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Program Number: 04665<br>
Title:
Gates Millennium Scholars
Program
<br><br>
Sponsor: Gates
(Bill and Melinda) Foundation<br><br>
SYNOPSIS: <br>
The sponsor provides funding to provide outstanding, low
income<br>
African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific<br>
Islander American, and Hispanic American students with an
opportunity<br>
to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline
area<br>
of interest. <br><br>
Deadline(s): 01/11/2010 <br>
Established Date: 12/15/2009<br>
Follow-Up Date: 11/01/2010<br>
Review Date: 12/15/2009<br><br>
Contact:
<br><br>
Address: PO Box
1-500<br>
Fairfax, VA 22031-8044 <br>
U.S.A.
<br>
E-mail: <br>
Web Site:
<a href="http://www.gmsp.org/" eudora="autourl">http://www.gmsp.org/</a>
<br>
Program URL:
<a href="https://nominations.gmsp.org/GMSP_App/" eudora="autourl">
https://nominations.gmsp.org/GMSP_App/</a><br>
Tel:
877-690-4677
<br>
Fax:
<br>
Deadline Ind:
Receipt
<br>
Deadline Open: No<br>
<br><br>
<br>
Award Type(s): Student Scholarship<br><br>
<br>
Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: <br>
U.S. Non-Citizen National<br>
U.S. Permanent Resident<br>
U.S.A. Citizenship (including U.S. Territories)<br><br>
Locations Tenable: U.S.A. Institution (including U.S.
Territories)<br><br>
<br>
Appl Type(s): Undergraduate Student<br>
Minority Individual<br><br>
<br>
Target Group(s): Minorities<br><br>
Funding Limit: $0 NOT PROV<br>
Duration: 4 YEAR(s)<br>
Indirect Costs: Unspecified<br>
Cost Sharing: No<br>
Sponsor Type: Foundations<br><br>
<br>
Geo. Restricted: NO
RESTRICTIONS
<br><br>
CFDA#:
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OBJECTIVES: <br>
The goal of the program is to promote academic excellence by<br>
providing thousands of outstanding students, who have significant<br>
financial need, the opportunity to reach their full potential. The<br>
program offers leadership development programs with distinctive<br>
personal, academic and professional growth opportunities including<br>
mentoring services and an online resource center that provides<br>
up-to-date information on internship, fellowship and scholarship<br>
opportunities, as well as graduate and post-graduate resources and<br>
conferences. <br><br>
ELIGIBILITY<br>
Eligible applicants: are African American, American
Indian/Alaska<br>
Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American; are<br>
citizens, nationals or legal permanent residents of the United
States;<br>
have attained a cumulative high school GPA of 3.3 on an unweighted
4.0<br>
scale or have earned a GED; will be enrolling for the first time at
a<br>
U.S. accreditedcollege or university as a full-time, degree-seeking,<br>
first-year student in the fall 2010; have demonstrated leadership<br>
abilities through participation in community service,
extracurricular,<br>
or other activities; and meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility<br>
criteria. <br><br>
FUNDING<br>
The award provides: support for the cost of education by
covering<br>
unmet need and self-help; renewable awards for Gates Millennium<br>
Scholars maintaining satisfactory academic progress; and graduate<br>
school funding for continuing Gates Millennium Scholars in the areas<br>
of computer science, education, engineering, library science,<br>
mathematics, public health or science. (bjv) <br><br>
KEYWORDS: Leadership
Development<br>
EDUCATION<br>
Minority Education<br>
ENGINEERING<br>
Public Health<br>
Computer Science<br>
Mathematics<br>
Library Science</font></blockquote></body>
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