Category - Scholarships

Scholarship Evaluators Needed

Each year, the NEHS Scholarship applications are read and evaluated by NEHS Advisors from throughout the organization who have volunteered to help with the...

Scholarship Applications

All NEHS scholarship applications based on the Common Reader for this year, The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, have been evaluated. Members of the Advisory...

Scholarship Awards

NEHS members and their Advisors have been notified of the results for Merit and/or Collegiate scholarships. A total of 50 scholarships totaling $66,000 will be...

Scholarships

As announced earlier, the Merit and Collegiate scholarship application window will open December 9, 2019, and will close January 21, 2020. Funds have been...

Merit Scholarship Essay Prompts

The prompts for the Merit Scholarships have been published. NEHS members interested in applying for this category must have read the 2020 Common Reader, A...

Merit Scholarships

Prompts for the Merit Scholarship essays based on the 2019 Common Reader, A Place for Us, by Fatima Farheen Mirza, will be posted on November 4, 2019. Seniors...

Scholarship Update

A record number of senior members of NEHS have submitted applications and essays for the Merit and Collegiate scholarships available this year. Once the...

Collegiate (Need-Based) Scholarships

Collegiate Scholarships, totaling this year to $15,000, are competitive awards for seniors who demonstrate outstanding academic performance in English studies...

Merit Scholarships and the Common Readers

The Scholarship Awards submission period is now open and will be available for submissions through January 14, 2019 at 11:59 p.m., Central Standard Time (CST)...

Merit Scholarship Essay Prompts

The essay prompts for the competitive Merit Scholarships have been posted on the NEHS website. Applicants must decide which of the two Common Readers will be...