The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is offering scholarships of up to $5,000 to college-bound high school seniors affected by Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia-related illnesses as part of its annual Teen Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship.
Eligible teens can apply for the scholarship by submitting an essay of 1,500 words maximum or submitting a video no more than four minutes long describing how Alzheimer’s disease has impacted their lives, what they have learned about themselves, their family and/or their community through their experience with Alzheimer’s and how they plan to advocate or raise awareness in the future.
Examples of ways that Alzheimer’s impacted a student’s life can include:
The program is open to current high school seniors who will be attending a U.S. college or university this fall. Students already attending college are not eligible to participate.
The top prize awarded is a $5,000 scholarship. Additional prizes are awarded for runners-up and honorable mentions. More than $481,000 in college scholarships have been awarded since the program’s inception.
Entries can be submitted at alzfdn.org/scholarship/ and must be received by March 1 at 5 p.m.
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