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YoungArts. YoungArts (previously National YoungArts Foundation and National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, or NFAA) is an American charity established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging high-school artists. The foundation is based in Miami, Florida. In 1981, Ted Arison gave $5 million to launch the National ...
The National Scholars Program was created in 1984 to help American high school seniors who had overcome adversity attend college. Over time, the Horatio Alger Association has expanded the program. Every year, the association awards more than 100 National scholarships to students from every U.S. state and Puerto Rico. Grants received by these ...
Thousand Talents scholars are eligible for high levels of Chinese government funding. [4] Participants in the Young Thousand Talents program receive a one-time award of 500,000 RMB and start-up grants between 1 million and three million RMB. [7] These packages are typically matched by host institutions in China or local governments. [7]
2010 Presidential Scholars with President Barack Obama. 2005 Presidential Scholars with President George W. Bush. The United States Presidential Scholars Program is a program of the United States Department of Education. It is described as "one of the nation's highest honors for high school students" in the United States of America.
The program is managed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a privately funded not-for-profit organization based in Evanston, Illinois. [1] The program began in 1955. Each year, the NMSC conducts a competition that is open to all students who meet the entry requirements.
Distinguished Young Women. Distinguished Young Women, formerly known as America's Junior Miss, is a national non-profit organization that provides scholarship opportunities to high school senior girls. [1] Depending on the schedule of the various state and local programs, young women are eligible during the summer preceding their senior year in ...
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield gave Young Scholars of Utica University a $30,000 Health Equity Award to support Mental Health Equity Programming.
The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) is an annual scholarship competition sponsored jointly by the U.S. Senate and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. After a testing and interview process, two high school students are selected from each state, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense's overseas educational activities.