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There are many scholarships for Topeka students. If you are searching for scholarships for a particular high school located in Topeka, please select the appropriate school from the list below. The scholarship database contains scholarships for Topeka 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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Chase Middle School Eisenhower Middle School Highland Park High Hope Street Charter Academy Jardine Middle School Landon Middle School Lawrence Gardner High School Logan Junior High Marjorie French Middle School Northern Hills Junior High Robinson Middle School Seaman High Topeka High Topeka West High Washburn Rural High Washburn Rural Middle School

Topeka is a city within the central state of Kansas. It is the state capital and county seat of Shawnee County. Situated on the Kansas River within the northeast section of Kansas State, Topeka has a population of 127,473. The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 230,824. Other counties within the metro area are Jefferson, Jackson, Shawnee, Osage and Wabaunsee.

The city of Topeka was the location of the landmark legal Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, where it was declared that it was unconstitutional to declare racial segregation within public schools. Three Navy ships have been named after Topeka to be able to commemorate its importance.

"Topeka" is word taken from the Loway and Kansa which means "to dig good potatoes." The Native Americans who occupied the area utilized the prairie potato as a major food source. The Kansa people referred to what is presently called the Kansas River as "Topeka." The name was first recorded during 1826, but the settlement was not referred to as Topeka until 1855 when the founders declared it "novel, of Indian origin and euphonious of sound." Joseph James (also called Jojim) was a mixed-blood Kansa Indian who thought of the name. The city was a Free-State town founded by Eastern antislavery men after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Topeka was established as a city during 1857.

Much of the economy in Topeka is based around the sectors of services and government. Roughly one quarter of the workforce is employed by county, state and city governments, with the state of Kansas being the largest employer within the city. 30 per cent of the workforce is working in services industries. Many are employed in printing and publishing, food processing, iron foundries and flour mills. There are several Fortune 500 companies with manufacturing or distribution facilities within Topeka. Well-known businesses comprise Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Frito-Lay Inc., Payless Shoe Source, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Hallmark Cards.

Topeka has a wide range of art galleries with important collections of art. Galleries include the Topeka and Shawnee County Library and the Mulvane Art Museum at Washburn University. A little known fact about the city of Topeka is that it is the home of the logo character for Mad Magazine, the character Alfred E. Neuman.