Press Release For Immediate Release January 17, 2007	Media Contact: Mike Liberty Summer Institute for the Gifted River Plaza, 9 West Broad St. Stamford, CT 06902-3788 (203) 399-5187 mliberty@giftedstudy.com www.giftedstudy.com

Gifted Program to Offer $50,000 in Scholarships

STAMFORD, CT – The Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG) is pleased to announce the offering of up to 100 $500 Merit Scholarships for gifted students towards a 2007 residential program.

The SIG Merit Scholarship is open to students in grades 4 through 11 who are applying for SIG's residential summer program and fulfill SIG's eligibility requirements. All SIG Merit Scholarships applications must be received before February 28th, 2007.

SIG Merit Scholarship applicants must submit an original 500-750 word essay addressing the question:
As an academically talented student, discuss some of the opportunities and/or challenges that you have had or think you might have in the future. The opportunities or challenges can be academic, personal, social, or other kinds.

SIG Merit Scholarship recipients will be selected based on the following criteria (age level will be taken into consideration): coherent language, compelling viewpoints and creativity.

For more information about the SIG Merit Scholarships, contact SIG at (866) 303-4744, ext. 5159 or by e-mail at cmills@giftedstudy.com. More information is also available online at www.giftedstudy.com/merit.asp.

SIG offers their day program at Bryn Mawr College, Fairfield University, Manhattanville College, Moorestown Friends School and Stuart Country Day School. Affiliate programs are held at the Alexander Dawson School, Hofstra University, and Staten Island Academy.

SIG is a subsidiary of the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS) and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Visit SIG on the web at www.giftedstudy.com.