Scholarship Foundation
Most Valuable Student Scholarship
Amount of Scholarship: $1,000 to $15,000 per year
Deadline: January 11
Number of Awards: 500
Education Level: high school seniors
Eligibility
- Any high school senior who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to apply.
- Applicants need not be related to a member of the Elks.
- College students are not eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be citizens of the United States on the date their applications are signed; resident alien status does not qualify.
- Male and female students compete separately.
Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need. All scholarships are in the form of certificates of award conditional upon the full-time enrollment of the winner in an accredited U.S. college or university.
Applications must advance through local, district and state competition to reach the national competition. The Chicago office of the Elks National Foundation will announce the 500 national winners, and notify them in writing, around May 15, 2008. (Many local Lodges, districts and state Elks associations award their own scholarships through this program. These scholarships are not to be confused with the 500 Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarships.)
To apply, you must file an application with your local Elks Lodge; you can search for an Elks Lodge in your community at http://www.elks.org/lodges/.
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