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

A Maceo Walker Middle School Airways Middle School American Way Middle School B T Washington High School Bellevue Junior High School BT Washington High School Carver High School Central High School Chickasaw Junior High School City University School Of Liberal Arts Colonial Middle School Corry Middle School Craigmont High School Craigmont Middle School Cypress Middle School Diamond Academy Douglass High School Dubois High School Of Arts Technology East High School Fairley High School Fairview Junior High School Frayser High School Geeter Middle School Georgian Hills Junior High School Hamilton High School Hamilton Middle School Havenview Middle School Hickory Ridge Middle School Hillcrest High School Hollis F Price Middle College High School Humes Middle School Ida B Welles Academy Kingsbury High School Kingsbury Middle/High School Kipp Memphis Collegiate High School Kirby High School Kirby Middle School Lanier Middle School Longview Middle School Manassas High School Martin Luther King Preparatory High School Melrose High School Memphis Academy Of Health Sciences Memphis Academy Of Health Sciences High School Memphis Academy Of Science & Engineering Memphis Academy Of Science Engineering High Memphis Adult High School Memphis Business Academy Memphis Business Academy High School Memphis Job Corporations Academy Memphis Rise Academy Memphis School Of Excellence Middle College High School Mitchell High School Mitchell Middle/High School Northside High School Northwest Prep Academy Oakhaven High School Oakhaven Middle/High School Overton High School Power Center Academy High School Raleigh Egypt High School Raleigh Egypt Middle School Ridgeway High School Ridgeway Middle School Riverview Middle School Sheffield High School Sherwood Middle School Soulsville Charter School South Side High School Southwind High School Southwind Middle School Stax Academy Treadwell Middle/High School Trezevant High School Vance Middle School Westside High School Westwood High School White Station High School White Station Middle School Whitehaven High School Wooddale High School Wooddale Middle School Yo! Academy

Memphis City, the third largest city within Tennessee State and the third largest within Southeast US, is the county seat of Shelby County. It is within the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is considered the youngest of the four major cities of Tennessee consisting of Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga.

The city brings the character of the American South to the forefront of the regions culture. There are many legendary musicians who grew up around the Mississippi Delta area near Memphis. They consist of: Justin Timberlake, Al Green, Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes, B.B. King, Howlin'Wolf, Robert Johnson, W.C. Handy, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters, and Elvis Presley. The American music genres, which include Crunk, Buck, Gospel, Blues and Rock n' Roll originated from Memphis City. There are even well-known writer from Memphis City, such as John Grisham, Shelby Foote and Tennessee Williams.

Memphis has a lot of attractions in the city, including: Downtown Memphis, Lichterman Nature Center, Memphis Botanic Garden, Mid-South Fair, Mud Island, Pink Palace Museum, The Memphis Zoo, The Memphis Queen, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, and Sun Studio where visitors can touch Elvis' first microphone, hear outtakes from sessions, see a lot of of memorabilia and hear the complete, real story of the studio that launched the careers of Johnny Cash, Rufus Thomas, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Howlin'Wolf, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley & many others.

The location of Memphis is beneficial for business development. It is situated among the shipping and transportation industry, that makes it a great place for commerce. The city is the home of nine Fortune 500 companies which consist of: International paper, Thomas & Betts, Schering-Plough Corporation, FedEx Corporation and AutoZone Incorporated. In 2000, Inc. Magazine rated Memphis number eight among the 50 best major U.S. metro areas for staring a company.