IEI $1,000 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP ESSAY CONTEST

Please Note: We have a new policy regarding the use of AI apps for scholarship writing. Please read the below scholarship entry requirements carefully. The Ivey Engineering $1,000 annual scholarship provides college and university students an opportunity to earn money to further their education.

Winner Payout and Announcement

• The deadline for Ivey Engineering scholarship entries is annually on May 1. The winner’s name and photo will be published at the bottom of the scholarship contest page.
• If there are fewer than 20 entries, the deadline will be extended.
• The winner will be notified by e-mail about four weeks after the deadline.
• Scholarship entries will be carefully reviewed by a team of judges at Ivey Engineering.
• The scholarship will be paid out in amounts of $1,000 (U.S.) to each winner in the form of a check that will be mailed directly to the college or university attended by the winning student.

Eligibility Requirements

The requirements for eligible student entries are:

• You should presently be a senior in high school;
• Or be transitioning from high school to a college or university;
• Or be already enrolled as an undergraduate in a college or university inside the United States.
• You should be a legal U.S. citizen.
• Employees and their immediate family members of Ivey Engineering are not eligible to participate.
• Students with full academic scholarships are not eligible to enter.
• Past winners are not eligible to participate in the contest

Scholarship Entry Requirements

Carefully research and compose an essay of 800 to 1,000 words on one of the following topics. The essay will be judged on content and creativity and should use correct grammar and punctuation. It must be your own work and not previously published or entered in other competitions.

We will allow the use of AI apps to assist in pre-writing your essay. This means you may use AI to generate an outline or subtopics and ideas for your essay, not an entire essay. All essays will be checked for the use of AI. If you use AI for pre-writing purposes, please provide details such as the prompts you provide to the AI app. If we find you did not provide accurate details of your use of AI, your essay will be disqualified. If you’re wondering whether or not to use AI for essay writing, check out this informative article.

Choose a topic below for your essay: (Third-party sites such as Fastweb may not have updated topics. Please use our list of topics.)

• X Reasons Why Your Toilet Doesn’t Flush Properly*
• X Costly Renovation Mistakes to Avoid*
• X Types of Mold Found in a Building or Home*

(*Please replace the X with a number you want to use.)