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There are many scholarships for Peoria students. If you are searching for scholarships for a particular high school located in Peoria, please select the appropriate school from the list below. The scholarship database contains scholarships for Peoria students in the following categories:

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Scholarships360 "No Essay" Scholarship
Deadline: Jun 30, 2025
$10,000
The Scholarships360 $10,000 “No Essay” Scholarship is open to all students who want some extra help paying for their education. Whether you are a high school student who hopes to go to college, a graduate student who’s in a master’s program, or an adult learner who wants to return to school, you are eligible for our no essay scholarship.This scholarship...
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Common App Scholarship
Deadline: Nov 30, 2024
$2,000
To encourage students to spend more time preparing for the Common App, Scholarship Guidance has created an annual scholarship to reward students.To be eligible for the Scholarship Guidance "Common App Scholarship" a student must:A) Be in Grade 11 or Grade 12B) Be attending college or university no later than October 1, 2026.C) Have achieved a GPA of 2.5 or greater...
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Thiel Fellowship
Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$100,000
Founded by technology entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel in 2011, the Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who want to build new things. Thiel Fellows skip or stop out of college to receive a $100,000 grant and support from the Thiel Foundation's network of founders, investors, and scientists.What is the Fellowship?The Thiel Fellowship is a two-year, $100,000...
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Path to Pro Scholarship Program
Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$2,000
The Home Depot Foundation works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap and support communities impacted by natural disasters. The Foundation has pledged to invest $50 million in training the next generation of skilled tradespeople and bridging the opportunity gap through its Path to Pro program.We want to help create...
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Roger W. Kahn Scholarship
Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$10,000
The Roger W. Kahn Scholarship was created to honor the memory of Roger Kahn (1907–1962) and his passion for aviation and entertainment. Kahn spent the latter part of his career at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation as a test pilot and then managed the technical service and sales division. In the 1940s, Kahn was actively involved with the Institute of the...
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For School Specific Scholarships, select one of the schools below:

Calvin Coolidge Middle School Charles A Lindbergh Middle School Columbia Middle School Limestone Community High School Lincoln Middle School Loucks-Edison Junior Academy Manual Academy Manual High School Mark W Bills Middle School Norwood Elementary School Peoria Alternative School Peoria Developmental Center Peoria High School Peoria High School Richwoods High School Rolling Acres Edison Junior Academy Rolling Acres Middle School Trewyn Middle School Von Steuben Middle School Washington Gifted School Woodruff High School Youth Farm School

The city of Peoria, Illinois is located along the Illinois River and has an approximate population of about 115,007. The Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area (population 372,487) is the third-most populated metro area within the state of Illinois outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area.

"Peoria" was the name of a key tribe in the Illinois Indian confederacy, the Peoria people. The first village was known as Fort Clark, but was afterward renamed in 1825. It was more than a decade afterward that Peoria was incorporated as a township. A decade afterward, it became a city. The issue of slavery during the Civil War left its mark on Peoria's past. During 1854, Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln both spoke about the issue to the people of the city on the courthouse steps. In the first part of the 20th century, the city of Peoria was popular for liquor production and Vaudeville entertainment.

The Peoria Riverfront Museum is located in the downtown of the city of Peoria. It features interactive displays, exhibits and a planetarium. The city is also home to the Lakeview Museum for the Arts and Sciences and Wheels o' Time Museum. The Peoria Civic Center is an expansive facility hosting conventions and entertainment activities. Bradley Park was built during the year 1910 and features gardens with a Japanese Bridge.

There is a strong manufacturing base within the city of Peoria, because over 200 companies that manufacture more than 1,000 different products. A lot of the focus for these businesses is in the production of machinery and internal combustion engines intended for the markets in North America. The city's biggest employer is the well-known Caterpillar Inc., a maker of heavy equipment and engines. Peoria even has many distilleries and breweries and a large livestock and grain exporting center. The city has burgeoning biotech and technology industries. The Peoria Next consists of some organizations within the fields of life sciences and technology, and material and engineering sciences.

Peoria is the home of various national consumer research businesses. The city of Peoria is seen as representing "mainstream America", especially Midwestern America, which makes it perfect for opinion testing and national product marketing.