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Live abroad and want to study in the US? Does your citizenship status prevent you from enrolling as a US student? myUsearch will award a $1000 scholarship to the student who can best answer how the completion of a US degree will impact their life, their family and their home community. The scholarship is open to any students who have completed the myUsearch matching questionnaire, are NOT a US citizen and will begin their first semester at an accredited US undergraduate institution on or before October 1, 2010 (transfer students are also eligible).

The Google Photography Prize is a global competition for students to create themes for iGoogle. Run in collaboration with the Saatchi Gallery London, the Google Photography Prize is open to students across the world. We have opened up iGoogle, our personalized homepage, as the digital canvas for your creativity. We invite you to submit your compelling photography and bring your art online to a global audience.

Google is handing out $4,500 stipends to a select group of college students who will spend this summer contributing to open-source projects, including ones that compete with Google's own software. Google is offering fewer stipends this year than last year - 1,000 this year compared with 1,175 last year. But Ms. Hawthorn said that the company is committing the same amount of money to the project as last year - $5-million - and focusing more energy on mentoring and support for the participating students.

+ The S.E.VEN Fund has announced its 2008-2009 Student Essay Competition. The competition will award one (1) undergraduate student prize of US$10,000 and one (1) graduate student prize of US$20,000. The submission deadline is December 7, 2008 at midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST). Winners will be announced on February 7, 2009 + Please review the videos called, *The Entrepreneur President, Paul Kagame of Rwanda,* Parts One and Two (available at www.sevenfund.org/essayresources) For purposes of this essay, assume the role of policy advisor to President Kagame, and consider these videos your personal briefing on his top priorities. In response, write a 2000 word essay with policy recommendations that put President Kagame's vision into practice. The essay should use the first person, and be persuasive. + Any full time student who studies at an accredited educational institution worldwide or a student who has been confirmed acceptance and matriculation for the following academic year may submit a 2000 word Essay in English to compete in the SEVEN Fund competition as long as the essay reflects the scope and guidelines stated in the call for essays. The winning students will be required to enter into a contract with SEVEN prior to final award. We welcome applicants from every field of study.

ANTHEM For 9th and 10th Graders Entry Deadline: March 20, 2008 FIRST PRIZE: $2,000 5 SECOND PRIZES: $500 10 THIRD PRIZES: $200 45 FINALISTS: $50 Cash Awards 175 SEMIFINALISTS: $30 Cash Awards ANTHEM—TOPICS Select ONE of the following three topics: 1) Aside from very rare exceptions (Equality, the Saint at the Pyre) there is literally no opposition to the leaders in this society. Why is this? What ideas must the average man have accepted to live a life of obedience, drudgery, and fear? 2) For each of the following quotations from Anthem, explain in a single, unified essay the quotation’s meaning in the story and its wider significance. a) “We alone, of the thousands who walk this earth, we alone in this hour are doing a work which has no purpose save that we wish to do it.” (Chapter 1) b) “Are we proud of this thread of metal, or of our hands which made it, or is there a line to divide these two?” (Chapter 5) c) “Only the glass box in our arms is like a living heart that gives us strength.” (Chapter 7) 3) Prometheus writes: “The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them.” (Chapter 3) Why does he think that the secrets of this earth are not for the all men to see? If he thinks this, why does he decide to show his glass box to the World Council of Scholars? How do these issues relate to the theme of the novel? ANTHEM—JUDGING Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of Anthem. ANTHEM—RULES Entrant must be in the ninth or tenth grade. To avoid disqualification, a stapled cover sheet MUST include: your name and address; your e-mail address (if available); the name and address of your high school; topic selected (#1, 2 or 3 from list above); your current grade level and (optional) the name of the teacher who assigned the essay, if you are completing it for classroom credit. Essay must be no fewer than 600 and no more than 1,200 words in length, and must be typewritten and double-spaced. One entry per student, please. Essay must be postmarked no later than March 20, 2008.Essay must be solely the work of the entrant. Decisions of the judges are final. Employees of the Ayn Rand Institute, its board of directors and their immediate family members are not eligible for this contest. Past first place winners are not eligible for this contest. All entries become the property of the Ayn Rand Institute and will not be returned. Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified via e-mail and/or by mail by July 26, 2008. Note: All information necessary to enter the contest is contained on this page. It is not necessary to write for more information. ANTHEM—TO ENTER » Submit your essay online Or mail your essay with stapled cover sheet to: Anthem Essay Contest, Dept. W The Ayn Rand Institute P.O. Box 57044 Irvine, CA 92619-7044 Please do not submit duplicate Essays! If you wish to verify our receipt of your essay, please paperclip a stamped, self-addressed postcard to the essay. If you submit your essay online, we will send you an e-mail reply acknowledging receipt of your entry. If you have not received e-mail notification within 24 hours, please e-mail essay@aynrand.org. Comments or questions about the essay contests are welcome. Please write to essay@aynrand.org.

THE FOUNTAINHEAD For 11th and 12th Graders Entry Deadline: April 25, 2008 FIRST PRIZE: $10,000 5 SECOND PRIZES: $2,000 10 THIRD PRIZES: $1,000 45 FINALISTS: $100 175 SEMIFINALISTS: $50 THE FOUNTAINHEAD--TOPICS Select ONE of the following three topics: 1) In dynamiting Cortlandt Homes, Roark breaks the law. What is the moral and philosophical argument for the rectitude of his action? 2) In a single, unified essay, explain each of the following quotation’s meaning in The Fountainhead and its wider significance. a. HELLER: “You know, there’s a thing that stumps me. You’re the coldest man I know. And I can’t understand why—knowing that you’re actually a fiend in your own quiet sort of way—why I always feel, when I see you, that you’re the most life-giving person I’ve ever met.” (Part 1, Chapter 13) b. LANSING: “I want a good hotel, and I have certain standards of what is good, and they’re my own, and you’re the one who can give me what I want. And when I fight for you, I’m doing—on my side of it—just what you’re doing when you design a building.” (Part 2, Chapter 10) c. KEATING: “How do you always manage to decide?” ROARK: “How can you let others decide for you?” (Part 1, Chapter 13) 3) Ellsworth Toohey and Gail Wynand both spent much of their lives consciously seeking power over others. But was their quest for power the same? How did each man’s goals and motivations contrast to Roark’s? THE FOUNTAINHEAD--JUDGING Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic and psychological meaning of The Fountainhead. THE FOUNTAINHEAD--RULES Entrant must be in the eleventh or twelfth grade. To avoid disqualification, a stapled cover sheet MUST include: your name and address; your e-mail address (if available); the name and address of your high school; topic selected (#1, 2 or 3 from list above); your current grade level and (optional) the name of the teacher who assigned the essay, if you are completing it for classroom credit. Essay must be no fewer than 800 and no more than 1,600 words in length, and must be typewritten and double-spaced. One entry per student, please. Essay must be solely the work of the entrant. Essay must be postmarked no later than April 25, 2008. Decisions of the judges are final. Employees of the Ayn Rand Institute, its board of directors and their immediate family members are not eligible for this contest. Past first place winners are not eligible for this contest. All entries become the property of the Ayn Rand Institute and will not be returned. Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified will be notified via e-mail and/or by mail by July 26, 2008. Note: All information necessary to enter the contest is contained on this page. It is not necessary to write for more information. THE FOUNTAINHEAD--TO ENTER » Submit your essay online Or mail your essay with stapled cover sheet to: The Fountainhead Essay Contest, Dept. W The Ayn Rand Institute P.O. Box 57044 Irvine, CA 92619-7044 Please do not submit duplicate essays! If you wish to verify our receipt of your essay, please paperclip a stamped, self-addressed postcard to the essay. If you submit your essay online, we will send you an e-mail reply acknowledging receipt of your entry. If you have not received e-mail notification within 24 hours, please e-mail essay@aynrand.org. Comments or questions about the essay contests are welcome. Please write to essay@aynrand.org.

The Swedish Institute, a government agency, each year administers over 500 scholarships for students and researchers coming to Sweden to pursue their objectives at a Swedish university. The number of available scholarships varies from year to year, and competition is keen. Most foreign students in Sweden finance their stay without help from scholarships.

Submit Your College Application Essay and Win $1,000 and 10 College Prowler guidebooks! A New Winner Chosen Every Month! College Prowler and Wachovia are prowling around for the best college application essays in the nation. Have you written an essay for any of your college applications? If so, submit it to the College Prowler - Wachovia Monthly Scholarship and you could win $1,000 along with 10 free College Prowler guidebooks to ensure you're choosing the college that's right for you. Don't have a college application essay? Submit an essay you wrote for one of your classes- just make sure it's 1000 words or less. Qualifications: Applicant must be a current high school or college student. Applicant must submit a college essay that is their original work. Deadline: To qualify for each month's contest, submit your essay by the last day of the month at 11:00 pm. (For example, the May 2007 contest deadline is May 31 at 11pm) Winners will be contacted by email on the 15th of the following month and announced on www.collegeprowler.com Submit your essays on our Web site at: http://campuslife.collegeprowler.com/the_scholarship.asp

We want you to create a short 4-8 minute video, and in the most compelling fashion you can, tell us why we should send you on a $2,000 trip to anywhere in the world! The trip can be to any destination in the world, from anywhere in the world - it doesn't have to be home! You would need to plan the trip and tell us about it in your video and why you should win. Entries will be judged on creativity, video production, editing quality, originality, interest level in the proposed trip, and pure subjectivity on our part - if you make us laugh, you get extra credit, if you make us cry, well, that's (probably) not good. The best entries will be posted on our site, and the winner will be announced the week of December 4-8. How to enter: * Make sure you meet all our competition rules and regulations * Complete an application form>> download it here * Mail your application and video entry to: InternationalStudent.com Holiday Travel Adventure Contest P.O. Box 51352 Jacksonville Beach, FL 32240-1352 USA

The Crazy for Brickfish Video Scholarship Contest is available to any student over 14. To apply for this scholarship, you must submit a photo, blog or video on the following topic: What is your most memorable story about a current or past job? 1st prize: $500 scholarship with no restrictions on use. 2nd Prize: $300. 3rd prize: $200. The number of votes they receive by their peers will select winners. Limit: 1 vote per person, per day. Anyone is eligible to vote. You must submit an online application by November 30, 2006 at 11:59 pm PST. Please visit the following location to submit your entry or locate additional information. http://www.brickfish.com/crazy/brickfish?=videon