Scholarship America's Dream Award

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Scholarship America’s Dream Award is our newest multi-year, performance-based scholarship fund targeted toward completion. Awards will be given to students selected from across the nation who are entering their second year of education beyond high school, based on the fact that too often scholarships are only offered in their freshman year. The scholarships will be renewable and growing in amount, incenting the student to complete their education.

Please note that the Scholarship America Dream Award is not yet open for applications. If you would like to be notified when the Dream Award opens, you can create a profile in our scholarship matching system, sign up for email updates or both.

"We need to make sure our scholarships see students through to graduation, instead of just supporting them their first year," says Scholarship America President & CEO Lauren Segal. "It is a real tragedy for students, parents, donors and institutions when these students drop out before they can complete their degree."

About Scholarship America’s Dream Award:

• Scholarship awards are between $5,000 and $15,000 each year, beginning in the second year and growing by $1,000 each year until graduation (up to a 5-year degree program).
• Both general scholarships and STEM-specific scholarships will be distributed each year. Students may choose either application track. (STEM applies to students in a science, technology, engineering or math related major or program.)
• Eligible students must have successfully completed their first year of a postsecondary degree or certificate program with a 3.0+ GPA and meet a certain level of demonstrated financial need. In addition, community leadership and volunteerism, and overcoming barriers to school success will also be considered.
• A portion of the dollars raised for this program will be distributed to local Dollars for Scholars chapters and used as matching money to raise funds for a similar local scholarship program based on this exact scholarship model. Currently, most of the chapters only provide smaller, one-time scholarships that support college access, but do not continue beyond a student’s first year of school.
• The first Dream Awards will be given out in Spring 2014 for the 2014-15 school year. The program will be promoted to students beginning Fall 2013.

How you can help.
Fundraising to support Scholarship America’s Dream Award is underway, spurred by an initial donation of $350,000 from Katie Couric in 2011.

Make a difference for deserving students by donating to this scholarship program today!