The Milton Fisher Scholarship is a four-year renewable scholarship open to exceptionally Innovative and Creative high school juniors and seniors, and first-time college freshmen.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
State: Connecticut and New York
City: New York City
Type of Grant: Scholarship
Deadline: 05/05/2023
Size of the Grant: $4,000 – $20,000
Details:
The Milton Fisher Scholarship is not a traditional scholarship focused on rewarding academic achievement and financial need. Its specific goal is to reward and encourage innovative and creative problem-solving by honoring students who excel as creative problem-solvers and helping make their higher education goals more accessible.
Award Information
The Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity anticipates granting 5-8 awards of up to $20,000 each to applicants who demonstrate exceptional innovation and creativity. Financial need will not affect the selection of recipients. However, the amount of any award, from $1,000 to $5,000 per year, renewable for four years, will be determined by the financial need of the recipient.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must meet one of the following academic year criteria:
- Currently a high school junior or senior, or
- Currently a first-time college student in the first year of an undergraduate degree program
- Anyone else planning to start the first year of an undergraduate degree in the next fall or spring semester after the scholarship deadline
- Applicants must also be:
- A Connecticut or New York City metro area resident who plans to attend, or is attending an institution of higher education anywhere in the United States, or
- A resident of any part of the U.S. who plans to attend, or is attending an institution of higher education in Connecticut or the New York City metro area
Selection of Recipients
- The Selection Committee will select the applicants who show the most promise as innovative, creative problem solvers, on the basis of their essays, letters of recommendation, and other information included with the application. Academic and extracurricular information play an important secondary role in helping the Committee get a fuller picture of the applicant, but these are not the basis on which the scholarship is awarded. Financial need does not play a role in determining the selection of applicants. After the scholarship recipients are selected, the amount of each award is determined solely on the basis of financial need.
- The Selection Committee reserves the right to decide, on a case-by-case basis, to contact applicants for phone interviews or to request additional materials. Applicants should not assume they have not won the scholarship if they are not contacted for an interview. Applicants will be notified by mail in late August whether or not they have been awarded a scholarship.
For more information, visit CFGNH.
