How to Find the Best Scholarships for Graphic Design

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Are you a student looking for Graphic Design scholarships? We know college costs keep rising, so we are here to help you find the best scholarships around. We’ve compiled a list of the top 5 Graphic Design scholarships currently available. Take a look and start applying! Best of luck.

Top 5 Scholarships for Graphic Design

#1: Smith Micro Avatar Challenge

Award(s):

Deadline: March 31, 2015

Get started with your application: Register now!

Info: Students grades 9 and up can enter a nationwide contest designing animated characters for mobile messaging.  Winners receive great prizes, and even better, get national exposure for their designs through Sprint’s Avatar Messaging app. The program encourages development of visual communication, creative design and engineering skills which are critical in today’s digital and mobile society.

In addition, qualified educators from any accredited secondary, college or trade school can register for free copies of Smith Micro‘s Anime Studio® animation software for themselves and their students.

#2: “Frame My Future” Scholarship Contest

Award(s):

  • One Grand Prize – $1,000 scholarship and $1,000 donation to the winner’s school
  • Four $1,000 scholarship winners

Deadline: March 3, 2015

Info: Diplomaframe.com invites you to show them how you would “frame your future“. Submit an original creative image including a photograph, collage, poem, drawing, painting, and more. Include a short accompanying description of 500 characters or less.

#3: American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Scholarship

Award(s): Multiple Scholarships from $500 – $5,000

Deadline: March 28, 2015

Info: Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships benefit minority and economically disadvantaged students studying art and design disciplines. The goal is to increase diversity in creative professions, and to foster social and environmental responsibility in the graphic designers, and studios of tomorrow.

#4: Influence Print Award for Design Excellence

Award(s): One $1,000 scholarship

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2014

Info: Influence Print’s first annual visual communication design scholarship is offered for students majoring or interested in graphic design with strong academic records and outstanding creative abilities.

5. Hoods Memorial Scholarship   

Award(s): One $2,000 scholarship

Deadline: May 1, 2015

Info: The Hoods Memorial Scholarship focuses on all Document Management and Graphic Communications careers with special consideration given to students interested in marketing and public relations.

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