The 2026 Coolidge Scholars Seminar
The Coolidge Scholarship ranks among the most competitive in the country: in 2026, out of more than 4,000 applicants, only 5 high school students were chosen as Coolidge Scholars.
Each Coolidge Scholar receives a four-year, full-ride, merit-based college scholarship. The scholarship honors academic excellence, hard work, humility, and service.
This August, the active Coolidge Scholars — ranging from high school seniors to college seniors — gathered to deepen their understanding of the principles that shaped our 30th president.
The 2026 Coolidge Scholars Summer Seminar was held in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Below are some highlights from the Scholars Seminar.
Former Vermont governor Jim Douglas leads a discussion on philanthropy, using Vermont as a case study
The Coolidge Scholars visit Capitaf, the former Vermont summer home of Rose and Milton Friedman
Free to Choose Network president Robert Chatfield leads a seminar on Milton Friedman’s views on corporate obligations
On the veranda of the historic Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire
The 2022 Coolidge Scholars: (left to right) Coolidge Foundation President Matt Denhart with college seniors Warren Shepherd, Himani Yarlagadda, Ellen Xu, and Elizabeth Shaffer and Coolidge Scholarship Director Rob Hammer
Hiking Mount Willard in New Hampshire’s White Mountains
A visit to Mac’s Maple sugarhouse and dairy farm in Plainfield, New Hampshire
As part of their service project in Plymouth Notch, the Scholars refinished the pews in the Union Christian Church
