Program Overview
Program Overview
Whether you are pursuing a trade school, vocational certificate or a two-year or four-year degree, don’t miss your chance to apply for a National FFA Scholarship to help with your next steps in education. If you are a senior FFA member in high school or FFA Alumni in college, just one application is required for multiple scholarship opportunities totaling nearly $2.5 million.
Eligibility
Eligibility
Be a high school senior or college freshman, sophomore or junior.
Be less than 23 years of age at the time of applying.
Plan to attend a post-secondary institution, trade school, or obtain a certificate in the U.S.
Be a full-time student who is actively attending classes.
Important Dates
Important Dates
Application Open: November 1, 2025
Application Deadline: January 15, 2026, closes at midnight (based on your time zone).
Notification of Selection Results: April 23, 2026
Acceptance Portal Closes: May 29, 2026
Funds Disbursed: July 16, 2026
Logging into Kaleidoscope via the FFA.org Single-Sign-On
Logging into Kaleidoscope via the FFA.org Single-Sign-On
To apply for the 2025-2026 National FFA Scholarship, you must log in through the link on the FFA.org website. Please use the email address associated with your FFA membership.
Your FFA.org login must be created with an invite code or FFA ID from your advisor or National FFA to apply for the scholarship. Applicants whose logins were created without this information may be marked ineligible.
Please visit the link below for instructions on creating an eligible login:
If you are marked "Ineligible"
If you are marked "Ineligible"
If you receive an ineligible error there could be several reasons. Please see below before reaching out:
Did you use your FFA ID or invite code to create your FFA.org account? If not, you need to follow these directions.
Did you use the email address that is associated with your FFA membership?
If these options do not resolve your issue, please reach out to [email protected] for assistance.
Changing your email address during the application process
Changing your email address during the application process
If you have previously linked your account to your membership, and you want to change your email from your school email address to a personal email address that you will have access to after graduation, please follow the directions below:
Go to FFA.org.
Hover over Dashboard
Click on Student Members
Under the Quick Access links, click on Manage My Profile
Click on the Email Address(es) tab. Click Edit.
Type in new addresses and click Update.
Click on this link to access Kaleidoscope with your updated email address.
Responsibilities if chosen as a recipient
Responsibilities if chosen as a recipient
After winning a scholarship, the acceptance form must be completed by the deadline of May 29th. Not completing the acceptance form by the deadline means you have forfeited your National FFA Scholarship.
Use of scholarship funds
Use of scholarship funds
The scholarship is a one-time award that must be used in the 2026-27 academic year.
It may only be used at an accredited, non-profit college/university or vocational/technical school in the United States for tuition, room and board, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for your courses for all students.
You may update your school before July 1st by contacting [email protected] to request a change.
If you change your college/university after July 1 or request a reissue of your award payment for any reason, a reissued fee will apply.
Deferrals
Deferrals
Deferrals will only be permitted under the following circumstances and only for one academic year (two semesters):
State Officer
Year of Mission service
Year of Military service
Year of Service (AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, etc.)
If you need a deferral, you must complete the award acceptance process before you request to defer your award.
Not completing the deferral process means you have forfeited your National FFA Scholarship.
Deferral Process
Deferral Process
Accept your National FFA Scholarship
Send an email to [email protected] and [email protected]
Provide your deferral reason (from the acceptable deferral reasons above)
Provide an email address that is not associated with your high school email address.
Not completing the deferral process means you have forfeited your National FFA Scholarship
FFA State Officers
FFA State Officers
If you will not find out if you are going to be a State Officer before the acceptance deadline, you must accept the National FFA Scholarship and then follow the above deferral process.
If you need to cancel the deferral for the same year, send an email to [email protected] and [email protected].
Not completing the deferral process means you have forfeited your National FFA Scholarship