Storytelling is a powerful tool to help bring light to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. HFC’s Humans of Dementia Storytelling Scholarship is open to high school and college students who have been impacted in some way by Alzheimer’s disease. This scholarship focuses on storytelling as a tool to drive awareness and inspire change about Alzheimer’s disease. Students are invited to submit a written or photo profile of someone living with Alzheimer’s disease or who passed away from the disease.
High School Students:
Written Profile – THREE (3) Prizes of $1,500 cash award + VIP Virtual Awards Reception
Photo Essay – THREE (3) Prizes of $1,500 cash award + VIP Virtual Awards Reception
College Students:
Written Profile – THREE (3) Prizes of $1,500 cash award + VIP Virtual Awards Reception
Photo Essay – THREE (3) Prizes of $1,500 cash award + VIP Virtual Awards Reception
How to Apply
- Eligibility
- Application
- Judging
- Terms
1. Be enrolled in high school or college in the U.S. or Canada. Home school students are eligible to enter.
2. Feature someone currently living with or who has passed away from Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.
For further information, including guidelines and the rubric for each category, click HERE
To the extent possible, we encourage entrants to interview the person living with Alzheimer’s or dementia. If this is not possible, then we encourage you to talk to and interview family members and/or friends of your loved one. Interviews will be integral to your written and/or visual storytelling as they provide you with different perspectives, insight, anecdotes, as well as quotes, all of which will greatly enrich your story and paint a better picture of who you are profiling.
Submissions are now accepted year-round.