Mensa Education and Research Foundation Local Scholarship Program
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The Mensa Foundation Scholarship Program awards more than $140,000 in assistance every year to college-bound students around the globe. Scholarships are awarded based solely on 550-word essays expressing applicants’ academic and professional goals and how their personal experiences will help them to accomplish those goals.
Criteria:
- Only one application is allowed per student in this scholarship competition.
- Applicants must complete all required information on the entry form.
- Essays must be the applicants’ original work and no more than 550 words in length.
- Essays must be entered via cut/paste on our scholarship application form on this website. Essays will be truncated to the limit specified.
- Essay submissions are stored and reviewed as “plain text” without additional markup. Please make note of this when crafting your essay.
- Applicants’ names, addresses, and other identifying information must not be included in their essays.
- By submitting the form electronically via our website, applicants provide their digital signature certifying that their information and essays are their own work and that they have read these rules and guidelines.
- Applications must be submitted online on or before the due date (see site for details).
Application:
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Contact
Dayton Area Mensa Scholarships
PO Box 413
West Milton, Ohio 45383
Director@mensafoundation.org
Award:
$300-$2,500
Deadlines vary per award, check the website for details.