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Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity

This 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.

The Scholarship aims to honor these students and to help make their higher education goals more accessible.
1. Applicant must be
(a) a high school junior, or
(b) a high school senior, or
(c) any person entering an undergraduate degree program* in the fall after the application deadline or the following spring, or
(d) a student in the first year of an undergraduate degree program*.

2. And applicant must be
(a) a student planning to attend or attending an educational institution in Connecticut or the New York City metropolitan area

OR
(b) a Connecticut or New York City metropolitan area resident planning to attend or attending an institution of higher education anywhere in the United States

*The scholarship can be applied to any undergraduate degree program, which is defined as any post-secondary, undergraduate degree program at an accredited college, university, vocational school, or technical school.

Note: from 2003 to 2007, the scholarship was a one-year scholarship limited to Connecticut students. Beginning in 2008, it was opened to New York City and Connecticut students, as set out above. Starting in 2009, instead of being a one-year scholarship, the Milton Fisher Scholarship is a four-year scholarship.

The deadline for applications is April 30th. Applications are free and may be downloaded from our website.