Gates Millennium Scholars Program

Institution

The Gates Millennium Scholars / Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaiton

Deadline

mid-January

Award

Amount: Varies
Award Number: 1,000
GPA Required: 3.3 GPA unweighted

Field

All fields of study

Address

1805 7th Street, NW
Washington , DC 20001

Contact

Name: n/a
Phone: 1 877 690-4677
Email: contactus@gmsp.org

Ethnicity

African American, Asian American, Latino Hispanic, Native, Pacific Islander, Person of Color

Specifics

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska Native*, Asian Pacific Islander American**, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline area of interest. Continuing Gates Millennium Scholars may request funding for a graduate degree program in one of the following discipline areas: computer science, education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health or science.

The scholarship supports the cost of education by covering unmet need and self-help aid, including graduate school funding for specific fields. Scholarships are "good-through-graduation" to use at any college or university of their choice. 

Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they meet all of the following criteria:

- Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native*, Asian & Pacific Islander American** or Hispanic American

- Are a citizen, national or legal permanent resident of the United States

- Have attained a cumulative high school GPA of 3.3 on an unweighted 4.0 scale or have earned a GED

- Will enroll for the first time at a U.S. located, accredited*** college or university (with the exception of students concurrently pursuing a high school diploma) in the fall of 2014 as a full-time, degree-seeking, first-year student. First-time college enrollees can also be GED recipients.

- Have demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular or other activities

- Meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria

- Have completed and submitted all three required forms: the student's application (Nominee Personal Information Form), an evaluation of the student's academic record (Nominator Form) and an evaluation of the student's community service and leadership activities (Recommender Form) by the deadline