Nine Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students have been awarded 2022 corporate-sponsored scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The students are part of a group of more than 1,000 National Merit finalists chosen to receive scholarships financed by corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations.
Winners of the corporate-sponsored scholarships, with their probable career fields in parentheses, are:
- Eugene Gonzalez of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (mathematics), National Merit Raytheon Scholarship.
- Srindhi Yelimati of Chantilly High School (healthcare), National Merit Raytheon Scholarship.
- Michelle Liu of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (information technology), National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship.
- Manda Wang Xie of TJHSST (law), National Merit Dr. James R. Schlesigner Memorial Scholarship.
- Elliot Lee of TJHSST (undecided), National Merit Leidos, Inc., Scholarship.
- Anika Ajay Joshi of Westfield High School (statistics), National Merit Raytheon Scholarship.
- Emilie Kim of McLean High School (statistics), National Merit General Dynamics Corporation Scholarship.
- Arya Grayeli of TJHSST (computer science), National Merit Senator Charles S. Robb Scholarship.
- Michelle Du of TJHSST (law), National Merit Ellucian Scholarship.
Corporate-sponsored merit scholarship awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and range from $1,000 to $10,000 per year. Others provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000. Recipients can use the awards at regionally accredited U.S. colleges or universities of their choice.
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