$1500 “First Step” to Distraction-Free Driving Scholarship

Jun 25, 2025

Today’s featured scholarship is the $1500 “First Step” to Distraction-Free DrivingScholarship. Here are the details you need to know:

Applicants must be EITHER out-going high school seniors (graduating summer 2025) and entering a college, trade school, or university OR students currently enrolled in a college, trade school, or university as of the start of the fall 2025 semester.

The candidates must fill out the application form with all necessary information
We are asking students to write an essay of at least 500 words detailing their most common distracted driving habits, and to describe the concrete steps they will take to put an end to those habits. We want to encourage students to examine their driving habits and identify ways in which they commonly become distracted behind the wheel. These could include obvious examples such as texting, tweeting, or changing music, or a less obvious example like turning to talk to friends or simply playing the music so loudly that they cannot hear other vehicles. Next, we want students to consider and document concrete steps to ending those distracted driving behaviors.
The candidates must submit a transcript
The candidates must submit their resume