Scholarships

Manhattan Tech Foundation scholarship opportunities

Fall 2025 Scholarship Application

Deadline for application: Friday, August 29, 2025 by 5:00 pm.  This application is for current Fall 2025 students.
Manhattan Tech/Bluestem Electric Cooperative scholarship for members of Bluestem

Kansas Board of Regents Scholarships - Priority Deadline May 1

Kansas Education Opportunity Scholarship

The Kansas Education Opportunity Scholarship is intended to assist first-generation college students and/or dependents of teachers and paraprofessionals in Kansas with their first undergraduate degree.  This scholarship is both need-based and merit-based; recipients are selected based on academic proficiency and financial need as determined by federal methodology.  Priority in awarding is given to graduating high school seniors entering their first year of college. 

Kansas Nursing Service Scholarship

The Kansas Nursing Service Scholarship requires an obligation to practice as an LPN or RN in Kansas.  If the student wishes, they can have a sponsor and receive more funding. An eligible sponsor means any adult care home, psychiatric hospital, medical care facility, home health agency, local health department or any state agency, which employs LPNs or RNs, licensed by the State of Kansas.  The sponsor cannot be located in the following counties Butler, Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Reno, Riley, Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee, or Wyandotte. The sponsor will provide employment upon licensure of the recipient.  Priority is given to the sponsor is a mental health center or treatment facilities to be a sponsor. The obligation for the scholarship is to work for the sponsor for one year for each year of the scholarship support received.  

Kansas Military Service Scholarship

The Kansas Military Service Scholarship is available for the payment of tuition and fees at a public Kansas institution for students who are a resident of Kansas and has:

  • served in military service in international waters or on foreign soil in support of military operations for which the person received hostile fire pay for at least 90 days after September 11, 2001, or served less than such 90 days because of injuries during such military service;
  • has received an honorable discharge or under honorable conditions (general) discharge from military service or is still in military service; and
  • has provided copies of military discharge papers (DD-214 form) or active duty orders whichever such paper or order indicate the location of such person’s deployment and indicate the person has served after September 11, 2001, in any military operation for which the person received hostile fire pay.

Because financial need is a priority in awarding this scholarship, students will need to file a FAFSA form.

Kansas National Guard Educational Assistance

The Kansas National Guard Educational Assistance provides a percentage of tuition and fees paid; up to a maximum rate not to exceed the maximum rate that would be charged by the state educational institutions for enrollment.  The percentage is determined by the number of eligible students and available appropriations. Students may be pursuing a certificate, diploma or degree program and must be an enlisted member of a Kansas Air/Army National Guard unit. Full-time enrollment not required. Students must have a GED or high school diploma to qualify for this assistance. The member must not already have obtained a bachelor’s degree.

Kansas Army National Guard Educator Guide
Kansas National Guard Educational Assistance Program
Kansas Army National Guard Education Assistance


Other External Scholarship Opportunities

Ascension Via Christi Manhattan Education Scholarship
Army Emergency Relief Education Programs
Automotive Aftermarket Scholarships
Fairy Godmothers Grant
Flint Hills Veterans Coalition
Guardian Grant
Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Horatio Alger Career & Technical Scholarship
Kansas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
Meadowlark Employee Nursing Scholarship
Mike Rowe Works Foundation
United Negro College Fund
Federal Student Aid resources
Community Organizations - American Legion Auxiliary, Community Foundations, Rotary Club, churches, etc.




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