The Herbert Hoover Uncommon Student Award is a $5,000 scholarship program for Iowa high school juniors. The program annually identifies and honors up to 15 Iowa high school juniors who propose and then accomplish a project of their own choosing and design. Grades, test scores, essays and financial need are not evaluated.
Applicants propose a project they want to accomplish then approximately 15 juniors are chosen in April to complete their projects. In the fall of their senior year they present their projects at the Hoover Presidential Library-Museum in West Branch, near Iowa City. Each student receives a $1,000 stipend and three are chosen to win $5,000 scholarships for a two or four year school anywhere in the nation.
Application Note: Students chosen for the next Hoover Uncommon Student Class are required to be in West Branch, Iowa on Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13, 2010 and on Saturday, October 9, 2010.
To apply, students must be juniors in an Iowa high school or home schooled program in the spring of 2010, with a high school graduation date of spring, 2011.
For more information, visit www.hooverassociation.org, or contact Patricia Hand at (800) 828-0475. The application postmark deadline is March 31, 2010.
