Regions Riding Forward Scholarship Contest – High School Seniors 2025

The Regions Foundation offers the Regions Riding Forward Scholarship Competition to Black Americans who motivate others to make a difference in their communities. Under the scholarship, awards a $5,000 scholarship will be provided to 30 high school students.

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Regions Riding Forward Scholarship Contest – High School Seniors – Overview

Eligibility Criteria:

Scholarship applicants will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Must be high school students who permanently reside in, or currently attend an accredited college in, states with Regions full-service branches and will attend an accredited college. the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
• Must be age 16 or older.
• Must have at least one (1) year (or at least 18 semester hours) remaining before your undergraduate college graduation.
• Must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in school.

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Application Process:

Here’s what you must submit besides your application.

• An online Quarterly Contest application
• Written Essay or Video Essay

Written Essays must be 500 words or less. You can write your Written Essay directly in the application, or you can copy and paste it into the appropriate area in the application form.

Video Essay submissions must be directly uploaded to the contest application site. Video Essays must be no more than 3 minutes in length and no larger than 1 GB. Only the following file formats will be accepted: MP4, MPG, MOV, AVI, and WMV.

Selection Process:

Applications will be evaluated based on the submission quality.

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