Applying for this award requires participation in a campus review and nomination process. Contact McLain Hymer, Manager of Nationally Competitive Awards, for details. 

Overview

The Truman Scholarship is meant to celebrate and prepare the nation’s next generation of public service leaders. Scholars receive funding for graduate school as well access to extensive Scholar programming, priority admission, and financial support from public service graduate programs, advising and mentoring from other public service leaders, and preferred hiring with the federal government. Ideal candidates will demonstrate leadership, commitment to a career in public service, and likelihood of success in graduate school.

Eligibility

Applicants must be:

• A U.S. citizen, U.S. national resident of American Samoa, or expecting citizenship by the date of the award
• Currently enrolled at a U.S.-based accredited institution, in their penultimate year of school (for candidates graduating in four years or more) or in their final year of school (for candidates graduating in three years or fewer)
• Nominated by either their current institution of study or their former institution of study for transfer or community college applicants
• Planning to attend graduate school in pursuit of a career in public service

Candidates can be pursuing any major likely to lead to a public service career, any age, interested in any graduate degree other than an MBA, and considering either domestic or international programs for their graduate education.

Award

The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 for graduate school plus tuition matching at preferred programs, leadership and professional opportunities, and mentoring.

Application Status

Closed

National Deadline

TBA

Learn more about the Truman Scholarship