{"id":26035,"date":"2026-01-09T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=26035"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:59:08","slug":"the-vegetarian-resource-groups-annual-scholarship-program-for-graduating-high-school-seniors-in-the-usa-promoting-veganism-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/09\/the-vegetarian-resource-groups-annual-scholarship-program-for-graduating-high-school-seniors-in-the-usa-promoting-veganism-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vegetarian Resource Group\u2019s Annual Scholarship Program for Graduating High School Seniors in the USA Promoting Veganism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scholarship_banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scholarship_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Vegetarian Resource Group\u2019s Annual Scholarship Program for Graduating High School Seniors in the USA Promoting Veganism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to the generosity of anonymous donors, The Vegetarian Resource Group each year will award one $10,000 and several $5,000 college scholarships to graduating U.S. high school students who have promoted veganism in their schools and\/or communities. Entries may only be sent by students graduating from high school in SPRING 2026<\/p>\n<p>We will accept applications emailed or postmarked on or before FEBRUARY 20, 2026. <strong>Early submission is encouraged<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants will be judged on having shown compassion, courage, and a strong commitment to promoting a peaceful world through a vegan diet\/lifestyle. Payment will be made to the student&#8217;s college (U.S. based only). Winners of the scholarships give permission to release their names to the media. Applications and essays become property of The Vegetarian Resource Group. We may ask finalists for more information. Scholarship winners are contacted by e-mail or telephone. Please look at your e-mail.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to donate to additional scholarships or internships, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/donate\">www.vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Applications<\/h3>\n<p>For information on applying, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar<\/a> or call (410) 366-8343 or email <a href=\"mailto:vrg@vrg.org?subject=College%20Scholarship%20Info\">vrg@vrg.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This contest is sponsored by The Vegetarian Resource Group\/<em>Vegan Journal<\/em>, PO Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vegetarian Resource Group\u2019s Annual Scholarship Program for Graduating High School Seniors in the USA Promoting Veganism Due to the generosity of anonymous donors, The Vegetarian Resource Group each year will award one $10,000 and several $5,000 college scholarships to graduating U.S. high school students who have promoted veganism in their schools and\/or communities. Entries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26081,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26035\/revisions\/26081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}