The Secular Student Alliance offers a variety of student activist scholarships for full-time college and high school students pursuing excellence in their academic studies and activists for secular values on their campus and/or in their community.
If you have a passion for state/church separation and intersectional activism, please apply today.
Scholarship Details
- Scholarship amounts range from $1,000 to $3,000
- Open to full-time high school and college students in the U.S.
- Designed to support secular activism on campus or in the community
- Includes state-specific scholarships and scholarships for specific populations, including Black, Hispanic, Jewish, Native American students, students attending an HBCU, students using art for activism, students outspoken on state/church separation, and active-duty military or veterans
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be a full-time student enrolled in high school or college in the United States
- Engaged in activism promoting secular values
- Applicants may be involved in various forms of activism, including but not limited to secularism, intersectional activism, state/church separation, and using art for activism
Application Process
- Describe your involvement in secular and intersectional activism both on and off campus
- Outline your activism plans for this academic year
- Share your journey to secularism and how it will remain a part of your life
- Discuss how your identity intersects with your secularism
- Explain any obstacles, barriers, or financial hardships you've faced in your academic pursuits
- Describe the role this scholarship would play in overcoming these challenges
For a portion of the application process, you will need to create a thirty to sixty second video featuring you providing us further detail on one part of your application.
