History & Social Science Contests
Please use this information as a planning guide of various programs and tentative application dates. If you are aware of any additional programs we can add to our list to maximize student possibilities please forward to conleya@asmsa.org.
** The deadlines for red highlights have already past and will be updated after they publish their 2025 dates/costs. Please familiarize yourself with available programs so you can identify your interest, know the requirements, and be ready to apply when application is published and/or comes back around the following year.
Program Grades: High school students
This scholarship is awarded to students who are able to get a piece of work (history-related) published in The Concord Review and who present academic promise.
Application Deadline: Deadlines to be considered for specific issues are August 1 (Winter), November 1 (Spring), February 1 (Summer) and May 1 (Fall).
Program Costs: Subscription fees vary, check website for more information.
Admission Fee (for each essay): $70
Program Grades: High school students
Students are able to compete in 'thinking' games against other people, consisting of events like the memorization of 135 names and faces, a shuffled deck of cards, an unpublished poem, and speed numbers.
Application Deadline: July 21, 2024
Program Dates: July 27-28, 2024
Program Costs: $40
Profile in Courage Essay Contest
Program Grades: High school students
Students are to write an original essay that displays their knowledge of political courage enacted by the U.S. The essay’s word count is from a maximum of 1,000 words to a minimum of 700 (not including citations).
Application Deadline: January 12, 2024
American Foreign Service National H.S. Essay Contest
Program Grades: Students in grades 9-12 whose parents are not in the Foreign Service
Students are to write about what they believe to be the most difficult challenge for Foreign Service in the future and how American diplomats could aid and mitigate said issue.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2024