Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to $25,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- other
Description
This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite…of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy…and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator.
As fresh today as it was then, Rand’s provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction—that man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress.
Every three months there is a new seasonal entry round, with its own unique essay prompt. You may compete in any or all of these entry rounds.
The top three essays from each season will be awarded a cash prize. The first-place essay from each season will advance to compete for the annual grand prize.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The scholarship offers two $3,000 prize award for the first place, three $2,000 prize award for the second place and three $1,000 prize award for the third place, to help you with your studies.
The first-place essay from each season will be eligible to contend for the annual first-place title, with the opportunity to secure a grand prize of $25,000.
Eligibility
- Open to all middle & high school students worldwide, ages 13 and older.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
Worldwide
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
None
Age
Over 13
Application
Application deadline
20 Dec 2024
Fill out the contact form on the website, and they’ll email you with more information about this year’s contest - including instructions on how to enter.
Each entry round features a unique topic designed to provoke a deeper understanding of the book’s central themes and characters.
Essays must be written in English only and between 800 and 1,600 words in length, double-spaced.
Winter prompt: In her introduction to the 25th anniversary edition of The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand writes that she removed a quotation by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche from the head of her manuscript because of “profound” disagreement with his philosophy. How can we see her repudiation of Nietzsche’s worldview illustrated in the story of The Fountainhead? How can the plot be interpreted as illustrating the reasons for which she rejects the Nietzschean ideas she claims to reject (in this introduction and elsewhere)?