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JEMILA ABUBAKAR MEMORIAL ESSAY COMPETITION

Application Deadline: December 3, 2023

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Jemila Abubakar Essay Competition is an annual essay competition organized in memory of Miss Jemila Abubakar, the pioneer program manager of Asido Foundation who passed after a brief illness in July 2020. The competition is opened to undergraduates in Nigerian tertiary institutions (universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, monotechnics, school of nursing) and the theme will always be on a topical mental health issue. The theme for the 4th edition of the JAME competition is “Digital Mental Health Tools for Students”.

ELIGIBILITY:

The applicant must be an undergraduate of any Nigerian tertiary institutions (universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, monotechnics, school of nursing);

Must be able to provide evidence of studentship and

Sign the Asido Foundation’s Unashamed pledge.

Essay word count should range from a minimum of 750 and a maximum of 1500 words.

BENEFIT:

Top 3 entries will be awarded cash prizes:

1st place: N200,000

2nd place N150,000

3rd place N100,000

Top 15 entries will benefit from a mentorship program.

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SERVICESCAPE SCHOLARSHIP ESSAY CONTEST

Application Deadline: November 30, 2023 WAT.

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

Are you enrolled or about to enroll in a college, university, or trade school? Are you looking for a little extra help in funding your education to cover expenses that other scholarships and financial aid don’t cover? Apply now to the 2023 Scholarship, which will be in the amount of $1,000.00 USD to be paid toward the educational certification/degree program of your choice. The chosen topic is as follows: How does writing impact today’s world? Think about it, write about it, and let us know your thoughts.

ELIGIBILITY:

To apply for the ServiceScape Scholarship, all scholarship applicants should fill out the application form and submit a 300 word essay on this topic. Rules and exclusions apply.

Contest is open to students who are attending or who will attend an accredited college, university, or trade school in 2023.

In order to qualify as a contest participant, a person must successfully submit the application form below and must be at least 18 years old. ServiceScape is not responsible for any situation that constitutes an application form submission failure, including technical malfunctions experienced by the form submitter or by ServiceScape. ServiceScape employees and/or their immediate family and household members are not eligible to be contest participants. There is no purchase necessary to enter. Void where prohibited by law.

Each contest participant can enter only once.

Contest participants’ application form submissions must be written in English.

BENEFIT:

The winner of the contest will be awarded $1,000.00 USD, payable by check and mailed within 4 weeks. The prize is non-transferable. All federal, state, and local taxes imposed on the acceptance of a prize are solely the responsibility of the winner. The winner’s name, headshot photograph, and writing will be featured within the ServiceScape blog soon thereafter.

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