Has summer break finally arrived for you? If so, take advantage of all your free time to apply for some scholarships! We’ve gone through our database and picked out 22 great ones that are expiring in June. Check them out!

Charles Shafae’ Scholarship Fund
Award: $500      Deadline: June 1
Applicants must submit an essay on a topic related to gun control.

ExceptionalNurse.com College Scholarships
Award: $250 – $500      Deadline: June 1
Applicants must be nursing majors with a documented disability.

Kor Memorial Scholarship
Award: $500      Deadline: June 1
Applicants must be enrolled in a program leading to a degree in a field of language study.

Copyright Awareness Scholarship
Award: $5,000      Deadline: June 1
Applicants must submit a creative video presentation that would be used to educate their peers on the importance of intellectual property and copyright law.

Joe Francis Haircare Scholarship
Award: $1,000      Deadline: June 1
Applicants must be applying to or enrolled in a cosmetology/barber program.

John D. Spurling OBE Scholarship for Responsible Pet Ownership Education
Award: $2,000      Deadline: June 1
Applicants must be enrolled in educational programs that include responsible pet ownership in their curriculum.

CEO of Tomorrow Scholarship
Award: $2,500      Deadline: June 1
Applicants must be interested in business leadership and/or entrepreneurship.

CBC Spouses Education Scholarship
Award: varies      Deadline: June 3
Applicants must be preparing to or be currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree.

Duck Tape Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest
Award: $500 – $5,000      Deadline: June 5
Applicants must make their high school prom attire out of Duck brand duct tape.

Bruce Lee Foundation Scholarship
Award: $1,000      Deadline: June 14
Applicants must be attending a two-year college, four-year university, or licensed trade or vocational school in the United States. 

Collegiate Inventors Competition
Award: $5,000 – $15,000      Deadline: June 14
Working in a team, applicants must submit an invention idea.

Tylenol Future Care Scholarship
Award: $5,000 – $10,000      Deadline: June 15
Applicants must be pursuing a career in the health care industry.

Interactive Marketing Scholarship
Award: $2,500      Deadline: June 15
Applicants must be interested in creative marketing in relation to online business.

Shop Smart Scholarship
Award: $2,000      Deadline: June 16
Applicants must submit an essay explaining how their experience has been/will be defined by remarkable frugality, ingenuity, effort, or thrift.

Teens Drive Smart Video Contest
Award: $10,000 – $25,000      Deadline: June 20
Applicants must submit an original short video on a topic related to automobile safety.

BigSun Scholarship
Award: $500      Deadline: June 21
Applicants must be student athletes.

Automotive Hall of Fame Scholarships
Award: $200 – $2,000      Deadline: June 30
Applicants must have a sincere interest in an automotive career.

JUST POETRY!!! Scholarship Awards
Award: $100 – $500      Deadline: June 30
Applicants must submit an original piece of poetry.

Jessica Karrat Dance Scholarship
Award: $500      Deadline: June 30
Applicants must wish to participate in a dance education program.

Crime Prevention Essay Scholarship
Award: $1,000 – $2,500      Deadline: June 30
Applicants must submit an essay on a given topic related to crime prevention.

BBG Communications Scholarship
Award: $1,000      Deadline: June 30
Applicants must submit one essay on a topic related to communications technology and another on the importance of a college education.

Delete Cyberbullying Scholarship Award
Award: $1,500      Deadline: June 30
Applicants must submit an essay on a topic related to cyberbullying.

Don’t forget that our database of thousands of scholarships is available to you! All you have to do is create a free Cappex account. Good luck!

If you are an animal-lover, you better believe that there are scholarships out there just for you! We’ve gone through our database and put together a list of animal-friendly scholarships. Not all of these scholarships require you to major in a veterinary-related field, so check them out!

John D. Spurling OBE Scholarship for Responsible Pet Ownership Education

This scholarship is offered by the American Kennel Club Humane Fund. It is targeted to high school seniors and college students who are enrolled in an education program that includes responsible pet ownership in the curriculum. If you are pursuing studies in veterinary medicine, veterinary technology, physical therapy, animal care, grooming, and training, you may be eligible.

Shaw-Worth Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is offered by the Humane Society of the United States. To qualify, you must be a high school senior in New England and demonstrate a deep respect for animals. You also must have made a meaningful contribution to animal protection over a significant period of time.

A Voice for Animals Contest

This scholarship, offered by the Humane Education Network, is for high school and home-schooled students worldwide. To qualify, you must have actively participated in projects that promote the humane treatment of animals. To enter the contest, you must establish a new project or become involved with an existing project that addresses the mistreatment of one animal species or one cause of animal suffering, or the preservation of one species threatened with extinction. You must participate in this project for at least three months and then create a submission that documents your experience.

Campbell Family Scholarships

This scholarship is offered by the Banfield Charitable Trust. To qualify, you must be a high school senior or college student and be pursuing education in a field that will broaden your ability to improve the lives of pets and their families, such as pre-veterinary sciences, veterinary technology, and other academic fields that will lead you to a pet-focused career.

Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Program

This scholarship is offered by the American Veterinary Medical Foundation. To qualify, you must be a second- or third-year veterinary student attending a school in the United States or the Caribbean.

American Kennel Club Veterinary Student Scholarship Program

This scholarship is offered by the American Kennel Club. To qualify, you must be enrolled full-time at a US veterinary medical school.

American Veterinary Medical Foundation Veterinary Scholarship Program

This scholarship is offered by the American Veterinary Medical Foundation. To qualify, you must be a current first-, second-, or third-year student at an accredited college of veterinary medicine in the United States.

Be sure to visit Cappex for access to many more scholarship opportunities!

April showers bring May…dollars? Well we sure hope so! With this huge list of scholarships expiring in May, we’re giving you 37 opportunities to score some money for college. Good luck!

American Adademy of Chefs College Scholarships
Deadline: May 1, 2013      Award: varies
Applicants must have the career goal of becoming a chef or pastry chef.

Directron.com College Scholarship Program
Deadline: May 1, 2013      Award: $200 – $800
Applicants must submit a piece of writing on a topic related to computer technology.

Swim with Mike Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship
Deadline: May 1, 2013      Award: varies
Applicants must be student athletes who have sustained a life-changing accident or illness.

DutchCrafters Amish Furniture Heritage Scholarship
Deadline: May 1, 2013      Award: $500
Applicants must submit an essay about how they will draw upon their cultural heritage to shape their vocational inspirations, offer creative value to their future employers, and to serve their communities.

ScholarshipRed
Deadline: May 1, 2013      Award: $250
Applicants must be natural redheads.

Math-O-Vision Contest
Deadline: May 1, 2013      Award: $1,000 – $4,000
Applicants must create a four-minute video that shows the world of equations we live in.

Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Heineken USA Performing Arts Scholarship
Deadline: May 2, 2013      Award: $3,000
Applicants must be pursuing a career in the performing arts, including drama, music, dance, etc.

Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Visual Arts Scholarship
Deadline: May 2, 2013      Award: $3,000
Applicants must be pursuing a career in the visual arts.

NURSE Corps Scholarship Program
Deadline: May 2, 2013      Award: varies
Applicants must be enrolled in a professional nursing degree program.

Dish Systems Essay Scholarship
Deadline: May 3, 2013      Award: $1,000
Applicants must submit an essay about one of four given topics related to media, censorship, or the internet.

The Greek Tweak Annual Scholarship
Deadline: May 10, 2013      Award: $1,500
Applicants must be active members of a Greek-lettered organization.

Educate It Forward ELL Hispanic Heritage Scholarship
Deadline: May 14, 2013      Award: $1,000
Applicants must be ELL students of Hispanic descent.

National Collegiate Cancer Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: May 15, 2013      Award: $1,000
Applicants must be cancer survivors or current cancer patients.

Samsung High School Student Scholarship Program
Deadline: May 15, 2013      Award: $1,000
Applicants must submit an essay on a given topic related to technology and the future.

ThanksUSA Scholarship
Deadline: May 15, 2013      Award: $3,000
Applicants must be dependents or spouses of US military service personnel.

Heinlein Society Scholarship
Deadline: May 15, 2013      Award: $500
Applicants must be majoring in engineering, math, physical science, or science fiction as literature.

Jane Austen Society of North America Essay Contest
Deadline: May 15, 2013      Award: $250 – $1,000
Applicants must submit an essay about a topic related to Jane Austen’s “Pride & Prejudice.”

Levitt Comninos Carlotti Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: May 15, 2013      Award: $1,000 – $4,000
Applicants must have a terminally ill or deceased parent.

FMAA Scholarship Program
Deadline: May 24, 2013      Award: $1,000
Applicants must submit a short video explaining what the American flag means to them.

I’m First Scholarship
Deadline: May 24, 2013      Award: $2,000
Applicants must be first-generation college students.

Design-A-Sign Scholarship Contest
Deadline: May 24, 2013      Award: $100 – $1,000
Applicants must create a sign that represents their dreams and goals.

B. Davis Scholarship
Deadline: May 27, 2013      Award: $1,000
Applicants must submit an essay on a topic related to societal issues.

1800wheelchair.com Scholarship
Deadline: May 30, 2013      Award: $500
Applicants must submit a poem on the theme of overcoming a personal challenge.

AmeriGlide Achiever Scholarship
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $2,500
Applicants must use a manual or electric wheelchair or mobility scooter.

A Voice for Animals Contest
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $200 – $750
Applicants must have participated in projects that promote the humane treatment of animals.

MyBookBuyer.com Textbooks for a Year Scholarship
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $250 – $1,250
Applicants must submit an essay about an author they greatly admire.

Yes! Grace Rocks, Inc. Scholarship
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $500
Applicants must be majoring in speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, special education, or nursing.

“Launch Your Dreams” Scholarship Competition
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $2,500
Applicants must be a US veteran or the spouse or children of a US veteran.

Chely Wright LIKE ME Scholarship
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $1,250
Applicants must have actively advocated for LGBT issues.

Abercrombie & Fitch Future Leaders Scholarship
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $1,000
Applicants must be pursuing a degree in business.

Fraser Institute Essay Contest
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $500 – $1,000
Applicants must submit an essay on a given topic related to the “war on drugs.”

Samsung Superhero Competition
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $500
Applicants must portray a historical character in a digital video.

PBA/NCA Minerva Beauty Scholarship
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $1,000
Applicants must be enrolled in a cosmetology program.

Art Renewal Center Scholarship Competition
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: varies
Applicants must be pursuing a career as an artist.

Kevin Dare “Life…Back on Track” Scholarship
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: varies
Applicants must be student athletes who have suffered a debilitating injury or illness.

Out of the Easy College Scholarship Essay Contest
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $5,000
Applicants must submit an essay in response to a Charles Dickens quote.

Power Poetry “Slam What You Will” Scholarship
Deadline: May 31, 2013      Award: $1,000
Applicants must submit an original poem.

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More than $2 billion in private scholarships is given to smart, hardworking students such as yourself. But sometimes hard to stand out in a pool of thousands of other students. Unfortunately  only 1 out of 13 students wins an outside scholarship. On top of competition, there are also fraudsters out there looking to get some money from you by charging application or processing fees. That’s so wrong! We want you to have the best possible chance, so we’ve gathered some tips from scholarship judges, fraud investigators, and previous winners to help boost your chances of winning that moolah.

Don’t enter any contest or scholarship that requires you to pay money.

At Cappex, we don’t list scholarships that require you to pay to apply or a credit card number to “hold” it, because we think it’s wrong! Legitimate scholarships never do this, according to Scholarship America, and we agree. Many applications require proof of financial need, but there’s no need for them to have bank account or credit card information.

Don’t copy previous winners.

In a pool of hundreds or even thousands of applicants, your goal is to stand out from the crowd, not blend in. Use that creativity and don’t copy others. Too many entrants in the $3,000 Duck-brand contest to make prom outfits from duct tape simply tweak the designs of previous winners, says Bethany Schmotzer, a Duck Products executive. Winners will be those who think outside of the box!

Follow instructions and do a spell check.

Applications with horrible spelling and grammar mistakes are going to end up in the trash, as are those that don’t follow instructions. Judges in the OP Loftbed essay contest say they discard about 60% of entries for not following contest rules and ditch 50% of those for bad spelling and grammar. Spend a few minutes making sure your application is clean and clear…or ask your mom proofread it for you.

Zig where the competition will zag.

On standard essay questions, there are going to be standard or “canned answers.” Lesley Wainwright, who won one of the prestigious Coca-Cola Scholars Foundations scholarships in 1994 and has judged for the $20,000 top prize, had to answer the question, “If you could go back in history, what one thing would you change?” She guessed that everyone else would write about saving Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. or John  F. Kennedy or abolishing slavery. So instead, she wrote about something she just studied: she’d prevent the burning of the library in ancient Alexandria. By not choosing something conventional, she stood out from the masses.

Moral of the story: be creative, be yourself. Make sure you submit something that you are proud of and your chances will increase tenfold!