Applications are invited for Money Metals Exchange Scholarship Program which is presented by Money Metals Exchange. This program is to support incoming or current undergraduate students and two graduate students.
Money Metals Exchange is to help qualified students pay for the ever-rising costs of tuition, fees, books, and supplies. MME is secure, private and offers you the most gold and silver for your money. Money Metals also offers great value with high integrity, and it’s totally beginner-friendly focusing on educating its customers.
Who May Eligible
- The Money Metals Exchange and Sound Money Defense League will offer this scholarship to two incoming or current graduate students and two graduate students each year.
- This scholarship will be open to high school seniors, undergraduate students, and graduate students with an interest in economics, specifically the tradition of the Austrian school.
How to Apply
To apply for this scholarship, students should fill out the application form, provide proof of current attendance at a high school, college, or university (by submitting, for example, a transcript) and upload their current resume and their essay.
Essays should be roughly 1,000 words in length and should answer ONE of the following questions:
- How has the Federal Reserve System helped or hurt the American economy?
- Most economists, even those who support private property and free markets, think that money (or monetary services, or money and banking, etc.) is a special good that must be produced and controlled by the government. Do you agree or disagree, and why?
- How do you think the free market would handle money if there were no government intervention of any kind?
- How could America best return to a gold or bi-metallic standard?
Benefit
Judged Scholarship Award:
- Undergraduate Student First Place: $2,000
- Undergraduate Student Runner Up: $1,000
- Graduate Student First Place: $2,000
- Graduate Student Runner Up: $1,000
People’s Choice Award:
- First Place: $500
Application Deadline: The deadline to submit the application, resume, and essay is September 30, 2019.
