{"id":67233,"date":"2025-12-04T15:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/herbert-hoover-uncommon-student-award-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:30:16","slug":"herbert-hoover-uncommon-student-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/herbert-hoover-uncommon-student-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbert Hoover Uncommon Student Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Amount: <\/strong> Up to $11,500.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>About: <\/strong><br \/>\n The Hoover Presidential Foundation offers the Herbert Hoover Uncommon Student Award. Each year, up to 15 Iowa high school juniors are awarded a $10,000 scholarship. Applicants must propose and then accomplish a project of their own design. The application is based solely on the accomplishment of the project; grades, test scores, essays, and financial need are not evaluated. All 15 finalists receive a cash award worth $1,500, and four finalists receive an additional scholarship worth $10,000.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible Grade Levels:<\/strong> High School Junior<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible Majors:<\/strong> All majors<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Residency Requirement:<\/strong> Iowa<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Minimum GPA:<\/strong> No GPA requirement<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">April 1, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor&#8217;s website for up-to-date deadlines.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/hooverpresidentialfoundation.org\/uncommon-student-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Scholarship<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amount: Up to $11,500. About: The Hoover Presidential Foundation offers the Herbert Hoover Uncommon Student Award. Each year, up to 15 Iowa high school juniors are awarded a $10,000 scholarship. Applicants must propose and then accomplish a project of their own design. The application is based solely on the accomplishment of the project; grades, test [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-no-separators","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2356,3716,3751,3736,4953],"tags":[5154],"class_list":["post-67233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-major","category-april","category-high-school-junior-2","category-iowa","category-no-gpa-requirement","tag-up-to-11500"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Scholarship Spotlight","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/author\/scholarship-guru\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Amount: Up to $11,500. 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