This scholarship is a memorial to Clare J. Siegel, who was one of the pioneers in the education of infants and toddlers in Baltimore City, the State of Maryland and nationally. She developed, led and provided technical assistance to various early childhood education programs in urban and rural areas, through her work with Early Head Start, Save the Children, and Zero to Three.

• You must major in Early Childhood Education and aspire to be a teacher in Head Start, Early Head Start, or the public schools,
• demonstrate financial need, and
• submit an essay describing your academic and professional goals, why you have chosen them and what you have done to prepare yourself thus far (300-900 words; 2-4 pages).