Who Can Apply:
- Bringing awareness to suicide and mental health struggles is crucial in order to save lives and create a happier, healthier society.
- Suicide continues to claim many victims each year, cutting short their dreams and goals and leaving a permanent hole in their families and communities. Fighting this epidemic requires destigmatizing mental illness and encouraging passionate individuals to enter the mental health field.
- This scholarship aims to support students who are going to school in the mental health field in order to bring awareness to suicide, mental health, and ways for healthy grieving.
- Any minority high school, undergraduate, or graduate student who is pursuing the mental health field may apply for this scholarship.
Submission: To apply, tell us about yourself, your career goals, how this scholarship would help you, and why you’ve decided to pursue the mental health field.
Deadline: April 15, 2024
Amount: $500
Learn More: https://bold.org/scholarships/vonderek-casteel-being-there-counts-scholarship/