Vending National Fresh Ideas Scholarship
An annual $1000 scholarship for students bringing fresh thinking to business, management and innovation.
How to apply and how to win
Are you ready to highlight your innovation? If you want to win the $1,000 Vending National Fresh Ideas Scholarship you simply need to write a short essay and impress us with your creative thinking. Vending National connects workplaces with full-service vending providers who supply and install machines, stock and replenish products, and maintain the machines. Our scholarship highlights and encourages innovation and creativity in business.
Scholarship Summary:
Name: Vending National Fresh Ideas Scholarship
Description: In an effort to give back and empower young innovators and entrepreneurs Vending National offers an annual $1000 award for first-year students in logistics, marketing, finance, business, management, data science and digital arts. Only first-year students who qualify for in-state tuition at an accredited U.S. college or university are eligible. International applicants are not eligible. Our scholarship highlights and encourages innovation and creativity in business, logistics and management.
Category: Industrial, Business, Marketing
Award: Annual, Ongoing
Minimum GPA: None
Annual Deadline: March 1st
Scholarship Qualifications / Eligibility:
- All applicants must be currently enrolled, or due to be enrolled, as a full-time student at an accredited US college or university for the semester that they are applying to receive the scholarship. Only first-year students who qualify for in-state tuition at an accredited U.S. college or university are eligible. International applicants are not eligible.
- Applicants are not required to have a minimum GPA.
- Provide a copy of your school transcript when required or upon winning.
- Submit an original 1,000+ word essay entitled Vending National Fresh Ideas Scholarship The paper must be signed with the student's first and last name and provide a current .edu email address.
Essay Prompt or Topics:
Entrepreneurs are always seeking innovative ways to be competitive in their market and grow their business. With that said, the essay must answer the following three (3) questions:
What recent innovations in business do you think will have the longest lasting impacts on the way the world works and why?
What missed opportunities for innovation do you believe exist in the world today?
What roadblocks to innovation exist in business and society today specifically and how do you see them being overcome in the future?
Scholarship Application Process:
- email your essay to:
scholarship@vendingnational.com (Enter Scholarship Essay in subject line) (Do NOT mail your entry)
Vending National
1420 Crestmore Ave.
Camden, NJ 08103 - Please be sure to include all your personal contact information, such as the college/university you attend, your .edu email address, and phone number.
- Deadline Information – $1k Scholarship:
* The essay will be received by March 1st, annually
* Winner will be selected by March 10th, annually
* Disbursement of awards by May 31st, annually
Terms and Conditions:
* The Vending National Fresh Ideas Scholarship award will be directly submitted to the financial aid office of the student's primary .edu email address.
* The essays submitted will be judged by Vending National Fresh Ideas Scholarship team, who will review the essay for creativity, innovative thought and writing ability based solely on our personal opinions of the work.
* Essay must be unique with original content.
* National Vending & Distribution LLC will attempt to notify the scholarship winner by phone and email. If the winner does not respond within 30 days, we reserve the right withhold the award and/or offer it to the runner-up.
* Once the winner has been selected, enrollment and qualifications will be fully confirmed.
* If an applicant no longer meets the eligibility requirements at the time of distribution, Vending National will offer the award to the next runner up.
* Vending National employees, affiliates, partners, and immediate family are not eligible to apply.
* Vending National reserves the right to withhold disbursement of scholarship in the event that no applicant meets the requirements for academic achievement and writing aptitude.
DISCLAIMER: A minimum of 10 participants/entries are required for this scholarship offer. In the unlikely event that we do not have 10 participants, the entries will be applied to the next campaign.
Eligibility Restrictions
Only first-year students who qualify for in-state tuition at an accredited U.S. college or university are eligible. International applicants are not eligible.
Privacy Policy:
Your privacy matters. At no time will we request your date of birth, social security number, or any information that is not necessary to award the scholarship. Additionally, there are no fees required to apply for this program. National Vending & Distribution LLC respects the privacy of its scholarship applicants. We will keep any personal information confidential, and will only use said information for the purpose for which it was collected (i.e., verifying scholarship eligibility and/or contacting the applicant about the scholarship). National Vending & Distribution LLC will not transfer (including but not limited to sharing, leasing, donating, selling, renting, or trading) a scholarship applicant's personally identifiable information to third parties unless the applicant explicitly grants National Vending & Distribution LLC permission to do so, and we will not use a scholarship applicant's personally identifiable information to sell, market, and/or advertise its services to the applicant, unless otherwise specified in the scholarship rules. All content submitted in the process will remain the property and work of the appplicant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, National Vending & Distribution LLC reserves the right to disclose a scholarship applicant's personally identifiable information as required to comply with any applicable local, state, or federal laws or as necessary to protect Vending National's rights, and National Vending & Distribution LLC also reserves the right to alter this policy at any time with or without notice.