Open Call for Regions Riding Forward® Scholarship Contest (United States)

Funding Information

• Regions is awarding four $8,000 scholarships through each Quarterly Contest.

Eligibility Criteria

• The “Eligible States” are defined as the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
• An “accredited college” is defined as a nonprofit, two- or four-year college or university located within one of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia.
• To be eligible to enter this contest and to win an award in a Quarterly Contest, at the time of entry, you must:
  • Be a legal U.S. resident of one of the Eligible States.
  • Be age 16 or older.
  • Have at least one year (or at least 18 semester hours) remaining before college graduation.
  • If you are not yet in college, begin your freshman year of college no later than the start of the 2025 – 2026 college academic school year.
  • As of your most recent school enrollment period, have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in school (and if no GPA is provided at school, be in “good standing” or the equivalent thereof in school).

Application Requirements

• Your Written Essay or Video Essay must be:
  • In English
  • Your own original work, created solely by you (and without the use of any means of artificial intelligence (“AI”))
  • The exclusive property of you alone
  • Written Essays must be 500 words or less. You can write your Written Essay directly in the application, or you can copy and paste it into the appropriate area in the application form
• Video Essay submissions must be directly uploaded to the contest application site:
  • Video Essays must be no more than 3 minutes in length and no larger than 1 GB.
  • Only the following file formats are accepted: MP4, MPG, MOV, AVI, and WMV.
  • Video Essays must not contain music of any kind nor display any illegal, explicit, or inappropriate material, and Video Essays must not be password protected or require a log-in/sign-in to view.
  • You must upload your Video Essay to the application, and you may not submit your Video Essay in DVD or other physical form.
• Tips to Record Quality Videos on a Smartphone:
  • Don’t shoot vertical video. Computer monitors have landscape-oriented displays, so shoot your video horizontally.
  • Use a tripod. Even small movements can make a big difference when editing.
  • Don’t use zoom. If you need to get a close shot of the subject, move closer as zooming can cause pixilation.
  • Use natural lighting. Smartphone lighting can wash out your video.

For more information, visit Regions Bank.