Koshland Young Leader Awards

Koshland Young Leader Awards

By recognizing the next generation of leaders in our community with these awards, we hope to encourage these young people to continue on their path to leadership.

The Koshland Young Leader Awards, a scholarship established by Dr. Daniel Koshland, Jr., provides $5,000 each to at least four outstanding San Francisco public high school juniors from low-income families. 

The Koshland Young Leader Awards provide financial assistance to students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds who, on a daily basis, face and cope with an inordinate amount of responsibility. The students we seek are strongly motivated to achieve, but whose responsibilities to their families – as wage earner, caretaker, or household manager – place an undue burden upon them. It is our hope that the Koshland Young Leader Awards will allow the recipients to focus more on their studies, thereby improving their chances to succeed academically and to pursue their career goals. This is the 15th year these Awards will be presented. 

A two-year fund of $5,000 is awarded to each winner, which they may use for education-related purchases. Examples of acceptable uses of the scholarship include: academic test fees, computers, books, and supplies for classes.

Nomination Process - Nominations Now Accepted

Applications may be submitted by teachers and counselors each spring. The 2008 nomination deadline has been extended until Monday, April 28, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. To nominate a student, please complete the online nomination form accessible here. You may nominate more than one student; please submit a separate nomination form for each student. For more information, please call Kristen Angel at 415.733.8585.

2007 Koshland Young Leader Awardees

We are proud to announce the winners of the 2007 Koshland Young Leader Awards:

Terence Li – Mission High School
Steve Segovia – John O’Connell High School
Minnie Wong – Lowell High School
Belle Yan – Lowell High School
Yang Yang – International Studies Academy

We celebrated these outstanding students at the Community Leadership Awards celebration in September.

Selection Process and Awards Celebration

Nominations are vetted by a committee of Foundation staff and Koshland family members. Students selected as finalists will be scheduled for an interview at the Foundation. Winners will be honored at a special KYLA Reception Dinner and at the Community Leadership Awards celebration held annually in the fall, this year on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.