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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) released the names of the first group of winners in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 830 distinguished high school seniors have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 124 corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations. Also included in this category are awards supported by several foundations and individual donors who have established endowments with NMSC.
Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the Finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met criteria of their scholarship sponsors. Corporate sponsors provide National Merit Scholarships for Finalists who are children of their employees, who are residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage.
Most of these awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends that range from $1,000 to $10,000 per year. Some provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000. Recipients can use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university of their choice.
Funding for these National Merit Scholarships is provided by corporate organizations that represent nearly all sectors of American industry. Sponsors from the business community have underwritten awards offered in all 70 competitions, expending or committing nearly $882 million to support the intellectual development of the nation’s scholastically talented youth.
Declan Amerault, Wheeler. National Merit Truist Scholarship. Probable career field: Applied Mathematics
Andrea Joya, Lassiter. National Merit Truist Scholarship. Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering
Nathan Thomas Kiesel, Wheeler. National Merit ViaSat Scholarship. Probable career field: Science/Research
Ethan A. Konnick, Mt. Paran Christian. National Merit James E. Casey Scholarship. Probable career field: Information Systems Management
Eugene G. Li, Walton. National Merit Truist Scholarship. Probable career field: Computer Programming
Spencer Lieth, Walton. National Merit Vulcan Materials Company Scholarship. Probable career field: Engineering
Eric Mo, Walton. National Merit James E. Casey Scholarship. Probable career field: Electrical Engineering
Dhriti Raguram, Walton. National Merit James E. Casey Scholarship. Probable career field: Neuroscience
Vikram Sharma, Lassiter. National Merit Schneider Electric North America Foundation Scholarship. Probable career field: Medicine
Isha Varughese, Walton. National Merit Truist Scholarship. Probable career field: Finance
Adam Wang, Walton. National Merit Norfolk Southern Scholarship. Probable career field: Computer Science
William Zhao, Walton. National Merit Siemens Scholarship. Probable career field: Classics
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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) released the names of the first group of winners in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 830 distinguished high school seniors have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 124 corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations. Also included in this category are awards supported by several foundations and individual donors who have established endowments with NMSC.
Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the Finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met criteria of their scholarship sponsors. Corporate sponsors provide National Merit Scholarships for Finalists who are children of their employees, who are residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage.
Most of these awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends that range from $1,000 to $10,000 per year. Some provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000. Recipients can use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university of their choice.
Funding for these National Merit Scholarships is provided by corporate organizations that represent nearly all sectors of American industry. Sponsors from the business community have underwritten awards offered in all 70 competitions, expending or committing nearly $882 million to support the intellectual development of the nation’s scholastically talented youth.
Declan Amerault, Wheeler. National Merit Truist Scholarship. Probable career field: Applied Mathematics
Andrea Joya, Lassiter. National Merit Truist Scholarship. Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering
Nathan Thomas Kiesel, Wheeler. National Merit ViaSat Scholarship. Probable career field: Science/Research
Ethan A. Konnick, Mt. Paran Christian. National Merit James E. Casey Scholarship. Probable career field: Information Systems Management
Eugene G. Li, Walton. National Merit Truist Scholarship. Probable career field: Computer Programming
Spencer Lieth, Walton. National Merit Vulcan Materials Company Scholarship. Probable career field: Engineering
Eric Mo, Walton. National Merit James E. Casey Scholarship. Probable career field: Electrical Engineering
Dhriti Raguram, Walton. National Merit James E. Casey Scholarship. Probable career field: Neuroscience
Vikram Sharma, Lassiter. National Merit Schneider Electric North America Foundation Scholarship. Probable career field: Medicine
Isha Varughese, Walton. National Merit Truist Scholarship. Probable career field: Finance
Adam Wang, Walton. National Merit Norfolk Southern Scholarship. Probable career field: Computer Science
William Zhao, Walton. National Merit Siemens Scholarship. Probable career field: Classics
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