Nestle Scholarship Essay Writing Contest

17 August 2010
Nestle Scholarship Essay Writing Contest
Deadline: 30 September 2010
Geographical Restrictions: open worldwide
Reading Fee: none
Accepts (genre): essays
Prize/Payment: CHF 25,000 scholarship

The Nestlé Scholarship for Women was first awarded in 1997 and was initiated by a group of IMD MBA participants who wanted to encourage women to take the MBA.

Number of scholarships: One

Amount: CHF 25,000

Geographic region: Worldwide (with preference given to developing countries)

Who can qualify: Accepted women candidates who demonstrate financial need. Employees of Nestlé and its subsiduaries are not elegible.

Criteria: Submitting an essay discussing the issue: 'Does diversity in management impact the bottom line? If so, how?' (maximum 750 words)

Need based: Yes, submit MBA Financial Aid Application Form (DOC, 48kB)

Jury: The IMD MBA Scholarship Committee

Deadline: September 30

Contact Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

IMD MBA scholarship conditions

Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their application.

Our scholarship applications are essay based, with winning essays typically including the following features:

* Relevance to the essay title
* Organization and structure
* Fully developed arguments
* Persuasiveness
* Personal element and/or passion

IMD reserves the right not to award a scholarship if the criteria are not met to the satisfaction of the jury/sponsors.

More information here.
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