Steps for Submitting a DISC Scholarship Application

1) Determine Your Eligibility

Applicants should be either graduating from high school or currently in a post secondary educational program. To be eligible to apply for a DISC Scholarship, applicants must have participated in Destination ImagiNation (or one of the other creative problem solving programs that Destination Imagination, Inc. has sponsored) as a team member or as a volunteer.

For DISC Scholarships, it is the applicant's CREATIVITY and involvement that are deemed most important. We want to see you use your creativity and divergent thinking! The most weight in our scoring is applied to the creativity of the solution to our challenges, and then to the past and continued involvement of the applicant.

2) Take time to read our list of: Frequently Asked Questions 

3) Make a Note of the Deadline.

ALL materials (not just the application) must be received by the committee by February 1, 2010 - no exceptions.

4) Choose Your Track:

Choose one or more of the three scholarship tracks: Personal Essay, Presentation and/or Internet:

A. Presentation Track

Create a presentation, viewable electronically and under 10 MB, that has value to some aspect of the Destination ImagiNation® Program.

B. Personal Essay Track

In a creative way , convey to the appraisers one asset or attribute about yourself that was gained or enhanced through participation in Destination ImagiNation® programs.

C. Internet Track

Create internet content related to The DISC Mission Statement:

"The mission of DISC is to support the goals of Destination ImagiNation(®) and its
participants through scholarships and community building activities."

Background: We believe in the idea that Internet communications related to creativity and teamwork competitions for children should be an information resource for the global community. These Internet communications should provide a safe place where creative problem solvers of all ages can try out ideas, concepts and thoughts without fear of ridicule. This should be a place where through open communications and shared knowledge, the entire world can be part of the "team" in which the end goal is "...to make the world a better place in which to live."

SCORING (FOR ALL TRACKS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE)

You will receive

A. Points for creativity.

B. Points for relevancy.

C. Points for creative problem solving participation.

5) Fill out the Online Application

Complete the application early enough for you to get all materials to the Committee by the February 1, 2010 deadline.  CLICK HERE FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THE ONLINE APPLICATION!
We recommend you print these instructions and have them with you when you are doing the Application and any subsequent editing.

6) Complete your Solution.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE "HOW-TO" INFORMATION !

7) Send your solution and supporting information to the Committee :

Via email to: ScholarshipChairs@idodi.org

Via mail to one of the addresses below:

Include the following Supporting Information:

*Two letters of endorsement. One shall be from a team manager or other adult involved in DI (e.g., school coordinator or regional director). The other may be from a person of your choice (e.g., school administrator, educator, guidance counselor, clergy, community leader, or teammate). Letters can be on paper, but an electronic format is still required – this may be in the form of a scanned copy of a printed letter or an email from the endorser. Letters should be one page (double spaced). Letters of endorsement should be from the endorser's own account and addressed to: ScholarshipChairs@idodi.org

*Photograph (in digital form): Submit via email to: ScholarshipChairs@idodi.org. File size should not exceed 400K. The photographs are not used in the review process but will be used for publicity purposes once awards are made.

*Original signed copy of the Online Application Signature Page.  Even though you completed an online application form you must still mail the original signed copy of the signature page to the Committee.  There is a button for downloading the signature page on the On-Line Application.

Please be sure to read and follow ALL instructions carefully!

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email: ScholarshipChairs@idodi.org

Be sure to allow adequate mailing time for the materials to reach the committee chair. No late entries will be accepted.

The deadline for receipt of ALL materials is February 1, 2010.