Browse Scholarships
Thanks to the generosity of many Rhode Islanders, the Foundation is able to offer scholarships and fellowships to students from middle school to post-graduate level, from communities throughout the state, and in many different fields of study. All Rhode Island students, regardless of immigration status, are eligible to apply.
Most of our scholarships now require the completion of a universal eligibility quiz and application. Please complete the eligibility quiz for your chosen program and, if you are eligible, you will be guided to the application. To be considered for a scholarship, please be sure to complete and submit both the eligibility quiz and application.
For additional information, contact Monica Benson at (401) 427-4017 or email scholarships@rifoundation.org. Si necesita asistencia en Español, por favor de comunicarse con Zaida Hernandez al (401) 427-4039 o zhernandez@rifoundation.org.
College-level
AAA Northeast Scholarship
April 14, 2025- Are the child and legal dependent of a current AAA Northeast employee who has been employed part-time or full-time for at least one year at the time any scholarship would be awarded
- Are enrolled at a two or four-year post-secondary institution
- Must demonstrate academic achievement
College-level
Patty & Melvin Alperin First Generation Scholarship
April 14, 2025- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Parents did not graduate from college (including community college or a college in a foreign country)
- Accepted or enrolled in an accredited two- or four-year college
Important: review full requirements
Patty & Melvin Alperin First Generation Scholarship
- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Parents did not graduate from college (including community college or a college in a foreign country)
- Accepted or enrolled in an accredited two- or four-year college
- Financial need
- Rhode Island high school senior
- Award: $1,000 - $1,500; past recipients are eligible to reapply
College-level
Graduate-level
Beacon Brighter Tomorrows Scholarship
May 12, 2025- Must be a spouse or legal dependent of an eligible claim.
- Must be accepted into an accredited post-secondary institution (academic, trade, or vocational)
- Financial need
Important: review full requirements
Beacon Brighter Tomorrows Scholarship
- Must be a spouse or legal dependent of an eligible claim.
- Must be accepted into an accredited post-secondary institution (academic, trade, or vocational)
- Financial need
- Maintained a grade point average of “C” or better
- U.S. citizen or legal resident
- Renewable up to four years; past recipients are eligible to reapply
College-level
Black Philanthropy Bannister Scholarship
April 14, 2025- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- African American/Black high school graduate or adult student applicant
- Rhode Island resident
Important: review full requirements
Black Philanthropy Bannister Scholarship
- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- African American/Black high school graduate or adult student applicant
- Rhode Island resident
- Pursuing or advancing a career in healthcare at a post-secondary institution (college or technical school)
- Financial need
- May be renewable for up to four years: past recipients are eligible to reapply
College-level
Bristol Children's Home Scholarship
April 14, 2025- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Bristol, Rhode Island resident
- Attending or accepted to a college or university
Important: review full requirements
Bristol Children's Home Scholarship
- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Bristol, Rhode Island resident
- Attending or accepted to a college or university
- Graduate students are ineligible
- Award: $500- $2,500; past recipients are eligible to reapply
College-level
Graduate-level
James J. Burns and C. A. Haynes Textile Scholarship
April 14, 2025- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Students studying textiles at accredited institution
- Financial need
Important: review full requirements
James J. Burns and C. A. Haynes Textile Scholarship
- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Students studying textiles at accredited institution
- Financial need
- Award: $1,000
College-level
Carter Roger Williams Scholarship
Application Closed- Appreciate and embody Roger Williams’s values and legacy
- Current Rhode Island resident
- Current senior at any high school (public, independent, or private) in Rhode Island
College-level
Cataract Fire Company #2 Scholarship
April 14, 2025- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- High school seniors
- Warwick, Rhode Island residents
Important: review full requirements
Cataract Fire Company #2 Scholarship
- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- High school seniors
- Warwick, Rhode Island residents
- Financial need
- Academic excellence not necessary, preference given to students not in the top 10% of their graduating class.
- Award: $1,500 - $2,000; non-renewable
College-level
Constant Memorial Scholarship
April 14, 2025- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Aquidneck Island residents
- Art or music student
Important: review full requirements
Constant Memorial Scholarship
- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Aquidneck Island residents
- Art or music student
- For students entering their sophomore, junior or senior year at a four-year accredited institution of higher learning
- Award: $2,000 - $5,000; past recipients are eligible to reapply
College-level
Corning Glass Works Scholarship
April 14, 2025- Previously received the Corning Glass Works Scholarship (prior Corning winners only)
College-level
Graduate-level
Other
Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows
Application Closed- Undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, and educators at RI colleges, or any other RI resident who wishes to pursue foreign language study, with a passion for developing fluency in another language
- Fellowships may support costs of tuition, fees, travel, housing, and other expenses
- Award: $1,000 - $20,000
College-level
Graduate-level
Aldo Freda Legislative Pages Scholarship
April 14, 2025- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Rhode Island resident
- Currently serving as a Rhode Island Legislative Page
Important: review full requirements
Aldo Freda Legislative Pages Scholarship
- Completion of Universal Eligibility Quiz
- Rhode Island resident
- Currently serving as a Rhode Island Legislative Page
- Accepted or enrolled full time in an undergraduate, graduate, or accredited Rhode Island certificate program
- Award: $500 - $1,500; past recipients are eligible to reapply
