Merit and Collegiate scholarship application window will open December 9, 2019, and will close January 21, 2020. Several updates have been made to the scholarship program. Funds have been added to both categories; Merit Scholarships (based on the Common Reader) now are funded to $47,000 and Collegiate Scholarships (need-based awards) to $20,000.
NEHS is open to high school students and select faculty who have demonstrated exceptional ability in such areas as literary analysis, media studies, composition, linguistic study, and creative writing, and who meet the requirements of membership.
NEHS Members Inducted
2018-2019
Membership Increase
2018-2019
The process of selecting a Common Reader for the NEHS network challenges the Advisory Council members each year. As announced, the 2019-2020 Common Reader will be A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza; the Advisory Council members gathered in St. Louis a few weeks ago spent considerable time reviewing numerous books and the data from the Common Reader survey distributed several months ago before making a decision. We also considered the results of the scholarship scores we had just used to determine the recipients of this year’s Merit scholarships. Applicants for the Merit Scholarships are to select this text as the basis of their application submissions, which will be due January 21, 2020.
Annually, NEHS offers $65,000 in a variety of scholarships valued at up to $5,000 for active NEHS members planning on enrolling full time in two-year and four-year colleges.
$2,250 Scholarship
Journalism, Northwestern Univeristy
Langley High School, VA
$3,000 Scholarship
Polical Science & Economics, Texas Christian University
Grapevine Faith Christian School, TX
$2,000 Scholarship
English & History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hickory High School, NC
$5,000 Scholarship
Biology Pre-Pharmacy, Washington College
The Catholic School of Baltimore, MD