Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarship 2025 (up to $10,000) Deadline: 5 November, 2024

Applications are invited for the Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarship 2025. The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation is seeking applications for its Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarships to recognize and reward the great steps students are taking to fight hunger in the communities across the United States.

The Foundation works to ensure that every child in the U.S., especially those most at risk, grows up with dependable access to enough nutritious food to enable them to lead a healthy, productive life. As part of its commitment, Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation wants to engage and reward students who have made a significant impact against hunger and are driving awareness and mobilizing youth to be catalysts for innovative models and solutions to eliminate childhood hunger.

Scholarship

• Each student selected as a national Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarship Scholar will receive a $10,000 scholarship, as well as a $5,000 grant made in their name to the hunger-related charity of their choice in their local community.
• If the Scholar selected is in school, but is not yet enrolled in an institution of post-secondary education, then in lieu of a scholarship, a contribution in the amount of $10,000 shall be made to a qualified 529 Plan established by an eligible family member of that student for the benefit of that student only.

Eligibility

• All applicants must be enrolled in an accredited educational institution (kindergarten through graduate school) in the United States. All applicants must be ages 5-25 and meet the age requirement by September 5, 2024.
• All applicants must have demonstrated on-going commitment to their community by performing unpaid volunteer services impacting hunger in the United States within the last 12 months.
• All applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States who reside in the contiguous United States, Alaska, and Hawaii only.
• Volunteer services performed by applicant must help non-family members.
• If an applicant is selected as a potential national Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarship recipient and is under the age of 18 at the time of selection in order to be confirmed as a winner, the applicant’s parent or legal guardian must sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Assignment of Rights.
• Scholarship funds awarded to winners must be used for tuition and related fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses at an accredited post-secondary education institution.

Application

The application form must be complete, and all information requested must be supplied. Print a hard copy of your application form to retain for your records (do not send a printed copy of the nomination). Only information presented at the time of application submission will be considered. No additional information will be accepted.

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For more information, visit Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarship.