Davidson Fellows Scholarship

TYPE: National

AMOUNT: $10,000-$50,000

DEADLINE: February 13, 2019, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

WEBSITE: https://www.davidsongifted.org/Fellows-Scholarship/How-to-Apply

ONLINE APPLICATION: https://www.davidsongifted.org/Fellows-Scholarship/How-to-Apply

DESCRIPTION: To be eligible for consideration as a Davidson Fellow, applicants must:

• Be 18 or younger as of Oct. 1, 2019.

• Be a U.S. citizen residing in the United States, or a Permanent Resident of the United States residing in the United States, or be stationed overseas due to active U. S. military duty.

• There is no minimum age for eligibility.

The Davidson Institute is looking for students whose projects are at, or close to, the college graduate level with a depth of knowledge in their particular area of study. This scholarship is not geared toward students at the novice level. See specific Category Requirements below.

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of significant work. Significant work is an accomplishment that experts in the field recognize as meaningful and has the potential to make a positive contribution to society. Such work may be:  

• an exceptionally creative application of existing knowledge

• a new idea with high impact

• an innovative solution with broad-range implications

• an important advancement that can be replicated and built upon

• an interdisciplinary discovery

• a prodigious performance another demonstration of extraordinary accomplishment