Pride Foundation Scholarships to support LGBTQ+ Students (US)

Deadline: 10 January 2025

Submissions are now open for the Pride Foundation Scholarships to support LGBTQ+ students who are leaders in their own lives, in their families, in their home communities, in their fields of study, in their workplaces, or in the movements for justice.

Eligibility Criteria

They prioritize moving resources to LGBTQ+ students who need it most, so they especially focus their funding on those LGBTQ+ student leaders who have some or all of the following experiences and qualities:
- Demonstrate a commitment to advancing justice and the well-being of their communities, past, present, and future
- Have experienced family rejection and/or haven’t been able to access a larger community support system
- Face systemic barriers to educational access, and have been impacted by systemic discrimination and oppression. Specifically:
- Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color
- Trans, non-binary, gender diverse, gender non-conforming, and Two Spirit people
- Immigrants
- Disabled people/People with Disabilities, including people living with chronic illness, HIV, neurodivergence, and mental health challenges
- People over 25, as non-traditionally aged students
- People living rurally
- People who have experienced or are experiencing housing instability or houselessness
- People who have experienced or are experiencing poverty
- Demonstrate financial need and don’t have access to familial or other financial supports
Northwest Residency: Applicants must be a resident of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington but may study elsewhere. Applicants are considered a resident of one of these states if they currently live within that state or have lived within that state for at least one year at any time within the last five years.
Pursuing Post-Secondary Education: Applicants must be pursuing post-secondary education in the coming 2025-2026 school year. This includes community college, four-year public or private college or university, certificate programs, vocational/technical/trade programs, law school, medical/dental/veterinary school, or graduate education.

Application Requirements

3 essays, which are described in more detail in the application itself
Optional materials you can include with your application:
- Academic transcript (official or unofficial)
- Resume – please include:
  - Work experience
  - School activities and honors
  - Extracurricular and community activities, including volunteer roles, arts, and/or activism
- A letter of recommendation
- 1-2 writing or art samples