Have you heard something about prestigious scholarships? If you have not heard, then it is worth to find it some information about these scholarships. If you can boast prominent talent in definite sphere then it is for sure that you may try to ask for such scholarships. But in order to have the possibility to get such scholarship, it is necessary to demonstrate your talent, because the majority of theses scholarships require school’s nomination, it is impossible to apply for them directly.
If you think that your future can be connected with scientific researches and this sphere is attractive for you, then you should know about such prestigious scholarship as Intel Science Talent Search. Each year one of the most prestigious scientific research competitions – Intel Science Talent Search – is carried out among senior students of high schools. As a result, 300 students are chosen as semifinalists and they get $1,000 award. From these 300 semifinalists only 40 can be announced as finalists. These 40 students get the all-expense-paid trip to the Science Talent Institute in Washington, DC in March. Then winners are chosen there. A student, who takes the first place, gets $100,000 scholarship for four years. Second place receives $75, 000 scholarship, and third place receives $50,000 scholarship. Students who took fourth, fifth and sixth places get scholarships in amount of $25,000. Students who took seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth places receive scholarship in amount of $20,000. Other 30 finalists receive scholarships in amount of $5,000. Also all participants also get advanced computers.