APPLY ONLINE

The application deadline for 2016 is April 30th. You may apply online at www.cfgnh.org/scholarships.

Potential applicants should consult the listings of past winners at www.rbffoundation.org

For more information, please email mfscholarship@gmail.com or contact Denise Canning at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven at 203-777-7076 or dcanning@cfgnh.org.

2015 WINNERS

ANTONIA AYRES-BROWN (HOPKINS SCHOOL, NEW HAVEN, CT) Antonia resented the fact that McDonald’s forced children to conform to gender stereotypes by referring to toys in their Happy Meals as “girl toys” and “boy toys” and asking families to choose which they preferred—a practice McDonald’s denied. Antonia conducted an experiment to prove otherwise and led a successful campaign to get the McDonald’s Corporation to officially change their policy. They now allow children to choose the toy they prefer without reference to gender.

ANNIE BLUMENFELD (FAIRFIELD WARDE HIGH SCHOOL, FAIRFIELD, CT) Distressed to learn that the adorable shaggy dog she adopted suffered from a painful disease that was expensive to treat—and also totally preventable—Annie decided to educate the public about heartworm. She founded an organization to promote heartworm awareness, succeeded in getting information about heartworm added to dog licenses in Connecticut, and also painted and sold a series of portraits of people’s dogs to support shelter animals’ medical needs. She is currently a high school junior.

ANDREA GONZALES (HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, NEW YORK, NY) Andrea used computer skills she acquired through Girls Who Code to try to remove some of the stigma, silence, and invisibility associated with menstruation. Andrea co-created a video game called “Tampon Run,” which playfully replaces the hypersexualized women avatars common to the world of gaming with spunky, tampon-wielding girls, thereby chipping away at the “menstrual taboo” in American society

EMMA GOODMAN (GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL, GREENWICH, CT). Emma got interested in antibiotic resistance and wound healing after her grandmother almost died from an infected wound. Knowing that silver was effective in small doses for treating wounds, but that in large doses it was toxic, Emma tried blending silver with manuka honey to create a wound treatment that was just as effective as silver but with lower toxicity. Her experiment was a success.

DAVID LI (COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL, COMMACK, NY) The damage to landlines, cell phone service, and internet connections that often accompanies natural disasters can put individuals who depend on at-home durable medical equipment such as dialysis machines, ventilators, and cardiac

monitors at great risk. David developed a novel, effective, and potentially life-saving Durable Medical Equipment tracker involving ad hoc radio networks formed among devices at a patient’s home to allow information about their medical equipment to be transmitted to and from a local hospital.

ERICA LIN (HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, NEW YORK, NY). Family members’ struggles with cancer helped prompt Erica to learn more about the disease. She applied insights into the EMT (Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition) phenomenon from a biology class to laboratory research in the field of perineural invasion (the process by which cancer cells invade nerves), uncovering a connection that had not been recognized before and that could have important implications for treating cancer.

JAZZ MUNITZ (HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL, MONTROSE, NY) Jazz was long intrigued with the potential of nanoparticles to play a key role in cancer treatment. Melding technology, biology, and ingenuity, he developed and tested elegant, tiny nanoscale drug delivery structures that could lead to low-cost, effective cancer treatments.

SHIVA NATHAN (WESTFORD ACADEMY, WESTFORD, MA) Shiva’s cousin had lost her arms in an accident; but the prosthetic arms she was given were expensive and hard to use. Using a complex integration of hardware and software, Shiva developed a brainwave-controlled prosthetic hand and arm that are easy to use and inexpensive to manufacture to improve the quality of life of amputees like his cousin.

JILLIAN NOYES (OLD SAYBROOK HIGH SCHOOL, OLD SAYBROOK, CT). Jillian’s personal struggles with Asperger’s Syndrome and her father’s struggle with depression helped Jillian realize how little understanding there was of mental illness in her community. The moving and powerful short documentary she produced about mental illness in Connecticut, which included on-camera interviews with people dealing with mental illness themselves, helped break down prevalent myths, educate the public, and build awareness about issues society often prefers to ignore.

PETER RUSSELL (GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL, GREENWICH, CT) During a high school band trip to Cuba, Peter was struck by the lack of infrastructure in the country his grandparents had once called home. He developed a phone charger that would take advantage of one resource abundant on the island: sunlight. The powerful solar charger he invented (which has

a capacity of 80.5% of an iPhone 3G battery) uses a new type of capacitor that can charge 20% of maximum voltage after only one minute in sunlight.

NEIL SURI (HACKLEY SCHOOL, TARRYTOWN, NY). As a saxophone player in his school band, Neil was well aware of the extent to which the reeds in wind instruments served as breeding grounds for bacteria that posed known health risks to musicians. He played a key role in developing a reed sanitizing cap—a device that attaches to the mouthpiece of a wind instrument to protect and sanitize reeds.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

MISHELLE ANDERSEN (HILL REGIONAL CAREER HIGH SCHOOL, NEW HAVEN, CT) started an art club in her school to create art for local hospice patients.

JUSTIN FARGIANO (BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL, BETHEL, CT) engaged his entire community in the arts by creating a recurring, massive festival, which showcases student photography, film and digital media in his town.

KEMANI HARRIOTT (CLASSICAL MAGNET SCHOOL, HARTFORD, CT) produced a compelling short documentary about human trafficking in Connecticut.

KARAM LYONS (BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, BALTIMORE, MD) built inexpensive 3D-printed prosthetic hands that would be especially useful for children suffering from Amniotic Band Syndrome. .

ANUBHUTI MATHUR (GLASTONBURY HIGH SCHOOL, GLASTONBURY, CT) conducted innovative research on the ability of an antioxidant found in green tea to arrest the progressive degeneration of cartilage among osteoarthritis patients.

KATARINA POYNOR (BREWSTER HIGH SCHOOL, BREWSTER, NY) experimented with a glove containing non-Newtonian fluids that could help protect construction workers from getting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

SHAYAN ROYCHOUDHURY (DANIEL HAND HIGH SCHOOL, MADISON, CT) conducted an innovative experiment using technology used in auto shock absorbers (ferro-fluids) to make a prosthetic finger more flexible, responsive, and lifelike.

MILTON FISHER SCHOLARSHIP

for INNOVATIONand CREATIVITY

a four-year Scholarship of up to $20,000 (granting awards of up to $5000 per year to each winner)for exceptionally Innovative and Creative High School Juniors, Seniors and College Freshmen who

--are from Connecticut or the New York City metro area (and plan to attend or are attending college anywhere in the U.S.) OR

--are from any part of the U.S. who plan to attend (or are attending) college in CT or NYCapply for this scholarship if you are . . .

. . . a student who has come up with a distinctive solution to a problem faced by your family, school, community or the world

. . . a student who has solved an artistic, scientific, or technical problem in a new or unusual way

. . . a student who has developed an innovative way to save the environment or improve people’s health

APPLY ONLINEwww.cfgnh.org/scholarshipsapplications due APRIL 30, 2016

APPLY ONLINE

The application deadline for 2016 is April 30th. You may apply online at www.cfgnh.org/scholarships.

Potential applicants should consult the listings of past winners at www.rbffoundation.org

For more information, please email mfscholarship@gmail.com or contact Denise Canning at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven at 203-777-7076 or dcanning@cfgnh.org.

AWARDS AND SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS

We will select the applicants who show the most promise as innovative, creative problem solvers on the basis of the projects described in their essays and letters of support, and other information included with the application. Connecticut and New York City Metropolitan Area high school juniors and seniors, as well as applicants to, and freshmen at, Connecticut and New York City colleges, are eligible to apply for the scholarship. We anticipate granting awards of up to $5000 per year to each applicant who demonstrates exceptional innovation and creativity. Financial need does not affect the judges’ decision about winning projects, but it does determine the amount each winner of the four-year scholarship receives.

MILTON FISHER SCHOLARSHIP

. . . a student who has come up with a distinctive solution to a problem faced by your family, school, community or the world

. . . a student who has developed an innovative way to save the environment or improve people’s health

. . . a student who has solved an artistic, scientific, or technical problem in a new or unusual way

apply for this scholarship

if you are . . .

for INNOVATIONand CREATIVITY

a four-year Scholarship of up to $20,000 (granting awards of up to $5000 per year to each winner)for exceptionally Innovative and Creative High School Juniors, Seniors and College Freshmen who

--are from Connecticut or the New York City metro area (and plan to attend or are attending college anywhere in the U.S.) OR

--are from any part of the U.S. who plan to attend (or are attending) college in CT or NYC

Questions: mfscholarship@gmail.com or Denise Canning (dcanning@cfgnh.org or 203-777-7076) at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

APPLY ONLINEwww.cfgnh.org/scholarshipsapplications due APRIL 30, 2016

2015 WINNERSANTONIA AYRES-BROWN (HOPKINS SCHOOL, NEW HAVEN, CT) Antonia resented the fact that McDonald’s forced children to conform to gender stereotypes by referring to toys in their Happy Meals as “girl toys” and “boy toys” and asking families to choose which they preferred—a practice McDonald’s denied. Antonia conducted an experiment to prove otherwise and led a successful campaign to get the McDonald’s Corporation to officially change their policy. They now allow children to choose the toy they prefer without reference to gender.

ANNIE BLUMENFELD (FAIRFIELD WARDE HIGH SCHOOL, FAIRFIELD, CT) Distressed to learn that the adorable shaggy dog she adopted suffered from a painful disease that was expensive to treat—and also totally preventable—Annie decided to educate the public about heartworm. She founded an organization to promote heartworm awareness, succeeded in getting information about heartworm added to dog licenses in Connecticut, and also painted and sold a series of portraits of people’s dogs to support shelter animals’ medical needs. She is currently a high school junior.

ANDREA GONZALES (HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, NEW YORK, NY) Andrea used computer skills she acquired through Girls Who Code to try to remove some of the stigma, silence, and invisibility associated with menstruation. Andrea co-created a video game called “Tampon Run,” which playfully replaces the hypersexualized women avatars common to the world of gaming with spunky, tampon-wielding girls, thereby chipping away at the “menstrual taboo” in American society

EMMA GOODMAN (GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL, GREENWICH, CT). Emma got interested in antibiotic resistance and wound healing after her grandmother almost died from an infected wound. Knowing that silver was effective in small doses for treating wounds, but that in large doses it was toxic, Emma tried blending silver with manuka honey to create a wound treatment that was just as effective as silver but with lower toxicity. Her experiment was a success.

DAVID LI (COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL, COMMACK, NY) The damage to landlines, cell phone service, and internet connections that often accompanies natural disasters can put individuals who depend on at-home durable medical equipment such as dialysis

machines, ventilators, and cardiac monitors at great risk. David developed a novel, effective, and potentially life-saving Durable Medical Equipment tracker involving ad hoc radio networks formed among devices at a patient’s home to allow information about their medical equipment to be transmitted to and from a local hospital.

ERICA LIN (HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, NEW YORK, NY). Family members’ struggles with cancer helped prompt Erica to learn more about the disease. She applied insights into the EMT (Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition) phenomenon from a biology class to laboratory research in the field of perineural invasion (the process by which cancer cells invade nerves), uncovering a connection that had not been recognized before and that could have important implications for treating cancer.

JAZZ MUNITZ (HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL, MONTROSE, NY) Jazz was long intrigued with the potential of nanoparticles to play a key role in cancer treatment. Melding technology, biology, and ingenuity, he developed and tested elegant, tiny nanoscale drug delivery structures that could lead to low-cost, effective cancer treatments.

SHIVA NATHAN (WESTFORD ACADEMY, WESTFORD, MA) Shiva’s cousin had lost her arms in an accident; but the prosthetic arms she was given were expensive and hard to use. Using a complex integration of hardware and software, Shiva developed a brainwave-controlled prosthetic hand and arm that are easy to use and inexpensive to manufacture to improve the quality of life of amputees like his cousin.

JILLIAN NOYES (OLD SAYBROOK HIGH SCHOOL, OLD SAYBROOK, CT). Jillian’s personal struggles with Asperger’s Syndrome and her father’s struggle with depression helped Jillian realize how little understanding there was of mental illness in her community. The moving and powerful short documentary she produced about mental illness in Connecticut, which included on-camera interviews with people dealing with mental illness themselves, helped break down prevalent myths, educate the public, and build awareness about issues society often prefers to ignore.

PETER RUSSELL (GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL, GREENWICH, CT) During a high school band trip to Cuba, Peter was struck by the lack of infrastructure in the country his grandparents

had once called home. He developed a phone charger that would take advantage of one resource abundant on the island: sunlight. The powerful solar charger he invented (which has a capacity of 80.5% of an iPhone 3G battery) uses a new type of capacitor that can charge 20% of maximum voltage after only one minute in sunlight.

NEIL SURI (HACKLEY SCHOOL, TARRYTOWN, NY). As a saxophone player in his school band, Neil was well aware of the extent to which the reeds in wind instruments served as breeding grounds for bacteria that posed known health risks to musicians. He played a key role in developing a reed sanitizing cap—a device that attaches to the mouthpiece of a wind instrument to protect and sanitize reeds.

HONORABLE MENTIONSMISHELLE ANDERSEN (HILL REGIONAL CAREER HIGH SCHOOL, NEW HAVEN, CT) started an art club in her school to create art for local hospice patients.

JUSTIN FARGIANO (BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL, BETHEL, CT) engaged his entire community in the arts by creating a recurring, massive festival, which showcases student photography, film and digital media in his town.

KEMANI HARRIOTT (CLASSICAL MAGNET SCHOOL, HARTFORD, CT) produced a compelling short documentary about human trafficking in Connecticut.

KARAM LYONS (BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, BALTIMORE, MD) built inexpensive 3D-printed prosthetic hands that would be especially useful for children suffering from Amniotic Band Syndrome. .

ANUBHUTI MATHUR (GLASTONBURY HIGH SCHOOL, GLASTONBURY, CT) conducted innovative research on the ability of an antioxidant found in green tea to arrest the progressive degeneration of cartilage among osteoarthritis patients.

KATARINA POYNOR (BREWSTER HIGH SCHOOL, BREWSTER, NY) experimented with a glove containing non-Newtonian fluids that could help protect construction workers from getting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

SHAYAN ROYCHOUDHURY (DANIEL HAND HIGH SCHOOL, MADISON, CT) conducted an innovative experiment using technology used in auto shock absorbers (ferro-fluids) to make a prosthetic finger more flexible, responsive, and lifelike.

MILTON FISHER SCHOLARSHIP

. . . a student who has come up with a distinctive solution to a problem faced by your family, school, community or the world

. . . a student who has solved an artistic, scientific, or technical problem in a new or unusual way

apply for this scholarship if you are . . . . . . a student who has developed an innovative way to save the environment or improve people’s health

for INNOVATIONand CREATIVITY

a four-year Scholarship of up to $20,000 (granting awards of up to $5000 per year to each winner)

for exceptionally Innovative and Creative High School Juniors, Seniors and College Freshmen who

--are from Connecticut or the New York City metro area (and plan to attend or are attending college anywhere in the U.S.)

OR --are from any part of the U.S. who plan to attend

(or are attending) college in CT or NYC

APPLY ONLINEwww.cfgnh.org/scholarshipsapplications due APRIL 30, 2016

MILTON FISHER SCHOLARSHIP

for INNOVATIONand CREATIVITY

The Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity

c/o Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

70 Audubon St. / New Haven, CT 06510

How To Apply: The online application can be accessed at www.rbffoundation.org

Application materials must be postmarked by April 30, 2016Consult our web site for further details.

Questions? Email mfscholarship@gmail.com or contact Denise Canning (dcanning@cfgnh.org or 203-777-7076) at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, which is handling the administration of the scholarship.