Scholarships

Who Can Apply: The St. Peter’s Troop 118 Scouting BSA Scholarship Fund provides an annual scholarship to Boy Scouts who are active in Troop 118 and plan to further their education at a local tuition-based high school in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The students eligible for assistance shall be graduating eighth graders who will be attending a local tuition-based … [Read more...] about St. Peter’s Troop 118 Scouting BSA Scholarship Fund (Deadline: May 1, 2026)

Who Can Apply: The purpose of this fund is to provide scholarships for students pursing a degree in nursing, public school teaching or to become a Licensed Unity Teacher. Have a B average (3.0 cumulative GPA) Be enrolled full time Be pursuing a degree in Nursing or Education (Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Degree in that field) or a Licensed Unity … [Read more...] about 2026 Lois Oxley Sandford Scholarship (Deadline: May 1, 2026)

Who Can Apply: The Port Authority, through development agreements with the operators of certain casino gaming operations, has obtained commitments from those operators to make annual contributions for a period of ten years to fund a scholarship grant program. The result of this agreement is a scholarship fund that will provide scholarships to Kansas City, MO residents who are … [Read more...] about Kansas City, Missouri Opportunities Scholarship 2026 (Deadline: May 1, 2026)

Who Can Apply: The purpose of the scholarship is to provide assistance to qualified high school seniors to attend post secondary programs. Be high school seniors preparing to graduate from one of the high schools within Unified District No. 500 in Kansas City, KS. Be planning to attend a four-year college or university or two-year community college. No persons pursuing … [Read more...] about 2026 James R. Goheen Scholarship (Deadline: May 1, 2026)

Who Can Apply: One scholarship is open to any African American/Black junior or first semester seniors registered and enrolled in a public relations or communications curricular program at an accredited college or university nationwide. Applicants must have earned at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale overall. Applications will be qualitatively scored with … [Read more...] about Inez Y. Kaiser GKC-PRSA Memorial Scholarship (Deadline: May 1, 2026)