The Horatio Alger Association, through the generosity of its members, provides aid to students in all states who have displayed integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity and demonstrate critical financial need.

The Doctors for Maine's Future Program provides scholarships for eligible medical students who enroll in a qualifying Maine-based medical school program. Currently, Tufts University School of Medicine Maine Medical Center Program and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine participate in the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program.

The State of Maine Grant Program provides need-based grants to Maine undergraduate students.

Children or spouses of Maine firefighters, law enforcement officers or emergency medical services providers killed in the line of duty may receive a tuition waiver to a participating Maine public college/university.

The Del Papa-Grimaldi-Gabriele Scholarship is offered to high school seniors and first-year college students residing in the Archdiocese of Detroit. . This grant should not be sought by, nor awarded to, students for whom work is a hobby or a luxury, but rather by those who have worked because of necessity.

The Lilo Wendell Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to provide college or university scholarship grants to deserving high-school seniors and first-year college students who are Catholic daughters of single mothers and are members of a parish in the Archdiocese of Detroit.

The Fostering Futures Scholarship provides scholarships to students who have experienced foster care in Michigan on or after age 13. Students must also demonstrate financial need to qualify.

Available to only Michigan residents who are high school seniors and are a son, daughter, grandchild or great-grandchild of a war-time veteran planning to or are attending any Michigan accredited college or university or trade school.

Available to only Michigan residents who are high school seniors or college students – without a bachelor's degree, who are a son, daughter, grandchild or great-grandchild of a war-time veteran planning to or are attending any nationally accredited college or university or trade school.

Boy scouts who are members of an American Legion, Department of Michigan post troop and have obtained the level of eagle scout or are the descendant of American Legion members may apply. The winner at the department level receives a $1,000 scholarship and is advanced to the national level for consideration for Eagle Scout of the Year and a $10,000 scholarship.