Scholarship Name Generator

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Generate scholarship names for a memorial fund, a foundation award, a company tuition program or a school prize: named scholarships like The Eleanor Whitcombe Memorial Scholarship, aspirational ones like Bright Horizons, plus field-specific, community and merit awards.

About scholarship names

Real scholarship names follow a handful of conventions, and matching them is what makes a new award sound established. The most common form is a person's name plus a qualifier: The Dorothy Pell Nursing Scholarship, Harold and Maxine Grady Scholarship Fund, Marcus Adebayo Memorial Award. The word Memorial signals the honoree has died; Family or Legacy suggests a living donor; Endowed means the principal is invested and only the income is paid out. Foundations and companies usually drop the personal name and lead with a place or brand (Redwood Foundation Scholarship), while schools name awards after an office (Dean's Merit Scholarship, Chancellor's Excellence Award).

The noun at the end also carries meaning. Scholarship is the general term for tuition support; a bursary is need-based in UK and Commonwealth usage; a fellowship funds graduate study or research; a grant pays for a specific cost such as travel or books; a prize rewards a single piece of work; a stipend covers living expenses. Picking the right one tells applicants what the money is for before they read the criteria.

The list mixes named memorials, aspirational titles like Rising Tide and First Light, field awards for nursing, trades and STEM, community and heritage scholarships, and institutional merit awards. Swap in your own honoree or town name where a placeholder appears.

How to choose scholarship names

  • Put the purpose in the name: 'Rural Teachers Scholarship' or 'Women in Aviation Scholarship' attracts the right applicants and makes the award easier to find in search.
  • If you are honoring someone, use the name they were actually known by (Coach Dan Hollister, not Daniel R. Hollister III) and add 'Memorial' only if they have passed away.
  • Choose the noun deliberately: scholarship for tuition, bursary for need-based aid, fellowship for graduate work, grant for a specific expense, prize for a single achievement.
  • Keep it under about eight words so it fits on a certificate, a program line and a donation page without wrapping.
  • Check your school's scholarship office, state registry and a web search before committing, since named funds at the same institution cannot share a name.

Frequently asked questions

How do I name a memorial scholarship?

Use the honoree's everyday name, add 'Memorial' and, if you want, the field or group it supports: The Ruth Abernathy Teaching Scholarship or The Captain Ellis Rourke Memorial Scholarship. Families sometimes add a middle initial or a couple's names together when both are being remembered.

What is the difference between a scholarship, a bursary and a fellowship?

A scholarship is usually merit- or criteria-based support for tuition. A bursary, common in the UK, Canada and Australia, is awarded on financial need. A fellowship typically funds graduate study, research or a professional placement and often includes a stipend rather than just tuition.

Should the scholarship name include the donor or the school?

Include the donor or honoree if the fund is privately endowed, since that is part of its identity. School-funded awards usually carry the institution's name or an office title such as Dean's Merit Scholarship. Corporate programs generally use the company name plus 'Scholars Program'.

Can I use one of these names for a real scholarship?

Yes. The names here are templates and invented honorees, not existing funds. Replace the placeholder person or place with your own, then confirm the final name is not already in use at your institution or registered with your state or national charity regulator.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 10 names

  • Ada Ruthven Memorial Scholarship
  • Adaeze Nwosu Memorial Fund
  • Adult Learners Scholarship
  • Aerospace Engineering Scholarship
  • Alumni Association Scholarship
  • Amberley Foundation Scholarship
  • Animal Science Scholarship
  • Arlo Mendez Memorial Welding Scholarship
  • Ashby Family Foundation Scholarship
  • Aspire Higher Scholarship

B: 13 names

  • Band Boosters Scholarship
  • Bar Association Scholarship
  • Bartholomew Finch Scholarship
  • Beatrice Langford Education Award
  • Benedict Aldous Travel Grant for Young Historians
  • Beulah Ferris Memorial Fund
  • Biomedical Research Scholarship
  • Birchwood Scholars Award
  • Blue Ridge Foundation Scholarship
  • Brave Heart Scholarship
  • Bright Horizons Scholarship
  • Brightwater Scholars Program
  • Brookfield Scholars Program

C: 19 names

  • Capstone Scholars Award
  • Carmen Villalobos Memorial Scholarship
  • Carpentry Apprenticeship Award
  • Catalyst Scholars Award
  • Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
  • Chancellor's Excellence Award
  • Chess Club Scholarship
  • Choir Scholarship
  • Civil Engineering Scholars Award

C, continued

  • Clear Skies Scholarship
  • Clearview Foundation Scholarship
  • Clementine Ash Memorial Scholarship
  • Coach Dan Hollister Memorial Scholarship
  • Coastal Communities Scholarship
  • Constance Reyes Memorial Bursary
  • Copperfield Scholars Award
  • Cordelia Nash Memorial Scholarship
  • Criminal Justice Scholarship
  • Cyrus Holden Memorial Scholarship

D: 12 names

  • Dairy Farmers Scholarship
  • Darius Kent Memorial Scholarship
  • Daybreak Scholars Program
  • Delta Scholars Award
  • Dental Hygiene Scholarship
  • Desert Communities Scholarship
  • Desmond Hale Memorial Scholarship
  • Diesel Mechanics Tuition Award
  • Dr. Kwame Boateng Memorial Scholarship
  • Dr. Miriam Hollis Medical Scholarship
  • Drama Club Scholarship
  • Dream Forward Scholarship

E: 9 names

  • Early Childhood Educators Scholarship
  • Edith and Morris Kaplan Scholarship
  • Ellery Dunmore Memorial Scholarship
  • Ellsworth Foundation Scholarship
  • Emerging Artists Scholarship
  • Emmett Sorensen Memorial Award
  • Engineers Society Scholarship
  • Estelle Kirby Memorial Award
  • Eugene Holloway Memorial Fund

F: 33 names

  • Fairhaven Foundation Award
  • Fairmont Scholars Program
  • Farm Bureau Scholarship
  • Farm Families Scholarship
  • Fashion Design Scholarship
  • Firefighters Union Scholarship
  • Firefighters' Children Scholarship
  • Firm Footing Scholarship
  • First in Family Scholarship
  • First Light Scholarship Fund
  • First Responders Scholarship

F, continued

  • Forward Motion Scholarship
  • Foundations First Scholarship
  • Founders' Scholarship
  • Frederick Lindgren Engineering Scholarship
  • Fresh Start Scholarship
  • Full Circle Scholarship
  • Full Sail Scholarship Fund
  • Future Builders Award
  • Future Chefs Scholarship
  • Future Counselors Scholarship
  • Future Dentists Scholarship

F, continued

  • Future Educators Scholarship
  • Future Farmers Scholarship
  • Future Librarians Scholarship
  • Future Midwives Award
  • Future Nurses Scholarship
  • Future Paramedics Scholarship
  • Future Pharmacists Award
  • Future Physicians Award
  • Future Pilots Award
  • Future Social Workers Scholarship
  • Future Speech Therapists Scholarship

G: 14 names

  • Game Design Scholarship
  • Genevieve Lacroix Memorial Scholarship
  • Giles Ambrose Memorial Scholarship
  • Glenmoor Scholarship
  • Gold Award Scholarship
  • Goldcrest Foundation Scholarship
  • Golden Thread Scholarship
  • Good Ground Scholarship
  • Good Neighbor Scholarship
  • Governor's Scholars Program
  • Grace and Grit Scholarship
  • Grandma Bea Tillman Kitchen Table Scholarship
  • Green Light Scholarship
  • Greenfield Scholarship

H: 16 names

  • Harbor Towns Scholarship
  • Harborview Foundation Scholarship
  • Harold and Maxine Grady Scholarship Fund
  • Harriet Oyelaran Leadership Award
  • Headway Scholarship
  • Heartland Scholars Award
  • Hester and Lyle Okonkwo Scholarship for Nursing Students
  • High Water Mark Scholarship

H, continued

  • Hollins Charitable Scholarship
  • Homegrown Scholars Fund
  • Homeschool Graduates Scholarship
  • Hometown Heroes Scholarship
  • Honor Society Scholarship
  • Horizon Line Scholarship
  • Hospitality Management Scholarship
  • HVAC Apprenticeship Scholarship

I: 8 names

  • Ignite Scholarship
  • Immigrant Families Scholarship
  • Indigenous Students Scholarship
  • Ingrid Halvorsen Scholarship for Nursing
  • Interior Design Scholarship
  • Ironbridge Trades Foundation Scholarship
  • Island Students Scholarship
  • Ivy Pemberton Memorial Award

J: 2 names

  • Journey Onward Scholarship
  • Judge Alton Prescott Scholarship

K: 3 names

  • Key Club Scholarship
  • Keystone Scholars Award
  • Kingsley Charitable Trust Award

L: 10 names

  • Lantern Scholarship Fund
  • Latino Leaders Scholarship
  • Launchpad Scholarship
  • LGBTQ Scholars Award
  • Lift Off Scholarship
  • Lighthouse Scholarship
  • Lillian Marsh Scholarship for the Arts
  • Lions Club Youth Award
  • Louis Fontaine Music Scholarship
  • Lydia Greenwood Scholarship

M: 16 names

  • Mabel Thornquist Memorial Scholarship
  • Main Street Merchants Scholarship
  • Marcus Adebayo Memorial Award
  • Margaret Fenwick First-Year Award
  • Marlowe Family Scholarship
  • Masonic Lodge Scholarship
  • Mathematics Achievement Scholarship
  • Maud Ellery Scholarship for Rural Students

M, continued

  • Mechanical Engineering Scholars Award
  • Mercy Ikande Memorial Award
  • Millbrook Trust Scholarship
  • Millicent Rowe Award for Student Teachers
  • Mock Trial Scholarship
  • Morning Star Scholarship
  • Morrow Family Foundation Scholarship
  • Moving Mountains Scholarship

N: 6 names

  • Nathaniel Greer Memorial Trades Award
  • New Dawn Scholarship Fund
  • Next Generation Welders Award
  • Northbound Scholarship
  • Northfield Trust Scholarship
  • Nurse Evelyn Dodd Scholarship

O: 5 names

  • Olive Tremaine Scholarship for Single Parents
  • Open Doors Education Award
  • Open Horizons Scholarship
  • Open Minds Bursary
  • Open Road Scholarship

P: 14 names

  • Parish Youth Scholarship
  • Pathfinder Scholars Program
  • Pauline Cho Science Scholarship
  • Penelope Sterling Memorial Prize
  • Percival Haynes Scholarship
  • Performing Arts Excellence Scholarship
  • Physical Therapy Scholars Award
  • Pioneer Spirit Award
  • Plumbing Trades Scholarship
  • Poetry Prize for Young Writers
  • Police Benevolent Scholarship
  • Presidential Scholars Award
  • Priya Raman Memorial Science Award
  • Public Health Leaders Scholarship

R: 16 names

  • Radiologic Technology Scholarship
  • Reach Higher Award
  • Redwood Foundation Scholarship
  • Renewable Energy Technicians Award
  • Reservation Youth Scholarship
  • Restaurant Association Scholarship
  • Reuben Mather Scholarship for Apprentices
  • Ridgeway Foundation Scholarship

R, continued

  • Rising Architects Scholarship
  • Riverside County Scholarship
  • Roland Keeler Memorial Bursary
  • Roots and Wings Scholarship
  • Rosa Delgado Memorial Scholarship
  • Rosalind Tate Memorial Scholarship
  • Rural Students Scholarship
  • Rural Teachers Scholarship

S: 12 names

  • Samuel Okafor Legacy Award
  • Simon Achterberg Memorial Scholarship
  • Single Parents Scholarship
  • Sister Agnes Monahan Scholarship
  • Spelling Bee Champions Scholarship
  • Steadfast Scholars Program
  • Step Forward Scholarship
  • Strong Roots Scholarship
  • Student Council Scholarship
  • Summit Scholars Program
  • Sunridge Scholars Program
  • Sustainable Agriculture Award

T: 258 names

  • Tall Oaks Scholarship
  • The Abigail Crowe Memorial Scholarship
  • The Academic Decathlon Scholarship
  • The Accounting Excellence Award
  • The Agnes Merriwether Scholarship for Librarians
  • The Agricultural Science Award
  • The Ambrose Tully Memorial Award
  • The Amos Carver Scholarship
  • The Anchor Scholarship
  • The Anika Sorenson Memorial Scholarship for Midwives
  • The Anthropology Prize
  • The Archaeology Scholars Award
  • The Art History Scholarship
  • The Arthur Bellamy Law Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Ascent Scholarship
  • The Ashford Trust Scholarship
  • The Asian American Scholars Award
  • The Astronomy Scholars Award
  • The Augustus Kemble Prize
  • The Bayou Scholarship
  • The Beacon Scholarship
  • The Benjamin Ostrowski Engineering Award
  • The Black Scholars Award
  • The Blue Sky Award
  • The Bold Step Scholarship
  • The Booster Club Scholarship
  • The Borderlands Scholarship
  • The Brackenridge Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Bram Vandenberg Scholarship
  • The Breakthrough Award
  • The Bridge Builders Award
  • The Bright Future Scholarship
  • The Bright Minds Award
  • The Brighter Tomorrow Scholarship
  • The Builders Association Scholarship
  • The Captain Ellis Rourke Memorial Scholarship
  • The Cattlemen's Association Scholarship
  • The Cedar Grove Scholarship
  • The Celia Marchetti Memorial Award
  • The Ceramics and Sculpture Scholarship
  • The Chemistry Achievement Award
  • The Classical Music Award
  • The Clean Energy Scholars Program

T, continued

  • The Clearwater Scholarship
  • The Clifford Vance Agricultural Scholarship
  • The Community College Scholars Award
  • The Compass Rose Scholarship
  • The Computer Engineering Scholarship
  • The Cornelius Drake Memorial Award
  • The Cornerstone Scholarship
  • The County Fair Scholarship
  • The Creative Arts Bursary
  • The Creative Writing Bursary
  • The Crestview Scholarship
  • The Culinary Arts Scholarship
  • The Cybersecurity Scholars Award
  • The Dance Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Data Science Scholars Award
  • The Dean Harriet Cole Scholarship
  • The Dean's Merit Scholarship
  • The Debate Club Scholarship
  • The Della Hargrove Scholarship
  • The Determination Award
  • The Dorothy Pell Nursing Scholarship
  • The Dr. Amara Oduya Scholarship
  • The Dr. Ruth Ellington Rural Medicine Fellowship
  • The Eagle Scout Scholarship
  • The Economics Prize
  • The Edgar Mullins Scholarship
  • The Eleanor Whitcombe Memorial Scholarship
  • The Electric Cooperative Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Electricians' Apprentice Award
  • The Elks Lodge Scholarship
  • The Elmwood Foundation Scholarship
  • The Elspeth Craig Arts Bursary
  • The Endeavour Scholarship
  • The Environmental Justice Scholarship
  • The Environmental Science Scholarship
  • The Everett Lowe Scholarship
  • The Evergreen Scholarship
  • The Ezra Pollard Scholarship
  • The Film Studies Scholarship
  • The Fireman Joe Castellanos Memorial Award
  • The First-Generation Scholars Award
  • The Fishing Community Scholarship
  • The Florence Tibbets Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Forestry Scholarship
  • The Foster Youth Scholarship
  • The Foundation Stone Bursary
  • The Frances Doyle Scholarship for Returning Students
  • The Future Business Leaders Scholarship
  • The Garden Club Horticulture Scholarship
  • The Geology Scholars Award
  • The Gerald Tuck Trades Scholarship
  • The Grange Scholarship
  • The Graphic Design Scholarship
  • The Great Lakes Scholarship
  • The Great Leap Scholarship
  • The Greater Good Scholarship
  • The Greystone Foundation Award

T, continued

  • The Grit Scholarship
  • The Groundbreaker Award
  • The Gwendolyn Pike Nursing Bursary
  • The Halcyon Foundation Scholarship
  • The Harlan Baxter Veterinary Scholarship
  • The Hartwell Foundation Award
  • The Harvest Scholarship
  • The Hawthorne Foundation Scholarship
  • The Hazel Pinkerton Scholarship
  • The Hearth Scholarship
  • The Henry Quillen Music Scholarship
  • The Highlands Scholarship
  • The Hiram Castellano Scholarship
  • The History Scholars Prize

T, continued

  • The Hope Chest Fund
  • The Horace Clapham Scholarship
  • The Imogen Sayle Memorial Award
  • The Jonah Whitaker Fund for Young Writers
  • The Josephine Calder Prize
  • The Josiah Thorne Scholarship Fund
  • The Journalism Integrity Award
  • The Junior Achievement Scholarship
  • The Kestrel Foundation Scholarship
  • The Kindling Fund
  • The Kiwanis Scholarship
  • The Lakeside Trust Scholarship
  • The Lamplighter Scholarship
  • The Leonard Stroud Memorial Award
  • The Limitless Award

T, continued

  • The Linden Trust Award
  • The Linguistics Scholarship
  • The Lionel Hatch Memorial Scholarship
  • The Long Road Scholarship
  • The Lorenzo Vitale Scholarship
  • The Lucille Barrow Scholarship for Teachers
  • The Marguerite Lindqvist Scholarship for Women in Engineering
  • The Maria Sanchez-Torres Engineering Bursary
  • The Marine Biology Scholarship
  • The Marine Engineering Scholarship
  • The Math Olympiad Scholarship
  • The Medical Society Scholarship
  • The Meridian Scholars Award
  • The Microbiology Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Milestone Scholarship
  • The Military Families Scholarship
  • The Mill Town Scholarship
  • The Miss Pearl Hastings Kindergarten Teachers Award
  • The Model UN Scholarship
  • The Mountain Towns Scholarship
  • The Music Education Scholarship
  • The Naomi Asante Scholarship for Women
  • The Next Step Scholarship
  • The Norah Whitlock Scholarship for Future Teachers
  • The North Star Award
  • The Northern Lights Scholarship
  • The Norwood Trust Award
  • The Nurses Association Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Nursing Leadership Scholarship
  • The Nutrition and Dietetics Award
  • The Oakhurst Scholarship
  • The Occupational Therapy Scholarship
  • The Oceanography Scholarship
  • The Opal Whitfield Scholarship
  • The Open Book Scholarship
  • The Open Gate Award
  • The Open Sky Scholarship
  • The Orla Finnegan Scholarship
  • The Oswald Peary Scholarship
  • The Otto Lindemann Scholarship
  • The Parent Teacher Association Scholarship
  • The Pembrook Scholars Award
  • The Perseverance Prize

T, continued

  • The Persistence Award
  • The Pharmacists Association Scholarship
  • The Philippa Garland Prize
  • The Philosophy Prize
  • The Photography Scholarship
  • The Pinecrest Foundation Scholarship
  • The Political Science Scholarship
  • The Possibility Prize
  • The Prairie Scholarship
  • The Press Club Journalism Scholarship
  • The Professor Hilda Brecht Scholarship
  • The Promise Keepers Scholarship
  • The Provost's Scholarship
  • The Quiet Courage Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Rafael Ortiz Scholarship Fund
  • The Ravenswood Foundation Scholarship
  • The Refugee Students Scholarship
  • The Resilience Award
  • The Returning Students Award
  • The Reverend Isaiah Pruitt Scholarship
  • The Rising Star Award
  • The Rising Tide Scholarship
  • The Robotics Scholarship
  • The Robotics Team Scholarship
  • The Rotary Club Scholarship
  • The Ruth Abernathy Teaching Scholarship
  • The Samuel and Esther Weiss Scholarship
  • The Sandford Trust Award

T, continued

  • The Science Fair Scholarship
  • The Second Chapter Award
  • The Seedling Fund
  • The Sergeant Paul Whitley Scholarship
  • The Silas Maddox Memorial Bursary
  • The Silverline Scholars Program
  • The Skilled Trades Tuition Award
  • The Small Town Scholars Award
  • The Songwriting Scholarship
  • The Spark Scholarship
  • The Special Education Scholarship
  • The Sports Medicine Scholarship
  • The Steady Hand Award
  • The Steel City Scholarship
  • The Stepping Stone Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Stonebridge Scholarship
  • The Student Athletes Scholarship
  • The Students with Disabilities Scholarship
  • The Summerfield Foundation Scholarship
  • The Tabitha Ruskin Scholarship
  • The Teachers Union Scholarship
  • The Tenacity Award
  • The Theatre Arts Scholarship
  • The Thornfield Foundation Scholarship
  • The Tidewater Scholarship
  • The Torchbearer Award
  • The Township Scholarship
  • The Trustees' Award
  • The Uplift Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Valley Youth Scholarship
  • The Veterans' Education Award
  • The Veterinary Technician Scholarship
  • The Victor Amundsen Scholarship
  • The Visual Arts Scholarship
  • The Way Forward Award
  • The Wayfinder Scholarship
  • The Wellspring Scholarship
  • The Wendell Price Scholarship
  • The Westbrook Scholarship
  • The Wexford Scholarship
  • The Wickham Scholars Program
  • The Wilhelmina Strand Mathematics Prize
  • The Windward Scholarship

T, continued

  • The Winifred Sayer Scholarship for Nurses
  • The Women's Club Scholarship
  • The Yearbook Staff Scholarship
  • The Young Engineers Award
  • The Young Parents Scholarship
  • Thea Molander Memorial Award
  • Theodora Blackwood Memorial Prize
  • Thomas J. Farrow Memorial Bursary
  • Threshold Scholarship
  • Tobias Redfern Memorial Fund
  • Trailblazer Scholars Award
  • Transfer Students Scholarship
  • Tribal Scholars Award
  • True North Scholarship
  • Turning Point Scholarship

U: 4 names

  • Unbroken Promise Scholarship
  • Union Families Scholarship
  • Upward Bound Scholars Fund
  • Urban Planning Scholarship

V: 4 names

  • Vantage Scholars Program
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Scholarship
  • Vivian Ashcroft Scholarship for the Humanities
  • Volunteer Fire Department Scholarship

W: 14 names

  • Walter and Ida Brennan Family Scholarship
  • Waverly Trust Scholarship
  • Whitmore Family Foundation Scholarship
  • Wide Horizons Bursary
  • Wilbur Haskins Memorial Book Fund
  • Wildlife Conservation Scholarship
  • Women in Aviation Scholarship
  • Women in Construction Scholarship
  • Women in Law Scholarship
  • Women in Mathematics Award
  • Women in Physics Scholarship
  • Women in STEM Achievement Scholarship
  • Women Returning to Work Scholarship
  • Working Students Scholarship

Y: 2 names

  • Young Carers Scholarship
  • Young Coders Scholarship