NPG Undergraduate Essay Scholarship

Amount:
$3,500
Deadline:
April 21, 2025
Awards Available: 10

Scholarship Description

Each year, NPG offers a variety of Scholarship Contests for students across the country. Contestants are invited to answer a population-related challenge, with their own experience and insight guiding their ideas for a solution. Contests are open to high school seniors, as well as currently-enrolled college undergraduates. Winners will receive a designated scholarship amount, paid towards undergraduate tuition at the accredited college or university they attend.

Scholarship Details

  • 100 to 200 word essay requirement
  • Contests available for high school seniors and college undergraduates.
  • Winners receive designated scholarship amounts to be applied toward undergraduate tuition.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Open to high school seniors and currently-enrolled college undergraduates.

Application Process

  1. Participate in the contest by addressing the annual prompt.
  2. Submit your entry for a chance to win.

Essay Prompt

Create written copy for an advertisement appropriate for a magazine or newspaper. Your written advertisement should persuade the public to support programs that are designed to slow, halt, and eventually reverse U.S. population growth. The key issue to be addressed in your written advertisement is U.S. population size and growth. You may also address the negative consequences of U.S. overpopulation, such as: environmental damage, natural resource depletion, deterioration of infrastructure, economic strain, etc. Copy must be between one hundred to two hundred words, submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

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