SPRING 2023
| Scholarship | Sponsored By | Program Type | Application Type | Award | Winners Each Round | Prerequisite | Application Dates | Learn More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sage Michaela Lucas “Timing is Everything” Scholarship | Circadia | Esthetics | Video Submission | $5,000 | 3 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in a program and identify as a person of color. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “Inspiration through Education” Scholarship | L’Oréal Professionnel | Cosmetology | Video Submission | $5,000 | 1 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in a cosmetology program. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| Elevate Salon Institute Scholarship | L’Oréal Professionnel | Cosmetology | Video Submission | $5,000 | 1 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in an Elevate Salon Institute cosmetology program. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “Empowering Diversity” Scholarship | L’Oréal Professionnel | L’Oréal Professionnel | Video Submission | $5,000 | 1 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in a cosmetology program and identify as a person of color. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| Nourish & Shine | JCS Beauty | Cosmetology | Video Submission | $5,000 | 2 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in a program and identify as a person of color. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| Experts in Wax | European Wax Center | Cosmetology or Esthetics | Video Submission | $3,000 | 3 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in a program | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “The Passion to Succeed” Scholarship | The Jerry Alexander Gorman Foundation | Esthetics and Nail Technology | Video Submission | $3,500 | 1 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in a program | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “Round Yourself in Color” Scholarship | OPI Professional | Nails | Video Submission | $3,000 | 2 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in a program | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| Future Industry Professionals | Dermalogica | Esthetics | Video Submission | $5,000 | 1 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in an esthetics program that leads to licensure in the US. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “Diversity in Esthetics”(All Schools) | PCA Skin | Esthetics | Video Submission | $2,000 | 1 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in an esthetics program that leads to licensure in the US. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “Diversity in Esthetics”(PCA Partner School) | PCA Skin | Esthetics | Video Submission | $5,000 | 1 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in an esthetics program at a PCA Partner School in the US. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “Look, Feel and Be Your True Self” | Wella | Cosmetology | Video Submission | $6,000 | 1 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in an cosmetology program that leads to licensure in the US. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| HairDesigner Program | Vivienne MacKinder | Advanced Education | Instagram Reel Posting | Admission to HairDesigner Online Education Program | 3 | Open to licensed professionals or recent graduates of a cosmetology or hair design program. | November 1 – December 19, 2022 | |
| “The Passion To Succeed” | Jerry Alexander Gorman Foundation | Cosmetology, Barbering, and Hair Design | Video Submission | $6,500 | 2 | Must be accepted or currently enrolled in a cosmetology, barbering or hair design program that leads to licensure in the US. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “Defy Impossible” | Kate Somerville + Foster Nation | Esthetics | Video Submission | up to $20,000 | 1 | Applicants must have spent any length of time in the foster care system before the age of 18 in the state of California. Must plan to enroll in an esthetics program at a licensed training school or program that leads to licensure. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “friend to hair” BIPOC | amika | Cosmetology | Video Submission | 1 x $15,000 2 x $5,000 | 3 | This scholarship is open to new or currently enrolled students in a cosmetology program that leads to licensure at an accredited school in the U.S. Applicants must identify as Black, Indigenous, and a Person of Color. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 | |
| “friend to hair” LGBTQIA+ | amika | Cosmetology | Video Submission | 1 x $15,000 2 x $5,000 | 3 | This scholarship is open to new or currently enrolled students in a cosmetology program that leads to licensure at an accredited school in the U.S. Applicants must identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. | March 1 – May 31, 2023 |
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