Milton Fisher Scholarship

Jillian Noyes

The Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity provides scholarships to high school and college students who are unusually innovative and creative problem-solvers. This is a four-year Scholarship of up to $20,000 (granting awards of up to $5000 per year to each winner) for exceptionally Innovative and Creative High School Juniors, Seniors and College Freshmen who are from Connecticut or New York City Metro area (and plan to attend or are attending college anywhere in the U.S.) or who are from any part of the U.S. who plan to attend (or are attending) college in CT or NYC. This scholarship is administered by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.

Last year, eleven scholarships were awarded, along with seven honorable mentions. Details about these projects appear on the flyers and on the website: www.rbffoundation.org.

The 2016 ONLINE APPLICATION for the scholarship is accessible by clicking here. All eligible students are encouraged to apply.  Interested applicants must complete the Milton Fisher Scholarship Fund application on or before April 30, 2016. All supplemental materials must also be postmarked by that date. For more information, please email mfscholarship@gmail.com or contact Denise Canning at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven at 203-777-7076 or dcanning@cfgnh.org.

Shoreline Arts Alliance is proud to recognize our 2015 Special Recognition Award Winner in Creative Writing, Jillian Noyes, of Old Saybrook High School who was a 2015 Milton Fisher Scholarship Winner.  Jillian's personal struggles with Asperger's Syndrome and her father's struggle with depression helped Jillian realize how little understanding there was of mental illness in her community.  The moving and powerful short doucmentary she porduced about mental illness in Connecticut, which included on-camera interviews with people dealing with mental illness themselves, helped break down prevalent myths, educate the public, and build awareness about issues society often prefers to ignore.