Scholarship Deadline Tracker

The scholarship deadline tracker keeps all your scholarship applications organized in one place. Most students apply to 8-15 scholarships — tracking them manually in your head leads to missed deadlines and lost money.

Setting Up Your Tracker

Add each scholarship with its name, award amount, deadline, and requirements. The tracker calculates days remaining automatically and highlights urgent deadlines in orange (under 30 days) and critical in red (under 7 days). Sort by deadline to see your most pressing applications first.

Prioritizing Your Applications

The best scholarships to prioritize are those where the award amount is high relative to the effort required. A $1,000 scholarship requiring a 500-word essay is a better time investment than one requiring three reference letters plus an interview. Update the status as you complete applications — tracking what's submitted vs. in progress prevents duplication.

Where to Find Scholarships

Start with your college's financial aid office — institutional scholarships are often less competitive than national ones. Check your employer, parents' employers, local community foundations, professional associations in your field, and the College Board's Scholarship Search (free). Avoid paid scholarship search services.

Data Privacy

Your scholarship data is saved only in your browser's local storage. Nothing is sent to any server. The data persists between browser sessions on the same device. You can export your list as text for backup or sharing.