( Added: January 25, 2010 )  -  Answers Corporation, creators of the leading answer engine Answers.com(R) which includes the properties WikiAnswers(R) and ReferenceAnswers(TM), announced today that, for the second straight year, it will make available a $20,000 Answers.com Scholarship Fund for students planning to enroll in undergraduate college studies during the 2010-2011 academic year.

The scholarship is open to students attending universities in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and India. Applicants must answer a minimum of fifty questions in any of the 6,000-plus categories on Answers.com to be eligible. The Scholarship Fund, administered for Answers.com by The Center for Scholarship Administration, will award scholarships based on answer accuracy and quality as follows: a first-place $5,000 scholarship, two $2,500 scholarships, and ten $1,000 scholarships. The deadline for application submission is March 31, 2010.

"Answers.com is where knowledge and community join together, making it a fitting place for students to contribute while earning scholarships for their formal educations," said Bruce Smith, Chief Strategic Officer.

Visit http://scholarship.answers.com for further details on the scholarship program, qualifications, and the application submission process.