Nationally competitive award
Samvid Scholars
A scholarship program providing up to $100,000 in funding (up to $50,000 per year for two years) towards tuition and fees for graduate education.
- Deadline
- April 2027
- Opening date
- February 2027
- Award amount
- Up to $100,000 total towards tuition and fees (up to $50,000 per year for two years)
- Two years of leadership development programming
Overview
- Medicine (MD)
- Business Administration (MBA)
- Law (JD)
- Public Policy / Public Administration (MPP/MPA)
- Public Health (MPH)
- Social Sciences (MS/MA)
- STEM fields (MS/MA)
- U.S. Citizen
- DACA Recipient
- Must pursue a full-time graduate program of 2 years or longer at a university in the United States in an eligible program (MD, MBA, JD, MPP/MPA, MPH, MS/MA in the social sciences or STEM)
- Must be a U.S. citizen or DACA recipient (permanent residents are not eligible)
- DO, MSW, DPT, and MSN programs are ineligible
- Must have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.50
- Only undergraduate GPAs are considered, and GPAs may not be rounded to reach the 3.50 minimum
- Applicants whose graduate program applications required a standardized test score must submit their test score
- School-issued unofficial transcript (official transcript required if selected)
- Short response essays
- Video response
- Two recommendations
- List of up to six academic, leadership, or community awards
- Mid-May 2027: Finalists contacted for virtual interviews
- non-finalist decisions issued
- Early June 2027: Selected scholarship candidates notified