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Application opens November 11, 2025 and closes on March 18, 2026.

The Herzberg-Wild Scholarship supports graduating Anne Arundel County Public School high school seniors by awarding one $10,000 scholarship to a qualified and deserving student each year. Eligible education expenses include tuition, fees, books, equipment and/or tools associated with a specific academic or trades training program.

Applicant must be an Anne Arundel County public high school senior with a minimum 2.5 GPA with plans to enter an accredited 2 or 4-year public or private college or university or professional, technical or trades school in fall 2025. Applicant must demonstrate the following:

• Character: Exhibit qualities celebrated by the U.S. Marines: honor, courage, and commitment. Other important qualities include faith, values, and a demonstrated commitment to family and friends. 
• Quiet Leadership: This scholarship recognizes “unsung heroes,” students who play a critical but quieter role in a team’s success. A “team” includes sports, theater groups, clubs, or any other group activity that may be affiliated with school or conducted outside of school. This person must display trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, empathy, and good citizenship. 
• Resiliency: Demonstrate a circumstance that created significant adversity that the applicant has overcome through perseverance and hard work. 
• Financial Need: Applicant must convey how financial assistance through the Scholarship will help them achieve their goals. 

APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION PROCESS:

1. Complete the application online. (Scholarship applicants should create an account and use their Last Name as the ‘Name of Organization’)
2. Write an essay: 500-1,000 words about how you are uniquely qualified for this scholarship award. List your extracurricular and volunteer activities. 
3. Request and receive a recommendation from an individual unrelated to you who can speak directly to your character, team involvement, and why you are uniquely qualified to receive this award. 
4. Request a copy of your high school transcript(s) and attach it to your application.
5. Submit the application form with required attachments (essay, recommendation, and transcripts) by 11:59pm on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. All components of the application must be submitted and received by the deadline or the application will not be eligible for consideration. Note that there is no advantage to early submission, as applications are all reviewed after the deadline. We make it available early in order to give you sufficient time to ​anticipate and prepare.Finalists may be asked to participate in an in-person interview with the Scholarship Selection Committee in early to mid April. Applicants will be notified of final results by Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

Please direct all scholarship application questions to Rosalind Calvin at the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County: 410.280.1102 x104, grants@cfaac.org.

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