Don’t Mess With Texas Scholarship

Award Amount
Award Amount

$9,000

Application deadline
Application deadline

March 31

Awarded By:

Texas Department of Transportation

Number of Awards & Eligibility: Three awards offered annually.
In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:
  1. This award is for U.S. students.
  2. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
  3. Must be a current high school senior.
  4. Must plan to pursue a two- or four-year degree at a university or college in Texas in summer or fall 2018.
  5. Must have taken a leadership role to prevent litter in his/her school and/or community.
  6. Must be a resident of Texas.

In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:

Description: This award is for U.S. high school seniors in Texas who have taken leadership roles to prevent litter in their schools and/or communities. Students must pursue a two- or four-year degree at a university or college in Texas.

Application requirements for the Don’t Mess With Texas Scholarship are:

  • Essay
  • Application form
Additional Information: Winners may be asked to participate in a brief video describing their litter prevention project. Employees and their immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings, children, and each of their respective spouses or people living in same household of each) of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB), Forestar, and Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing are not eligible to participate.

Award Amount: One grand prize of $5,000 and two awards of $2,000 will be given. All awards are non-renewable.  The total dollars awarded for this scholarship is $9,000.

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Wednesday, March 31

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Wednesday, March 31

Applications must be submitted online or mailed to the address provided and postmarked by midnight CST on the deadline date.
About Texas Department of Transportation:
Contact Information: Claire Ronner, Don't Mess With Texas Scholarship Program
Address: Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing 200 S. Congress Ave. Austin, Texas 78704
Email: scholarships@dontmesswithtexas.org , scholarships@dontmesswithtexas.org
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