Don't Text and Drive Scholarship
Scholarship Sponsored by Digital Responsibility
Description
This scholarship promotes awareness of the dangers of texting while driving and funds students who engage with that message. Research from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute highlights the risk: taking your eyes off the road for five seconds at highway speed covers approximately the length of a football field, and texting while driving increases the likelihood of a safety‑critical event by about 23 times. The award is intended to educate drivers and reduce distracted driving incidents through student participation and outreach. Materials or activities sponsored by the scholarship focus on prevention, safe-driving behavior, and public awareness.
Description: Scholarship to raise awareness about the risks of texting while driving and support student-led prevention efforts.
- Emphasizes education and prevention of distracted driving.
- References authoritative research on crash risk and reaction time.
- Targets students as both participants and messengers.
Eligibility
Applicants may be high school students (freshman through senior), current college or graduate students, or individuals entering college or graduate school. Home-schooled students are eligible, and there is no maximum age limit for applicants. All applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal residents. The eligibility criteria are designed to be inclusive across education levels while requiring legal residency in the United States.
Eligibility: Open to U.S. citizens or legal residents who are high school through graduate students, including home‑schooled applicants; no age limit.
- High school (9–12), college, and graduate students may apply.
- Home‑schooled students are eligible.
- No age restriction; U.S. citizenship or legal residency required.