Due Dec 1, 2026
FOZA Scholarship for Maternal Mental Health Awareness
Direct application
$1,000
1 winner
Eligibility
Education level
High school
Status
US citizen
About this scholarship
Black, Latinx, or Indigenous U.S. citizens or permanent residents who lost a mother to maternal suicide related to postpartum depression may apply. Applicants must have a minimum 2.5 GPA and be graduating high school seniors or college freshmen through juniors at an accredited four-year institution, community college, or trade school.
One award of $1,000 is granted annually. Review begins November 1, with an annual application cut-off of December 1.
Submit a transcript, confirmation of the parent's death, and a 500-word essay on why community service is important to you. Friends of Zayne Adams (FOZA) awards this scholarship to raise awareness of maternal mental health.
Essay question
What else to submit
- Official current academic transcript
- Documentation confirming the mother's death by suicide
- 500-word essay: "Why Community Service Is Important to Me"
- Official current academic transcript
- Death-by-suicide confirmation documentation (confirming mother's death during pregnancy to one year postpartum)
- Tribal affiliation statement (for Native American/Indigenous applicants)
- Minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Graduating high school senior or college freshman/sophomore/junior
- Applicant must have lost a mother to maternal suicide
- Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, or Native American/Indigenous
- Consent to have name, story, essay excerpts, and photo/video posted on the FOZA website
- May be asked to complete a personal interview
- Native American/Indigenous applicants must provide a tribal affiliation statement.
- Applicants may be asked to complete a personal interview.
- Applicant consents to publication of their name, story, essay excerpts, and photo/video on the FOZA website.