Why Trust Recovery Guide Higher education can be a valuable part of seeking a long-term career or bettering a person’s lifestyle. We at AddictionResource.net, and parent company Recovery Guide, are passionate about supporting higher education, both to help college students reach their goals and to give back to our community at large.
Scholarship Award Details
- 1st Place: $1250
- Runner-up: $250
Scholarship Eligibility Submission Requirements
To participate in the scholarship contest, individuals must meet certain eligibility criteria, including:
- Be a student pursuing a college or university degree (associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate) or a trade certification in a technical college in the United States
- Be enrolled full-time at a post-secondary institution
- Be enrolled for the semester in which the scholarship will be awarded
- Be 18 years or older at the time of entry
- Previous winners may not apply
Essay Submission Topic
At Recovery Guide, our mission is to raise awareness surrounding all things related to substance abuse and mental health. For our fall 2025 scholarship we are going to focus on mental health as it relates to higher education.
We will be accepting essays written from the following theme or perspective:
- Common mental health struggles in higher education
- Sharing a first-hand experience of how pursing higher education impacted your mental health and what you did to deal with it
- How can college campuses better support students struggling with mental health issues (first or third person perspective)?
- Mental health struggles related to adults pursuing a degree
- Mental health struggles related to pursuing an online degree
***Any variation or combination of the above topics is acceptable.
Essay Submission Guidelines
When submitting your essay, please adhere to the following guidelines:
- Essay is your own original work (Zero Tolerance AI Policy)
- Essay is no longer than 1,200 words
- Judgment guidelines: content quality, degree of originality, completeness, and relevancy to the topic. A Recovery Guide employee will make the final decision.
- Essay submission deadline: July 31, 2025
- Scholarship award announcement: August 8, 2025h
- Scholarship will be awarded for the Fall 2025 semester: Scholarship will be awarded directly to the university through the financial aid department (or however the university chooses) to be distributed to the winning student.
Please note that we have a zero-tolerance policy for AI-generated content. Each submission will be tested for originality to detect AI-generated work. Any submissions created by AI will be disqualified.
How To Enter The Addiction Resource Scholarship Essay Contest
To submit an essay for review in our scholarship contest, follow these steps:
- Ensure you meet all eligibility requirements.
- Craft an original essay.
- Submit your essay via email to scholarship@addictionresource.net with “Scholarship Essay Submission” as the subject.
Include within your email your:
- name
- age
- university/college institution
- preferred email
Winners will be notified by email first and then added to this page—check back on August 30, 2025.
If you have any questions or want to know more about our scholarship, please contact us at scholarship@addictionresource.net.
Please note that AddictionResource.net is under new ownership after it was acquired by Recovery Guide LLC. Recovery Guide is pleased to offer our first scholarship in 2025.
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- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism — College Drinking
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sheets/college-drinking
