Application for the 2025/2026 DRS scholarship is open to U.S. students who are devoted to helping individuals affected by substance use who wish to continue their undergraduate degree program in the United States. The scholarship is sponsored by DRS to provide financial assistance to applicants who seek help to further their education at an accredited college or university. This is a competitive scholarship with a limited number of award and a value of $1,000 given to qualified applicants of the 2025/2026 DRS scholarship.
Scholarship Overview
- Sponsor: DRS
- Host: Any
- Award: Varies
- Value: $1,000
- Level: Undergraduate
- Target: U.S. students
- Location: United States
2025/2026 DRS scholarship Eligibility Criteria
The following requirements must be met by the applicants in order to be eligible for the 2025/2026 DRS scholarship:
- The scholarship application is open to U.S. students who are devoted to helping individuals affected by substance use.
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time of the scholarship application.
- Applicants must be enrolling or accepted into an accredited college or university and must take 12 credits for each semester as a full-time students.
- Applicants must have excellent academic performance and good grades.
2025/2026 DRS scholarship Application process
In order to be eligible for the 2025/2026 DRS scholarship, applicants must follow these steps:
- Applicants can apply for the scholarship through the online application link provided below.
- Applicants must provide the required documents that are needed for the scholarship before the deadline date.
- Applicants must write an essay between 1000 and 1500 words to explain in as much detail as you are comfortable with how drug and alcohol use has affected your life including explaining how the substance use of those close to you has impacted your life. The details of the essay must include personal experience, individual viewpoints on our nation’s drug epidemic, and one’s own ideas on how to make things better.
- Applicants must ensure their essay contains originality, creativity, relevancy, completeness, and overall quality.
- The essays must be submitted and emailed to scholarship@addicted.org including their name and college or university you attend.
- Applicants with AI generated content will be disqualified from the scholarship application.
Application Deadline: 1 July 2025