Scott Weiss Scholarships

 

Meet our five 2025 scholarship recipients HERE

 The application is closed for 2025 and will reopen in August of 2026.

The Scott Weiss Scholarship, named for T. Howard Foundation Founder and Chairman Emeritus, provides THF alumni with financial assistance for their academic and career pursuits. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of merit as defined by the Foundation.

Scholarship awards are $5,000 each. As of 2025, the award has recognized 218 recipients with over $475,000 in support, helping them advance both academically and professionally.

The award is intended to be used for professional development opportunities to advance an individual’s education or career in the media, entertainment, and technology industries. Professional development is defined as any opportunity, experience, task, project, or continued education that fosters the development of new skills and technical abilities for the advancement of one’s career. It should assist in honing existing skills and learning new ones that are either suggested or required to further the applicant’s intended career trajectory.

To be eligible for a Scott Weiss Scholarship, applicants must:

  • have successfully completed a THF internship
  • have not served as a member of the scholarship committee within the past three years
  • submit full and complete application which includes a short answer essay and a proposal along with an updated resume and most recent transcript

Alumni cannot receive more than two Scott Weiss Scholarship awards in total.

Application Components – Applicants must submit the following:

  • online application
  • short answer essay
  • detailed proposal of your intended use of the scholarship toward a specific professional development opportunity
  • one-page resume
  • unofficial transcript from your most recent academic institution; graduate students must provide both an official undergraduate transcript and, if available, a graduate transcript
  • contact information for one recommender: academic or professional

Scholarship FAQ – Read the FAQs for more information on Scott Weiss Scholarships.