Nothing is more important than being a safe driver on the road. Distracted driving and drunk driving have enormous consequences not only for you as a driver, but for your family and other people on the road. Because it impacts thousands of Americans every year, particularly teens who account for almost 10 percent of distracted drivers in fatal car crashes, many organizations offer scholarships to help raise awareness of distracted driving and ways to prevent it. If you are a student preparing for college, already in college, or even a family member with a college student, consider checking out national safe driving scholarships that aims to reduce or prevent distracted driving. We’ve compiled 10 below.
Project Yellow Light
About the scholarship
In an effort to put a stop to car crashes caused by distracted driving, Project Yellow Light awards winning applicants scholarships for short film, billboard, and radio ads that encourage safe driving habits among peers. An amount of $8,000 is awarded for the video ad, while $2,000 is awarded for the billboard and radio ads. In addition to a scholarship, winning applicants may also have their work featured nationally through the Ad Council, Clear Channel Outdoor, and iHeart radio. Project Yellow Light was created to honor Hunter Garner, a teen victim of a car crash. It was founded by Julie Garner.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- High school and college students are eligible with categories for both.
- Students can apply online by visiting Project Yellow Light’s website.
- The deadline for video and radio submissions is April 1. The deadline for billboard designs is March 1.
This is the 5th year that Elephant has been one of many sponsors of Project Yellow Light. To date, Elephant has contributed $80,000 toward the safe driving scholarships — all with the goal to educate teens and adults on safe driving habits.
Look Twice, Save a Life
About the scholarship
The Look Twice, Save a Life scholarship is a scholarship of $1,000 that seeks to raise awareness on motorcycle safety. It asks students to create an art or media work of social awareness that inspires other students to focus on looking twice for motorcycle safety. This work can be a video, artwork, essay, or anything that would engage other students to focus on safe driving.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- Students must be a current college student or planning to attend college or other form of higher education.
- Students must have a valid driver’s license.
- Students will need to fill out an online application and submit a link to their video, artwork, essay, or other work of choice. To apply to the Look Twice, Save a Life scholarship, visit InsuranceProvider’s website.
- The deadline to apply is December 1.
About the scholarship
To help raise awareness on the dangers of distracted driving, especially among young people, the Safe Driving Scholarship offers a $1,000 scholarship to students who want to share their ideas on the texting and driving laws in their state and what could be improved to promote safety on the road. It is sponsored by Springs Law Group.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- Students must be enrolled in any high school, college, or university in the U.S., and high school students must be graduating seniors.
- Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
- Students must submit an essay, a professional resume, and a transcript from their school to provide proof of their GPA via email. For more information and to apply to the Safe Driving Scholarship, visit Springs Law Group’s website.
- The deadline to apply is May 31.
About the scholarship
To combat reckless and distracted driving, the Create Real Impact Contest offers students the chance to win a $1,500 scholarship by showcasing their solutions and strategies to stop car crashes caused by reckless and distracted driving. Students can submit an entry into one of four categories: creative writing, video, graphic design, or music. It is sponsored by Impact Teen Drivers.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- Students must be citizens or legal residents of the U.S.
- Open to ages 14 to 22 years
- Students must be enrolled full-time in an accredited secondary school, trade school, college, or university. High school students in some states are not eligible for the video category.
- To apply and get more information about the Create Real Impact Contest, go to Impact Teen Driver’s website.
- The deadline to apply is April 10, 2023 for the spring contest and the contest closes April 27, 2023.
About the scholarship
To combat distracted driving, the Getting Real About Distracted Driving scholarship is a $1,500 safe driving scholarship sponsored by Comedy Defensive Driving, the driving safety and education organization. Students are asked to design an ad that will educate the public about the dangers of distracted driving and include a call to action not to text and drive, drink and drive, eat and drive, or engage in any other distraction while driving. Ads students can create include PSAs, commercials, music, billboards, and other media. Students can focus on distracted driving as a whole or pick a kind of distracted driving.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- Students must plan to attend or already attend an accredited college, university, or continuing education program.
- Students must take the pledge not to use their phone while driving or drink and drive.
- Students must submit their ad and school information via email. More information and application submission forms for the Getting Real About Distracted Driving Scholarship are available through Comedy Defensive Driving.
- The deadline to apply is December 31.
About the scholarship
To help young people understand the risks of texting and driving, the Don’t Text and Drive Scholarship offers applicants the chance to win a $1,000 scholarship. Ten finalists will be selected based on the content of a 140-character message about texting and driving, and then asked to submit a 500-1,000-word essay for a chance to win. The scholarship is sponsored by Digital Responsibility.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- Students must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.
- Students must be a high school freshman, sophomore, junior or senior, or student currently attending or planning to attend college or graduate school. Homeschooled students are also eligible.
- Students must submit an application and 140-character message to be considered a finalist. Digital Responsibility’s website has more information about their Don’t Text and Drive scholarship.
- The deadline to apply is September 30, 2023.
About the scholarship
To address the topic of being a safe driver, the In the Driver’s Seat safe driving scholarship will reward student applicants a total of $3,000 in scholarships through an essay contest. Students will highlight the importance of being a safe and educated driver by addressing a series of questions in 750 words. Two winners will be chosen in three contest rounds in the categories of Staff Favorite and Most Voted For, allowing six students the opportunity to receive $500 each in scholarships. The scholarship is sponsored by the National Driving and Traffic School.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- The contest is open to students in the U.S., Canada, and abroad.
- Students must be currently enrolled in high school, college, or university.
- Students must submit their essay by the deadline of one of the three submission dates. To apply to the In the Driver’s Seat scholarship and for more information, visit the National Driving and Traffic School’s site.
- For round three, the deadline is November 30, 2023.
About the scholarship
To promote safe driving for students, the Safe Driver Scholarship offers the chance to win $1,000 to a student who has participated in a safe driver program and created social awareness in the form of a video, artwork, essay, or other form that would engage or inspire students to focus on safe driving. It is sponsored by Car Insurance Comparison.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- Students must have a valid driver’s license.
- Students must currently attend or plan to attend college or other form of higher education.
- Students will need to participate in a safe driver program, apply, and submit their created form of social awareness online. To apply and for more information about the Safe Driver Scholarship, visit Car Insurance Comparison.
- The deadline to apply is July 15.
About the scholarship
To get the message out on drunk driving prevention, the Drunk Driving Prevention Scholarship will award a $3,000 scholarship to the winning applicant of a 30–60-minute video PSA on the dangers of drunk driving and how it can be prevented. This safe driving scholarship is sponsored by Intoxalock.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- Students must plan to attend or currently attend an accredited two or four year U.S. college or university.
- To apply, students must submit their name, contact and school information, and a link to their video online. For more information and application materials for the Drunk Driving Prevention Scholarship, visit Intoxalock’s scholarship page.
- The deadline to apply is midnight on December 31, 2022.
About the scholarship
To help fight the problem of distracted driving, the Stand Up to Distracted Driving Scholarship offers five safe driving scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each. Students must submit a 1,000-word essay that responds to the prompt: How has distracted driving affected your life? What ideas do you have to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and prevent this behavior among young drivers? The scholarship is sponsored by Kanoski Bresney.
Eligibility requirements/qualifications
- Students must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited U.S. college or university, or
- Students must be a high school senior who will be starting college or university in the fall, be a U.S. citizen, and have a current GPA of at least 3.0.
- Students will need to submit their essay, a current transcript, contact information and a professional photograph online. To apply or for more information on the Stand Up to Distracted Driving Scholarship, visit Kanoski Bresney’s scholarship page.
- The deadline to apply is December 8, 2022.
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