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Humans of Dementia

About the Scholarship

Storytelling is a powerful tool to help bring light to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. HFC’s Humans of Dementia Storytelling Scholarship is open to high school and college scholars who have been impacted in some way by Alzheimer’s disease. This scholarship focuses on storytelling as a tool to drive awareness and inspire change about Alzheimer’s disease. Students are invited to submit a written or photo profile of someone living with Alzheimer’s disease or who passed away from the disease.

Scholarship Awards

High School Students

Written Profile – THREE (3) Prizes of $1500 cash award + VIP Virtual Awards Reception

Photo Essay – THREE (3) Prizes of $1500 cash award + VIP Virtual Awards Reception

College Students

Written Profile – THREE (3) Prizes of $1500 cash award + VIP Virtual Awards Reception

Photo Essay – THREE (3) Prizes of $1500 cash award + VIP Virtual Awards Reception

How to Apply

Submissions are now closed.

Stay tuned for updates on our next application period. Click below to get notified when the application window opens!

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Eligibility

To Be Eligible You Must:

‍1. Be enrolled in high school or college in the U.S. or Canada. Home school students are eligible to enter.

2. Feature someone currently living with or who has passed away from Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia. Submit no more than one entry per category.

3. You may submit one entry in both categories (one written and one photo entry).

4. Keep your written submissions to no more than 750 words and your photo submissions to no more than THREE photos.

The Fine Print
This Scholarship is NOT open to the general public. Entrants must be legal residents of the continental United States or Canada. By making a Submission, you specifically represent and warrant that no portion of your Submission shall infringe on the intellectual property, publicity, privacy or any other rights of any other person or entity.

The Promotion Entities and each of their respective employees, contractors or other affiliates, and their respective immediate family members and/or people living in the same household, are not eligible to participate in this Scholarship. All eligibility is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. No incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated entry will be accepted. HFC’s database clock, which is set according to PDT, will be the timekeeper for this Scholarship. This Scholarship is and shall be void where prohibited by law.
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Scholarship Award Recipients must be (1) primary or secondary/high school students, (2) undergraduate or graduate students at a college or university who are pursuing studies or conducting research to meet the requirements for an academic or professional degree or (3) students – whether full-time or part-time –at an educational institution that provides an educational program acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s or higher degree, or offers a training program to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation, and is authorized under federal or state law to provide such a program and accredited by a national recognized accreditation agency. Scholarship Awards may be used in furtherance of educational, creative, or other personal endeavors.

HFC reserves the right to impose additional reasonable restrictions and/or requirements upon the awarding of Scholarship Awards and the administration of such awards. Any material changes will be made only with approval of HFC.