College Board Scholarship Search Scraper

College Board Scholarship Search Scraper

Scrape scholarships from College Board BigFuture by search term or education level, up to a million per run. Each scholarship comes with its name, sponsor, amount, deadline, and eligibility details. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

College Board's BigFuture Scholarship Search is the largest free scholarship database, but manually browsing thousands of listings is slow and error-prone. This Actor reads the public search results directly, filtered by your search term and education level, and returns each match in one fixed schema. It is built for students, counselors, and researchers who need scholarship data at scale.

Who uses it	What they scrape College Board BigFuture Scholarship Search for
High school counselors	Build a complete list of scholarships their students qualify for
Scholarship platform developers	Populate their own database with fresh College Board listings
Education researchers	Analyze scholarship availability by field, amount, or deadline
Nonprofit organizations	Curate scholarship opportunities for underserved student groups

What it does

This Actor collects scholarships from College Board BigFuture by search term and education level, and returns each one as a flat row.

• 🔍 Search term filter: find scholarships by name, sponsor, or keyword.
• 🎓 Education level filter: restrict results to high school, undergraduate, or graduate awards.
• 📊 Flat row output: every scholarship is one record, ready for spreadsheets or databases.
• ⚡ Up to a million rows: set maxItems to collect as many scholarships as you need.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with College Board BigFuture Scholarship Search data

🎓 Build a scholarship list for your school.

A high school counselor runs the Actor with education level set to High School and a broad search term, then exports the results to share with students.

📈 Track scholarship trends over time.

A researcher runs the Actor weekly with the same filters, then compares deadlines and award amounts to spot changes in funding availability.

💼 Power a scholarship matching app.

A developer uses the Actor to seed their database with College Board listings, then matches users to scholarships based on eligibility criteria.

🌍 Curate opportunities for a specific group.

A nonprofit runs the Actor with a search term like 'STEM' or 'first-generation', then publishes the filtered list on their website.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No API key	Uses the public BigFuture search, no registration or OAuth
Flexible filters	Search by keyword and education level in one run
Scalable	Collect up to 1,000,000 scholarships per run
Clean output	Flat rows with consistent fields for easy analysis

How it compares

No other Store actor targets College Board BigFuture Scholarship Search the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	College Board Scholarship Search Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When College Board BigFuture Scholarship Search changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor with a free-text search term and an education level filter, alone or together, and set a maximum number of scholarships to collect per run. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
 "maxItems": 10
}

A larger pull:

{
 "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.006 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$0.60
1,000 results	$6.00
10,000 results	$60.00

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the College Board Scholarship Search Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to College Board BigFuture Scholarship Search through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/college-board-scholarship-search-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Your search term may be too specific, or the education level filter may exclude all matches. Try a broader term or set education level to Any.

Why did the run stop before reaching maxItems?

The Actor stops when there are no more matching scholarships. Try broadening your filters to get more results.

Why are some fields empty in the output?

College Board may not provide every field for every scholarship. Empty fields mean the data was not available on the listing.

Can I scrape scholarships for a specific state or major?

The current input only supports search term and education level. Use the search term to include keywords like a state name or major.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Do I need a College Board account or API key?	No. The Actor reads the public BigFuture Scholarship Search results, so no login or API key is required.
What filters can I use?	You can filter by a free-text search term (scholarship name or sponsor) and by education level: high school, undergraduate, or graduate.
How many scholarships can I collect in one run?	You can set maxItems to any number up to 1,000,000. The Actor will stop once it reaches that count or runs out of results.
What data does each scholarship include?	Each row includes the scholarship name, sponsor, award amount, deadline, and eligibility details as returned by College Board.
Can I export the results?	Yes. You can export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML directly from the Apify platform.
Is this Actor affiliated with College Board?	No. This is an independent scraper that reads publicly available data from the BigFuture Scholarship Search website.
How often is the data updated?	The Actor fetches live data from College Board on each run, so you always get the latest listings.
Can I schedule this Actor to run automatically?	Yes. You can set up a schedule in Apify to run it daily, weekly, or at any interval you choose.
What if I get no results?	Check your search term and education level filters. Try a broader term or set education level to Any.
Does this Actor handle pagination?	Yes. It automatically follows pagination to collect all matching scholarships up to your maxItems limit.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by College Board. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.