Gates Millennium Scholars Association at UW

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About the GMS Program 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:		Affiliated Links University of Washington Official Gates Millennium Scholars Website American Indian Graduate Center Scholars Asian Pacific Island American Scholarship Fund Hispanic Scholarship Fund United Negro College Fund
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 Scholars entering target disciplines The GMS Scholarship Award provides: Support for the cost of education by covering unmet need and self-help Renewable awards for Gates Scholars maintaining satisfactory academic progress Graduate School Funding for continuing Gates Scholars in the areas of education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health and sciences Leadership Development programs with distinctive personal, academic and professional growth opportunities The GMS program is more than just a scholarship. The GMS program offers Gates Scholars Academic Empowerment Services (ACE) to encourage academic excellence, mentoring services for academic and personal development, and an online resource center that provides internship, fellowship, and scholarship information. Click here to read about GMS's program structure.
About GMSA-UW The Gates Millennium Scholars Association at the University of Washington (GMSA-UW) was established during the 2007-2008 school year as a student club by a number of current GMS scholars alreadyatthe U of W. GMSA-UW's mission is to help qualified high school studentswithin the Greater Seattlecommunity to apply for and compile competitive applications for the GMS Scholarship as well as provide a venue and support system for local GMS Scholars to network, share resources, and give back to the community. Members of the organization are scholarship recipients of the GMS program and are automatically associated with the programs local, regional, and national efforts in promoting academic success. As future Gates Millennium Scholar organizations develop locally and across the country, GMSA-UW will extend their network and resources to them. Among some of our efforts to achieve this include scholarship workshops and miscellaneous community involvment activities. We wholeheartedly welcome everyone's participation in GMSA at UW.

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