The Gates Millenium Scholarship - Grants for Minority Students in the US


by Jen O Carter - Date: 2007-03-24 - Word Count: 263 Share This!

The Millenium Scholarships offer funding for tuition to outstanding and gifted low income minority students.

Gates Millenium Scholars program This is a $1 billion initiative, which is currently the largest private scholarship initiative worldwide.

In July 2006, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided an additional $58 million to expand the program, to allow students to pursue degrees in public health.

To date, the program has helped more than 10,000 academically able student of African American, Hispanic, Asian Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native and American Indian origins and low income backgrounds to study as undergraduates in the fields of education, science, maths, engineering, library science and public health.

Students are required to demonstrate:- academic excellence community service strong leadership skills

Requirements include:-

attainment of a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (unweighted) a first-time college or university student meets Federal Pell Grant criteria US Citizenship or permanent residency

You are also required to complete three forms:-

nominee personal information form nominator form recommender form

Application forms must be completed by the deadline in January.

How many & how much?

Each year 1000 scholarships are awarded to academically gifted students.

The amount of the award varies as it was was developed to cover the loand and work study portion of the student's financial aid award, therefore, the amount is tailored to the needs of each, individual student.

In 2006, the average award was more than $7000 per year for undergraduates and around $15,000 per year for graduate students.

If you are eligible for the Gates Scholarship, download the applications forms this fall from www.gmsp.org and see if Bill and Melinda can make your dreams come true!


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