Funding

The Stronger Scholarship is looking for students making an impact in the area of food insecurity, hunger, and nutrition. The deadline for this scholarship is April 30th, 2020.

By Kaitlyn Ugoretz, Funding Peer
Thursday, March 19th, 2020 - 8:15am


OVERVIEW
The mission of the Healthline Stronger Scholarship Program is to support, guide, and inspire emerging leaders of tomorrow who can change the field of health. In order to help achieve ​their vision of creating a stronger and healthier world, they are investing in future health leaders who are dedicated to improving the state of health and wellness in the world and in their communities.

The four winners will have an opportunity to submit their plans (within 12 months of the award date) describing how they will impact this year's focus community: food insecurity, hunger, and nutrition. The plans may contain video, article, survey results, photo gallery - whatever best depicts how each individual's work is having a positive impact. Winners will also have the chance to be published on Healthline.com. Healthline reaches over 60 million people each month, so this is a unique opportunity for a student to have a chance to be a published author or byline content contributor on a major publisher.

DEADLINE
April 30, 2020.

AWARD
$5,000.

ELIGIBILITY

  • Current student in pursuit of an undergraduate or graduate degree (as of winter 2020)
  • Current U.S. resident
  • Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 from most recent college transcript
  • Demonstrated involvement in the advancement of nutrition and/or food security and access to nutrition, either through research, raising awareness, or community building. Nutrition can include, but is not limited to: food security, access to nutrition, food justice and equity, agriculture, and eating disorders.

DETAILS
For more details, ​read more here.