Scholarship program 

Thank you for your interest in Vitalant’s Student Leader Scholarship Program! You could earn up to a $1,000 scholarship this summer by hosting a virtual blood drive. Read through the details below to verify eligibility. Bookmark this page and check back in May to submit your contact information. In the meantime, you can start getting friends and family ready to donate on your behalf by talking to them about blood donation, verifying their donor eligibility and creating a list of names to contact when the program starts. We look forward to partnering with you!

Student Leader Scholarship Program Guidelines:

• The scholarship program period is June 1 – Aug. 31, 2023.
• All donations must be made by end of day Aug. 31, 2023, to be counted toward the scholarship goal.
• To qualify for the scholarship, all student virtual blood drive coordinators are required to preregister their blood drive with a Vitalant account manager, regardless of the blood drive’s location or format. Students will be provided a custom virtual blood drive link to recruit blood donors and record their scholarship blood donations. 
• To count toward the scholarship, blood donations must be made using the student’s unique virtual blood drive link. 
• Completed blood donations must be made to count toward the scholarship goal. Deferrals and unsuccessful donations will not count toward the scholarship goal. 
• Donations must be completed in compliance with the virtual blood drive process to count toward the scholarship goal. Completed blood donations that are not tracked by the student’s scholarship link will not count toward the scholarship goal. 
• Vitalant account managers will provide virtual blood drive status updates and notify students when they have successfully achieved their scholarship goal. 
• When the program period ends, scholarship recipients will receive an email with a Vitalant provided scholarship information form required for fund distribution to the student’s school. 
• Scholarships must be claimed within 12 months of initial email notification. 
• Scholarships will be dispersed to the designated college, university or trade school the student designates, in the student’s name. 
• No scholarships will be awarded directly to an individual student. 
• Scholarships are not transferrable. 
• Students must meet the following eligibility requirements to participate: 
  • Be enrolled, plan to enroll or be accepted for the 2023 fall or 2024 spring semester for post-high school learning at a college, university, community college, trade school or other post-high school educational facility within the United States.  
  • For high school participants, student leaders must have graduated and be planning to continue their education in the fall or spring semester of the next academic year. 
• This one-time scholarship program is not associated with other Vitalant scholarship programs or promotions. 
• All scholarship credits are subject to review and verification prior to awarding the scholarship.  
• Students who have received scholarships in other Vitalant scholarship programs, and meet all program requirements, are eligible to participate.
• Scholarships will be distributed at the end of the program, after program results have been audited and finalized.
• Students should allow a minimum of 6 to 8 weeks for scholarship distribution processing and receipt of payment.
   

Scholarship program questions can be sent to MakeAnImpact@vitalant.org.