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The Phillips Foundation Seeks Applicants for Ronald Reagan Future Leaders Scholarship Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

CONTACT: Jeff Hollingsworth at (202) 842-2002 

(POTOMAC, Md., August 27, 2003) — The Phillips Foundation today announced that applications are now being accepted for its Ronald Reagan Future Leaders Scholarship Program featuring renewable scholarships to college undergraduates who demonstrate leadership on behalf of the cause of freedom, American values, and Constitutional principles. 

The Foundation expects to award a minimum of two $10,000 scholarships for the 2004–2005 academic year. Other scholarships are awarded in amounts of $7,500, $5,000 and $2,500. For academic year 2003–2004, the Foundation awarded a record $232,000 in scholarships to 53 students, including 17 whose 2002–2003 awards were renewed. 

The Phillips Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 to advance Constitutional principles, a democratic society, and a vibrant free enterprise system. The Foundation is also known for its annual journalism fellowship program which provides grants to promising young journalists. 

The Ronald Reagan Future Leaders Scholarship Program, established in 1999, seeks to recognize outstanding young leaders on campus and in the community who are making significant, positive differences — often against great odds — to promote American values on college campuses where “political correctness” usually reigns. The scholarships are intended to help alleviate the financial burdens associated with higher education, permitting the winners to devote more time to pursuing their academic goals and advancing their leadership initiatives. 

To be eligible, applicants must be U.S. citizens enrolled full-time and in good standing at any accredited, 4-year degree-granting institution in the U.S. or its territories. Applicants apply for a scholarship during their sophomore year. Winners receive the award for their junior year and may apply for renewal before their senior year. Applicants must submit an essay of 500 to 750 words describing their backgrounds, career objectives, and scope of participation in leadership activities promoting freedom, American values, and Constitutional principles. Supporting documentation and at least two letters of recommendation are also required. The program is merit-based rather than need-based, although evidence of financial need is taken into account. 

Applications must be postmarked by January 15, 2004. Three Phillips Foundation trustees will serve as judges of the applications: Thomas L. Phillips, Chairman of Phillips International, Inc.; Donald P. Hodel, President and CEO of Focus on the Family and a Cabinet Secretary during the Reagan Administration; and Thomas A. Fuentes, senior vice president with Tait & Associates and Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County, California. The winners will be selected in March 2004. 

Applications and further information are available atwww.thephillipsfoundation.org. All necessary materials can be downloaded from the site. Applicants or others without Internet access may request an identical printed copy of the materials by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to The Phillips Foundation, 1 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 620, Washington, DC 20001, Attention: Jeff Hollingsworth. Phone: 202-842-2002 ext. 628. E-mail:jhollingsworth@phillips.com.