Maryland Grants and Scholarships
The State of Maryland offers several scholarship and grant programs, both need-based and non-need based, to help those who need financial assistance for a college education. Students applying for Maryland State financial assistance must file the FAFSA by March 1 to be considered for most Maryland funding.
Note: Find out more about the new Maryland State Community College Promise Scholarship – up to $5,000 for tuition and fees in the 2019-2020 academic year.
Need-Based Grants and Scholarships
- The Howard P. Rawlings Program of Educational Excellence Awards:
- 2+2 Transfer Scholarship
- Part-Time Grant
- Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program
- Community College Promise Scholarship
Legislative Scholarships
Career/Occupation-Based Grants & Scholarships
- Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship Program
- Cybersecurity Public Service Scholarship Program
- Hal and Jo Cohen Graduate Nursing Faculty Scholarship
- Tuition Reduction for Non-Resident Nursing Students
- Workforce Development Sequence Scholarship
- Workforce Shortage Student Assistance Grant Program
- Service Obligations
Loan Assistance Repayment Programs
- Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program (LARP)
- John R. Justice Grant Program
- Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program (MLARP) For Foster Care Recipients
- State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) and Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians (MLARP)
- Maryland Dent-Care Loan Assistance Repayment Program (MDC-LARP)
Unique Populations
- Jack F. Tolbert Memorial Student Grant Program
- Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program & Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program
- Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts (VAIC) Scholarship Program
- Tuition Waiver for Foster Care Recipients
- Tuition Waiver for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
- Tuition Waiver for Maryland National Guard
- Community College Tuition Waiver for Students with Disabilities