Community impact
MEMIC Horizon Scholarship
Financial support for students whose educational path has been affected by a parent’s serious or fatal workplace injury.
Applications open March 2, 2026 and close May 15, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
The 2026 awardee will be announced at The MEMIC Group's Annual Meeting of the Policyholders scheduled for June 14, 2027.
Named in honor of Harvey Picker, a distinguished physicist, educator, philanthropist and advocate for education, the scholarship supports a graduating high school senior whose educational path has been impacted by a parent’s serious or fatal workplace injury.
For nearly 25 years, MEMIC independently administered the Harvey Picker Horizon Scholarship, awarding more than $290,000 to more than 50 young scholars since the program’s creation in 2001.
Today, MEMIC partners with Kids’ Chance of America to administer the Harvey Picker Horizon Scholarship Program.
- $5,000 per year for selected students
- Up to four years of scholarship support
- One student selected annually
$5,000Annual scholarship award
4 yearsMaximum award duration
1 studentSelected annually
How Selection Works
- 1
Apply through Kids' Chance
- 2
Verify eligibility
- 3
Scholarship review
- 4
Recipient selection
- 5
Annual award announcement
Eligibility Requirements
Through the partnership, KCOA will administer MEMIC’s Harvey Picker Horizon Scholarship Program, which will provide a $20,000 scholarship to a student whose parent was critically or fatally injured due to a work-related injury.
Open to students who reside in a state served by MEMIC, the scholarship will be awarded to one student annually who applies through a Kids’ Chance state organization. The scholarship will provide $5,000 annually for four years of education.
Scholarship applications will be accepted through Kids’ Chance organizations in states where The MEMIC Group has a presence. Eligible states include:
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Arie Decker, Tagen Decker, and Manuela Kalonda - 2024
Andrew Wuerthner and Chloe Ruest - 2023
Janly James, Angel Thompson, Tyrone Thompson, and Emma Whitney - 2022
Jaylyn Marte and Amir Seidakhmetov - 2021
Derek Collin, Kyle Collin and Andrew Wuerthner - 2020
Dylan Collin, Benjamin Ruest and Henry Laurita - 2019
Louis Laurita, Natalia Hinman and Derek McGraw - 2018
Cody Smith, Derek McGraw and Shannon Bagoly - 2017
Kelsey Jones, Sadie Martinez Clavijo and Griffin Wade - 2016
Henry Laurita, Hery Ribeiro and Katie Smith - 2015
Katie Smith and Kaitlyn Townsend - 2014
Austin Bickford and Courtney Castonguay - 2013
Ryan Vaillancourt and Brett Wilson - 2012
Paige Libby and Melissa Gelinas - 2011
Melissa Gelinas and Amy and Emily Anderson - 2010
Adam Clement - 2009
Rajna Kecojevic - 2008
Caitlin Ellis - 2007
Ashley Stone - 2006
Kate-Lynn Thomas - 2005
Ashleigh Ward and Angela St. Hilaire - 2004
Scott Hannigan and Matthew Lakin - 2003
Kathryn LaMothe and Jesse and Justin Michaud - 2002
Crystal Young and Jessica Poitras - 2001