Education Matters Scholarship
UNIGO Group
Award: $5000 – $5000
Deadline: November
To support students pursuing post-secondary education. Qualifications: Applicants must be 14 years of age or older at time of application; must be a legal U.S. resident; must be a resident of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia; must be U.S. students; who are currently enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher learning (college, university or trade school); current employees, officers, directors and agents of Sponsor and its related companies and members of their immediate families (defined as spouse, parents, siblings and children) and persons residing at the same address are not eligible; applicants must be currently enrolled in or about to attend an accredited community college, undergraduate, or graduate program within the United States Applicants must have a current GPA of 3.0 or higher. Selection criteria: Sponsor is looking for eligible Applicants who follow directions and submit Applications that are well-written and clearly and creatively address the topic; panel of judges will select one (1) potential winner based on the criteria of writing ability (25%), creativity (25%), originality (25%), and overall excellence (25%); sponsor will select at least one (1) of the submitted Applications as the potential Prize Winning Application. How to apply: No application requirements for this scholarship; must include name and contact information, background details, academic details, and a short original, previously unpublished written response to the scholarship topic (250 words or less); written response must be written in English, with correct spelling and grammar, and it must not exceed 250 words; no substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages will be accepted once you have submitted your original Application; written responses that are obscene, pornographic, libellous or otherwise objectionable will be disqualified. Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.