The Telos Scholarship 2026 — Rules

Last updated: August 2026

1. Sponsor

The Telos Scholarship 2026 (the “Scholarship”) is offered by Telos Education (“Telos”), New York, NY. Telos is a private company, not a charitable foundation, and the Scholarship is not administered by or affiliated with any school, college, or university.

2. No purchase or payment

No purchase, payment, or fee of any kind is required to apply for or to receive the Scholarship. Purchasing services from Telos does not improve an applicant's chance of being selected.

3. Eligibility

• Applicants must be students expecting to graduate high school in 2027, 2028 or 2029.
• Applications are accepted from students anywhere.
• One application per student. Duplicate applications will be consolidated.
• Applications must be completed by the student. An application submitted by a parent or guardian on a student's behalf will not be considered. Where an applicant is under 18, a parent or legal guardian must consent to the application and to any resulting engagement.
• Employees of Telos and their immediate families are not eligible.

4. What is awarded

Two (2) full awards, each consisting of a complete Telos engagement with a stated retail value of up to $35,000. The value of an engagement varies with the services it includes; $35,000 is the maximum, not a guaranteed amount.

Telos may in addition offer partial awards to shortlisted applicants who are not selected for a full award. The number of partial awards, and the value of each, are at Telos's sole discretion. No partial award is promised to any applicant.

Awards are delivered as services only. They have no cash value, cannot be exchanged for cash or credit, and are not transferable to another student.

5. How to apply, and dates

• Applications were submitted through an online form, as described on the Scholarship page.
• Priority deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern on August 31, 2026. Applications received by this date are read in the first round of review. Applying by the priority deadline does not by itself improve an application's score.
• Final deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern on September 23, 2026.
• All decisions issued by September 30, 2026.
• Telos may close the Scholarship early once all awards have been committed.

6. How applicants are judged

Selection is on merit alone. Financial circumstances are not collected and play no part in the decision. Each application is read and assessed by members of the Telos team. In the event of a tie, the application submitted earlier prevails. Decisions are final.

7. Conditions of an award

Recipients will be asked to agree in writing to a schedule of sessions and a minimum level of participation. Telos may end an award, without owing any cash equivalent, where a recipient repeatedly fails to attend scheduled sessions.

8. Taxes

An award of services is not a tuition scholarship and may be taxable to the recipient. Where the value of an award requires it, Telos may be obliged to issue an IRS Form 1099. Recipients are responsible for any tax arising from an award and should consult their own tax adviser. Telos does not give tax advice.

9. Publicity

Telos would like to name recipients and describe their outcomes in its marketing. Consent to this is requested separately at the time of award, is entirely optional, and is not a condition of receiving or keeping an award.

10. Personal information

Information submitted is used to evaluate the application and to contact the applicant about it, and is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Applicants may ask us to delete their application at any time by writing to team@teloseducation.org.

11. Changes

Telos may amend these rules or withdraw the Scholarship where it is necessary to do so. Material changes will be posted on this page with an updated date, and applicants who have already applied will be notified by email.

12. Contact

Questions about the Scholarship: team@teloseducation.org.