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Gates Millennium Scholarship |
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Need-Based Scholarship |
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Gates Millenium Scholars
PO Box 10500
Fairfax,
Virginia
22031-8044
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(877)690-4677 |
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The Gates Millennium Scholars program, established in 1999, was initially funded by a 1 billion dollar grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential by:
* Reducing financial barriers for African-American, Hispanic American, American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian Pacific Islander American students with high academic and leadership promise who have a significant financial need
* Increasing the representation of these target groups in the disciplines of education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health, and the sciences, where these groups are severely underrepresented
* Developing a diversified cadre of future leaders for America by facilitating successful completion of bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees
* Providing seamless support from undergraduate through doctoral programs, for students selected as Gates