Keep the essay in the form
A textarea with a word range ('300–500 words') beats file uploads for small scholarships — no format chaos, and every essay exports cleanly in the CSV for scoring.
Form template · Scholarship application
Scholarship Application Form Template
For community foundations, memorial funds, and local scholarships: one form that collects the applicant, the academics, and the essay — every application in the same shape for the committee.
- 500 free total
- No PHP · no SDK
- One POST endpoint
Live template preview
Scholarship application
Full name *Maria Gonzalez
Email *[email protected]
Phone+1 555 0142
School / institution *Lincoln High School
Graduation year *2027
+ 2 more fields in the builder
Send
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Overview
A scholarship application form has to carry more than a name and email — it has to bring the transcript, the essay, and the recommendation letters with each entry, and get them in before a hard deadline. SplitForms turns a plain HTML application form into that intake pipeline: every applicant's fields and attached files land in one dashboard, each stamped with the exact time it arrived. Point the form's action at https://splitforms.com/api/submit, add a hidden access_key input, and you have a working application portal — no admissions software, no server, and nothing to install on your school or nonprofit's site, even if it's a static page on GitHub Pages or Netlify.
Pick your scholarship application form — one click to use it
Every template is free and fully editable in the drag-drop builder — swap fields, colors, and the button label before you publish.
Best matchUse this template
Scholarship application
Full name *Maria Gonzalez
Email *[email protected]
Phone+1 555 0142
+ 4 more fields in the builder
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Job application
Full name *Jane Builder
Email *[email protected]
Position you're applying for *Engineering
+ 3 more fields in the builder
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Parent name *Sofia Reis
Email *[email protected]
Phone *+1 555 0142
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No backend code
No server, API route, or SDK — your Scholarship Application Form posts straight to one endpoint.
Straight to your inbox
Every submission is emailed to you and saved to a searchable dashboard — spam filtered before it reaches you.
Copy-paste ready
It's plain HTML you own — paste the Scholarship Application Form snippet, swap in your access key, and ship.
Copy and ship
Your Scholarship Application Form, ready to paste.
HTML by default — the same field set also renders as React, Next.js, PHP, and cURL in your dashboard. Every variant posts to the same /api/submit endpoint. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard; that's the only edit.
<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New scholarship application">
<label for="name">Full name *</label>
<input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Maria Gonzalez" required>
<label for="email">Email *</label>
<input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
<label for="phone">Phone</label>
<input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142">
<label for="school">School / institution *</label>
<input id="school" type="text" name="school" placeholder="Lincoln High School" required>
<label for="graduation_year">Graduation year *</label>
<input id="graduation_year" type="number" name="graduation_year" placeholder="2027" required>
<label for="gpa">GPA</label>
<input id="gpa" type="text" name="gpa" placeholder="3.8">
<label for="essay">Personal statement *</label>
<textarea id="essay" name="essay" placeholder="Tell us why you're applying (300–500 words)." required></textarea>
<!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
<input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</form><p class="splitforms-attribution" style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="sponsored noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>
<!-- drop-off analytics + partial leads (the form works without it) -->
<script src="https://splitforms.com/embed.js" async></script>How to add it
How to add a Scholarship Application Form to your site.
To add a Scholarship Application Form to your site you need three things: a free splitforms access key, the HTML snippet above, and your key pasted into it. No backend, database, or CAPTCHA library — the form posts to one URL and every submission lands in your inbox and dashboard.
Confirm receipt automatically
The auto-responder tells applicants their application landed and when decisions go out — the two questions every applicant emails about otherwise.
Close on the deadline
Pause the form (Settings → form pause) the morning after the deadline. Late hopefuls see it's closed instead of testing whether 'deadline' was a suggestion.
What's included
What's in this Scholarship Application Form template?
Small scholarships run by clubs and memorial funds still take applications as email attachments, and every review season starts with a volunteer building a spreadsheet from forty differently-formatted PDFs. A form fixes the intake: name, school, graduation year, GPA, and the personal statement arrive identically structured, exportable to one CSV the committee can score. Applicants get a confirmation instead of wondering if the email landed. The essay lives in the submission, not in attachment purgatory.
- Scholarship application — 7 ready-made fields
- HTML, JS, React, PHP, and cURL outputs
- One POST endpoint, no SDK — honeypot and spam scoring, no CAPTCHA
Where submissions go
Where do your Scholarship Application Form submissions go?
Reply-to is wired to the visitor's email, so one tap on Reply answers them directly — while the built-in honeypot and automatic spam scoring filter out bots before they reach you. Every submission is emailed to your inbox and can forward to a webhook or Slack the moment a visitor hits send.
- Reply-to wired to the visitor's email — reply straight from your inbox
- Honeypot and automatic spam scoring filter bots, no CAPTCHA friction
- Live dashboard, CSV export, and signed webhooks on paid plans
How SplitForms works
What happens after someone submits your form?
splitforms receives the submission, filters spam, saves it to your dashboard and emails you — then, on paid plans, sends it on to your webhooks and integrations. No backend infrastructure to build.
Add your endpoint
Point your form to your unique SplitForms endpoint. That's it.
Receive submissions
We instantly capture and organize every submission in your inbox.
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Connect & automate
Where can submissions go besides email?
On paid plans, submissions can also go to Slack, Discord, Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier or any signed webhook — and splitforms works on the platforms you build on, from WordPress and Shopify to Next.js. With Stripe connected, your forms can take payments too.
NewTake payments on your formsDeposits, bookings, order forms — submitters check out through Stripe and the money goes straight to your Stripe account. Included on every paid plan.See plans →Questions
Scholarship Application Form questions.
View all FAQsCan applicants attach their transcript, essay, and recommendation letters?
Yes — file uploads are a paid feature (Pro, $5/mo), and each uploaded document attaches to that applicant's entry in the dashboard instead of scattering across inboxes as loose email attachments. You open one student's transcript, essay, and reference letters straight from their record. The free plan (500 submissions) collects text fields only, so if documents are required, you're on a paid plan.
How do I automatically confirm to a student that their application was received?
Turn on the auto-responder (a paid feature): the instant an applicant submits, SplitForms emails them an 'application received' confirmation so they aren't left wondering. That's separate from your own notification email — the alert to your committee that a new application landed — which is free on every plan.
How does a committee review and score all the applications?
Every application shows up in the dashboard the moment it's submitted, and you can export the full cycle to CSV. Open it in a spreadsheet to sort by GPA or program, add a score column, and hand reviewers a ranked shortlist instead of reading raw entries one at a time.
What if more students apply than the free 500-submission limit?
The free plan is 500 submissions total — a scholarship you promote to a mailing list or on social can burn through that before the deadline closes. Pro is $5/mo for 5,000 submissions per month, and the count resets monthly, so it fits a recurring or annual award without topping anything up mid-cycle.
Can applicants upload transcripts?
Yes — add a file-upload field (Pro) for transcripts or recommendation letters. For free-tier setups, ask finalists only to email transcripts; it keeps the initial application friction low.
How does the committee review applications?
Export CSV and score in a shared sheet, or invite reviewers to the dashboard. Each submission has every field in the same order, which is the whole battle.
Is student data safe in a form backend?
Submissions are stored encrypted and only reachable from your logged-in dashboard. Don't ask for SSNs or financial-aid details on a public form — name, school, GPA, and essay are the right scope.
Simple pricing
How much does splitforms cost?
Free gives you 500 submissions for $0 — no card, no time limit. Pro is $5/month for 5,000 submissions a month, and Annual is $49/year for 15,000 a month with every Pro feature.
Free
$0— 500 submissions
For side projects and indie devs.
- 500 free submissions
- Unlimited forms
- Email notifications included
- Smart spam filtering
- Submissions dashboard
- Redirect after submit
- MCP server included
Recommended
Pro
$5/ month
Billed monthly
Every paid feature, for agencies and growing products.
- 5,000 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Webhooks and integrations
- CC/BCC, auto-replies and routing
- File uploads with 500 MB storage
- Stripe payments on your forms
- 3 team seats
- Cancel anytime
Annual
$49/ year
About $4.08/mo, billed yearly
Every Pro feature with triple the volume — $0.27 per 1,000 at full use.
- 15,000 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Everything in Pro
- File uploads with 5 GB storage
- 3 team seats
- Priority email support
No credit card required on Free • Cancel anytime • Full pricing and FAQ