NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region's largest grantmaker and charitable endowment, announces the winners of the Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity for students who came up with distinctive solutions to problems faced by their schools, communities, and families.
A large number of extraordinary applications were received last year. While each application submitted for consideration highlighted a creative project, scholarships were awarded to the candidates whose innovative and distinctive projects had the most likely potential impact. In total, 11 four-year scholarships and seven honorable mentions totaling $107,500 were awarded.
The Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity was established in 2003 at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven by the Reneé B. Fisher Foundation. This scholarship is not a traditional scholarship focused on rewarding academic achievement and addressing finan cial need. Its specific goal is to reward and encourage innovative and creative problem-solving. High school juniors and seniors and college freshmen from Connecticut and the New York metropolitan area are eligible to apply. The application deadline for 2016 is April 30. Potential applicants should consult the listings of past winners at www.rbffoundation.org and may apply online at www.cfgnh.org/scholarships.
For more information, e-mail mfscholarship@gmail.com or contact Denise Canning at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven at (203) 777-7076 or dcanning@cfgnh.org.
Milton Fisher was born and educated in New York City and was a Connecticut resident from 1960 until his death in 2001. He was an attorney and an investment banker who also taught a unique course for adults called "Applied Creativity" for over 25 years. His deep interest in the roots of creativity, and the many exercises he developed to help people become more innovative and creative in their lives, also led him to write the book Intuition: How to Use it in your Life, which has been translated into several languages. Fisher also served on the boards of several public companies and wrote two books about Wall Street.
The Milton Fisher Scholarship is one of dozens of scholarships administered through The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Thanks to the generosity of three generations of donors, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven awarded over $22 million in grants and distributions in 2014 from an endowment of more than $460 million, composed of hundre ds of individually named funds. In addition to its grantmaking, The Community Foundation helps build a stronger community by taking measures to improve student achievement, create healthy families in New Haven, promote local philanthropy through www.giveGreater.org® and encourage better understanding of the region. For more information about The Community Foundation, visit www.cfgnh.org, on Facebook at www.facebook.org/cfgnh or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cfgnh.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region's largest grantmaker and charitable endowment, announces the winners of the Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity for students who came up with distinctive solutions to problems faced by their schools, communities, and families.A large number of extraordinary applications were received last year. While each application submitted for consideration highlighted a creative project, scholarships were awarded to the candidates whose innovative and distinctive projects had the most likely potential impact. In total, 11 four-year scholarships and seven honorable mentions totaling $107,500 were awarded.
The Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity was established in 2003 at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven by the Reneé B. Fisher Foundation. This scholarship is not a traditional scholarship focused on rewarding academic achievement and addressing financial ne ed. Its specific goal is to reward and encourage innovative and creative problem-solving. High school juniors and seniors and college freshmen from Connecticut and the New York metropolitan area are eligible to apply. The application deadline for 2016 is April 30. Potential applicants should consult the listings of past winners at www.rbffoundation.org and may apply online at www.cfgnh.org/scholarships.
For more information, e-mail mfscholarship@gmail.com or contact Denise Canning at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven at (203) 777-7076 or dcanning@cfgnh.org.
Milton Fisher was born and educated in New York City and was a Connecticut resident from 1960 until his death in 2001. He was an attorney and an investment banker who also taught a unique course for adults called "Applied Creativity" for over 25 years. His deep interest in the roots of creativity, and the many exercises he developed to help people become more innovative and creative in their lives, al so led him to write the book Intuition: How to Use it in your Life, which has been translated into several languages. Fisher also served on the boards of several public companies and wrote two books about Wall Street.
The Milton Fisher Scholarship is one of dozens of scholarships administered through The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Thanks to the generosity of three generations of donors, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven awarded over $22 million in grants and distributions in 2014 from an endowment of more than $460 million, composed of hundreds of individually named funds. In addition to its grantmaking, The Community Foundation helps build a stronger community by taking measures to improve student achievement, create healthy families in New Haven, promote local philanthropy through www.giveGreater.org® and encourage better understanding of the region. For more information about The Community Foundation, visit www.cfgnh.org, on Facebook at www .facebook.org/cfgnh or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cfgnh.
Source: Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity deadline is April 30
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