The Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

The Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship provides substantial support for graduate studies to outstanding students with strong evidence of financial need. Applicants should demonstrate significant financial need as well as excellent academic achievement and critical thinking ability, the will to succeed, leadership accomplishments, and a breadth of interests and activities. All graduate study fields and degrees are eligible for support. Cooke Scholars may use the award to attend any accredited graduate school in the US or abroad beginning in the fall of 2009.

The National Scholarships Office has scheduled information workshops for students interested in the Cooke Scholarship - please write to scholarships@umd.edu to let us know which workshop you plan to attend. (If you are unable to attend any of the scheduled sessions send a note to the same email address.)

Wednesday, November 12 from 4-5 PM - 2403 Marie Mount Hall

Friday, November 14 from 12-1 PM - 2403 Marie Mount Hall

Tuesday, November 18 from 4-5 PM - 2403 Marie Mount Hall

IMPORTANT: All applicants for the Cooke Scholarship must be nominated by their university. Applicants for Maryland nomination must demonstrate significant financial need. In order to be eligible for Maryland nomination, potential applicants must complete the Cooke financial need estimator-available at this website: http://facreps.jkcf.org/nomination/financial-needs-estimator/ - with a score of "1" or "2."

The deadline to apply for Maryland nomination for the Cooke Scholarship is February 2, 2009.

COOKE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

For More Information Contact: National Scholarships Office - scholarships@umd.edu

Who Can Apply: Graduating Seniors, Recent Grads (within the last five years) - Applicants must be planning to pursue their first graduate degree in the fall of 2009 - GPA of 3.5 or higher required - All Majors - All applicants for the Cooke Scholarship must be nominated by their university.

Description: The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Graduate Scholarship Program enables a select group of remarkable students with demonstrated financial need to pursue graduate or professional study. Demonstrated financial need includes (a) low family and student income and assets in light of educational expenses and (b) substantial unmet educational costs after other scholarships or grants students may receive. The Foundation selects approximately 50 college seniors and recent graduates each year and awards up to $50,000 per year to each selected Scholar for up to six years.

All graduate study fields and degrees are eligible for support. Scholars may use the award to attend any accredited graduate school in the US or abroad to pursue any graduate or professional degree, in fields from fine arts to medicine to history.

Program Preferences: The Foundation's Graduate Scholarship review panel - comprising distinguished faculty and professionals - rigorously evaluates each application to identify exceptional individuals who have not only achieved academic excellence, but also demonstrated the will be become leaders in their chosen fields. The Foundation considers academic excellence first in evaluating candidates, but competitive applicants must also demonstrate substantial unmet financial need

Award Amount: Scholarship amounts vary based on several factors, including costs at the institution each recipient attends; awards can be as much as $50,000 annually.

Duration: Cooke Scholarships may be renewed for up to six years.

Francis DuVinage, Ph.D

Director, National Scholarships Office

2403 Marie Mount Hall

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742

Phone: 301.314.9458

Fax: 301.314.0085

http://www.scholarships.umd.edu

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For more information, contact Francis Duvinage, Ph.D

Last updated: 04/14/2009