2024-25 Student Opportunities Application Windows Open

2025 U.S. Senate Youth Program: open to qualifying junior or senior high school students. Two Tennessee student delegates will be selected to attend the USSYP Washington Week planned for March 1-8, 2025. The selected delegates will also receive a $10,000 undergraduate scholarship from The Hearst Foundations. The deadline to apply is September 23, 2024. 

2025 Presidential Scholars Program: open to qualifying senior high school students. Each year, up to 161 students are named as Presidential Scholars, one of the nation’s highest honors. Students in Tennessee must be nominated by their high school and apply to be considered by the Tennessee Commissioner of Education. The deadline to apply is September 23, 2024. Students nominated by the Tennessee Department of Education will receive an invitation from the U.S. Department of Education to formally apply for the program.