THE VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP OFFERS SIX $5,000 SCHOLARSHIPS PLUS ONE $10,000 SCHOLARSHIP

Due to the generosity of anonymous donors, The Vegetarian Resource Group each year will award $50,000 in college scholarship money to graduating U.S. high school students who have promoted veganism in their schools and/or communities. Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, or fowl. Vegans are vegetarians who do not use other animal products such as dairy or eggs.

One award of $10,000 and six awards of $5,000, and additional runner-up prizes will be given. Entries may only be sent by students graduating from high school in SPRING 2025

NOTE: Thank you to more generous donors, in 2025 we will be awarding $50,000 in college scholarships.

Deadline is FEBRUARY 20, 2025.

We will accept applications postmarked on or before FEBRUARY 20, 2025. Early submission is encouraged. We had 280 applications in 2019.

Applicants will be judged on having shown compassion, courage, and a strong commitment to promoting a peaceful world through a vegan diet/lifestyle. Payment will be made to the student's college (U.S. based only). Winners of the scholarships give permission to release their names to the media. Applications and essays become property of The Vegetarian Resource Group. We may ask finalists for more information. Scholarship winners are contacted by e-mail or telephone. Please look at your e-mail.

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Applications

Please click here to download a PDF of the application. However, applicants are not required to use an application form. A neatly typed document containing the information below will also be accepted as a valid application.

Please send application and attachments to [email protected] (Scholarship application and your name in subject line) or mail to The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203.
If emailing, please put your essay in a separate attachment with your first name and last initial. A PDF or Word document is preferred, but if you send a Google document, make sure permission is given so readers can access it. For more information call (410) 366-8343 or email [email protected].

I. When applying, please include the following:

(Use additional paper if necessary.)

Name:
Street address:
City, State, Zip:
Email address:
Phone number:
Date of birth:
Date of expected graduation from high school:
Grade average in high school:
College(s) applied/accepted to (if known):
Anticipated major in college:
Parents' or Guardians' names:
Parents' or Guardians' addresses:
City, State, Zip:
High school principal:
Name of one high school teacher:
Name of high school:
Address of high school:
City, State, Zip:
People in the vegetarian/vegan movement, if any, who know you (Please include contact information):
Extracurricular activities (please describe):
Favorite subjects in school:
How did you hear about the scholarship?

II. Please submit an essay addressing all of the following:

How you promoted veganism in your high school and/or community
Your successes
Your challenges
What you learned/what you would do different
How you expect to promote veganism in college and beyond
Your future goals
Your strengths
Your weaknesses
Your "perfect" life in five years
Why you should receive this scholarship
How you became vegetarian or vegan and why you are vegetarian or vegan
How you define vegetarian and vegan
Why vegetarianism and veganism is important to you
What else is important to you
What vegetarian foods you would recommend to a non-vegetarian
What restaurants you would recommend to a non-vegetarian

III. Please also attach:

A copy of your transcripts or report cards for the past two years. (An official copy is not necessary. Photocopies of your report cards will suffice.)
Three or more recommendation letters (including at least one teacher).
Any documentation related to your promotion of vegetarianism and veganism in high school and/or community including photographs, newspaper stories, etc.

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2024 Scholarship winners!
Satvika Iyer and
Greta Jennings and
Cheyenne Klapper and
Mara McQuirter and
Nancy Zhang

2023 Scholarship winners!
Kacey Fifield and
Jazz Miles and
Angelina Schapiro and
Elaina Simonsen and
Coda Spier

2022 Scholarship winners!
Manuel Cortes and
Ananya Iyengar and
Laila Jeffries-El and
Sicile Naddeo-Gjergji and
Callie Showalter

2021 Scholarship winners!
Jasmine El Mrabti and
Arpi Keshishian and
Naina Misra

Runner Up Scholarship
Marlie Adams

2020 Scholarship Winners!
Anna Sherwood and
Anayeli Camacho and
Thomas Woodruff

Runner-up Scholarship
Emma Sodie

2019 Scholarship Winners!
Karina Carrillo Juarez and
Bianca Schramm and
Leigh Harris

2018 Scholarship Winners!
Natalia Gosiaco and
Elise Donovan and
Maggie Salter

2017 Scholarship Winners!
Samantha Illius and
Aaditi Tamhankar and
Leah Kelly

2016 Scholarship Winners!
Riley Howard and
Lauren Hickey and
Jasmine Westerdahl

2015 Scholarship Winners!
Chloe Falkenheim and
Jairo Javier and
Andrew Puccetti

2014 Scholarship Winners!
Hunter Gabel and
Isabella Pezzulo

Runner-Up Scholarship

2013 Scholarship Winners!
Greta Lorenz and
Amory Fischer

2012 Scholarship Winners!
Kyana "Kitty" Jones and
Gretchen Coleman

Read about the scholarship winners from: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003.

Runners up:
2009
2012
2014
2015

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