Before applying, please review the following scholarship qualifications:
To be eligible for the 2024 award, you must meet one of the following educational qualifications, and the Berkshire area residence requirement below.
- You will graduate from high school in 2024 and plan to enter your first year of higher education in the fall of 2024, OR:
- You graduated from high school in 2022 or 2023 and deferred college enrollment for one or two “gap” years, but plan to enter your first year of college in the fall of 2024, OR:
- You plan to enter college in the fall of 2024 following a period of active military service.
Graduates of any public or private high school may qualify, as long as they meet the following residence requirement: The applicant must have maintained home residence during his or her entire senior year in high school within the circulation and news coverage area of The Berkshire Eagle. That area is defined as, and limited to:
- All towns in Berkshire County, Massachusetts; plus:
- Canaan, CT
- Pownal, Readsboro and Stamford, VT
- Canaan, New Lebanon, Berlin, Stephentown, NY
Residents of this geographic area who attended a school elsewhere (for example, a private school) also qualify.