Welcome to the Sierra College Online Scholarship Application
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- The 2025-2026 Sierra College scholarship cycle opens December 1, 2025.
- The application deadline has been extended to March 2, 2026.
- All are welcome to apply. Financial need is not a requirement for many of the scholarships.
We are committed to recognizing students for their authentic voice, ideas and effort. While AI tool (e.g., ChatGPT) may be useful for brainstorming or editing, all submitted essays must be original and written by the applicant. Essays found to be primarily or entirely generated by AI will receive low scores or may be disqualified from consideration.
- The recipients will be selected in May 2026.
- A notification email will be sent to all awardees.
- You will be able to sign into this website and click on "Award Information" to see if you were awarded a scholarship.
- Scholarships are awarded in 2 payments*
- First half after add/drop in September 2025
- Second half after add/drop in February 2026
*Unless otherwise directed by the donor.
Please note:
Be sure to read the criteria of any scholarship you are awarded. You will need to be enrolled in the correct number of units to receive the scholarship funds. Some scholarships require fulltime enrollment while others only require 6 units. All scholarships require a thank you letter. Instructions for the thank you letter will be provided with each scholarship.
Recipients attending a transfer school will need to submit Verification of Enrollment from the Records Office of their transfer school for both semesters - September 2026 and February 2027.