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Searching and Applying for Scholarships. Watch this short video overview by WA State GEAR UP. Learn where to find scholarships and how to apply!

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Open to all U.S. HS students. Applicant must submit an original poem with 20 lines or less. Up to $500.

Open to all U.S. HS students. Applicant must submit an original poem with 20 lines or less. Up to $500.

($100,000) - Founded by technology entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel in 2011, the Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who want to build new things. Thiel Fellows skip or stop out of college to receive a $100,000 grant and support from the Thiel Foundation’s network of founders, investors, and scientists. 

Anyone aged 22 or younger is eligible to apply.

Is there an application deadline? No — we accept applications year round and review them as they come in. If you’re working on something cool, apply now. You can continue to update your application after you submit.