Welcome to the DISC Scholarship Pages

Thanks to your support this past year, DISC will once again offer up to $10,000 in scholarships to deserving candidates.

Last year's winners were notified in April with the public announcement made at Global Finals in May 2011. Scholarships were awarded for the 2011-2012 Academic Year, beginning with Fall semester. 

A complete list of past awardees can be found by clicking here. The DISC scholarship sub-committee is looking forward to reviewing the many exciting applications that you will be sending in.

The scholarship application deadline for this year is: February 1, 2012. 

To be eligible, Scholarship Applicants must:

• Applicants should be either graduating from high school or currently pursuing a post High School degree in a Trade School, Community College or University. They must be accepted at a college/university or other post secondary educational institution and planning to attend in the school year 2012-2013

• Must have participated in at least one of the creative problem solving programs that Destination ImagiNation has sponsored- as a team member and/or in a volunteer capacity.

• If applying while pursuing Post High School graduation, the applicant should be actively continuing his or her involvement in Destination ImagiNation in some capacity – either as a team member or as a volunteer. See the website for further details.

• Participants from our international affiliates are welcomed and encouraged to apply, but should realize we do require the materials to be presented in English as we do not have translators available. Our international applicants should also be aware that the awards will are be paid to their learning institution in US Dollars.

For the DISC Scholarship search, 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 the past and continued involvement of the applicant. Scholarship applicants may choose from the following tracks:  Personal Essay, Internet and Presentation. The maximum award for the Essay track will be $500.00. Award amounts for the other two tracks will be higher determined  by the quality, value and depth of the entries submitted.

Be aware that if you submit an entry for one of the tracks listed above, you are also eligible to apply for our $500 "Founder's Award."DISC established the Founders Scholarship in recognition and appreciation of VOMBO, the first booster organization for DI, and its founding members. The award will be given annually to the applicant that best exemplifies the spirit of VOMBO through volunteering in support of Destination ImagiNation and its mission. Applicants are required to tell us in 250 words or less why we should consider them for the Award. An applicant can only receive the award once.

Click here for Instructions 

BE SURE TO READ THE FAQ's

We wish all of our scholars luck and creativity in their endeavors.

Chris Groberg and Nancy Kornegay
DISC Scholarship Sub-Committee Co-Chairs
scholarshipchairs@idodi.org