Established in 1955 the National Merit Scholarship Corporation is a non-profit organization that strives to identify and honor academically talented US high school students, support their education and provide effective scholarship program management to organizations who are willing to sponsor these excellent students in their further years of higher education. In this site you can find all the information you need to know about the Corporation and the services they provide. In the Sponsorship section you can read about all the different aspect of sponsorship and institutions that sponsor students. In the National Merit Scholarship Program section you can read all about this program, the student requirements, program recognition, commended students, semifinalists, finalists, winner selection, types of awards, special scholarships and much more. In this site you will also find lots of information on another program of this corporation, the National Achievement Scholarship Program and also you can read about how to enter the competitions.