Mental Health Advocacy Scholarship Nomination Form

Support Future Mental Health Advocates with This Scholarship Nomination Form

Mental health advocacy requires courage, compassion, and lived experience. This Mental Health Advocacy Scholarship Nomination Form helps educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and foundations identify and support exceptional individuals who are breaking down barriers, reducing stigma, and championing mental wellness in their communities.

Who This Template Is For

This form is designed for scholarship committees, mental health organizations, universities, community foundations, and advocacy groups seeking to recognize students and emerging leaders who combine personal mental health experience with meaningful action. Whether you're funding undergraduate studies, graduate programs, or specialized training for peer support specialists, this template captures the unique qualifications that matter in mental health advocacy.

What Makes This Form Different

Unlike generic scholarship applications, this template focuses on the qualities that define effective mental health advocates: authentic lived experience, peer support contributions, anti-stigma campaign involvement, and professional endorsement from mental health practitioners. The form balances sensitive personal disclosure with concrete evidence of advocacy impact, creating a respectful and comprehensive nomination process.

Key Features for Mental Health Scholarships

• Nominee and nominator information collection with relationship context
• Lived experience questions designed with appropriate sensitivity and optional disclosure
• Documentation of peer support activities including volunteer work, support groups, and mentorship
• Stigma reduction campaign tracking for events, social media advocacy, and public speaking
• Professional endorsement section for mental health counselors, therapists, or program coordinators
• Academic and career goals aligned with mental health advocacy
• Impact statements that showcase how the scholarship will advance the nominee's advocacy work

Streamline Your Selection Process with Paperform

This template integrates seamlessly into your broader scholarship workflow. Use conditional logic to tailor questions based on the type of advocacy work, and connect submissions directly to your evaluation tools through Paperform's native integrations with Google Sheets, Airtable, or your CRM.

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Build a More Inclusive Mental Health Community

By recognizing and supporting individuals with lived mental health experience, you're investing in a future where advocacy is led by those who understand it most deeply. This form template helps you identify nominees who will become counselors, social workers, peer specialists, program directors, and policy advocates—creating systemic change from the inside out.

Get started with Paperform's Mental Health Advocacy Scholarship Nomination Form today and streamline your selection process while maintaining the sensitivity and thoroughness this important work deserves.