Scholarships
The Shoreline Community College Foundation has awarded thousands of academic and workforce scholarships to deserving Shoreline students. In addition to federal and state financial aid, scholarships are a great way to offset all or part of the cost of your education.
Creating a scholarship application in AwardSpring(Shoreline's online scholarship management tool) is a great way to be informed about scholarship opportunities and become eligible for scholarship funds.
Scholarships
Students can apply for scholarships (for tuition, books, & fees) via AwardSpring.
- Winter 2025 application will be open October 14, 2024 to November 11, 2024
- Spring 2025 application will be open January 13, 2025 to February 9, 2025
- Annual 2025-2026 application will be open January 20, 2025 to March 30, 2025
Annual scholarships provide support to students for the upcoming school year. While all annual scholarships support tuition, many also cover the cost of textbooks and other program needs.
To view and apply to available annual scholarships, register for free with AwardSpring.
The application for these scholarships opens in winter quarter for the following academic year.
Quarterly scholarships assist students with expenses for the upcoming quarter in which they plan to be enrolled and vary in amount, from covering the cost of textbooks for a specific course to an entire quarter's tuition. Applications for quarterly scholarships are accepted each quarter for the following, and are awarded while funds are available.
There are quarterly scholarships available for the following groups of students:
- Automotive students
- Business technology students
- Criminal justice majors
- Nursing students
- Career training students who were let go from their jobs
- First Nations students (i.e. students affiliated with a Native American or indigenous American tribe)
- Students with disabilities
- Students with a history of volunteering or community involvement
- and more!
To view and apply to available quarterly scholarships, register for free with AwardSpring:
Federal COVID Pandemic Assistance no longer available
The Federal COVID Pandemic Assistance, also known as CARES and HEERF, allotted to Shoreline Community College has now been exhausted.
Students are encouraged to complete the 2022-2023 FAFSA or WASFA to be considered for traditional financial aid. Please visit our Funding and Aid Sources page to find additional funding options.
United Way of King County has provided emergency funding for the 2022-2023 academic year. Information on how to apply can be found on the Emergency Funding page.
Students who were already awarded COVID aid for Fall will begin to see their funds disbursement starting on Thursday, September 29th, 2022.
1964 Society Faculty Professional Development Scholarship
The Shoreline Community College Foundation created the 1964 Society Faculty Professional Development Endowed Scholarship to provide funds in perpetuity for faculty to use toward their professional development. This scholarship will also benefit the College and students by strengthening the faculty in their various professional capacities. In certain years, this scholarship may be awarded to full-time faculty, associate faculty, or faculty in specific areas of study at the discretion of the Foundation Board of Directors. This will be noted on the annual application. Professional development includes: attending conferences, workshops, meetings, or delivering presentations as a means to further their expertise in teaching at Shoreline Community College.
There are a lot of scholarships available that are not run by the Foundation. Below are links to scholarship search engines that can help you find external scholarship opportunities.
CollegeBoard Scholarship Search
The WashBoard Scholarship Matches
You may find scholarship opportunities that look too good to be true. These opportunities may be scams. Please visit the Federal Trade Commission page on scholarship and financial aid scams to learn more.
Scholarship FAQs
Students can apply for all scholarship opportunities (for tuition, books & fees) using a single online application via our scholarship software - AwardSpring.
You do not need to research individual scholarships or apply for them individually – AwardSpring does that part for you! We will contact you if we need additional information after you submit your application.
Scholarships are available to students who will attend SCC in the upcoming academic year or upcoming quarter. While there are some scholarships with specific criteria, most of our awards are available to any student in good academic standing (2.0 GPA), including full and part time students, Running Start students, international students and undocumented students.
The most important part of your application is your short essays. We are looking to see that you are committed to your goals at SCC, that you can persist in your education when challenged, and that a scholarship will be an investment in your success. The easiest ways for you to be successful are to:
- Make sure that you understand and have responded to the full essay prompt. We want to get to know you. Answer the questions, give examples, let us see you and your work.
- Reread and revise what you have written. Are your responses clear? Have you responded to the whole question?
- Reach out to the SCC Writing Studio . Student staff are standing by to talk with you, to help you plan, and to read your writing for this application.
- Read the essay questions beforehand by checking the online application in AwardSpring.
Scholarship funds can be used for tuition and fees, as well as books and supplies available at the SCC Bookstore.
Scholarship funds cannot be used for parking fees.
Scholarship funds cannot be used for past due tuition balances from prior academic years.
Scholarship funds are not disbursed directly to your bank account.
Annual scholarship funds are available for use during one academic year (Summer through Spring) only.
Quarterly scholarship funds are available for use only during that specified quarter.