Ford Scholars
Apply for a renewable undergraduate scholarship of up to $40,000 per year to support college education in Oregon or California.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- annual cycle, check dates
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $40,000
- Location
- Oregon and Siskiyou County, California
About
Overview
The Ford Scholars Program is an undergraduate scholarship available to promising high school seniors and recent high school graduates who work hard, have significant financial need, and face barriers to higher education. Up to 120 renewable scholarships are awarded each year to students from Oregon and Siskiyou County, California.
Award
Scholarships include a renewable financial award of up to $40,000 per year. The actual award amount is calculated based on several factors, including the student's financial need, the Cost of Attendance at their college of choice, and additional scholarships received.
What Ford Scholars Receive
- Financial support
- Personal and professional support
- Lifetime connection with the Ford Family alumni community
- Academic guidance
- Leadership development
Eligibility Requirements
- Resident of Oregon or Siskiyou County, California
- Graduating high school senior, recent graduate, or equivalent, and never enrolled full time in a two- or four-year college program
- Goal to earn a bachelor's degree
- Fall enrollment of application year, attending full time, on campus at a federally financial aid-eligible public or private (nonprofit) college, based in their home state of Oregon or California
- Face significant barriers—financial and otherwise—to attending college
- A completed financial aid application and have a Student Aid Index (SAI) of no more than 8,000
What We Look For
- Academic potential: show an academic ability to be successful in college; curious and motivated to learn
- Community engagement and service to others: contribute to school, family and/or community; think and care about how they impact the world around them and take action to get involved
- Work ethic: demonstrate responsibility and initiative in skill-building and learning through experiences such as paid or unpaid work
- Motivation and mindset: believe success comes from one's ability to grow and learn; rise to challenges and persist despite obstacles; willing to ask for help and utilize resources
By the Numbers
- 86% are first-generation college students
- 76% are from rural communities
- Award
- Renewable financial award of up to $40,000 per year; up to 120 scholarships awarded each year
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Eligibility
- Applicants must be high school seniors or recent graduates (never enrolled full-time in a two- or four-year college program), residents of Oregon or Siskiyou County, California, with significant financial barriers and a SAI of no more than 8,000, planning to attend college full-time on campus in their home state.
- Audience
- High school seniors and recent high school graduates from Oregon and Siskiyou County, California
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