| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 112-10) eliminates funding for the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program and the Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program |
| 2000 | College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-420) |
| 1999 | National Scholarship Providers Association (NSPA) and Gates Millennium Scholars Program established |
| 1997 | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation established |
| 1996 | Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Project ScholarScam shuts down scholarship scams |
| 1995 | First free online scholarship matching service launched |
| 1994 | Podberesky v. Kirwan (US 4th District Court of Appeals) ruling concerning race-based scholarships |
| 1986 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (P.L. 99-661) establishes the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers in science, mathematics and engineering |
| 1986 | Tax Reform Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-514) restricts tax-free treatment of scholarships and fellowships to students who are degree candidates and excludes living expenses from the tax-free treatment |
| 1985 | Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1986 (P.L. 99-178) establishes the national Federal Merit Scholarship Program, later renamed the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program |
| 1980 | National Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP) established to provide funding for graduate students in the arts and humanities, later renamed in 1986 as the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program |
| 1980 | Tax Treatment Extension Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-541) treats the portion of a scholarship or fellowship that is fee for services as taxable income |
| 1975 | Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (P.L. 93-642) establishes scholarships for public service |
| 1975 | Hispanic Scholarship Fund established |
| 1972 | Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-318) bans discrimination on the basis of sex in student aid and education programs, consequently requiring gender equity in institutional athletic scholarships |
| 1965 | Higher Education Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-329) |
| 1963 | Winston Churchill Scholarship Program established to enable American students to pursue graduate study in science, mathematics and engineering at Cambridge University |
| 1955 | National Merit Scholarship Corporation established |
| 1954 | Internal Revenue Code of 1954 provides unlimited exclusion from income for scholarships and fellowships |
| 1953 | Marshall Scholarships established to enable American students to pursue two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom |
| 1952 | National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program established |
| 1946 | Fulbright Scholarships establishes scholarships for international study |
| 1945 | National Honor Society (NHS) Scholarship Program established by National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) |
| 1944 | United Negro College Fund (UNCF) founded |
| 1942 | Westinghouse Science Talent Search established, renamed Intel Science Talent Search in 1998 |
| 1937 | Public Health Service fellowship program established |
| 1913 | New York Regents College Scholarship Program established |
| 1902 | Rhodes Scholarships established by the will of Cecil John Rhodes |
| 1643 | Harvard College creates first endowed scholarship, established by Lady Anne Radcliffe Mowlson |
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