Applications open january 2026
Hillel International Scholarships
Get money for college! Hillel International scholarships are for students who identify as Jewish, in the U.S. and Canada, who are attending or preparing to attend four-year colleges and universities or graduate school.
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Hillel International scholarship applications are now closed for the 2025-2026 school year.
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Hillel General Scholarships
Jack and Harriet Kudine First-Year Student Scholarship
Eligible: Current high school seniors or gap-year students in the U.S. and Canada
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Aronson Fussman Excellence Award
Eligible: Current high school seniors, gap-year students, undergraduate first-years, sophomores, and juniors in the U.S. and Canada
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Levin Scholarship for Jewish Enrichment and Education
Eligible: Current high school seniors, gap-year students, undergraduate first-years, sophomores, and juniors in the U.S. and Canada
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Behrman Campus Leadership Award
Eligible: Current undergraduate first-years, sophomores, or juniors in the U.S. and Canada
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Knapp Campus Leadership Award
Eligible: Current undergraduate first-years, sophomores, or juniors in the U.S. and Canada
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Frimer First Generation Student Scholarship
Eligible: Current high school seniors, gap-year students, undergraduate first-years, sophomores, and juniors in the U.S. and Canada
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Knapp First Generation Student Scholarship
Eligible: Current high school seniors, gap-year students, undergraduate first-years, sophomores, and juniors in the U.S. and Canada
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Lilly E. Reiser Graduate Student Award
Eligible: Incoming or current graduate students in the U.S.
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Sandy and Jack Cohen Scholarship
Eligible: Current high school seniors, current gap-year students, undergraduate first-years, sophomores, juniors, and incoming or current graduate students in the U.S. and Canada
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Hillel Location-Based Scholarships
Louis E. Rabinowitz Memorial Scholarship
Eligible: Current undergraduate first-years, sophomores, or juniors at The University of South Carolina, Clemson University, and the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
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Ellen B. Fuhr Scholarship for Jewish Women at Hunter College
Eligible: Female-identifying current undergraduate first-years, sophomores, or juniors at Hunter College
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Paulson Leadership Award for Jewish City University of New York Students
Eligible: Current high school seniors, current gap-year students, undergraduate first-years, sophomores, and juniors who will be attending Baruch College, Brooklyn College, College of Staten Island, Hunter College, John Jay College, Lehman College, Queens College, or The City College of New York
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Hillel Scholarship Program Deadlines
- January 9, 2025 — Hillel International scholarship applications open
- March 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST — Application deadline
- March–June 2025 — All applicants are reviewed by the Hillel International Scholarship Program committee
- June 2025 — Award recipients are chosen and recipients announced
- January 2026 — Hillel International scholarship applications open
MEET OUR PAST SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Learn about the recipients of Hillel International scholarships. Through leadership and volunteerism, these Jewish students exemplify Hillel’s values of pursuing social justice (tikkun olam and tzedek) and supporting their peers and local communities.