Our Opportunities

Admitted students can apply from December 1 to January 31 (11:59 p.m. ET).

Complete two sections:

  1. General Application
  2. New Student Application - or – Returning Student Application

Music scholarships also need: 

  • New Student Music Scholarship Application - or - Returning Student Music Scholarship Application

How to Apply

  • Click “Sign In” and enter your Calvin username and passphrase.
  • Save answers by clicking “Save and Keep Editing.”
  • For help, email scholarships@calvin.edu

What Else?

When finished, you are automatically considered for all named scholarships for which you qualify*.

You will also receive a list of “Recommended” scholarships. Apply by answering their specific questions. 

A few external scholarships, such as the Hugh and Eve Meeter Calvinism Award, are available under the “Opportunities” tab. 

Awarding Scholarships

Calvin awards scholarships in mid- to late-March for the upcoming academic year. 

*Named scholarships are competitive. Automatic consideration does not guarantee an award.

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
$4,200 Connie Bratt Social Work Scholarship
Connie Bratt, one of the first students from Calvin to pursue a...
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$3,150 Cooper Scholarship
The Cooper scholarship seeks to encourage a student planning to major in...
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$2,800 Cornelia and Marvin Vanden Bosch Scholarship
Cornelia (Scholten) Vanden Bosch established this scholarship in 1981,...
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$5,000 Cornelius A. and Lettie G. Plantinga Scholarship
Family, friends, and former students and parents of Dr. and Mrs....
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$4,600 Cornelius and Leona Van Valkenburg Scholarship
Cornelius and Leona Van Valkenburg were charter members of Riverside...
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$2,500 Cornelius and Marian Joosse Memorial Scholarship
Mr. Harry and Mrs Barb Kampenga established this scholarship in honor of...
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$1,000 Corrine E. Kass Graduate Studies Scholarship
This scholarship was established for the purpose of assisting...
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$3,000 Covenant Christian High School Scholarship
Supporters of Calvin College from Covenant Christian High School in...
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$2,500 Covenant Renewal Scholarship for Worship Leaders
Nelson and Betty Grit established this scholarship in gratitude for...
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$2,900 Covenant Scholarship of Goshen, Indiana
The Hoogenboom Family of Goshen, IN, established this scholarship as an...
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$1,700 D & D Building Scholarship
D & D Building, Inc. of Grand Rapids, MI, established this scholarship...
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$2,500 D'Ippolito Family Social Work Scholarship
Renee D’Ippolito considers it a blessing to have studied in Calvin’s...
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$3,000 Dale and Ila Wiersma Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Dr. Dale and Ila Wiersma. Dale has...
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$3,200 Dale and Marcia Cooper Family Scholarship
The Cooper family knows how richly the Lord has blessed them, in part...
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$3,150 Dale and Mary Andringa Scholarship
Dale and Mary Andringa set up this scholarship in hope of helping a...
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$2,100 Daniel C. Duyst Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was established by the Daniel Duyst family of Grand...
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$3,200 Daniel De Lange Family Scholarship
Dan De Lange attended Calvin and developed a love for Christian...
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$3,000 Daniel VanderSpek Memorial Scholarship
Danny started at Calvin in 2006 and loved living in Beets-Veenstra where...
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$2,750 David and Angela Muilenberg Family Scholarship
This scholarship was established to honor David and Angela Muilenberg’s...
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$2,700 David and Jane Hilbrands Creation Care Scholarship
Having been blessed by a lifelong love for God’s beautiful and priceless...
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$3,700 David and Sheryl (Kragt) Vander Ploeg Secondary Education Scholarship
Because of their family’s strong support of Christian education and...
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$2,570 David and Shirley Hubers Education Scholarship
David and Shirley Hubers have a long-standing commitment to Christian...
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$2,570 David and Shirley Hubers Nursing Scholarship
David and Shirley Hubers have a long-standing commitment to Christian...
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$3,200 David and Susan Wilkins Family Teacher Internship Scholarship
Out of their gratitude to God for being a part of a family with four...
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$2,570 David B. Tuuk Sport Management Scholarship
Dave Tuuk helped guide the development of the physical education program...
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$3,700 David J. Holquist Scholarship
This scholarship was established to honor David Holquist, a Calvin...
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$3,000 David J. Vander Heide Business Scholarship
The Vander Heide family established this scholarship to encourage and...
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$2,950 David M. Ondersma Family Scholarship
This scholarship was established by the David M. Ondersma family to...
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$2,000 David O. Triezenberg Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was established by the Triezenberg family in memory of...
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$3,700 De Groot Family Scholarship
Mr. Amos J. De Groot, President of Rockview Dairies, Inc., strongly...
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$2,200 De Kryger Monsman Memorial Scholarship
Mrs. Diana Monsman established this scholarship in memory of her...
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$3,870 De Vries Family Scholarship
This scholarship was established by the children of Andy (Jeane) De...
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$2,320 De Wall and Powell Scholarship
On January 25, 1997, a tragic automobile accident took the life of...
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$2,500 De Young Family Scholarship
Calvin College and Valley Christian High School in Cerritos, CA, have...
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$2,700 Deb Deters Business Scholarship
Deb Deters has been blessed in her business career and is interested in...
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$7,150 Debra Deur Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Dr. Charles Deur in memory and honor...
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$9,500 Debra Negen Brink Memorial Scholarship
The Brink family established this scholarship in remembrance of their...
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$3,200 Dena M. Sievert Scholarship
This scholarship was established by gifts from Mr. Frederick and Mrs....
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$3,100 DeNeut Family Scholarship
William and Carolyn DeNeut have been blessed in many ways during their...
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$2,500 Detroit Scholarship
Ellen Schreuder ’75 is grateful for the ways Calvin College prepared her...
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$1,600 DeVos Business Scholarship
Dick and Betsy DeVos established this scholarship for students committed...
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$1,200 DeVries Church Music Award
Interest from this fund provides one scholarship to an outstanding...
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$2,850 DeVries-Post Teacher Education Scholarship
Mr. John W., Jr. and Dr. Arden R. (DeVries) Post of Grand Rapids, MI,...
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$2,800 DeVries-Visser Nursing Scholarship
This scholarship was established by the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wiebe and...
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$4,100 Dewey and Kay Hoitenga Scholarship
As alumni of Calvin, Dewey and Kay (Bos) Hoitenga are thankful for the...
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$2,400 Dewey and Marilyn Heetderks Family Medical Scholarship
Dr. Dewey and Mrs. Marilyn Heetderks of Grand Rapids, MI, established...
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$2,600 Diane Wisse Greenfield Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Bill and Elsie Schafer in loving...
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$1,000 Dick and Lorraine Katte Scholarship
Dick and Lorraine Katte established this scholarship in grateful...
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$3,850 Diekema Family Scholarship
Anthony J. Diekema was president of Calvin for 20 years, from 1976...
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TBD Dirk and Jean Vander Steen Community Service Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Dr. Dirk and Jean Vander Steen in...
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