BOSTON, MA – The Red Sox Foundation is now accepting applications for their award-winning Red Sox Scholars program, which provides $10,000 scholarships to 12 students annually from the Boston Public Schools and charter schools. The program, which is now in its 19th year, is presented by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), the Official Hospital & Official Health Care Provider of the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park.

To be eligible for the program, applicants must be enrolled as a full-time 7th grade student in the Boston Public School District or at a Boston Public Charter School, demonstrate strong academic potential and financial need. Applications for the Red Sox Scholars program are available in English and Spanish and can be downloaded from redsoxfoundation.org/redsoxscholars. To be considered, applications must be submitted to [email protected] by March 26, 2021.

The Red Sox Scholars program is managed and operated by the Foundation and provides students with academic, professional, and social support from 8th grade through their postsecondary education to ensure they graduate with as little debt as possible and are prepared to enter the workforce. The program earned Major League Baseball’s first-ever “Commissioner’s Award for Philanthropic Excellence” in 2010 and has supported 313 students to date.

The Red Sox Scholars program receives funding from Biogen Foundation, CVS Health, Eastern Bank, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Doris Buffett’s Letters Foundation, The Lynch Foundation, The Northern Trust and PGA Tour, and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, as well as Red Sox Foundation fundraising events.