Featured Scholarships: March 2026

For students pursuing higher education, life can often get in the way—whether that means a financial setback, a family crisis or an unexpected cost. Our featured scholarships for March are here to help students persevere—they include assistance for those who lost loved ones in the fight against COVID; emergency grants from Wells Fargo for U.S. military veterans and spouses; and the Essential Visionaries Scholarship for aspiring educators, nurses and mental health professionals.

Learn more about these options below. To see everything that’s open now and coming soon, visit our Browse Scholarships listing.

Wells Fargo Veterans Emergency Grants

Wells Fargo is committed to our nation’s military veterans. Through the Wells Fargo Veterans Emergency Grants Program, Wells Fargo helps ensure that short-term financial setbacks don’t derail veterans who are in pursuit of higher education.

Emergency grants are available to eligible veterans who are enrolled full-time in postsecondary education and who experience unexpected financial difficulties that might cause them to drop out of school. Grant amounts are based on the cost of the emergency need, up to a maximum of $1,000.

Grants are one-time-only distributions and can be used for expenses such as:

• Housing/Rent

• Utilities

• Medical/Dental expenses

• Personal automobile repair expenses

• Public transportation

• Childcare

Preference will be given to housing (rent or mortgage) requests. If you’re a veteran facing unexpected obstacles as you pursue the next steps in your education or career, Wells Fargo is here to help.

Learn more about the Wells Fargo Veterans Emergency Grants program here. Applications will close when all funds have been disbursed, and no later than April 15, 2026. 

Essential Visionaries Scholarship

Are You a Future Nurse, Educator, or Mental Health Professional? If you are pursuing a career as a nurse, K-12 teacher, or school-based psychologist, counselor, or social worker, Scholarship America’s Essential Visionaries Fund is designed to support your journey.

The Essential Visionaries Fund provides financial assistance to students working toward a degree or certificate in education, counseling, social work, psychology, or pre-nursing/nursing.

About the Scholarship

The Essential Visionaries Fund provides financial assistance to students working toward a degree or certificate in education, counseling, social work, psychology, or pre-nursing/nursing.

• Awards Available: Approximately 100 scholarships

• Funding Amount: Up to $10,000 per year, renewable for up to four years (totaling up to $50,000).

• Eligibility: Recipients attending vocation, technical, or two-year institutions will receive up to $5,000 annually, while those attending four-year institutions are eligible for up to $10,000 annually.

Who Can Apply? 

You are eligible if you:

• Are a high school senior or graduate or current college undergraduate in the United States

• Plan to enroll in part-time or full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year

• Are seeking a degree or certificate in Education, Counseling, Psychology, Social Work or Nursing/Pre-Nursing

• Applicants pursuing education, counseling, social work, or psychology must demonstrate commitment to working within the K-12 system.

• Have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent)

Individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) are eligible and strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants with the greatest financial need will be prioritized. Scholarships are renewable for up to four years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, provided recipients maintain satisfactory academic performance and part-time or full-time enrollment in an eligible field of study.

 Applications are open through April 15. Apply Now > 

Brave of Heart Scholarship

The Brave of Heart Fund was founded in May 2020 by the Foundations of Cigna and New York Life and administered by E4E Relief to provide charitable grants and emotional support services to families of frontline healthcare workers, volunteers, and support staff whose lives were lost in the fight against COVID-19. The Brave of Heart Fund continues to honor the hard work and sacrifice of healthcare workers and their families via the Brave of Heart Scholarship—a program that awards scholarships to the children, spouses or domestic partners of frontline health care workers who lost their lives to COVID-related causes. Applications for the Brave of Heart Scholarship are now open.

If you lost a parent, spouse or domestic partner who was employed or volunteering as a frontline health care worker, you may be eligible to apply. You must also be a U.S. citizen or legal resident, planning to enroll, full-time or part-time, in undergraduate or graduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in the upcoming academic year.

If you are currently in school, you must also have a GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent. Non-traditional students, students in study-abroad programs and students returning to college after time off are encouraged to apply, even if you don’t have a recent GPA. Finally, applicants who lost a parent must be age 26 or under at the time of the application deadline. (There is no age restriction for spouses/domestic partners.)

The Brave of Heart Scholarship is not a competitive program; all eligible applicants will receive funds. Award amounts range from $5,000 to $25,000, depending on financial need and area of study. Graduate students may be eligible for awards up to $50,000.

Applications are open until April 22. Apply Now >

(More eligibility information, including eligible parent/spouse/partner occupations and child requirements, can be found on the application page.)