Scholarships

Frank J. Williams Student Scholarship

The Lincoln Forum Student Scholarships program recognizes outstanding elementary and high school students who have demonstrated academic and extracurricular excellence as well as an interest in the life and career of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. A few students from across the country will be selected to attend the annual meeting of the Lincoln Forum, to be held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, each November.

Virginia Williams Teacher Scholarship

Each November, The Lincoln Forum awards three scholarships to educators currently teaching Social Studies in an elementary, middle, or high school in the United States.  Teachers of other curricular areas will be considered if they can demonstrate how their work connects with the study of Abraham Lincoln.

Franklin-Medford Scholarship

In 2021, a Lincoln Forum member generously created a scholarship to encourage diversity at the Forum’s annual symposium. Named in honor of the great historians John Hope Franklin and Edna Greene Medford, the scholarship is open to students of color who are full-time undergraduates or graduate students. One student enrolled at a college or university in the U.S. will be selected to attend the annual meeting of the Lincoln Forum, to be held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, each November.