The Official Home for Dr. Ben Carson and The Carson Scholars Fund

W.K. Kellogg Provides Research Grant to Carson Scholars Fund

We are thrilled to announce that the W. K. Kellogg Foundation has provided the Carson Scholars Fund with a grant to fund a ten year longitudinal research study. This grant will enable the Carson Scholars Fund to be able to measure the impact of our scholarship and reading room program on students and the school community. The W.K. Kellogg grant will support the contracting of an independent research firm to collect comprehensive data and analyze the impact of our programs. The Carson Scholars Fund is eager to begin this research project to assess the efficacy of the scholarship and reading room programs with statistical findings. We will soon be posting an official request for proposals on our website. We invite the response of educational research firms and policy evaluation institutions to this RFP in the upcoming weeks.

 

The Carson Scholars Fund

The Carson Scholars Fund is a non-profit organization founded in 1994, by Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr. Benjamin Carson and his wife, Candy. The Carson Scholars Fund scholarships recognize students who strive for academic excellence and demonstrate a strong commitment to their community. Since its inception, the Carson Scholars Fund has awarded over 3,900 scholarships and has scholars in 34 states.

The Ben Carson Reading Project seeks to encourage a love of reading by creating reading rooms in schools. Over 40 warm and inviting reading rooms have been created across the country for students, educators, and the community to come together to enjoy reading

Carson Scholars Fund Store

  • Gifted Hands (Hardcover)
    $19.00
  • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Book (Juvenile Movie Edition)
    $6.00
  • Gifted Hands DVD Made For Television Version
    $25.00

Scholar Spotlight

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    Gerry Camarena
    Baltimore, MD
    Grade 9

         Gerry is a two-time Carson Scholar from Baltimore, MD.  This past year, Gerry was honored as his middle school’s “Student of the Year.”  Gerry is fluent in Spanish and is beginning his third year in French.  He recently competed in the "Le Grand Concours" -An Annual National French Contest sponsored by the American Teachers of French where he placed 4th in the state and 5th in the country.  Gerry is in the All County Honors Orchestra and was First Chair in the Honors Orchestra for violin.  In his spare time, Gerry has participated in Project Clean Stream, served Thanksgiving meals to the elderly, collected toys for Toys-for-Tots, participated in a food drive and is a Boy Scout.  One day Gerry hopes to become an aerospace engineer.