This is an annual scholarship. Bookmark this page and check back each year! Applications are accepted online during the February timeframe and scholarship recipients are notified in the June timeframe.

Life Happens sponsors the annual Life Lessons Scholarship Program for college students and college-bound high school seniors. Qualified entrants who submit essays or videos about how the death of a parent impacted their lives are eligible for scholarship money. Over a million dollars in college scholarships have been awarded over the years.

Guidelines

Submit either a 500-word essay OR a 3-minute video discussing how the death of your parent or guardian affected your life financially and emotionally. Be sure to describe how the loss of your parent/guardian impacted your college plans, and explain how the lack of adequate life insurance coverage (or no coverage at all) impacted your family’s financial situation.

Submissions will be based on:

1.  The compelling nature of the story
2. How instructive the story is with regards to the need for proper insurance planning (i.e., how the lack of adequate life insurance coverage impacted the family’s ability to meet future financial goals)
3. The determination of the student to not allow his/her loss to prevent him/her from realizing the goal of obtaining a college degree

Eligibility

• Between 17 – 24 years of age
• Have experienced the death of a parent or legal guardian
• Will be attending college, university or trade school in the US or Puerto Rico in the upcoming fall semester
• Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree
• Legal resident of the United States or Puerto Rico
• No employees or household members employed by The Life and Health Insurance Foundation or its affiliates
• Have parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to enter if under age 18

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