Scholarship Name:

Ninth Circuit Civic Contest Scholarship

Scholarship Description:

Scholarship offered by the Ninth Circuit to high school students.

Award Amount:

Up to $2,000.00/trip

Number of Scholarships:

Multiple awards

Application Required:

Yes

Official Transcript Required:

N/A

References and Letter of Recommendations Required:

N/A

Interview Required:

No

Original Essay Required:

Yes

Additional Requirements and Information:

1) Must be a high school student located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, the United States Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; 2) Students in the 9th – 12th grades in public, private, parochial and charter schools and home-schooled students of equivalent grade status are eligible to apply for this scholarship award; 3) The contest has two (2) components:

i) Individual students can express their thoughts and ideas in an essay of between 500 and 1,000 words; and/or,

ii) Individuals and teams of up to three (3) students can produce a 3-5 minute video on the contest theme.

4) A student may submit both an essay and video; 5) A student may submit only one (1) essay and be involved in the production of only one (1) video; 6) Video must be submitted as MOV, MPEG4, MPEG2, MPEG, AVI or WMV files; 7) Resolutions of 720×486 pixels to 1920 x 1080 pixels are acceptable; 8) Video files may not exceed 1GB in size; 9) Videos should be compressed using the H.264 codec; 10) Scholarships awarded as follows:

o First Place: $2,000.00, plus travel and accommodations to attend the 2017 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in San Francisco, California

o Second Place: $1,000.00

o Third Place: $500.00

NOTE: The topic for the Ninth Circuit Civics Contest is as follows: Consider and describe the relevance of the Japanese internment today as our nation combats terrorism.

Renewable:

No

Term:

Location:

Alaska AK, Arizona AZ, California CA, Hawaii HI, Idaho ID, Montana MT, Nevada NV, Oregon OR, Washington WA, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

Eligibility Requirements (Check all that apply):

Online application

Additional Applicant Requirements:

Must be a high school student

Category (Select all that apply):

Residency

Web Site:

http://civicscontest.wixsite.com/civicscontest

Point of Contact:

                April 16, 2017 (NLT 11:59 p.m. PST) (receipt date)