Brigham Young Granddaughters Association Scholarship
Brigham Young and his family were great supporters and encouragers of female education. Each year, the Brigham Young Granddaughters Association will allocate funds to the awarding of at least one college scholarship. Scholarships will be awarded to dues-paying members of the Association who are college-bound high school seniors or current college students.
These scholarships are made possible through the payment of dues by Association members as well as the generosity of donors. Please consider donating through the button below.
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2025 BYGA Scholarship Application
Our Grandfather Brigham Young was a remarkable man who accomplished extraordinary things during his lifetime that affected the Church of Jesus Christ, the state of Utah, and the Nation. He could not have done such things without the support and example of his amazing wives’. His wives and his daughters inspired him and generations of women through their lives and experiences. How have they inspired you?
Scholarship Prompt: How does the wife of Brigham Young that I am related to inspire me?
We encourage you to explore this question by studying the life of your grandmother. Include in your project how this scholarship can benefit your education.
We encourage you to bring emotion, creativity, specific examples, and well researched facts into what you submit. A good project will demonstrate how your study of your grandmother’s life has inspired you.
The deadline for entry is April 30, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Submission requirements must include the following:
• All submission requirements must be uploaded to the digital application on our websites.
• Title Page with name, address, email, and phone number of the applicant
• Creative project in the form of an essay, music, artwork, video, service project, or creative project of equivalent work. Along with your project, you must also submit an explanation of your project. You can explain your project with a video, a recorded presentation, or a written description.
• Proof of acceptance to a College, University, or Technical College for Fall 2025, including the institution’s address for depositing funds
• Family tree showing the genealogy of the applicant to Brigham Young
• Letter of recommendation from a youth leader.
• Receipt of dues paid for 2025
• First and last name are required on all documents.
Awards
Up to 2 winners will be announced on June 7, 2025. Scholarship of $1,000 will be awarded.
Prizes will be awarded within three (3) months of the close of the contest. The Brigham Young Granddaughters Association will make commercially reasonable efforts to mail the prize to the tuition office of the school of the winner’s choice and is not responsible for incorrect addresses provided by the contestant. All entrants are solely responsible for understanding and complying with any and all federal, state, and local laws, codes, regulations, and ordinances that may apply to the entrants and the activities or business in which such entrants may engage. There may be tax consequences associated with the prizes and income received by a contest winner, which may include, without limitation, an obligation to report as income and to pay taxes on such income to federal, state, or local authorities. Each Contest winner is responsible to determine the tax consequences of the income received and complying with all applicable laws in all respects.
Eligibility
The Contest is open to dues-paying members of BYGA. Dues must be paid at the time application is submitted. The scholarships are available to all high school and college students who are attending or will be attending higher education to receive a college or equivalent degree or certificate. Limit 1 lifetime scholarship per Granddaughter.
Judging
After the Contest Period, the judges will review and select finalists from all the eligible entries received. The judges will then select two (2) prize winners. Entries will be evaluated based on the following criteria: Adherence to the Submission Guidelines, originality, organization, and depth of analysis.
Winners will be announced at the annual luncheon on June 7, 2025, and on the BYGA website. Winners will be contacted prior to the luncheon. The BYGA reserves the right in their sole administration of the contest to disqualify any individual they find or believe to: be tampering with the entry process or the administration of the contest, acting in violation of these Official Rules and Regulations, or plagiarizing content in any form. The selection of the judges is within the sole discretion of the BYGA.
Availability Disclaimer
The administration of the contest, including, without limitation; determining the eligibility of a student or entry, selecting a judge, evaluating any submitted entry, and awarding of the prizes, is within the sole discretion of the BYGA. No student or teacher, person or organization related to, has a right to appeal, contest, dispute, or challenge any aspect of the
administration of the Contest, and any decision of the BYGA is final in all respects. No responsibility is assumed for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized by this contest or by any human error which may occur in the processing of entries into this Contest. The BYGA is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, or delayed entries or any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of players on account of technical problems, or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof. If, for any reason, the contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the BYGA, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this contest or for any reason the BYGA deems it necessary, the BYGA reserves the right to cancel, modify, or delay the Contest.
Nondiscrimination Policy
In administering the Contest, the Brigham Young Granddaughters Association will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, or ethnic origin.