Scholarship Grant & Financial Aid

What CSIS is looking for:

• Emotionally persuasive argument to back up your ideas. If you’ve been involved in global health as a professional or volunteer, please use your experience to illustrate your point. We especially value personal narrative.
• Ideas that are sustainable in the long term – at least 15 years out from now.
• Big gains – ideas that will really change lives.
• Ideas that reduce morbidity and mortality of the world’s most vulnerable people, whether by direct intervention or by altering personal, institutional, or governmental behaviors.

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions will be accepted between October 12 and November 20, 2009.
• Entries must be at least 500 words and no longer than 800 words.
• The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health will be the sole arbiter of determining the winning entries.
• The student who submits the winning response will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The student who submits the runner-up response will receive a $500 scholarship.
• The non-student who submits the winning response will receive a $1,000 prize. The non-student who submits the runner-up response will receive a $500 prize.

Essays will be judged in two categories: student and non-students, with separate prizes awarded to the winners in each category. First prize in both categories is $1,000; second prize in both categories is $500. Winners are responsible for any tax liabilities associated with the prize.

The entry deadline for this contest is midnight November 20, 2009.

Eligibility: The contest is open to anyone worldwide. Entrants who wish to qualify for the student track must be enrolled full-time in an accredited graduate or undergraduate educational institution at the time of entry.

Criteria: Essays must be at least 500 words and no longer than 800 words to qualify for an award. Winning essays will respond to the question posed in an innovative, clear, and compelling way. The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health will be the sole arbiter of determining the winning entries.

Assignment of rights: By submitting an essay, entrants certify that they have the right to submit the essay, including all relevant copyrights. By submitting an essay, entrants grant unlimited license to the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health to publish, reproduce, or create derivative works based upon the entry submitted. Entrants retain original copyright in their essay.

Collective Submissions: Collective submissions are accepted for possible publication in the final report but cannot be considered for cash prize. We welcome and encourage this kind of submission.

Click here to submit your response now.

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